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|quest_id=desert-adventure
|name=Desert Adventure
|name=Desert Adventure
|difficulty=
|difficulty=Unconfirmed (requires beating a high-level enemy mid-quest)
|length=
|length=Medium
|series=
|series=
|start_loc=
|start_loc=A pipe on the north side of the Desert Lake, right below the desert town [[Apache]]
|start_npc=
|start_npc=Mara
|requirements=
|requirements=
|recommended=
|recommended=31 [[Magic]]; a teleport to [[Greentown]]; a teleport to [[Apache]]
|rewards=
|rewards=Access to the Oasis; access to Jesse's Factory
|source=In-game, 2026-07-05
|source=In-game, 2026-08-26 (walkthrough followed from a guide credited to @semkr, shared in the community Telegram; every step below was confirmed by completing the quest)
|verification_status=gameplay-verified
|verification_status=gameplay-verified
}}
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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
'''Desert Adventure''' is one of the three quests listed in the Quest Journal, where its name appears verbatim ([[:File:Quest journal.png]]; verified in-game, July 2026). Opening the entry shows a detail view with the status label "Not started" and a single stated objective ([[:File:Desert Adventure journal entry.png]], captured 2026-07-05). The quest had not been started at the time of capture; its start trigger, requirements, steps, and rewards remain undocumented.
'''Desert Adventure''' was one of the three quests listed in the Quest Journal since at least July 2026, and its stated objective — "Find the hidden oasis in the desert." — sat as this wiki's longest-running open bounty: the community was notably secretive about it, and no public solution was known for months. That changed 2026-08-26, when a full written walkthrough credited to '''@semkr''' began circulating in the community Telegram channel; it was followed and confirmed step-by-step in-game the same day. The quest is now fully documented below.


In the journal list the entry renders red, while the two completed quests ([[Star's Tutorial]] and [[Colt 45]]) render green — consistent with red marking an incomplete quest and green a completed one. The detail view's "Not started" label matches that reading, though no color legend has been observed, so it remains an inference.
[[File:Desert Adventure journal entry.png|thumb|420px|The Desert Adventure journal detail view, captured 2026-07-05, from before the walkthrough was known: status "Not started" and the objective "Find the hidden oasis in the desert."]]
 
[[File:Desert Adventure journal entry.png|thumb|420px|The Desert Adventure journal detail view, captured 2026-07-05: status "Not started" and the objective "Find the hidden oasis in the desert."]]


== Objective ==
== Objective ==
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<blockquote>Find the hidden oasis in the desert.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Find the hidden oasis in the desert.</blockquote>


This is the game's own statement tying the quest to the hidden oasis. The oasis's location has not been documented — see the hidden-oasis entry on [[Locations]] — and finding it remains the open bounty for this quest.
Completing the quest below unlocks access to the Oasis — see [[Locations]] for its confirmed position.
 
== Requirements ==
* 5 [[Strength]]
* Ability to defeat a high-level enemy — the guide states this generically as "a level 80 enemy." The quest itself has the player fight a [[Mutant Slimer]] (step 12 below), which Alex's own in-game combat log puts at level 82; this requirement most likely refers to that fight rather than a separate, unnamed enemy, but that reading is an inference, not stated outright in the guide.
* 3 [[Tin Ore]]
* 2 [[Log]]s
* A few free inventory slots
 
'''Recommended, not required:'''
* 31 [[Magic]]
* A teleport to [[Greentown]]
* A teleport to [[Apache]]
 
The Tin Ore and Logs are consumed during the quest itself (step 9); they do not need to be gathered in advance beyond having them in inventory at that point.
 
== Walkthrough ==
Confirmed in-game, 2026-08-26, following @semkr's Telegram guide:
 
