Have you talked to the ferry boat between hotan and dw? i remember i was able to get it when i ran all the way there just to talk to this guy before talking to the npc in jangan. i don't seem to recall doing the scale first at that time.
but now, im doing asa's grumble without finish all 5 scale quest (its not a good quest, all xp no sp). so you can get it before doing all 5 scale quest. I normally do scale quest, expensive jewel quest (also 5x, but with sp reward), asa grumble, rinse and repeat
keeps interesting to see diff mobs instead of doing it 5x then the other one 5x again. i nearly gone crazy with the 3x 1000 flowers!!

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Kill_4_FooD wrote:
high lvl ppl can be noobs also
+1 so true.