Quest Name	No Strings Attached
Locations:	Bastok Markets, Aht Urhgan Whitegate, Arrapago Reef
Estimated Time	About an hour
Special Items:	Key item: Ancient Automation
Prerequisites	Level 30 job
Brief synopsis:	After a number of cutscenes head to Arrapago Reef for a key item, then return for more cutscenes

Puppetmaster is the most straightforward of the new jobs to unlock. It doesn’t have the nasty guesswork of blue mage or as much dangerous sneaking as corsair. The only confusing point is that this quest isn’t even started in Aht Urhgan. You need to travel to Bastok first and speak with an NPC there before anything else.

Zone	NPC Name	Location	Other
Bastok Markets	Shamarhaan	(F-9)	Doesn't start quest in log, but mandatory for the quest
Aht Urhgan Whitegate	Iruki-Waraki	(K-9) upper
Aht Urhgan Whitegate	Ghatsad	(I-7) upper

Now for the dangerous stuff. Take the north ship out of Whitegate to the city of Nashmau and zone into Caedarva Mire. I don’t feel like drawing a squiggly line for this one so just make your way to the zone into Arrapago Reef. This map has a bunch of ???s on them for various quests. Nothing you need to worry about for PUP. You don’t need that Lamia fang key either.

In the mire there are two things to watch out for. Chigoes, aka fleas, are the biggest problem since they don’t show up on your radar and can’t be targeted until they attack you. Before that they just look like small background bugs. But they’re deadly to unprepared characters. A single weapon skill or damaging job ability (such as shield bash) will insta-kill a flea, but they attack fast and hard so you may not live long enough to do it. Keep both invisible and sneak up during your trip through the mire. The other threats are imps, which have true sight and can see you even if you are invisible. Fortunately there are only a few imps on this trip. Stealth your way across the mire.


Arrapago Reef is simultaneously a very creepy place while managing to be one of the most interesting looking areas in the game. It’s also very deadly to anyone of any level. Thankfully for you once you’ve gotten into Arrapago Reef the hard part is over. Head right through the tunnels until you emerge into an open area. You will need sneak. Approach and board the first ghostly wrecked ship you see. On deck, in a broken out stairway, there will be a ??? spot. Check it for the key item you need. Hard part’s over. Return to Aht Urhgan Whitegate (maybe now it’s becoming more obvious why I recommended setting your home point there) to finish your cutscenes.

Zone	NPC Name	Location	Other
Aht Urhgan Whitegate	Ghatsad	(I-7) upper
Aht Urhgan Whitegate	Ghatsad	(I-7) upper	Wait until next game day and talk to him again
Aht Urhgan Whitegate	Iruki-Waraki	(K-9) upper

Bam, that’s it! You can now become a puppetmaster!


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