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Efficient order for gathering 27 contracts

Following the quest order below allows you to save time by completing prerequisite quests earlier, working on some quests concurrently, and by avoiding the need to backtrack.

¹ The quests do not reward a trade contract, but are required to be eligible for other quests.

² These quests reward two contracts.

Major quest arc

Half of these quests require Master of Whispers^M and (unless you have completed Abaddon's Gate), one requires Tahlkora^T; include both in the party if you do not want to stop along the way to swap heroes. Combined, these yield 16 contracts (17 if you decide to do Protect the Learned when already in the Halls).

1. Take and Complete Data Mining^M ---
2. Take and CompleteTo the Rescue^M ---
3. Take and Complete Coffer of Joko^M ---
4. Take Puzzling Parchment ---
5. Take A Sound of Ancient Horns (requires completion of Dasha Vestibule¹ or Dzagonur Bastion¹) and do the first part in Kodash Bazaar ---
6. Take Botanical Research^T (from Librarian Kahnu) and take The Madness of Prophecy (from Kachok; required for Protect the Learned) ---
   • While there do the second part of A Sound of Ancient Horns ---
7. Go into Garden of Seborhin and head toward Horticulturist Hinon and continue/Take these quests:
   • Botanical Research^T (from Librarian Kahnu) (Leave for after you do Garden Chores and talk to Hedge Wizard Mabai) ---
   • Which Way Did He Go? (Leave for after you do Garden Chores) ---
   • Plague of Frogs (Do the first half on the way to turn in Puzzling Parchment and do the rest while taking the bags up the stairs for Garden Chores ---
8. Turn in Puzzling Parchment^M and get Garden Chores ---

1. • Do the quest Garden Chores (recommended you bring one running skill for this quest for the bags) and take the next quest One Man's Dream (again, you can kill the heket groups while doing this or after) ---
2. Complete/Finish these quests and turn in the first two when you are done (recommended you do them in order):
   • Plague of Frogs ---
   • Which Way Did He Go? ---
   • Botanical Research ---
3. Complete the quest One Man's Dream in the Forum Highlands ---
4. Complete the first part of The Madness of Prophecy that leads into Mirror of Lyss (Leave from Kodash Bazaar) ---
5. Head into the Holdings of Chokhin and Complete The Madness of Prophecy ---
6. Take The Search for Enlightenment¹ (This will have you end up in the Halls of Chokhin) (from Hanbahd the Anchorite; required for Protect the Learned) ---
7. Turn in One Man's Dream; it is optional if you want to take Protect the Learned and complete it now (but since you are there you might as well). ---
8. Turn in Botanical Research ---
9. Finish A Sound of Ancient Horns and turn it in; while in Vehtendi Valley you can do The Hanging Gardener as you are there already for the third part of A Sound of Ancient Horns ---
   • You can also start the theatre quest arc while in the Resplendent Makuun, and complete the first quest if you have Norgu ---
10. Take and complete Old Friends¹ ---
11. Take and complete For Your Ears Only¹ ---
12. Take and complete Interception ---
13. Take Population Control from Prince Ahmtur and complete ---
    • Do Destroy the Harpies while there (requires completion of Dasha Vestibule¹ or Dzagonur Bastion¹) ---
14. Take Guard Rescue ---
15. Take Extinction (requires completion of Dasha Vestibule¹ or Dzagonur Bastion¹) ---

Theatre minor quest arcs

Hero acquisition quests

These quests do not offer any contracts; they are required to unlock the acquisition quests for Norgu and/or Goren.

1. Abaddon's Gate¹ (followed by acquiring Goren and/or Norgu) or
2. Brains or Brawn¹ followed by...
   • To acquire Goren, Goren's Stuff: Part 1.¹
   • To acquire Norgu, The Role of a Lifetime.¹

Theatre-related contracts

After completing Abaddon's Gate, you can complete both the Norgu and the Goren series for a total of 6 contracts.

Required hero: Norgu	Required hero: Goren
Worst. Performance. Ever.R --- The Show Must Go OnR --- Summertime for BokkaR ---	Scorched EarthR --- Valley of the RiftsR --- In Defense of TheatreR ---

Vabbi miscellaneous quests

These quests yield 5 contracts and can be done in any order, after completing either Dasha Vestibule¹ or Dzagonur Bastion:¹

• Destroy the Harpies ---
• A Sound of Ancient Horns ---
• Gift of the Djinn² (requires completion of Dasha Vestibule¹) ---
• Protect the Learned (requires both The Madness of Prophecy¹ and The Search for Enlightenment¹) (If you did not do it in the main quest series) ---

Remaining quests

This quest provides the final 2 contracts and will likely be completed by the time you begin to gather trade contracts.

• Rally The Princes² (primary quest) ---