Pagoda Quest

The Pagoda Quest is an optional side-quest that provides an upgrade to your campsite. It does not appear in your quest log.

Note: the number of turns required to do this quest during an ascension makes it extremely unlikely to repay itself before you reach Aftercore. Doing the quest completely in Aftercore is recommended, if you feel a need to do it at all.

Tasks

• Unlock the pirate cove and complete the quest to join Cap'm Caronch's crew, which grants access to the Poop Deck.
• While on the level 11 Quest for the Holy MacGuffin, you read your beloved father's diary, which contains a certain password. Adventure on the Poop Deck until you unlock Belowdecks, then adventure there until you obtain an acoustic guitarrr.
• Also as part of the level 11 quest, get the Copperhead Charm from the Copperhead Club and the Copperhead Charm (rampant) from the Red Zeppelin, combine them into the Talisman o' Namsilat and equip it to gain access to The Palindome.
• Also as part of the level 11 quest, defeat Dr. Awkward to unlock the noncombat adventures Inside the Palindome.
• Return to adventuring Inside the Palindome until you obtain a ketchup hound, drab sonata, guitar pick and at least one Elf Farm Raffle ticket.
• Use the Elf Farm Raffle ticket to have a chance to win the pagoda plans. May require a number of Elf Farm Raffle tickets.
• Adventure at Itznotyerzitz Mine until you obtain two chunks of chrome ore. Combine one with your drab sonata and one with your acoustic guitarrr to obtain a heavy metal sonata and a heavy metal thunderrr guitarrr in your inventory (don't equip it!).
• Adventure at Pandamonium Slums until you obtain a Hey Deze map (can only be obtained after cleansing the grove).
• Use the Hey Deze map to obtain Hey Deze nuts.
• Use the ketchup hound (with the pagoda plans in your inventory) to obtain the Pagoda at your campground.

Alternative Method

This is useful if you just broke the prism and want to put up a Pagoda for aftercore, and you've completed the quest in a previous ascension.

• Go get the Hey Deze map from the Pandamonium Slums, if you don't already have it.
• Pull a heavy metal thunderrr guitarrr, heavy metal sonata, and guitar pick for the music. Pull as many Elf Farm Raffle tickets as you can. The first three items will not be consumed, and thus are reusable every ascension. The raffle tickets will be consumed.
• Use the Hey Deze map and then use the raffle tickets until you get the plans.
• Use the ketchup hound (which you likely have in inventory from the level 11 quest).

Rewards

• Doubles your base HP and MP when resting, and gives 3 extra adventures a day.
• You can now obtain the Palindrophy trophy.

Text

When using the ketchup hound:

A dog, a plan, a canal, pagoda!

The ketchup hound reads the pagoda plans, and barks a series of instructions at the Hey Deze Nuts. They dig a deep canal around part of your campsite, and quickly construct a pagoda inside it.

When using the ketchup hound without Hey Deze nuts in your inventory:

The ketchup hound looks at your pagoda plans, and seems to understand them. He starts trying to dig the requisite canal, but his little paws aren't strong enough. It's cute, but ultimately ineffective.

When using the ketchup hound without Pagoda plans in your inventory:

The ketchup hound barks at the Hey Deze Nuts, and they start digging. Unfortunately, they have no plans to go by, so they just dig random trenches until they lose interest.

History

Before the 2022 revamp, having a Ten-leaf clover in your inventory when using the Elf Farm Raffle ticket would give you the pagoda plans (one time only) when not in Bad Moon.

References

• The quest text includes the palindrome "A dog, a plan, a canal. Pagoda!", which is a variation of the classic palindromes, "A Man, a Plan, a Canal – Panama" and "A Dog, a Panic in a Pagoda".