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-01|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=1|title=Interact with the pipe|npc=|items=|directions=Interact with the pipe located on the north side of the Desert Lake, right below the desert town Apache.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-02|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=2|title=Talk to Mara|npc=Mara|items=|directions=Talk to Mara, next to the South-Eastern building in Apache.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-03|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=3|title=Defeat Mara|npc=Mara|items=|directions=Mara attacks. Kill her and pick up the key she leaves behind.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-04|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=4|title=Enter the hatch|npc=|items=|directions=Enter the hatch in the South-Eastern building in Apache (opened with the key from Mara).|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-05|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=5|title=Go through the fake wall|npc=|items=|directions=Go through the fake wall.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-06|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=6|title=Find Jesse|npc=Jesse|items=|directions=Traverse the lower floor of the cavern, following the right-hand wall, to find Jesse in a factory.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-07|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=7|title=Find Walt|npc=Walt|items=|directions=Jesse says to find Walt. Teleport to Greentown and find Walt in the pub south-west of the bank.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-08|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=8|title=Return to Jesse|npc=Jesse, Walt|items=|directions=After getting instructions from Walt, teleport back to Apache and return to Jesse.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-09|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=9|title=Use the Beer Furnace and Feed Assembly|npc=|items=3 Tin Ore, 2 Logs|directions=Click the Beer Furnace and the Feed Assembly. This consumes the Tin Ore and Logs from inventory.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-10|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=10|title=Talk to Jesse again|npc=Jesse|items=|directions=Talk to Jesse again.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-11|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=11|title=Climb the vines|npc=|items=|directions=Walk out of the factory and up the vines.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-12|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=12|title=Kill a Mutant Slimer|npc=Mutant Slimer|items=|directions=Kill a Mutant Slimer. The guide states its level generically as 80; Alex's own combat observation puts it at level 82.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-13|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=13|title=Loot the Blue Slime|npc=Jesse|items=Blue Slime|directions=Loot the Blue Slime from the Mutant Slimer and bring it back down to Jesse.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-14|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=14|title=Use the Reagent furnace|npc=Jesse|items=Blue Slime|directions=Click on the Reagent furnace and talk to Jesse.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-15|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=15|title=Quest complete|npc=Jesse|items=|directions=Quest complete.|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
 
== Rewards and Unlocks ==
* Access to the Oasis
* Access to Jesse's Factory
* '''Not a completion reward''' — separately, processing 99 [[Blue Slime]] in the factory and then speaking to '''Walt''' awards [[Winged Boots]] (verified in-game, 2026-08-27). This is an ongoing post-quest grind, not something granted on turning in step 14's single Blue Slime.
*: The @semkr walkthrough words this as "bring 99 blue slime to Jesse". Running it gives the boots from Walt, after the slime is processed. The first-hand result is the one recorded here.
 
{{QuestReward|reward_id=desert-adventure-oasis-access|quest_id=desert-adventure|unlock_text=Access to the Oasis|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{QuestReward|reward_id=desert-adventure-factory-access|quest_id=desert-adventure|unlock_text=Access to Jesse's Factory|source=In-game, 2026-08-26|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
 
== Client-Data Corroboration (2026-08-27) ==
This walkthrough was written from gameplay, following a community guide, with no reference to the game's internals. A datamine of the client on 2026-08-27 independently backs up several of its steps — the two were produced from unrelated sources, so their agreement is worth recording.
 
The client's registry of interactive world objects gained eleven new entries in this build, and most map onto steps in this quest:
{| class="sanko-table"
! Client object !! Action !! Model !! Matching step
|-
| <code>desert_clue</code> || examine || sewage_pipe || Step 1 — the pipe on the Desert Lake's north side
|-
| <code>trapdoor</code> || open || strange_metal_trapdoor || Step 4 — the hatch in Apache's south-eastern building
|-
| <code>ladder</code> || climb || ground_ladder || Plausibly step 11's climb, though the walkthrough calls it vines
|-
| <code>conveyor_log_furnace</code> || fuel || conveyor_furnace_1x2 || Step 9 — the Beer Furnace, which consumes Logs
|-
| <code>conveyor_feed_assembly</code> || load || conveyor_sorter_1x1 || Step 9 — the Feed Assembly, which consumes Tin Ore
|-
| <code>conveyor_furnace</code> || inspect || conveyor_furnace_1x2 || Step 14 — the Reagent furnace
|-
| <code>desert_blue_vat</code> || inspect || blue_vat_2x2 || Plausibly where [[Blue Slime]] is processed for [[Winged Boots]]
|-
| <code>conveyor_sorter</code>, <code>conveyor_canning_control</code>, <code>conveyor_valve</code> || — / activate / turn || conveyor parts || No documented step — see below
|}
 
Two further points from the same capture:
* '''[[Greentown Teleport]] requires Magic 31.''' The @semkr guide recommends "31 magic" without explaining the number; this is where it comes from. The guide's other recommendation, "Teleport to Apache", is [[Apache Teleport]] at Magic 25. See [[Magic]].
* '''The client defines a <code>desert-adventure</code> content pack''' pointing at its own entity, NPC, and scene files, confirming this quest is a self-contained content set rather than additions to the base world. The quest registry itself is still exactly three quests, so no fourth quest is staged.
 
