Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII side quest guide

The Avid Reader 

After starting the quest, look for this woman in the Commercial District

Then wait until midnight to access the Warren and talk to this man

Then head to Yusnaan and talk to this woman at Banquet of the Lord

Who you get it from: Ranulph, a man reading at a table in Pilgrim’s Passage near South Station

When you can obtain the quest: Between 5AM and 11PM, after completing Main Quest 1-5

Rewards for completion: 900 gil, Dull Grudge Knife x1, Max HP +60, Strength +6, Magic +4

Instructions for completion: After talking to Ranulph, go to the Commercial District and look for Mitka, a masked woman. Then wait until midnight so you have access to the Warren. Enter the Warren through the west entrance via the North Station. Shortly after entering the Warren, look for a nameless man and talk to him. Then travel to Yusnaan and head for the Banquet of the Lord restaurant. Look for a woman named Erine. After talking to her, she’ll give you a journal.

IMPORTANT: What you decide to do with the journal will determine the outcome of the quest and whether a new quest is triggered. To complete ‘The Avid Reader’, report back to Ranulph without reading the journal. If you read the journal, you’ll trigger the quest ‘To Save the Sinless’, but you’ll fail ‘The Avid Reader’.

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