Sky-high

Main story quest #10, level 10. 48th of 102 in play order.

Quest giver: Baderon, Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (X 11.6, Y 11.1).

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Steps

Speak with Wyrkrhit at the Skylift.

Journal

Baderon, the proprietor of the Drowning Wench, has a suggestion to put you on the road towards new adventures.
With the Skylift the focus of all the cargo passing over the Descent, the workers there have little time to tend to any other tasks that might arise. Make your way to the area and speak with Wyrkrhit, the head of the operation.
The Skylift is being overwhelmed with the constant flood of cargo needed for the restoration efforts. Offer what aid you can, and help prevent the operation from grinding to a halt.

Hidden

Lore The Descent swallowed a river, the Nym, along with the land it flowed through and countless lives. It got its scary name so no one else would fall over the edge.

Lore Lominsan engineers built the Skylift. It keeps the land trade routes open from the eastern outposts of Aleport and Bronze Lake.

Patch change Courier for a Day was a delivery job from Wyrkrhit

that came right after this quest. Patch 5.3 removed it while cutting down the A Realm Reborn main story quests.

Characters 2

Baderon
Baderon has an idea for where you could go next, now that you are rested.
What you know from earlier quests 9
- #1 Coming to Limsa Lominsa: Baderon registers you at the Adventurers' Guild. He says the Calamity, a disaster, blurred everyone's memories, even of the heroes called Warriors of Light. He shields you from a suspicious Yellowjacket. He is the only son of Lodewicus, the guild's founder, and left home young.
- #10 Close to Home: Baderon sends you to touch the aetheryte, a travel crystal, to see Swozblaet with an old octant, and to visit the Arcanists' Guild. He blames the Calamity, or the ale, for his poor memory. He urges you to help people in need.
- #11 Glory Days: Baderon laughs at the gift: he has hated aurelia umbrellas since his days as a sellsword, a fighter for hire, when even salt and a campfire did not help. Few sellswords keep all their fingers, so he earned the respected nickname "Tenfingers".
- #15 The Rats in the Wharf: Baderon pays you from a huge sack left by a stranger, who said the rats' scurrying noise was driving him mad. Baderon thinks the man was already a bit unwell in the head and doubts he can ever find peace.
- #19 On to Summerford: Staelwyrn, the farm's owner, is Baderon's old mate. He runs it with mostly reformed pirates, trying to bring life back to soil the Calamity ruined. Baderon gave you a glowing recommendation and tells you to work hard and impress 'the old bastard'.
- #22 Fool Me Once: Ancreta says the Yellowjackets hire adventurers only through the Adventurers' Guild. The panel notes add that this means Baderon: official work for adventurers in Limsa goes through him.
- #27 Bait and Swat: Baderon calls the pact a farce that only bought Limsa time. He is sure the kobolds hoard crystals to summon their god, Titan. With no Company of Heroes to save them this time, he offers to ask the Yellowjackets to guard the Stead.
- #43 A Pound of Cure: Baderon has an Eorzean version of this quest's proverb about prevention and cure, using 'onze' and 'ponze', Eorzea's words for ounce and pound.
- #47 Just Deserts: Baderon promises fair treatment for Sevrin; a Yellowjacket who hands out punishments is his friend. He gives you free room and board at the Wench and signs you up for leves (paid odd jobs) with T'mokkri. He suspects some pirates of the kidnappings.
Wyrkrhit
Wyrkrhit is the head of the Skylift, a wooden lift with pulleys that hauls cargo up the cliff of the Descent.

What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest

Baderon points you to the Skylift in middle La Noscea, a big scaffold on the cliff called the Descent, used to haul cargo. He hears the workers need help with odd jobs, and sends you to its head, Wyrkrhit.
Wyrkrhit welcomes you because Baderon sent you. He says one fiery blast from a huge dragon split the ground and made the cliff, so they built the lift. He has too few workers and a growing list of headaches.

What the Japanese, French and German versions say 6

Japanese

EN 'Look at that bloody cliff, will ye? One blast o' fiery hell from that huge dragon was all it took to split the ground in half.'

JA 「すごい断崖でしょ？5年前の霊災の時に、巨大な黒い龍が飛来しましてね。記憶は霞んでますが、そいつの炎の一撃でコレです……。」, 'Quite a cliff, isn't it? During the Calamity five years ago, a giant black dragon came flying in. My memory of it is hazy, but one blast of its fire did this...'

Wyrkrhit dates the dragon to the Calamity. The English gives no date, and the dragon is just huge.

EN 'Baderon sent ye out here, did he? Then consider yerself welcome at the Skylift.' · 'Look at that bloody cliff, will ye?'

JA 『バデロン氏からの紹介ですって？あぁ、あなたが[name]さんでしたか。ようこそ、「スカイリフト」へ。』, 'Mr Baderon sent you, you say? Ah, so you are [name]. Welcome to the Skylift.' · 「すごい断崖でしょ？」, 'It's quite a cliff, isn't it?'

Wyrkrhit is courteous and speaks politely. The English makes him a gruff, cursing foreman.

French

Title

EN Sky-high

FR «Le jour de l'Ascenciel», 'Skylift Day'

The title echoes Ascension Day, the Christian feast of Christ rising to heaven.

Different

EN 'Track down the 'ead o' the operation─bloke by the name o' Wyrkrhit─and 'e'll be sure to put ye to work on a task or two.'

FR «C'est un vieux pote à moi qui gère l'endroit. Son nom, c'est Wyrkrhit. Va le voir de ma part, et je suis sûr qu'il te confiera volontiers du boulot.», 'It's an old pal of mine who runs the place. His name's Wyrkrhit. Go see him, tell him I sent you, and I'm sure he'll gladly give you some work.'