=== What does not line up ===
Three of the new conveyor objects — a sorter, a canning control, and a valve — have no counterpart in the walkthrough, which never mentions canning or valves. Either the factory has interactions this quest does not use, or there is more to the factory than the quest route covers.
 
Separately, the capture contains a scene named '''"desert adventure basement"''' with roughly 120 placed objects, themed as an underground alchemy lab — crystals, arcane pipe stacks, a mana condenser, a rune pipe rack, an alchemical pressure vessel, cave mushrooms. That does not match the industrial canning line the conveyor objects describe, nor anything in this walkthrough. It may be the cavern of steps 5–6 dressed differently than remembered, a part of the factory the quest route skips, or unreleased content. It is recorded as an open question rather than folded into the walkthrough.


== Known Progress ==
{{MissingData|field=what the conveyor sorter, canning control, and valve do in-game, and whether the "desert adventure basement" scene corresponds to the cavern, another part of Jesse's Factory, or something not yet released|page=Desert Adventure|evidence=exploring Jesse's Factory and the cavern and recording every interactive object}}
[[Buns Detec|Detec]] asks to be brought crushed weed ([[Crushed Energy Weed]]) — verified in-game, July 2026. It is made by using a [[Mortar and Pestle]] on [[Energy Weed]]. Where to obtain the Mortar and Pestle has not been documented. Whether the quest journal reflects this as a step has not been recorded.


{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-detec-crushed-weed|quest_id=desert-adventure|step_number=|title=Bring Detec crushed weed|npc=Buns Detec|items=Crushed Energy Weed|directions=Detec asks for crushed weed. Use a Mortar and Pestle on Energy Weed to make Crushed Energy Weed and bring it to him. (Step order within the quest unrecorded.)|source=In-game, 2026-07-06|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{SourceEvidence|evidence_id=desert-adventure-client-corroboration-2026-08-27|target_page=Desert Adventure|target_field=corroboration of quest steps against client object registry|evidence_type=client data|captured_at=2026-08-27|status=datamine-candidate|notes=Client data (sigma.sankoquest.com bundle, 2026-08-27), node registry in chunk d660af1e55197c21.js module 635389: 58 entries, up from 47 on 2026-07-05. New interactive entries ladder(climb), trapdoor(open), portal(enter), desert_clue(examine, sewage_pipe model), conveyor_sorter, conveyor_canning_control(activate), conveyor_valve(turn), conveyor_feed_assembly(load), conveyor_log_furnace(fuel), conveyor_furnace(inspect), desert_blue_vat(inspect). Module 925897 defines a "desert-adventure" quest-set referencing content/desertAdventure/{entities,npcs,npcTemplates,scene}.json; module 58053 holds a "desert adventure basement" scene. The step matches above are inferences from object names and models, not confirmed by clicking them in-game.}}


{{MissingData|field=where to obtain the Mortar and Pestle, and what Detec does after receiving the crushed weed|page=Desert Adventure|evidence=gameplay screenshot or follow-up dialogue}}
== Unresolved: Pre-Walkthrough Hint Material ==
Before this walkthrough was known, this wiki documented four NPC dialogue lines (from [[Buns Kev]], [[Buns Detec]], [[Buns Orange]], and [[Payasan]] NPCs) that players read as hints toward Desert Adventure, plus a report that [[Buns Detec]] asks to be brought [[Crushed Energy Weed]]. '''None of that material appears anywhere in the now-fully-confirmed 15-step walkthrough above.''' It is kept below as a historical record, but its actual relationship to this quest — if any — is now unresolved: it may be unrelated flavor dialogue, a red herring, or tied to some other unconfirmed feature. Treat the walkthrough above as the authoritative source for how to complete Desert Adventure.


== Hints ==
{{QuestStep|step_id=desert-adventure-detec-crushed-weed|quest_id=|title=Bring Detec crushed weed (unresolved relationship to this quest)|npc=Buns Detec|items=Crushed Energy Weed|directions=Detec asks for crushed weed, made by using a Mortar and Pestle on Energy Weed. This was documented 2026-07-06 on the assumption it related to Desert Adventure; the confirmed walkthrough above does not include this step, so that assumption is now unresolved rather than confirmed.|source=In-game, 2026-07-06|verification_status=needs-review}}
The four NPC dialogue lines below were transcribed in-game (July 2026) and are read by players as hints (Detec's involvement has since been confirmed in play — see Known Progress) for this quest. None of the lines names the quest or states any connection to it — that reading is the community's, not the game's. The community has been notably secretive about this quest, and no public solution is known as of July 2026.


