Everyone's favorite officer is looking for a few good adventurers to help her raise money for a good cause. Through regular contributions, Disciples of the Hand and Land will be able to strengthen their ties with M'naago and experience the story of the Resistance Widows and Orphans Fund.
To deliver items, players need to be a Disciple of the Hand or Land at level 60. The client's satisfaction level will also increase.
Items with a higher collectability will earn greater gil and scrip rewards.
The satisfaction gain is fixed, as long as the item meets the minimum collectability requirement.
EXP gain scales according to the player's current level, but it does not increase with higher collectability.
The rewards given vary by the NPC's satisfaction level at the time of the delivery.
(Note: Orange scrip yields changed as of Patch 7.51. It seems that old NPCs' yields were raised to the new NPC yield, and the actual newest NPC (Tiisol Ja) has an even higher yield than that. Estimated but unconfirmed data is marked with asterisks.)
Note: Nitowikwe gives 141 orange scrips for tier 3, instead of 140.
Bonus
When an item category is on bonus (only possible for NPCs at level 5), the rewards are multiplied by 1.5x (rounded down), resulting in the following rewards:
Ah, so you've brought me some Gyr Abanian souvenirs? Good, good. For all they preach about not being wasteful, they sure don't seem to mind wasting gil.
Thank you so much for all your help, Forename! I think we've got enough goods to satisfy my Gridanian clients─or better yet, whet their appetite for even more!
The Gridanian collectors send their warmest regards, Forename. The items you provided were quite well received, I'm told."
Thanks to the contributions of you and others, we've earned enough gil to start providing payments to some of the bereaved families. In fact, a young woman from one such family is here today and would like to say a few words."
My name's Germainne, miss/sir ... I joined the Resistance together with my father, but when the imperials attacked the Reach, he was killed..."
I'm grateful for what you're doing, I am. I won't deny it's been hard ever since he passed, but I wasn't expecting anything, nor do I think I deserve it...but thank you all the same."
I didn't want to be a soldier when I was little. I wanted to learn things, get an education. Didn't work out that way on account of the occupation, of course. That's why Father and I joined the fight."
But now that the occupation's ended, I've been thinking... When Ala Mhigo needed soldiers, I became one, but now Ala Mhigo needs learned men and women. So I'm thinking that's what I'll use your gil to finally become. Thank you for this opportunity, miss/sir."
Zenos himself cut her father down when he came to the Reach that day. From what I heard, he died giving his daughter a chance to escape."
We all had to make choices that day. I was wounded, so I chose to flee with Krile and some few others. But I wanted to stay and fight─I told him, I screamed at him..."
But Meffrid, he wouldn't hear it. So he stayed, and I ran. I lived, and he died."
Came to light recently that he had family too. A wife and child. He never mentioned them before, so I had no idea..."
I'd like to help them like the other families, but we don't know where they got to, or even if they're still alive. But we'll keep on searching until we do."
In the meantime, I'll have to content myself with helping those I can─and I do hope I can continue to count on you for assistance."
This is but the first step on an endless road. Full many of our friends died, and we owe it to them to do right by their loved ones."
And we will, Forename─I know we will! Where there's a will, there's a way!"
M'naago is pleased with your efforts. She now considers you a Supporter of the Resistance Widows and Orphans Fund!
And yet there is still much work to be done before the fund can provide sufficient aid to all the families of the deceased. To that end, M'naago has a new favor to ask of you...
We did well with those Gridanian collectors, but we'll need to expand if we want to continue raising money for the fund. In short, I'd like to start dealing in Far Eastern collectables.
Apparently, according to General Aldynn, there are a number of wealthy individuals in Ul'dah with a deep and abiding love for all things Hingan.
It goes without saying that the Ul'dahn elite have more gil to spend than their Gridanian counterparts on average, so I expect we can turn a greater profit with this venture.
It'll be more work than before, but I know you're up to the task!
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The Custom Deliveries list for M'naago has been updated. To view the new list, speak with M'naago and select Make a delivery.
Far Eastern “antiques,” is it? Damned if I know how you can craft an antique, but the collectors don't seem to pay it any mind. If anything, this sort seems to appeal more.
