Map questLevel 7
Quest giver Arenlona
in Lower La Noscea
Arenlona spent years breeding ogre pumpkins that resist fire, drought, frost, pests and festive rituals, yet moles still steal them. She decides to keep seeking complex solutions and have you do the killing. Her name means 'Harvest Gatherer' in old Roegadyn.
Arenlona's odd experiments at the pumpkin farm; she returns to plan the kobold ambush in Bait and Swat.
has some moles she would like removed. has cultivated. Visit the pumpkin patch and whack the moles. with the glad tidings. is constantly devising new cultivation methods to keep up with ever-evolving harvest woes, but having an adventurer around, even temporarily, should enable her to make significant strides.Next in the play order: Beetle Juice. Arenlona reasons that aphids fear ladybugs, so the scent of ladybug blood on crops keeps aphids away; she calls this manipulating nature.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
I've already engineered the pumpkins to resist fire, drought, frost, weeds, insects, and festive rituals; I just need someone to kill the moles.
Ogre pumpkins were bred to resist 'festive rituals'. Yet an Ogre Pumpkin is still used to make the Jack-o'-lantern, a CUL 10 recipe.
Arenlona's name describes a job. In the ancient Roegadyn language, 'Aren' means harvest and 'Lona' means gatherer. So she is the 'Harvest Gatherer'.
Arenlona is a Stead botanist. In idle talk, Arenlona says the Stead's success comes from never giving up on new ideas. Every method is tried once, no matter how embarrassing.
The title names the arcade game Whac-A-Mole. Here the game turns real. The journal literally tells you to 'whack the moles'.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Arenlona wants someone to get rid of the clever hedgemoles eating her prized ogre pumpkins.
Arenlona spent years breeding ogre pumpkins that resist fire, drought, frost, pests and festive rituals, yet moles still steal them. She decides to keep seeking complex solutions and have you do the killing. Her name means 'Harvest Gatherer' in old Roegadyn.
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 | 本草学者アレンロナの復讐 ‘The Revenge of Arenlona the Herbalist’ |
|---|---|
| French | Un potager taupe-à-l'œil ‘A Mole-to-the-Eye (Eye-Catching) Vegetable Garden’ |
| German | Die Ogerkürbisfeldmaulwurfplage ‘The Ogre-Pumpkin-Field Mole Plague’ |
If a lifetime of meticulous research into the advancement of the agricultural arts has taught me anything, it is that the fruits of knowledge are incapable of preserving themselves. Without an adventurer's brawn to protect them, I fear all my work will come to naught.
Ça ne te dirait pas de m'aider un peu ?
‘Wouldn't you like to help me a little?’
この農場の発展のため、君の力を貸してほしい。
‘For the development of this farm, I'd like you to lend me your strength.’
English says her work needs an adventurer's brawn to protect it; French just casually asks for a little help.
English wants an adventurer's brawn to protect her work; Japanese asks for help to develop the farm.
If a lifetime of meticulous research into the advancement of the agricultural arts has taught me anything, it is that the fruits of knowledge are incapable of preserving themselves. Without an adventurer's brawn to protect them, I fear all my work will come to naught.
Je me charge de développer de nouvelles espèces végétales pour la métairie du Coq rouge.
‘I am in charge of developing new plant varieties for the Red Rooster farm.’
French is a plain, casual self-introduction about her job; English is a lofty speech about knowledge.
If a lifetime of meticulous research into the advancement of the agricultural arts has taught me anything, it is that the fruits of knowledge are incapable of preserving themselves. Without an adventurer's brawn to protect them, I fear all my work will come to naught.
Die Auslese dieser einen Sorte betreibe ich schon seit über fünfzehn Jahren.
‘I have been selecting this one variety for over fifteen years already.’
German gives a concrete figure, over fifteen years on one variety, instead of "a lifetime" of research.
Take, for example, the splendid ogre pumpkin crop I was able to cultivate. Years of hypothesizing and testing at last made tangible, only to be snatched away by those subterranean sorners, the clever hedgemoles.
Ces sales bêtes ruinent mes potagers avec leurs galeries.
