Hatching-tide question

I can confirm that the quest is bugged, I had to abandon to get the quest. Here's how it worked for me.

Got an egg at around 10pm last night. Abandoned it. Couldn't initiate it again until 4am. Abandoned it, then I just initiated it again at 12pm today. Eastern time zone.

With another person giving me some eggs (and me wasting gil in the wards) I got the Pristine Egg Cap.

I assume that in the future when you complete The Dreamer's Gospel in one of the states, it unlocks the next tier quest for the next tier Egg Cap (they go r10, r15, r20, r30, then r40 if I remember right). Maybe?

Well for me, I can't do the same city's quest right after finishing it. I finished the one in Ul'dah and upon trying to initiate the next one it didn't even give me the "You are unable to receive another Archon egg at this time" message. The NPC still had the ! over his head but he just recited the same line as if I still had the quest.

You can however bring eggs back to the hat giving guy and get the same Pristine hat again.

I think the event will progress as time goes on, culminating sometime in the beginning of May.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Since right now all the cities give the same cap, it wouldn't be strange if it changed in a few RL days to the next cap.

What I am wondering is how we get the other pieces of gear the NPC's are wearing? Or is this gear already in the game as in crafters can make it? Anyone know?

I got a second egg after I traded my egg out of my inventory. I gave mine my other character, and when I didn't have an egg, the rhyming Lala (Ul'dah) gave me a new one. So then I traded all three eggs back to the first character, and got a fourth. There was no need to abandon the quest. I'm not sure of the timer to get another egg, as I went to bed after I got the first ones.

Try putting your eggs on your retainer and talking to the quest-giver again, or have a friend hold your eggs for you while you get another.

Edit: This doesn't work for everyone apparently, just had a LS-mate try it, but didn't get a second egg. Could work for some as it did for me, however.

Concerning Different Caps:

I'm still trying to get the quest in Limsa to work for me after I have done Uldah, but it doesn't want to work yet (it's been more than 24 hrs) BUT there are different hats in the dat files. Yellow Gremlin has them all listed. links below.

Egg Caps

Archon Eggs

Hope this might help. If anyone know HOW to get these other hats, PLEASE let us know!

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Originally Posted by Neko_Yanagi

Concerning Different Caps:

I'm still trying to get the quest in Limsa to work for me after I have done Uldah, but it doesn't want to work yet (it's been more than 24 hrs) BUT there are different hats in the dat files. Yellow Gremlin has them all listed. links below.

Egg Caps

Archon Eggs

Hope this might help. If anyone know HOW to get these other hats, PLEASE let us know!

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I've already gone quests in both Ul'dah and LL and they give the same hat. I can also confirm that you only get the achievement for completing the quest in one city.

All I can think is that maybe the event will progress as days go by as mentioned in an above post. If not it is pretty silly of them to have added special event items into the game that we cannot access. So whether its bugged or set on a predetermined timer, we will just have to wait and see.

Is the egg they give random? I only get water eggs so far, from the Limsa Lominsa egg-lady. Do i have to run to other cities to get other kind of eggs?

Edit: Also, I can only receive eggs every 12 hours, I tried checking the egg-lady at 4,6 and 8 hours with no results.

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Originally Posted by Vladimir_Devora

All I can think is that maybe the event will progress as days go by as mentioned in an above post. If not it is pretty silly of them to have added special event items into the game that we cannot access. So whether its bugged or set on a predetermined timer, we will just have to wait and see.

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The lore definitely suggests that the event will progress and culminate at the end somehow.

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Originally Posted by Xzen

Did quest in Ul'dah and LL both gave the same hat.

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Silly question, but were you wearing the hat when you accepted the quest from LL (or at least had it in your inventory)? I know sometimes, things like that mattered in FFXI.. I realize this is not the same game, but sometimes thing run in a similar fashion.

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Originally Posted by Xzen

I've already gone quests in both Ul'dah and LL and they give the same hat. I can also confirm that you only get the achievement for completing the quest in one city.

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You got the one for Limsa lately. Just giving you a heads up.

Good thing I have 2 Archons, a lightning, 2 earth, and 3 waters. Should get the other two cheevos shortly. :P

Now i have got 4 eggs totally, and its all lightning eggs. Im i just unlucky or is there a way to get another egg that is not an lightning egg?

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Originally Posted by micke

Now i have got 4 eggs totally, and its all lightning eggs. Im i just unlucky or is there a way to get another egg that is not an lightning egg?

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Other than keep trying the NPC or asking others to trade for the eggs you need, then no there is no other way sadly :(.

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Originally Posted by micke

Now i have got 4 eggs totally, and its all lightning eggs. Im i just unlucky or is there a way to get another egg that is not an lightning egg?

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Just shout that you're willing to trade a lightning egg for one of the other 3, until you have all 4 total.

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Originally Posted by Neko_Yanagi

Silly question, but were you wearing the hat when you accepted the quest from LL (or at least had it in your inventory)? I know sometimes, things like that mattered in FFXI.. I realize this is not the same game, but sometimes thing run in a similar fashion.

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Yes I was wearing the hat and the guy said some thing like "Hey you can't fool me! You already have a hat!" So I put it in on my retainer and came back and got my new one which was the same.

Well, they guy never gives me eggs no matter how long I wait, so I've had to abandon and retake the quest every few hours.

I have been lucky with the eggs however. Every egg I've gotten so far has been different. I only need a regular egg and I can complete the Quest in Ul'dah

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Originally Posted by Gramul

Well, they guy never gives me eggs no matter how long I wait, so I've had to abandon and retake the quest every few hours.