These days, more than a few Eorzeans have a fascination with all things Hingan bordering on obsession. Well, so long as they pay for their koban, I'll have no qualms indulging them!
Excuse me, I'm... Well, no one of consequence, really. It was my son who fought and died for the Resistance...
I came to thank you for your kindness and generosity, especially at a time like this when everyone should be looking to bigger and more important challenges, like the rebuilding of our great nation.
My son liked to say that when the fighting was finished, he would become a merchant. He'd sell anything and everything so that he could earn money and look after me...
I suppose, in a way, he is now...but I'd give it all up and more if I... I'm sorry, I don't mean any disrespect for what you've done for me and mine, but...
...Her son died when the main tower at Specula Imperatoris fell.
I was with Conrad before it happened─with him when he was urging those damn fool Skulls to lay down their arms and surrender. And he managed to do it! And then...and then...
Part of me still wonders...after, did we owe it to them to try and save them too? To dig through the rubble and try to help the ones who were trying to kill us only moments before...
Conrad would've wanted it, I know. But he was in no state to give orders, and those of us that were, well...
So he died, and they died. Conrad, our comrades. Enemies that surrendered, and those that didn't. Death all 'round and 'round.
Not that any of us had even an inkling of what was coming. Would Conrad have spent all that time negotiating if he had─would he and full many others still be alive if he had─if, if, if, sodding if!
...Sorry. No use dwelling on it. Best to look to the here and now. To what good we've done, and what more we can do.
All this talk about Conrad...don't know if you knew, but he had a wife. I've not taken any gil to her yet─reckon she's like to refuse until she knows the others are being looked after, so I thought it best to wait.
When the time comes, though...perhaps we ought to go and see her together.
M'naago is delighted with your efforts. She now considers you a Benefactor of the Resistance Widows and Orphans Fund!
And yet there is still much work to be done before the fund can provide sufficient aid to all the families of the deceased. To that end, M'naago has a new favor to ask of you...
Like before, I reckon it'd be for the best if we tried to trade in a more diverse range of collectables. Next, I'm thinking we ought to try our hand at consolation prizes from the Gold Saucer.
I trust you're familiar with the Saucer and its many delights? It's no secret, but in case you were unaware, it employs more than a few Ala Mhigans.
One of them happens to be a friend of mine. I mentioned the fund one day, and just like that, we got ourselves a new partner in crime.
Let me explain. There are prizes available only at the Gold Saucer─commodities sold exclusively to them by certain select suppliers. We're now one of them, savvy?
I'll wager you didn't think a soldier like me had any truck with places like the Saucer, eh? Bet you're wondering if I might run off with our profits and spend it all on MGP and silly hats?
With hair like this? Like hells I will.
All right, enough talk. Let's get to work!
End of cutscene.
The Custom Deliveries list for M'naago has been updated. To view the new list, speak with M'naago and select Make a delivery.
Not everybody can walk away from the Saucer with a fabulous prize. Some people even prefer these─and there are even others who won't ever bother to visit but like to pretend they did. Or maybe they've got some other reason for buying them? Who knows.
Some of the more educated collectors say that the Near Eastern influences are quite prominent in these designs. I don't know about that, but I do know that plenty of people are happy to pay good gil for them. Or MGP, as it were.
Little buggers may be hardy, but they need just the right conditions to form the shapes people prefer. At a glance, it seems you've brought a promising specimen...
Good news, Forename! The consolation prizes we sold to the Gold Saucer turned out to be more popular than we ever imagined!
More profits means more aid for the families. In fact, we've got enough to go around now that I doubt Conrad's widow will object to taking some for herself.
Also...we found Meffrid's widow. I've a mind to visit the both of them to deliver their bit─and soon.
Think I mentioned this to you before, but I was hoping you'd want to come with me when I do, on account of your connection.
When you're up for it, let me know.
M'naago is overjoyed with your efforts. She now considers you a Savior of the Resistance Widows and Orphans Fund!
End of cutscene.
A new quest continuing the story of the Resistance Widows and Orphans Fund is now available. Upon its completion, the Custom Deliveries list for M'naago will be updated.