Baderon and Wyrkrhit are old friends, which the English never says.

Idiom

EN 'If the gods were kind─an' they ain't─I'd have about a dozen more workers to handle me growin' list o' headaches...'

FR «Viens me parler quand tu te sentiras prêt(e) à mouiller ta chemise.», 'Come and talk to me when you feel ready to break a sweat.'

Wyrkrhit means hard work, enough to sweat through your shirt. The English just wishes for more workers.

German

Different

EN 'Look at that bloody cliff, will ye? One blast o' fiery hell from that huge dragon was all it took to split the ground in half.'

DE „Beeindruckend, die Felswand, nicht wahr? Sie ist bei der Katastrophe vor fünf Jahren entstanden, als der schwarze Drache die Erde erbeben ließ.“, 'Impressive cliff face, isn't it? It was formed during the Calamity five years ago, when the black dragon made the earth shake.'

Here too, the cliff has a date and a black dragon.

Dialogue 9 lines

Accepting the quest

Baderon

'Ow do ye fare, [name]? Rested and ready to expand yer 'orizons?

FR Beaucoup de gens me louent tes exploits d'aventurière/er. ‘Lots of people praise your exploits as an adventurer to me.’ French Baderon says people praise your growing reputation; English just asks if you're rested and ready.
JA 冒険者らしい顔つきになってきたな。 ‘You've started to get the look of a real adventurer.’ Japanese Baderon remarks that you now look like a true adventurer; English asks if you're rested and ready.

Well, then, I've an idea o' where ye might try 'eadin' next. 'Ave ye 'eard o' the Skylift out in middle La Noscea?

If ye've ever visited Woad Whisper Canyon, then ye must've been up and down the thing at least once. It's that big bleedin' scaffoldin' attached to the Descent.

Ye've likely seen the lads and lasses out there usin' it to 'aul cargo up the cliff face. 'Ard labor, that, and I 'ear they could use an enterprisin' soul to pick up the odd jobs what no other bugger 'as time to deal with.

DE Außerdem ist die Gegend alles andere als sicher. ‘Besides, the area is anything but safe.’ English remarks the work is hard labor; German says the area is far from safe.

Track down the 'ead o' the operation─bloke by the name o' Wyrkrhit─and 'e'll be sure to put ye to work on a task or two.

FR C'est un vieux pote à moi qui gère l'endroit. Son nom, c'est Wyrkrhit. Va le voir de ma part, et je suis sûr qu'il te confiera volontiers du boulot. ‘It's an old pal of mine who runs the place. His name's Wyrkrhit. Go see him, tell him I sent you, and I'm sure he'll gladly give you some work.’ Baderon and Wyrkrhit are old friends, which the English never says.
FR C'est un vieux pote à moi qui gère l'endroit. ‘It's an old mate of mine who runs the place.’ French makes Wyrkrhit an old friend of Baderon's; English only calls him the head of the operation.

Speak with Wyrkrhit at the Skylift.

Wyrkrhit

Baderon sent ye out here, did he? Then consider yerself welcome at the Skylift.

JA バデロン氏からの紹介ですって？あぁ、あなたが[name]さんでしたか。ようこそ、「スカイリフト」へ。 ‘Mr Baderon sent you, you say? Ah, so you are [name]. Welcome to the Skylift.’ Wyrkrhit is courteous and speaks politely. The English makes him a gruff, cursing foreman.
FR C'est cette vieille fripouille de Baderon qui t'envoie ? ‘Is it that old rascal Baderon who sent you?’ French Wyrkrhit fondly calls Baderon an old rascal; English just names him.

Look at that bloody cliff, will ye? One blast o' fiery hell from that huge dragon was all it took to split the ground in half.

JA すごい断崖でしょ？5年前の霊災の時に、巨大な黒い龍が飛来しましてね。記憶は霞んでますが、そいつの炎の一撃でコレです……。 ‘Quite a cliff, isn't it? During the Calamity five years ago, a giant black dragon came flying in. My memory of it is hazy, but one blast of its fire did this...’ Wyrkrhit dates the dragon to the Calamity. The English gives no date, and the dragon is just huge.
JA すごい断崖でしょ？ ‘It's quite a cliff, isn't it?’
DE Beeindruckend, die Felswand, nicht wahr? Sie ist bei der Katastrophe vor fünf Jahren entstanden, als der schwarze Drache die Erde erbeben ließ. ‘Impressive cliff face, isn't it? It was formed during the Calamity five years ago, when the black dragon made the earth shake.’ Here too, the cliff has a date and a black dragon.
DE Sie ist bei der Katastrophe vor fünf Jahren entstanden, als der schwarze Drache die Erde erbeben ließ. ‘It came about in the catastrophe five years ago, when the black dragon made the earth quake.’ English says one fiery blast split the ground; German says the dragon made the earth quake.

Cargo still needs to get through, though, so this mess o' wood an' pulleys was our solution to the problem.

Well, one of 'em, at least. If the gods were kind─an' they ain't─I'd have about a dozen more workers to handle me growin' list o' headaches...

FR Donc, si tu es libre, j'aurais du travail pour toi. ‘So, if you are free, I would have work for you.’ French offers you work directly; English only grumbles that the unkind gods deny him a dozen workers.
DE Melde dich bei mir, wenn du mit anpacken möchtest. ‘Come and see me if you would like to lend a hand.’ German invites you to come and help; English only grumbles that the unkind gods deny him workers.
JA すぐにでも頼みたい仕事がありますので、準備ができたら、声をかけてください。 ‘There is work I would like to ask of you right away, so please speak to me once you are ready.’ Japanese asks you outright to take on work when ready; English only grumbles about lacking workers.