One Step Behind

Objectives

Part 1

↷ Keep following Tamala's trail. ↷ Stay on Tamala's trail. ↷ Enter the mysterious cave.

• Find traces of Tamala in the Elderwood.

Part 2

You've finally found where Tamala's been disappearing off to. There have to be some clues in here about what she's up to.

• Investigate the mysterious cave.

Part 3

Now that you've found some damning clues, it's time to leave. Surely nothing could possibly go wrong, right?

• Head towards the cave exit.

Walkthrough

1. After receiving the quest, head south out of the cave system towards the Deep Woods. Here, you will find a glowing area on the ground that you can interact with.
   • You see clawed footprints in the dirt.
2. Head to area G7, you will find another glowing area on the ground to interact with.
   • You see strange slash marks on the cliff side.
3. Head to area G8, you will find another glowing area on the ground to interact with.
   • More of the same clawed footprints from before, but dug deeper into the soft ground.
4. Head to area H8. Here, talk to Sifuu.
5. Head to area I9 and enter the glowing cave.
6. Follow the tunnel into the cave.
   • Once in the room at the end of the tunnel, you will find some berries in a bowl on the ground next to the campfire.
   • Somebody left a basket of fruit here.
   • Take a look at the pile of hay.
   • This huge pile of straw looks like bedding.
   • Examine the campfire.
   • This campfire has not been used for some time.
   • Examine the platform.
   • A mysterious platform with runic carvings in the base.
   • Examine the trays of plants.
   • Newly sprouted plants. Someone's been tending to them.
   • There is another book in this room titled Abandoned Notes.
   • In the second tent on the left, there is a Suspicious Note on the shelf. Interacting with it will advance the quest.
   • In the same tent is a pile of stones.
   • A pile of flowstones with an unfamiliar symbol.
7. Head back through the tunnel you entered through. Here, Tamala will speak to you.

Rewards

• Sifuu's Protection Charm
• Increased Friendship with Tamala
• 20 Renown

The whole series

1. Welcome to Palia
2. Learning the Ropes
3. Mysterious Object
4. Ancient Battery
5. Like a Bird
6. Echoes of the Unknown
7. Vault of the Waves
8. Plumehound Pilgrimage
9. A Catalyzing Caper
10. Vault of the Flames
11. Look to the Sky
12. Silver-winging It
13. It Takes a Village - Caleri
14. Eye of the Storm
15. Vault of the Gales
16. Keeper of Waves
17. Keeper of Roots
18. Secret Depths
19. Vault of the Roots
20. Strange Things Afoot
21. Fit for a Watcher
22. Your Order is Served
23. Extravagant Expectations
24. Troubled Waters
25. Into the Fire
26. Up in the Air
27. Rooted in Place
28. Answering the Call
29. The Elderwood
30. The Nature of Shadows
31. Shot in the Dark
32. One Step Behind
33. Like A Shiprunt
34. Something Wicked
35. Even as a Shadow
36. Do Not Go Gentle
37. All That Is Not Gold
38. The Road Not Taken
39. A Thousand Slimy Things
40. Even as a Dream
41. A Royal Welcome
42. Administrative Access
43. A Stitch in Time
44. Somewhere That's Green
45. Chasing Perfection
46. Cat's in the Cradle
47. The Flames of Ambition
48. The Lion and the Lamb

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