Side questLevel 12
Quest giver Lyulf
in Western La Noscea
Lyulf's late father bred the dodos here; they escaped in the Calamity and went wild. To rebuild Swiftperch as it was in his father's time, Lyulf starts raising dodos from eggs, and must remove their poison-breath gland. He dreams of golden wheat fields.
Swiftperch's recovery plan, begun with the millioncorn of MSQ #11.
Swiftperch's recoverySwiftperch (Ch. 4): the village you help revive, and later defend when the Serpent Reavers attack (Ch. 6).
, a farmer at the Swiftperch settlement, needs your assistance with another part of his restoration scheme. begin his dodo-raising endeavor, seek out the dodo nests scattered throughout the Flock and gather three fertilized eggs.. is giddy with the thought of restoring Swiftperch to its former heights of agricultural glory. You can only hope that the eggs you acquired for the farmer will help contribute to the salvation of this Calamity-ravaged land.Next in the play order: A Bridge Too Full. Doesrael
is annoyed that the guard Wyrstmaga
has left his post, and sends you to fetch him.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
All these wild dodos you see about the place were actually once domesticated birds, bred by my father. They broke loose during the chaos of the Calamity and gradually became the feral, ill-tempered creatures we now do our best to avoid.
The wild dodos around Swiftperch were once its farm birds. Lyulf's father bred them. They escaped during the Calamity and became wild.
This really is rather exciting! Every day I take another step closer to my vision of a Swiftperch surrounded by golden fields of wheat and echoing with the calls of plump, waddling dodos!
Until patch 5.3, Farmer of Fortune unlocked this quest. That quest is now cut. The 'buried fortune' of Lyulf's father was wheat seeds. That is why Lyulf dreams of 'golden fields of wheat'.
The Flock, where the dodos nest, was once tall wheat. There are not enough farmers, so the fields have not been farmed for five years. Wild dodos have taken the area back.
Encyclopaedia Eorzea has a warning that fits this quest. Would-be bird farmers should be careful. This is because a dodo defending itself will spit out a liquid that causes sleep.
The item text of each fertilized dodo egg calls it warm and heavy. It says that, if left alone, the egg would likely hatch in just a few weeks.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Lyulf, a farmer at Swiftperch, wants to restore the settlement and needs your help with the next part of his plan.
Lyulf's late father bred the dodos here; they escaped in the Calamity and went wild. To rebuild Swiftperch as it was in his father's time, Lyulf starts raising dodos from eggs, and must remove their poison-breath gland. He dreams of golden wheat fields.
The game was written in Japanese and rewritten, not just translated, for each language. Here is what the other versions say, next to the English.
| Japanese | 開拓者リウルフの発起 ‘The Undertaking of Lyulf the Pioneer’ |
|---|---|
| French | Optimisme ovoïde ‘Egg-Shaped Optimism’ |
| German | Alle meine Dodos ‘All My Dodos’ |
With three eggs, I should be able to experiment with breeding. Success or failure is not terribly important─to begin with, I mean only to gain some practical experience with the birds.
Et puis, cela me permettra de marcher dans les traces de mon père.
‘And besides, it will let me follow in my father's footsteps.’
English says he only wants practical experience with the birds; French says it lets him follow his father's footsteps.
Yes, you did exceptionally well in selecting only fertilized eggs! Now that I consider it, I'm not entirely sure how you managed to tell... In any case, I must raise the naturally aggressive dodo from the egg if I am to have any chance of surviving the breeding process.
Je savais que je pouvais compter sur quelqu'un de bon comme vous !
‘I knew I could count on someone good like you!’
あなたにお任せしてよかった。
‘I'm glad I left it to you.’
English jokes he's unsure how you could tell which eggs were fertilized; French says he knew he could count on you.
English jokes he's unsure how you could tell which eggs were fertilized; Japanese says he's glad he entrusted it to you.
Yes, you did exceptionally well in selecting only fertilized eggs! Now that I consider it, I'm not entirely sure how you managed to tell... In any case, I must raise the naturally aggressive dodo from the egg if I am to have any chance of surviving the breeding process.
Vous savez, élever des dodos depuis l'état d'œuf est le seul moyen de dompter leur agressivité naturelle.
‘You know, raising dodos from the egg is the only way to tame their natural aggressiveness.’
凶暴なドードーを、大人しい家畜にするには、どうしても卵から育てる必要があるんです。
‘To turn the ferocious dodo into docile livestock, I absolutely must raise it from the egg.’
English jokes about him surviving the breeding; French speaks only of taming the birds' aggressiveness.
English jokes about him surviving the breeding; Japanese speaks only of making the birds docile livestock.
Apart from encouraging a more docile behavior while the bird is but a chick, it is imperative that I remove the gland that produces that infamous poisonous breath. My father's notes quite graphically depict the consequences of failing to do so.
Mon père m'avait aussi expliqué qu'il fallait retirer la glande qui leur permet de cracher du venin lorsqu'ils sont encore des oisillons.
‘My father had also explained to me that you have to remove the gland that lets them spit venom while they are still chicks.’
Man muss den Dodos nämlich ihre Speicheldrüsen entnehmen, solange sie noch klein sind, damit sie später kein Gift spucken.
‘You see, you have to remove the dodos' salivary glands while they're still small, so that later they don't spit poison.’
English speaks of a gland producing poisonous breath; French of a gland that lets them spit venom.
English speaks of a gland producing poisonous breath; German of salivary glands, so they don't spit poison.
Apart from encouraging a more docile behavior while the bird is but a chick, it is imperative that I remove the gland that produces that infamous poisonous breath. My father's notes quite graphically depict the consequences of failing to do so.