'''[[Buns Kev|Kev]]''' — at the desert bank:
'''[[Buns Kev|Kev]]''' — at the desert bank:
{{Dialogue|dialogue_id=buns-kev-dialogue-2026-07-05|npc_id=buns_kev|npc_name=Buns Kev|speaker=Kev|line=A clue is just an object that has started believing in itself.|context=Spoken at the desert bank. Read by players as a hint for the Desert Adventure quest — a connection the game does not state, so no quest_id is recorded.|source=In-game, 2026-07-05|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{Dialogue|dialogue_id=buns-kev-dialogue-2026-07-05|npc_id=buns_kev|npc_name=Buns Kev|speaker=Kev|line=A clue is just an object that has started believing in itself.|context=Spoken at the desert bank. Previously read by players as a hint for Desert Adventure; the confirmed walkthrough does not involve Kev, so that reading is now unresolved.|source=In-game, 2026-07-05|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}


'''[[Buns Detec|Detec]]''' — near the desert bank; the NPC resembles a detective:
'''[[Buns Detec|Detec]]''' — near the desert bank; the NPC resembles a detective:
{{Dialogue|dialogue_id=buns-detec-dialogue-2026-07-05|npc_id=buns_detec|npc_name=Buns Detec|speaker=Detec|line=If I knew, the case would know that I knew. Then where would we be? Surrounded by evidence with motive.|context=Spoken near the desert bank; the NPC resembles a detective. Read by players as a hint for the Desert Adventure quest — a connection the game does not state, so no quest_id is recorded.|source=In-game, 2026-07-05|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{Dialogue|dialogue_id=buns-detec-dialogue-2026-07-05|npc_id=buns_detec|npc_name=Buns Detec|speaker=Detec|line=If I knew, the case would know that I knew. Then where would we be? Surrounded by evidence with motive.|context=Spoken near the desert bank; the NPC resembles a detective. Previously read as a Desert Adventure hint; unresolved — see above.|source=In-game, 2026-07-05|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}


'''[[Buns Orange|Orange]]''' — location not recorded:
'''[[Buns Orange|Orange]]''' — location not recorded:
{{Dialogue|dialogue_id=buns-orange-dialogue-2026-07-05|npc_id=buns_orange|npc_name=Buns Orange|speaker=Orange|line=Walk carefully. This village has the expression of a witness.|context=Location not recorded. Read by players as a hint for the Desert Adventure quest — a connection the game does not state, so no quest_id is recorded.|source=In-game, 2026-07-05|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{Dialogue|dialogue_id=buns-orange-dialogue-2026-07-05|npc_id=buns_orange|npc_name=Buns Orange|speaker=Orange|line=Walk carefully. This village has the expression of a witness.|context=Location not recorded. Previously read as a Desert Adventure hint; unresolved — see above.|source=In-game, 2026-07-05|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}


'''[[Payasan]]''' NPCs — the snow area east of the desert lake:
'''[[Payasan]]''' NPCs — the snow area east of the desert lake:
{{Dialogue|dialogue_id=payasan-dialogue-2026-07-05|npc_id=payasan|npc_name=Payasan|speaker=Payasan|line=Payasan is the waiting. Paya pulls rain from no-rain, damp from no-damp. Endless. Not for your hands.|context=Spoken by Payasan NPCs, found in the snow area east of the desert lake. Read by players as a hint for the Desert Adventure quest — a connection the game does not state, so no quest_id is recorded.|source=In-game, 2026-07-05|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
{{Dialogue|dialogue_id=payasan-dialogue-2026-07-05|npc_id=payasan|npc_name=Payasan|speaker=Payasan|line=Payasan is the waiting. Paya pulls rain from no-rain, damp from no-damp. Endless. Not for your hands.|context=Spoken by Payasan NPCs, found in the snow area east of the desert lake. Previously read as a Desert Adventure hint; unresolved — see above.|source=In-game, 2026-07-05|verification_status=gameplay-verified}}
 
Speaker names are as transcribed in-game; Kev, Detec, and Orange correspond to the datamined NPC pages [[Buns Kev]], [[Buns Detec]], and [[Buns Orange]], and whether the in-game nameplates include the "Buns" prefix has not been recorded.
 
