Grandpa Kladenets' Rod
Rumours
They say an old treasure hunter lives in a dugout under a hill at the edge of the pinewood. The sign by his door says it plainly: "TREASURE". Sixty years he has been digging - he knows where to look!
Who: Grandad Kladenets
Hints
Open them one at a time — from a gentle nudge to plain advice. "Good to know" is about what might trip you up.
Hint 1
Grandpa Kladenets will make the rod himself — you just need to bring him three things. One grows on a tree, one is made at the workbench, and one hides in the grass.
Hint 2
You won't find the fork lying on the ground: it has to be knocked off a rowan. A rowan has feathery leaves and red berries.
Hint 3
Hit a rowan's trunk with your sword and a fork flies off into the grass. String is twisted from grass at the workbench, and porcini grow in the grass under trees: brown cap, fat stem.
Hint 4
Once you have the rod, hold it in hand and watch where it dips: the closer the treasure, the harder it shakes. Dig down, not sideways.
Good to know
- One rowan gives one fork a day.
- Lost the rod? Bring Grandpa a new fork and string and he'll make another.
- In a shared world only one player takes a quest at a time: if someone else is helping now, wait your turn; if someone already helped today, come back next morning.
Full solution
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This is the whole story of the quest, to the very end.
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Find Grandpa Kladenets' dugout (there's a "GOLD" sign by the door), walk up to him and press E (on a phone, the glowing action button); at night he dozes on his bench, and E wakes him. His rod has snapped, so he asks for a Rowan Fork, a String and a Porcini for his soup.
From Cubby's diary
Met Grandad Kladenets! Sixty years the old man has hunted treasure, and now his dowsing rod has snapped and his back won't bend to cut a new one. He wants a rowan fork, a string and a white mushroom for his soup - then he'll make me a rod that sniffs out treasure all by itself!
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Find a rowan and hit its trunk with your sword (left click; on a phone, the action button). A Rowan Fork flies off into the grass — walk over it and it goes into your backpack. No sword? Make one at the workbench.
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Make String at the workbench from three bunches of grass. Look for a Porcini in the grass under trees and pick it with your sword or drill.
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Go back to Grandpa with the fork, the string and the mushroom and press E: he takes it all and sits down to whittle. Stay close — he hands you the Divining Rod himself, with a Wooden Key thrown in.
From Cubby's diary
Brought it all! Grandad sat down on the bench by his dugout and got whittling: a shave here, a knot there. And the white mushroom went straight into the soup.
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Grandpa has buried a practice chest near the dugout: find it with the rod, and the rod is yours. Take the rod in hand (pick it on your belt): it dips toward the nearest treasure underground and shakes harder the closer it gets.
From Cubby's diary
The rod is mine! And a wooden key thrown in. Then Grandad squinted slyly: he has buried a little training chest nearby. If I find it with the rod, the rod is mine. If not - it's his.
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Where the rod shakes hardest, drill straight down and dig up the little Wooden Chest. The rod is yours now, and you already have the key to the chest — take it home to a chest stand.
From Cubby's diary
The rod dipped lower and lower and began to shake - I dug, and there was the chest! Grandad Kladenets laughs: now the rod is mine fair and square.
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Held in hand, the rod senses chests and keys underground about sixty steps around. Right-click or E (on a phone, the action button) tunes it to a pair: the key to a chest that has none, or the chest to a spare key.
Reward
Held in hand, the rod dips toward the nearest chest or key under the ground - about sixty steps around - and shakes harder the closer it gets. Right-click or E tunes it to a pair: the key to a chest without one, or the chest to a spare key.