Work to Live or Live to Work

Quest giver: Ghen Gen
Location: Amh Araeng (X:26.8, Y:18.5)
Quest line: Amh Araeng Sidequests
Level: 70 
Required items: 1 Ancient Signet Ring
Experience: 54,000-57,240
Gil: 715
Previous quest: Working Off the Meal
Next quest: Mord of the Ring
Patch: 5.0
Links: EDB GT TC

Ghen Gen is fidgeting even more than usual.

— In-game description

Rewards

Unlocks

Aether Current

Steps

Speak with Ghun Gun.
Search for relics at the specified location. 0/3
Deliver the intricately engraved signet ring to Ghun Gun.

Journal

Ghen Gen is fidgeting even more than usual.

Ghen Gen urges you to intervene on his behalf in a matter involving his son Ghun Gun. The young Mord has earned a reputation as a hard worker, although he works a little too hard for his own good, only stopping to rest when specifically instructed to do so. The merchant asks that you travel to the Red Serai and ask Ghun Gun to refrain from any further exertion, lest he work himself to death.

Ghun Gun pays little heed to his father's wishes, as he intends to carry on searching the rubble for “shinies” until a satisfactory haul can be found. However, he also understands that his refusal to rest would prevent you from fulfilling your promise to Ghen Gen. He suggests that were you to help him uncover a valuable relic or two, he would be able to stop working for at least long enough to catch his breath.

After much scrabbling around under rubble and in the sand, you eventually come across an intricately engraved signet ring. Sensing that this is precisely the sort of relic Ghun Gun has been looking for, you make your way over to present the unearthed treasure.

Ghun Gun is overjoyed with the signet ring you have found, and suggests that it may be highly valuable. He offers to give you half of the money earned from the sale of the relic, although it will first need to be evaluated to determine its true worth.

Related NPCs

Dialogue

Accepting the quest

Ghen Gen

Greetings, friend! You like helping people, yes? Maybe you can help me, too!

You see, my son Ghun Gun makes me very proud, but very worried. He works very hard, too hard for his own good!

He follows orders, yes. Follows them until someone tells him to stop. This is very dangerous, bad for his health! I need you to speak to him, persuade him to rest.

He should be near the Red Serai, probably leaving no stone unturned in his search for relics.

Please, tell him his father orders him to stop!