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* {{MissingData|field=quest rewards, unlocks, and XP|page=Desert Adventure|evidence=reward screen or quest journal screenshot|template=QuestReward}}


== Source Evidence ==
== Source Evidence ==
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Desert Adventure

Main Page / Quests / Desert Adventure
Desert Adventure
Difficulty: Unconfirmed (requires beating a high-level enemy mid-quest)
Length: Medium
Start: [[A pipe on the north side of the Desert Lake, right below the desert town Apache]]
NPC: Mara

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Walkthrough

Step Title Location NPC Items Status
1 Interact with the pipe gameplay-verified
2 Talk to Mara Mara gameplay-verified
3 Defeat Mara Mara gameplay-verified
4 Enter the hatch gameplay-verified
5 Go through the fake wall gameplay-verified
6 Find Jesse Jesse gameplay-verified
7 Find Walt Walt gameplay-verified
8 Return to Jesse Jesse, Walt gameplay-verified
9 Use the Beer Furnace and Feed Assembly 3 Tin Ore • 2 Logs gameplay-verified
10 Talk to Jesse again Jesse gameplay-verified
11 Climb the vines gameplay-verified
12 Kill a Mutant Slimer Mutant Slimer gameplay-verified
13 Loot the Blue Slime Jesse Blue Slime gameplay-verified
14 Use the Reagent furnace Jesse Blue Slime gameplay-verified
15 Quest complete Jesse gameplay-verified

Rewards

Item Quantity Skill XP Unlock Status
Access to the Oasis gameplay-verified
Access to Jesse's Factory gameplay-verified

Evidence

Field Evidence Status Captured Reviewer
corroboration of quest steps against client object registry client data datamine-candidate 2026-08-27
four NPC dialogue lines, relationship to this quest now unresolved in-game observation needs-review 2026-07-05
full 15-step walkthrough in-game observation gameplay-verified 2026-08-26
quest name and journal listing screenshot gameplay-verified 2026-07-05
quest objective (verbatim) and "Not started" status label screenshot gameplay-verified 2026-07-05


Overview

Desert Adventure was one of the three quests listed in the Quest Journal since at least July 2026, and its stated objective — "Find the hidden oasis in the desert." — sat as this wiki's longest-running open bounty: the community was notably secretive about it, and no public solution was known for months. That changed 2026-08-26, when a full written walkthrough credited to @semkr began circulating in the community Telegram channel; it was followed and confirmed step-by-step in-game the same day. The quest is now fully documented below.

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The Desert Adventure journal detail view, captured 2026-07-05, from before the walkthrough was known: status "Not started" and the objective "Find the hidden oasis in the desert."

Objective

The journal entry states one objective, verbatim (verified in-game, July 2026):

Find the hidden oasis in the desert.

Completing the quest below unlocks access to the Oasis — see Locations for its confirmed position.

Requirements

  • 5 Strength
  • Ability to defeat a high-level enemy — the guide states this generically as "a level 80 enemy." The quest itself has the player fight a Mutant Slimer (step 12 below), which Alex's own in-game combat log puts at level 82; this requirement most likely refers to that fight rather than a separate, unnamed enemy, but that reading is an inference, not stated outright in the guide.
  • 3 Tin Ore
  • 2 Logs
  • A few free inventory slots

Recommended, not required:

The Tin Ore and Logs are consumed during the quest itself (step 9); they do not need to be gathered in advance beyond having them in inventory at that point.

Walkthrough

Confirmed in-game, 2026-08-26, following @semkr's Telegram guide:

1.Interact with the pipe

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2.Talk to Mara

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3.Defeat Mara

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4.Enter the hatch

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5.Go through the fake wall

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6.Find Jesse

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7.Find Walt

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8.Return to Jesse

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9.Use the Beer Furnace and Feed Assembly

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10.Talk to Jesse again

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11.Climb the vines

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12.Kill a Mutant Slimer

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13.Loot the Blue Slime

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14.Use the Reagent furnace

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15.Quest complete

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Rewards and Unlocks

  • Access to the Oasis
  • Access to Jesse's Factory
  • Not a completion reward — separately, processing 99 Blue Slime in the factory and then speaking to Walt awards Winged Boots (verified in-game, 2026-08-27). This is an ongoing post-quest grind, not something granted on turning in step 14's single Blue Slime.
    The @semkr walkthrough words this as "bring 99 blue slime to Jesse". Running it gives the boots from Walt, after the slime is processed. The first-hand result is the one recorded here.

