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Aaaaa, I just realised your Iria map screenshot doesn't have the little player icon! I'm guessing it was taken from the World Map view?

That might be causing a bit of trickery since the World Map has all Mana Tunnels shown regardless, whereas interacting directly with a Mana Tunnel will show only the ones a character's activated before. Here's an example of how the World Map and direct Mana Tunnel map can vary on the same character: https://imgur.com/a/8i047Qd

As for double-checking via wiki... it seems like the Mana Tunnel Master wiki entry is a smidge outdated, with a few bits liable to cause trip-ups:

• Some listed Mana Tunnels are incorrect.
  • Port Qilla should be Qilla Base Camp.
    • Registering Port Qilla instead of the Qilla Base Camp tunnel is an easy gotcha here.
  • Zardine Bridge is not required.
• The 2013-era Mana Tunnel names in general often don't match those in the Traveler's Guide, which can make them hard to find or ambiguous.

I've added a personal reminder to update the page soon.

In the meantime, here's the correct list of Mana Tunnels required for the achievement:

1. Barba Basin
2. Cenae Meadows
3. Cenae Meadows - Southern Region
4. Cor Village
5. Errans Gorge
6. Filia
7. Karu Forest - Northern Forest
8. Karu Forest - Southern Forest
9. Kaypi Canyon - South
10. La Terra Highlands
11. Lake Calida - Calida
12. Longa Desert - Eastern Region
13. Longa Desert - Northern Region
14. Longa Desert - Southern Region
15. Lunae Valley
16. Maiz Prairie - Northeastern Prairie
17. Maiz Prairie - Northern Prairie
18. Muyu Desert - Southern Desert
19. Nares Plateau - Center
20. Nubes Mountains
21. Pantay Swamp - Eastern Region
22. Pera Volcano
23. Qilla Base Camp
24. Raspa Volcano
25. Renes
26. Rupes Desert - Central Region
27. Sella Beach - Coast
28. Silva Forest
29. Vales

You should be able to use the above as a checklist, pasting each into the Traveler's Guide, warping, and then physically clicking each tunnel to open the map.

If you'd like, you can always add Noa+Nao in-game and I can run you through these superfast.

Personally, this update is such a winner.

Not only is the PTJ board a delight for discovery at a quick glance, but the renewed rewards make many tasks much more worthwhile now. Running around doing various PTJs (even if vastly revamped) evokes a sense of nostalgia from ancient times, which is always nice.

Speaking of ancient times and nostalgia... I'd long awaited Eiry's return, and the fact that she's here to stay + grace us with an extra spirit slot = huge W.

There are a few bugs to iron out (Nerys' delivery, Atrata being very stingy and not handing out any rewards, incorrect times listed, etc.) but overall I've had a great time.

And the Build-a-Bag Workshop™ feature is just fantastic. I'd dreamt about such a thing arriving via maybe gacha or event, but having this enabled retroactively for all dollbags is the best.

Starthepurple1 wrote: »

Sadly, one more thing.. why have the ptj boards when you still have to turn in at the npc. not at the board o.o'
makes zero sense.
This is the worst! update so far = <

Imagine:
> "Ah yes, Kristell's left a flier about wanting some apples for the church"
> "I guess I'll just drop them here, on the ground..."
> *drops bag of apples at the PTJ board*
> *staples on a note: "FOR KRISTELL - DO NOT TOUCH"*
> *awaits Kristell noticing and owl-mailing teleporting a reward through*

And turning in at the NPC makes zero sense?

If you'd like, you're free to totally ignore the board. Initiating PTJs through keyword remains an option, while the board serves as a handy hub to quickly discover and initiate available tasks.

Optimised HW farming hasn't been impacted either. You can still park multiple characters at any church and fill a pet (or pets) with eggs/potatoes/apples/etc. Cycle through each character, fetch whatever the daily item is from pet inventory, and turn it in. With 5 characters (life talent + adv PTJ) that's at least 60HW in ~1 minute.

Nexon provides several free character cards, and you can always invest in more to optimise further!

If you feel it's become tedious to obtain, and others agree, prices should rise. Since people will always happily pay for convenience, I'm surprised to see a salesperson despairing rather than celebrating Prices may be trending down due to the event, but they'll normalise after it concludes.

Like @Niought says, it's normal to bypass certain skill-quest requirements if you've done parts of the Blaanid Memoir content.

That said, from your Chain skills screenshot, it doesn't seem like current Blaanid's doing, since I'd expect Death Mark (and others) to be rank-able. Though, there are other ways to bypass quest/item-based skill requirements, like training seals and certain events. Maybe something rings a bell?

Here's a screenshot from an alt of mine, where I've 3 Chain Slasher skills without completing their requisite quests:



You can safely give-up these quests, or complete them, if you wish. (devCAT foresaw this scenario and added a give-up option to many quests with Blaanid updates)

Also, because skill requirements were changed some time ago, with the NEXT: New Beast update, it's possible to overshoot maximum skill training EXP, which results in odd situations like (a current 300.72 out of max 150.72 ^^"):



Another possibility is de-ranked skills, where you can generally train these back up to their previous level without needing to satisfy training requirements. Though, this probably isn't the case if you don't recall using capsules, Duncan, or some other means to reset. (IIRC, Duncan was pretty pushy about it back in the day...)