Can never have too much pigment, many of our tribe's elders would say. Not that I need to tell an adventurer that! Aye, I've heard stories of how some of you lot go through enough dye to put a sultana to shame!
Seems like you've got a good catch there! A skilled chef could cook it à la meunière...but me? Well, I suppose I could blacken it over coals or a cookfire. Edible, sure, but I can't vouch for the taste.
Everyone in the village was overjoyed to receive our supplies! Both the quality and quantity surpassed their expectations!
It puts my mind at ease to know that the tribe has what it needs, and that we'll be able to continue sending regular payments to the beneficiaries of our fund for the foreseeable future...
To the families of your comrades, I know. And I think what you're doing is wonderful, but...I worry you place their needs ahead of your own. You deserve to live your own life─to do what you want. What makes you happy.
I am doing what makes me happy, Mother, don't you see? Helping these people in this way─and there's so much more we can do!
I know it's not the life you had in mind for me. It's not what I had in mind when I was younger either. But after everything I've been through, everything I've shared with my brothers- and sisters-in-arms...I can't just walk away.
It won't make up for what they've lost. No amount of gil weighs the same as a loved one's soul. But...it's better than nothing...
So no, I won't go back. This is the life I chose, and I've no regrets.
...Still have that same fire in your eyes and steel in your voice you had when you said you wanted to join the Resistance. <sigh> Can't blame a mother for trying, can you?
I respect your decision, and I'll say no more on it. All I ask is that you come and visit more. Much more.
Well, that was...unexpected...though not entirely unwelcome. It's good to remember where you came from, and why you did what you did.
Anyway, now that we've finished with our efforts to help my village, I'd like to concentrate our efforts solely on doing what we can for the Resistance and the families in need.
With your help, that is. Assuming I can still count on it?
Whatever you're able and willing to provide is all I ask, Forename!
M'naago could not be happier with your efforts. She now considers you a Champion of Widows and Orphans!
Through your efforts, the fund will provide substantial benefits to the families of the fallen Resistance fighters for some time. It seems, however, that M'naago has a different sort of favor to ask of you...
Now then, on closer inspection... Better than many such items that've passed through my hands. Even someone with my limited experience can tell the difference. Well done!
Now then, on closer inspection... Bugger me, you don't see something like that every day. Hells, you're lucky to see something like that once in a blue moon! I don't know what you're doing, but keep it up!
If the player delivers M Tribe Sundries and the collectability rating is high
The fight never ends, friend─it just changes. The Resistance is still needed all across Gyr Abania, and contributions like yours are invaluable. Thank you!
You're a godssend, you know that? All you've done for us, all you continue to do. There's no better word for it.
Still, I wager it's not entirely out of the kindness of your heart, eh? You enjoy the collectables trade─exhausting though it may be, there's still a solid sense of accomplishment. I know the feeling.
But we both ought to know by now that it's important not to overdo it. Take a rest, Forename─you've earned it.
I've said it before, but I'll say it again: thank you, Forename.
At first I didn't quite understand what could drive wealthy collectors to spend gil hand over fist on fancy trinkets. But when I thought about the time and effort you poured into your craft, and me into mine, it started to make sense...
Anyway, let's you and me keep our noses to the grindstone!
Ye gods, you're relentless! Like a machine at times, even!
As for me, some of the lads were heard to say more...merchanty these days? Stubborn and hard-nosed as ever, but somehow in a more mercantile sense.
I suppose I ought to take it as a compliment. For the longest time I thought I only had hunting and soldiering in my veins, so it comes as a bit of a relief to find I've got a knack for something else...
By Rhalgr, Forename? Do you ever sleep, or do you just prefer to stay awake indefinitely putting us all to shame?
Heh, now that I think on it, we've been doing this for quite some time now, haven't we?
I mean, the goal's still the same, but the fund's grown leaps and bounds beyond what I originally envisioned...
It was only ever supposed to be a means to an end, you know? But somewhere along the line, I found myself taking joy in it all. Meeting new people, finding ways to satisfy their needs, watching them go home happy...
It's good, honest work, all the way through, and I hope to keep doing it for a good while yet─with your help, of course!