‘These nasty beasts are ruining my vegetable gardens with their tunnels.’
Das Ogerkürbisfeld ist voller Erdhügel, welche die Stachelmulle aufschütten und die die sorgfältig gezogenen Ackerfurchen zunichte machen.
‘The ogre pumpkin field is full of molehills that the hedgemoles pile up and that wreck the carefully drawn furrows.’
この農場では、私が品種改良した「オーガパンプキン」を栽培してるんだが、モグラ穴にウネを台無しにされて、頭に来ててね！
‘On this farm I grow the "ogre pumpkins" I bred myself, but mole holes have ruined my planting ridges, and it makes me furious!’
English says the moles snatched the pumpkin crop away; French says their tunnels ruin her gardens.
English says the moles snatched the crop away; German says their molehills wreck the carefully drawn furrows.
English says the moles snatched the crop away; Japanese says mole holes ruined her planting ridges.
I've already engineered the pumpkins to resist fire, drought, frost, weeds, insects, and festive rituals; I just need someone to kill the moles.
「パンプキン畑」を調べて、憎き「クレバー・ヘッジモール」を叩き出して、一掃してきてくれ。
‘Check the pumpkin patch, drive out the hateful clever hedgemoles, and wipe them out.’
The title's revenge is on the moles that wrecked her garden beds. The English has no revenge.
I've already engineered the pumpkins to resist fire, drought, frost, weeds, insects, and festive rituals; I just need someone to kill the moles.
J'aimerais donc que tu ailles sur place, les fasses sortir de leurs terriers et en abattes trois pour moi.
‘So I would like you to go there, drive them out of their burrows and kill three of them for me.’
French gives plain instructions and a number; it has no joke about fire- and festival-proof pumpkins.
Well, that was so easy, it makes me wonder why I've spent my life formulating complex solutions to problems rather than merely going around killing things.
Grâce à toi, mes citrouilles vont pouvoir pousser tranquillement.
‘Thanks to you, my pumpkins will be able to grow in peace.’
Ohne die Stachelmullplage werden meine Ogerkürbisse prächtig gedeihen.
‘Without the hedgemole plague, my ogre pumpkins will thrive splendidly.’
これで私の大事なパンプキンも、すくすく育つだろう。
‘Now my precious pumpkins should grow up nice and healthy.’
English jokes she should have just killed things instead of devising complex solutions; French says her pumpkins can now grow peacefully.
English jokes she should have just killed things instead of devising solutions; German says her pumpkins will now thrive.
English jokes she should have just killed things instead of devising solutions; Japanese says her pumpkins will now grow well.
Well, that was so easy, it makes me wonder why I've spent my life formulating complex solutions to problems rather than merely going around killing things.
Vielleicht gewinne ich sogar einen Ogerkürbiswettbewerb.
‘Maybe I will even win an ogre pumpkin competition.’
German has her dream of a record harvest and a pumpkin contest win; English jokes about killing things.
Nevertheless, I'm afraid it's too late to alter my methods now. I'll continue to focus on the complex solutions, and have you stick around to kill things.
On t'en a sans doute déjà parlé, mais à la métairie, nous essayons de nouvelles méthodes pour accroître la production.
‘You've probably already heard, but at the farm we are trying new methods to increase production.’
Seit ich zur Gockelburg gekommen bin, habe ich verschiedene neue Techniken eingeführt und den landwirtschaftlichen Ertrag so vervierfacht.
‘Since I came to the Gockelburg, I have introduced various new techniques and so quadrupled the farm's yield.’
この農場では、収穫量を増やすために、実験的な農法を積極的に導入していてね。
‘On this farm, we've been actively bringing in experimental farming methods to increase the harvest.’
English says it is too late to change her methods; French says the farm is trying new methods to boost production.
English says it is too late to alter her methods; German boasts she introduced new techniques and quadrupled the yield.
English says it is too late to alter her methods; Japanese says the farm actively adopts experimental methods.
Nevertheless, I'm afraid it's too late to alter my methods now. I'll continue to focus on the complex solutions, and have you stick around to kill things.
C'est d'ailleurs la raison pour laquelle je suis venue travailler ici.
