An Explorer's Footsteps

Client: Abelard (G-9)
Requirements: None
Items Needed: Selbina Clay, Clay Tablet
Key items: None
Title: None
Repeatable:
Reward: Map of Crawlers Nest (after 15/17 monuments), 30,000+ gil if you find all monuments

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Note: Try to get some guests flagged for certain areas to save you a trip

Walkthrough:

When you talk to Abelard, he gives you a piece of clay and you are requested to bring imprints of stone monuments from around Vana'diel. These are found in all the outdoor areas, not in dungeons. Trade the clay to the monument to get an imprint, take the imprint back to Abelard and repeat for the other monuments. There are 17 monuments in total. You will receive money for each of them depending on the difficulty, and once you have done 15, you automatically receive a map for Crawlers Nest. After you get the map, you can receive the clay again for the next monument. But since you are likely to want the Crawlers Nest map before you are a high enough level to get the last two imprints (from Battallia and Sauromugue), I recommend this strategy.

• South gustaburg (K-10)- 800gil
  
  Near the lighthouse just SW of it on a little ledge
  
  
• North gustaburg (G-7)- 3000gil
  Underneeth the waterfall. To get there you have to go through Dangruf Wadi to the NE corner of the map there is a guiser there that will trake u to a path that leads to the waterfall. When u get to that canyon take the first bridge across and follow the path all the way to the cave uner the waterfall. Also get the quest, Drachenfall, from Black Mud in Bastok Mines; he gives you a canteen that you need to fill up at the base of that waterfall.
  
  
• Konschtat Highlands (G-7) - 1000gil
  
  in between the N gustaburg zone and the dunes zone there is a single mountan in the middle of the highlands there is a cave on the east side of that mountan thats where the monument is
  
  
• East Ronfaure (G-11) - 800gil
  near king ranaptures tomb entrence
  
  
• Jugner Forest (H-12) - 1000gil
  If your headin to davoi (middle south end of the zone) it kinda splits into 2 patths take the east path following the river and theres another cave there near the end of the river look out for tigers that like to camp on top of the monument
  
  
• Rolandberry Fields (K-11) - 3000gil
  SE corner of map in a little alcove u have to cross one of those big bone things with wepons campin it to get through
  
  
• Battalia Downs (J-11) - 10,000
  
  
  
• West Ronfaure (I-11) - 800gil
  
  
  
• Valkurm Dunes (E-9) - 1000gil
  Whitebone sands tunnel
  
  
• Pashow Marshlands (F-6) - 1000gil
  West wall about the middle of the map
  
  
• La Theine Plateau (J-7) - 1000gil
  Take the path leading down into the ravines, the same one you take to do the 2nd part of the palidin quest and follow the caves untill you have made a huge circle around La Theine and the monument will be waiting for you at the end.
  
  
• Sauromugue Champaign (I-9) - 6,000gil
  see earler thread for instructions on how to get this one
  
  
• Meriphataud Mountains (J-10) - 1000gil
  SE corner of map near a break in the ground
  
  
• Tahrongi Canyon (E-5) - 1000gil
  just SW of the Meriphataud Mountains zone in a cave as usual
  
  
• West Sarutabaruta (G-9) - 800gil
  middle West side of the zone on top of a ledge. to get on top of that ledge u need to go north just west of the outpost
  
  
• East Sarutabaruta (K-6) - 800gil
  near the Tahrongi Canyon zone by the river on the NE corner of the map
  
  
• Buburimu Peninsula (J-5) - 1000gil
  Right next to the ocean on the NE corner of the map