Access to the Oasis


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Access to Jesse's Factory


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Client-Data Corroboration (2026-08-27)

This walkthrough was written from gameplay, following a community guide, with no reference to the game's internals. A datamine of the client on 2026-08-27 independently backs up several of its steps — the two were produced from unrelated sources, so their agreement is worth recording.

The client's registry of interactive world objects gained eleven new entries in this build, and most map onto steps in this quest:

Client object Action Model Matching step
desert_clue examine sewage_pipe Step 1 — the pipe on the Desert Lake's north side
trapdoor open strange_metal_trapdoor Step 4 — the hatch in Apache's south-eastern building
ladder climb ground_ladder Plausibly step 11's climb, though the walkthrough calls it vines
conveyor_log_furnace fuel conveyor_furnace_1x2 Step 9 — the Beer Furnace, which consumes Logs
conveyor_feed_assembly load conveyor_sorter_1x1 Step 9 — the Feed Assembly, which consumes Tin Ore
conveyor_furnace inspect conveyor_furnace_1x2 Step 14 — the Reagent furnace
desert_blue_vat inspect blue_vat_2x2 Plausibly where Blue Slime is processed for Winged Boots
conveyor_sorter, conveyor_canning_control, conveyor_valve — / activate / turn conveyor parts No documented step — see below

Two further points from the same capture:

  • Greentown Teleport requires Magic 31. The @semkr guide recommends "31 magic" without explaining the number; this is where it comes from. The guide's other recommendation, "Teleport to Apache", is Apache Teleport at Magic 25. See Magic.
  • The client defines a desert-adventure content pack pointing at its own entity, NPC, and scene files, confirming this quest is a self-contained content set rather than additions to the base world. The quest registry itself is still exactly three quests, so no fourth quest is staged.

What does not line up

Three of the new conveyor objects — a sorter, a canning control, and a valve — have no counterpart in the walkthrough, which never mentions canning or valves. Either the factory has interactions this quest does not use, or there is more to the factory than the quest route covers.

Separately, the capture contains a scene named "desert adventure basement" with roughly 120 placed objects, themed as an underground alchemy lab — crystals, arcane pipe stacks, a mana condenser, a rune pipe rack, an alchemical pressure vessel, cave mushrooms. That does not match the industrial canning line the conveyor objects describe, nor anything in this walkthrough. It may be the cavern of steps 5–6 dressed differently than remembered, a part of the factory the quest route skips, or unreleased content. It is recorded as an open question rather than folded into the walkthrough.

Help verify what the conveyor sorter, canning control, and valve do in-game, and whether the "desert adventure basement" scene corresponds to the cavern, another part of Jesse's Factory, or something not yet released Accepted evidence: exploring Jesse's Factory and the cavern and recording every interactive object.


Add this How to verify

corroboration of quest steps against client object registry client data Unverified

Unresolved: Pre-Walkthrough Hint Material

Before this walkthrough was known, this wiki documented four NPC dialogue lines (from Buns Kev, Buns Detec, Buns Orange, and Payasan NPCs) that players read as hints toward Desert Adventure, plus a report that Buns Detec asks to be brought Crushed Energy Weed. None of that material appears anywhere in the now-fully-confirmed 15-step walkthrough above. It is kept below as a historical record, but its actual relationship to this quest — if any — is now unresolved: it may be unrelated flavor dialogue, a red herring, or tied to some other unconfirmed feature. Treat the walkthrough above as the authoritative source for how to complete Desert Adventure.

Bring Detec crushed weed (unresolved relationship to this quest)

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Kev — at the desert bank:

Kev: A clue is just an object that has started believing in itself.
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Detec — near the desert bank; the NPC resembles a detective:

Detec: If I knew, the case would know that I knew. Then where would we be? Surrounded by evidence with motive.
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Orange — location not recorded:

Orange: Walk carefully. This village has the expression of a witness.
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Payasan NPCs — the snow area east of the desert lake:

Payasan: Payasan is the waiting. Paya pulls rain from no-rain, damp from no-damp. Endless. Not for your hands.
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Source Evidence

full 15-step walkthrough in-game observation Verified

quest name and journal listing screenshot Verified

quest objective (verbatim) and "Not started" status label screenshot Verified

four NPC dialogue lines, relationship to this quest now unresolved in-game observation Unverified

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