I have been lucky with the eggs however. Every egg I've gotten so far has been different. I only need a regular egg and I can complete the Quest in Ul'dah

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So lucky! Maybe I should try to abandon the quest and retry too.

Completed the quest in all 3 city-states today.

Hopefully the achievements pop up soon so I can show them off. :P

Some players are crazy selling the eggs for 1mil -.- Anyways it seem i can get one every time i get more anima -.-

Hot dang!
I am lucky. Last egg I got was the one I needed.

alright i've almost done each city just a few more eggs to get. yuuki and thalazar are working double time to see if its a matter of getting each nations done first! HOPEFULLY this will work, as far as not being able to keep more than one on me at a time well.....thats what retainers are for XD but yeah WORKING ON IT!

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Originally Posted by Yuuki_Talamara

alright i've almost done each city just a few more eggs to get. yuuki and thalazar are working double time to see if its a matter of getting each nations done first! HOPEFULLY this will work, as far as not being able to keep more than one on me at a time well.....thats what retainers are for XD but yeah WORKING ON IT!

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I already have all 3 city-states' quests completed.

Now, both NPCs in each group have an exclamation mark, and I can keep on receiving eggs and I can keep on exchanging them to receive more pristine egg caps.

I'm just gonna hoard eggs as much as I can.

In Gri I got all the eggs I needed from the NPC and got the hat.

Then I bought the same set of eggs and NPC says he won't give me a second.

Went to Ul'd and got quest from NPC there.

Talk to other NPC in Ul'd to get hat but also says he can't give to someone who already has one.

Currently waiting to get quest from Gri again to see if it will change. (doubt it)

Also did some leves and grinding with egg cap on hoping maybe I could get an egg or something that way. Nothing happened.

Saubapu - to get another egg cap, you just need to put your current one in your retainer. On one character, you can get a total of 6: one per inventory (your own and two retainers) and one per bazaar.

Yes but people don't want multiple of the same...they want to get the next rank of egg cap.

Girlie thank you for the info but Naylia is right, the big question is how to get the other caps.

I've tried talking to NPC's with the cap on and off, nothing. Opened treasure chests (including red ones) with it on and off, nothing. I've been to hamlets and find nothing.

As frustrating as it is, this is fun trying to figure it out. Hope there are simialr quests going forward!

Ok first take a look at this, there are many more eggs in the dat files.

http://ffxiv.yg.com/items?f=s=Egg;c=6.2.9

To complete the quest from each city you must discard the current Pristene Egg Cap as the NPC will say something like "you are greedy, we can only give each person 1 egg cap" etc

I'm unsure if you are able to actually hold more than one Unique item in this game.

I'm still unclear how to get the other eggs which I am guessing must be related to getting the other caps, of course this could be timed content or it could just be that the other eggs are very rare, although if that is the case surely someone would have got one by now.

You don't have to discard it, someone explained earlier how you can have up to 6 of a unique item on the same character. Unique items only allow you to hold one on any given list.

I'm wondering if SE just pre-loaded the next four Easter Events at the same time....I have not found reference to or seen anyone who has anything cooler than the egg on my head...

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I'm wondering if SE just pre-loaded the next four Easter Events at the same time....I have not found reference to or seen anyone who has anything cooler than the egg on my head...

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I'd hazard a guess that this is indeed the case.

I sure hope so, otherwise there's a deep puzzle here that no one has solved.

Maybe its no more easter events this year. You get an egg hat and thats it for this easter.Or......?

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Originally Posted by micke

Maybe its no more easter events this year. You get an egg hat and thats it for this easter.Or......?

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I sure hope that isn't the case. To pre-load all the Event content then say "Oh, that's not for this year's event" is just cruel. SE knows people look at the dats, And they know people would wonder how to get these other hats... And expect them for this years event. I'm all for the progression of the event, to obtaining the different hats in time, but I would like a little info too! I don't need specifics, just a yes or no. Are all the hats for this years event? I'd be VERY happy for that answer.

I don't think there is anything more to this quest then getting the white cap (pristine egg cap). I believe that SE planned for a bigger event but because of what happen in Japan they weren't able to finish the quest so we got what we got. It is better then nothing, and definitely better then the bells. My personal feelings are if they haven't finished it but are going to we should see something with the 1.17a patch. Here's to hoping there is more.

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I don't think there is anything more to this quest then getting the white cap (pristine egg cap). I believe that SE planned for a bigger event but because of what happen in Japan they weren't able to finish the quest so we got what we got. It is better then nothing, and definitely better then the bells. My personal feelings are if they haven't finished it but are going to we should see something with the 1.17a patch. Here's to hoping there is more.

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If thats the case I hope they SAY its the case. I like some communication here.

Now this quest looks stupid. Noone needs three (or four) similar egg caps! We need different ones! Hey, SE, can u hear me?

Ah, but if the next step involves turning the Pristine hats into the other hats, or uses them as a component of getting the other hats, multiple Pristines could mean multiple different kinds of hats. We just don't know yet.

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Ah, but if the next step involves turning the Pristine hats into the other hats, or uses them as a component of getting the other hats, multiple Pristines could mean multiple different kinds of hats. We just don't know yet.

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That could be useful... But in this way there is no need to make Pristine Hats unique , i guess..

Has anyone seen any updates to the quest yet since the maintenance? Any changes? ANYTHING?

I checked the NPC's in uldah, same ol' text. Nothing new.