‘That is, in fact, the reason why I came to work here.’
私がこの農場に呼ばれたのも、新農法を開発するためさ。
‘The reason I was called to this farm, too, is to develop new farming methods.’
French explains she came to the farm to try new production methods; English continues the killing joke.
Japanese says she was summoned to the farm to develop new methods; English continues the killing joke.
What hubris! What arrogance to believe that I, one woman alone, could overcome the unfathomably vast and profound mysteries of nature... But with you here, I'm sure we can do it.
J'ai pas mal d'idées, mais il me faut souvent de l'aide pour les mettre en pratique.
‘I have quite a few ideas, but I often need help to put them into practice.’
Ich habe noch viel vor, um den Ertrag weiter zu steigern, aber es fehlt mir an tatkräftiger Hilfe.
‘I still have a lot planned to raise the yield further, but I lack active help.’
新しい農法は、次々と浮かんでるんだが実現するためには、何かと人手が足りなくてね。
‘New farming methods keep coming to me one after another, but to make them real, I'm always short of hands.’
English mocks her own hubris at facing nature's mysteries alone; French plainly says she needs help to apply her ideas.
English mocks her own hubris at facing nature's mysteries alone; German plainly says she lacks helping hands.
English mocks her own hubris at facing nature's mysteries alone; Japanese plainly says she is short of hands.
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If a lifetime of meticulous research into the advancement of the agricultural arts has taught me anything, it is that the fruits of knowledge are incapable of preserving themselves. Without an adventurer's brawn to protect them, I fear all my work will come to naught.
Ça ne te dirait pas de m'aider un peu ?
‘Wouldn't you like to help me a little?’
Japaneseこの農場の発展のため、君の力を貸してほしい。
‘For the development of this farm, I'd like you to lend me your strength.’
English says her work needs an adventurer's brawn to protect it; French just casually asks for a little help.
English wants an adventurer's brawn to protect her work; Japanese asks for help to develop the farm.
Je me charge de développer de nouvelles espèces végétales pour la métairie du Coq rouge.
‘I am in charge of developing new plant varieties for the Red Rooster farm.’
French is a plain, casual self-introduction about her job; English is a lofty speech about knowledge.
Die Auslese dieser einen Sorte betreibe ich schon seit über fünfzehn Jahren.
‘I have been selecting this one variety for over fifteen years already.’
German gives a concrete figure, over fifteen years on one variety, instead of "a lifetime" of research.
Take, for example, the splendid ogre pumpkin crop I was able to cultivate. Years of hypothesizing and testing at last made tangible, only to be snatched away by those subterranean sorners, the clever hedgemoles.
Ces sales bêtes ruinent mes potagers avec leurs galeries.
‘These nasty beasts are ruining my vegetable gardens with their tunnels.’
GermanDas Ogerkürbisfeld ist voller Erdhügel, welche die Stachelmulle aufschütten und die die sorgfältig gezogenen Ackerfurchen zunichte machen.
‘The ogre pumpkin field is full of molehills that the hedgemoles pile up and that wreck the carefully drawn furrows.’
Japaneseこの農場では、私が品種改良した「オーガパンプキン」を栽培してるんだが、モグラ穴にウネを台無しにされて、頭に来ててね！
‘On this farm I grow the "ogre pumpkins" I bred myself, but mole holes have ruined my planting ridges, and it makes me furious!’
English says the moles snatched the pumpkin crop away; French says their tunnels ruin her gardens.
English says the moles snatched the crop away; German says their molehills wreck the carefully drawn furrows.
English says the moles snatched the crop away; Japanese says mole holes ruined her planting ridges.
I've already engineered the pumpkins to resist fire, drought, frost, weeds, insects, and festive rituals; I just need someone to kill the moles.
Ogre pumpkins were bred to resist 'festive rituals'. Yet an Ogre Pumpkin is still used to make the Jack-o'-lantern, a CUL 10 recipe.
「パンプキン畑」を調べて、憎き「クレバー・ヘッジモール」を叩き出して、一掃してきてくれ。
‘Check the pumpkin patch, drive out the hateful clever hedgemoles, and wipe them out.’
