A Bottle for the Genie
Rumours
They say that out on a bare flat plain where nothing grows, an old cracked jug lies in the crust. Now and then it hops by itself — and someone inside coughs: "Ahem-hem!"
Who: Genie
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
The genie wants a new home: a glass bottle without a single crack. Glass is melted from quartz, and quartz hides in geodes deep in the rock.
Hint 2
A geode and the quartz inside it take a Steel Drill or better. Drills are upgraded at the workbench.
Hint 3
The genie's fire has gone weak, but saxaul burns hotter than coal. It's the gnarled gray little tree on the dunes: give it a whack with a sword.
Hint 4
Singing sand lies at the foot of the tallest dune. But first the dune has to sing: slide off its crest down the steep side.
Good to know
- Not every geode holds quartz: some are lined with purple amethyst crystals. If you find one of those, look for another geode.
- Fallen saxaul branches won't go into a full bag: make room beforehand.
- In a world with other players, only one of you helps the genie at a time: if another player is already on it, or someone already helped him today, come back tomorrow.
Full solution
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This is the whole story of the quest, to the very end.
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Find a bare, flat plain where nothing grows: an old cracked jug lies there in the crust. Stand by it and press E (on a phone, the glowing action button) to rub it. A genie flies out and asks for a glass bottle, and for that, three pieces of quartz from a geode.
From Cubby's diary
Rubbed the old jug — and out flew a genie in a cloud of smoke! A thousand years inside, coughing up sand. He wants a new home: a glass bottle without a single crack. And glass is made of quartz: three pieces from a geode.
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Geodes hide deep in the rock: a round gray shell with crystals sparkling inside. Drill through it and dig out three blocks of Quartz. You need a Steel Drill or better: upgrade your drill at the workbench.
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Go back to the genie and press E (the action button on a phone): he takes the quartz and breathes fire on it, but only smoke rings come out. Now he wants two Saxaul Branches.
From Cubby's diary
Brought quartz! The genie breathed on it — only smoke rings came out: his fire went weak in a thousand years. Saxaul burns hotter than coal, he says — two branches.
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Saxaul is the gnarled gray little tree on the dunes. Hold a sword and strike its trunk: a branch flies onto the sand, and you pick it up by walking over it. Each tree gives one branch a day, but the wind has also strewn dry branches over the dunes, and you can pick those up too.
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With two branches, press E by the genie (the action button on a phone). The saxaul blazes, the genie melts the quartz, blows himself a bottle and two bulbs for an hourglass. For the hourglass he wants singing sand, and he tells you which way the tallest dune lies.
From Cubby's diary
The saxaul blazed, the genie breathed real flame — the quartz melted and he blew a bottle! In he climbed: "A palace!" And of the leftover glass he blew two bulbs — for an hourglass.
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Find the tallest dune, climb its crest and run down the steep side (to the right, toward the sunrise) all the way to the foot: quickly, without stopping or turning back; jumping is fine. The dune hums: "Oo-oo-oo-oo!"
From Cubby's diary
Climbed the tallest dune and slid down its steep side — and it hummed: "Oo-oo-oo-oo!" The dune sings! Now I can scoop singing sand at its foot.
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Stand at the foot of the singing dune and press E (the action button on a phone) to scoop up Singing Sand.
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Take the sand to the genie and press E (the action button on a phone). He makes an hourglass, and it flies off to your house, to the chest stands. Go and turn it over (E or the action button): every ticking chest waits half as long. You can turn it once a day.
From Cubby's diary
Gave the genie the singing sand — "Alakazam-kazoo!" — and the bulbs became an hourglass. It flew off home like a golden star, to my chests. When I turn it over, the chests open twice as fast!
Reward
The genie's hourglass stands at home by my chests. Turn it over (E) — every ticking chest waits half as long. No more than once a day: magic sand needs a rest too. And if I miss the genie, I can rub his bottle.