Das hat mir zumindest mein Vater erzählt.
‘At least that's what my father told me.’
ぜんぶ父の受け売りですけどね。
‘It's all just secondhand from my father, though.’
English says his father's notes graphically show what happens otherwise; German just hedges that his father told him so.
English says his father's notes graphically show what happens otherwise; Japanese admits it's all secondhand from his father.
This really is rather exciting! Every day I take another step closer to my vision of a Swiftperch surrounded by golden fields of wheat and echoing with the calls of plump, waddling dodos!
En tout cas, je vais faire tout mon possible pour qu'il soit fier de moi, là-haut.
‘In any case, I'll do everything I can so that he is proud of me, up there.’
English expresses excitement; French vows to make someone up above proud of him.
This really is rather exciting! Every day I take another step closer to my vision of a Swiftperch surrounded by golden fields of wheat and echoing with the calls of plump, waddling dodos!
Vous allez voir, je vais faire de cet endroit un véritable Éden.
‘You'll see, I'm going to make this place a true Eden.’
English pictures golden wheat fields and plump, waddling dodos; French promises simply a true Eden.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
You find nothing of interest.
All these wild dodos you see about the place were actually once domesticated birds, bred by my father. They broke loose during the chaos of the Calamity and gradually became the feral, ill-tempered creatures we now do our best to avoid.
The wild dodos around Swiftperch were once its farm birds. Lyulf's father bred them. They escaped during the Calamity and became wild.
But if I am to restore Swiftperch to the very same settlement it was when my father was alive, then I must also try my hand at dodo-raising. And, as you have likely surmised, I shall require your adventurer's resourcefulness in this endeavor.
For the initial stage of my dodo-rearing enterprise, I need you to head into the Flock and seek out dodo nests. You'll be looking for fertilized eggs─three of them should do nicely for now.
But pray be careful when liberating the eggs. The adult dodos will not take kindly to an intruder making off with their offspring!
With three eggs, I should be able to experiment with breeding. Success or failure is not terribly important─to begin with, I mean only to gain some practical experience with the birds.
Et puis, cela me permettra de marcher dans les traces de mon père.
‘And besides, it will let me follow in my father's footsteps.’
English says he only wants practical experience with the birds; French says it lets him follow his father's footsteps.
Yes, you did exceptionally well in selecting only fertilized eggs! Now that I consider it, I'm not entirely sure how you managed to tell... In any case, I must raise the naturally aggressive dodo from the egg if I am to have any chance of surviving the breeding process.
Je savais que je pouvais compter sur quelqu'un de bon comme vous !
‘I knew I could count on someone good like you!’
Japaneseあなたにお任せしてよかった。
‘I'm glad I left it to you.’
English jokes he's unsure how you could tell which eggs were fertilized; French says he knew he could count on you.
English jokes he's unsure how you could tell which eggs were fertilized; Japanese says he's glad he entrusted it to you.
Vous savez, élever des dodos depuis l'état d'œuf est le seul moyen de dompter leur agressivité naturelle.
‘You know, raising dodos from the egg is the only way to tame their natural aggressiveness.’
Japanese凶暴なドードーを、大人しい家畜にするには、どうしても卵から育てる必要があるんです。
‘To turn the ferocious dodo into docile livestock, I absolutely must raise it from the egg.’
English jokes about him surviving the breeding; French speaks only of taming the birds' aggressiveness.
English jokes about him surviving the breeding; Japanese speaks only of making the birds docile livestock.
Apart from encouraging a more docile behavior while the bird is but a chick, it is imperative that I remove the gland that produces that infamous poisonous breath. My father's notes quite graphically depict the consequences of failing to do so.
Mon père m'avait aussi expliqué qu'il fallait retirer la glande qui leur permet de cracher du venin lorsqu'ils sont encore des oisillons.
‘My father had also explained to me that you have to remove the gland that lets them spit venom while they are still chicks.’
GermanMan muss den Dodos nämlich ihre Speicheldrüsen entnehmen, solange sie noch klein sind, damit sie später kein Gift spucken.
‘You see, you have to remove the dodos' salivary glands while they're still small, so that later they don't spit poison.’
English speaks of a gland producing poisonous breath; French of a gland that lets them spit venom.
English speaks of a gland producing poisonous breath; German of salivary glands, so they don't spit poison.
Das hat mir zumindest mein Vater erzählt.
‘At least that's what my father told me.’
Japaneseぜんぶ父の受け売りですけどね。
‘It's all just secondhand from my father, though.’
English says his father's notes graphically show what happens otherwise; German just hedges that his father told him so.
English says his father's notes graphically show what happens otherwise; Japanese admits it's all secondhand from his father.
This really is rather exciting! Every day I take another step closer to my vision of a Swiftperch surrounded by golden fields of wheat and echoing with the calls of plump, waddling dodos!
Until patch 5.3, Farmer of Fortune unlocked this quest. That quest is now cut. The 'buried fortune' of Lyulf's father was wheat seeds. That is why Lyulf dreams of 'golden fields of wheat'.
En tout cas, je vais faire tout mon possible pour qu'il soit fier de moi, là-haut.
‘In any case, I'll do everything I can so that he is proud of me, up there.’
English expresses excitement; French vows to make someone up above proud of him.
Vous allez voir, je vais faire de cet endroit un véritable Éden.
‘You'll see, I'm going to make this place a true Eden.’
English pictures golden wheat fields and plump, waddling dodos; French promises simply a true Eden.
's dodos (Much Ado About Dodos) and Lyulf's plan at Swiftperch both depend on removing the dodo's poison glands.