The title's revenge is on the moles that wrecked her garden beds. The English has no revenge.
J'aimerais donc que tu ailles sur place, les fasses sortir de leurs terriers et en abattes trois pour moi.
‘So I would like you to go there, drive them out of their burrows and kill three of them for me.’
French gives plain instructions and a number; it has no joke about fire- and festival-proof pumpkins.
Well, that was so easy, it makes me wonder why I've spent my life formulating complex solutions to problems rather than merely going around killing things.
Grâce à toi, mes citrouilles vont pouvoir pousser tranquillement.
‘Thanks to you, my pumpkins will be able to grow in peace.’
GermanOhne die Stachelmullplage werden meine Ogerkürbisse prächtig gedeihen.
‘Without the hedgemole plague, my ogre pumpkins will thrive splendidly.’
Japaneseこれで私の大事なパンプキンも、すくすく育つだろう。
‘Now my precious pumpkins should grow up nice and healthy.’
English jokes she should have just killed things instead of devising complex solutions; French says her pumpkins can now grow peacefully.
English jokes she should have just killed things instead of devising solutions; German says her pumpkins will now thrive.
English jokes she should have just killed things instead of devising solutions; Japanese says her pumpkins will now grow well.
Vielleicht gewinne ich sogar einen Ogerkürbiswettbewerb.
‘Maybe I will even win an ogre pumpkin competition.’
German has her dream of a record harvest and a pumpkin contest win; English jokes about killing things.
Nevertheless, I'm afraid it's too late to alter my methods now. I'll continue to focus on the complex solutions, and have you stick around to kill things.
On t'en a sans doute déjà parlé, mais à la métairie, nous essayons de nouvelles méthodes pour accroître la production.
‘You've probably already heard, but at the farm we are trying new methods to increase production.’
GermanSeit ich zur Gockelburg gekommen bin, habe ich verschiedene neue Techniken eingeführt und den landwirtschaftlichen Ertrag so vervierfacht.
‘Since I came to the Gockelburg, I have introduced various new techniques and so quadrupled the farm's yield.’
Japaneseこの農場では、収穫量を増やすために、実験的な農法を積極的に導入していてね。
‘On this farm, we've been actively bringing in experimental farming methods to increase the harvest.’
English says it is too late to change her methods; French says the farm is trying new methods to boost production.
English says it is too late to alter her methods; German boasts she introduced new techniques and quadrupled the yield.
English says it is too late to alter her methods; Japanese says the farm actively adopts experimental methods.
C'est d'ailleurs la raison pour laquelle je suis venue travailler ici.
‘That is, in fact, the reason why I came to work here.’
Japanese私がこの農場に呼ばれたのも、新農法を開発するためさ。
‘The reason I was called to this farm, too, is to develop new farming methods.’
French explains she came to the farm to try new production methods; English continues the killing joke.
Japanese says she was summoned to the farm to develop new methods; English continues the killing joke.
What hubris! What arrogance to believe that I, one woman alone, could overcome the unfathomably vast and profound mysteries of nature... But with you here, I'm sure we can do it.
J'ai pas mal d'idées, mais il me faut souvent de l'aide pour les mettre en pratique.
‘I have quite a few ideas, but I often need help to put them into practice.’
GermanIch habe noch viel vor, um den Ertrag weiter zu steigern, aber es fehlt mir an tatkräftiger Hilfe.
‘I still have a lot planned to raise the yield further, but I lack active help.’
Japanese新しい農法は、次々と浮かんでるんだが実現するためには、何かと人手が足りなくてね。
‘New farming methods keep coming to me one after another, but to make them real, I'm always short of hands.’
English mocks her own hubris at facing nature's mysteries alone; French plainly says she needs help to apply her ideas.
English mocks her own hubris at facing nature's mysteries alone; German plainly says she lacks helping hands.
English mocks her own hubris at facing nature's mysteries alone; Japanese plainly says she is short of hands.
passed off as black-market 'dream flowers' comes back as ladybug bait in Arenlona's experiment, Beetle Juice., the pumpkin grower with 'new cultivation methods', plans the kobold ambush in Bait and Swat.