Vodyanoy's Pipe
Rumours
They say that in a lake not far from home somebody sits waist-deep in the water and grumbles: "Blub-blub-blub..." - and bubbles come up. The fishermen call him Vodyanoy. Terribly cross - he must have lost something.
Who: Vodyanoy
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
Vodyanoy sits in a lake not far from your house, grumbling: his pipe has fallen down the well on the lake bed, and he can't squeeze in after it himself.
Hint 2
You won't reach the pipe on one breath. What grows by the bank and is hollow inside, like a straw?
Hint 3
Cut a reed at the water's edge with your sword and you get a Reed Straw. With it you can breathe while the top of your head is just under the surface.
Hint 4
The pipe lies on a ledge a third of the way down the well. Catch your breath just under the surface — then dive.
Hint 5
The one Vodyanoy asks for next bites on worms at night, at the very bottom. Reel in gently — he's strong.
Good to know
- A reed gives a straw only after you've talked to Vodyanoy — cut it earlier and you just get grass.
- 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 the lake near your house where Vodyanoy sits on a snag. Walk up to him and press E (on a phone, the glowing action button): his pipe fell down the well on the lake bed, and he asks you to fetch it.
From Cubby's diary
Met Vodyanoy! He sits on a snag in the lake, green, crowned with cattails, grumbling: his pipe fell down the well on the lake bed, and his belly won't let him in after it. Cut a reed by the bank, rest up breathing through it - and dive.
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Cut a reed by the bank with your sword (left click; on a phone, the action button) — you get a Reed Straw. No sword? Dig the reed out with the drill: the straw inside stays whole.
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With the Reed Straw in your backpack, keep the top of your head just under the water — you breathe, and your air refills. Then dive down the well where the water darkens: the pipe lies on a ledge a third of the way down — swim into it and it's yours.
From Cubby's diary
Breathed through the reed just under the water, rested up - and dived down the well where the water goes dark. A third of the way down, on a ledge - the pipe! Wet but whole. Further down it's pitch dark, and somebody's chest lies there, they say...
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Come up, go to Vodyanoy and press E to hand over Vodyanoy's Pipe. He lights it and asks you to bring back Whiskers, his catfish, who swam off to the next lake (Vodyanoy says whether it's where the sun sets or where it rises).
From Cubby's diary
Gave Vodyanoy his pipe back! He lit it - puff, puff - and blew smoke rings. Lovely! Then he grew sad: his catfish, Whiskers, swam off to the lake {{toward}}. He wants him home - at night Whiskers bites on worms at the very bottom.
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Make a Fishing Rod at the workbench and dig up some worms: they turn up when you drill the top layer of earth. At night, go to Whiskers' lake and cast where it's shallow by the bank (hold the button to swing back, let go to cast): he bites at the very bottom.
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When the float dips, press. The catfish pulls hard: hold the button to reel in and let go when the bar turns red, or the line snaps.
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Take the catfish to Vodyanoy and press E. He lets Whiskers swim home and gives you Vodyanoy's Bubble.
From Cubby's diary
Caught Whiskers and brought him home! Vodyanoy let him go - Whiskers leapt over the water in a spray. And Vodyanoy blew me a Bubble: dive, and it settles on my head - four times the air, and down I sink like a pebble.
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The Bubble works right from the backpack: dive, and it settles on your head. It holds four times the air and you sink like a pebble; coming up is your own job. It also makes it easier to reach the grotto with an old chest under Vodyanoy's well.
Reward
Vodyanoy's Bubble works right from the backpack: dive, and it settles on your head. Four times the air, and you sink like a pebble without paddling - coming up is your own job. The Reed Straw lets you breathe just under the water. With the Bubble you can look into the grotto under the well, too.