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Nailed It
Map quest, level 13 (you can take it from level 10). 61st of 102 in play order.
Quest giver: Hezzkhezl, Lower La Noscea (X 27.2, Y 33.8).
Steps
- Slay lightning sprites and obtain their cores.
- Deliver the elemental cores to Hezzkhezl.
Journal
- Naldiq & Vymelli's shipwright Hezzkhezl needs help heating his rivets.
- Journey outside of the Moraby Drydocks and slay three lightning sprites for their cores.
- You have collected three intact cores. Now deliver them to Hezzkhezl.
- Hezzkhezl is delighted at your return, and tells you that it was Victory foreman Ahtbyrm
who originally conceived the idea of using 
sprite cores to heat rivets.
Hidden
remembers the Calamity's big wave crashing onto the coast of Limsa. Hezzkhezl also remembers how the Gods' Grip protected the docks from the worst of it. means 'Hot Kettle'. That fits a man whose job is heating rivets. means 'Eight Tree' in the ancient Roegadyn language.Spoiler about later in the story
Foreshadowing Sailors here swear by 'Leviathan's
eye'. Also, 'fishback' is Lominsan slang for a Sahagin. Keep both names in mind, because they matter in La Noscea's main story.
Characters 4
Ahtbyrm is still leading the work on the Victory at the Moraby Drydocks.
What you know from earlier quests 3
- #57 On to the Drydocks: Ahtbyrm is angry at another delay, then says sorry to you, the messenger. He leads work on the Victory, the first new warship since the Calamity, the disaster that sank most of their ships. To him it is a symbol of Limsa Lominsa's rebirth.
- #58 Without a Doubt: Fyrilsmyd
was never late in twelve months. Ahtbyrm doubts Haldbroda
at Candlekeep Quay, who claims he never saw Fyrilsmyd. Ahtbyrm cannot leave his post, so he sends you to threaten Haldbroda with a move to lonely Turtleback Island. - #59 Failure to Lunch: Ahtbyrm does not speak here. Wafufu
mentions him as the hungry foreman whose belly keeps grumbling and who gives her "the evil eye". She fears he might eat her if the 
lunches stay lost.
Hezzkhezl is a shipwright of Naldiq & Vymelli's who drives rivets, metal pins joining steel plates, on the Victory. He boasts no one rivets better.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #59 Failure to Lunch: Wafufu gets very anxious. She must stay with her cart, so you search for the lunches. She fears the hungry foreman Ahtbyrm might eat her, and is relieved when all four return. The journal says this would almost surely never have happened.
- #59 Failure to Lunch: Wafufu gets very anxious. She must stay with her cart, so you search for the
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #60 What Counts: Yulgi Honalgi teases you about your counting skills. The numbers you bring are grim. He says they are still far from healing after the Calamity, a disaster five years ago. As a proud Lominsan, he hates to say they may need wood from Gridania.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Ahtbyrm does not speak here. Hezzkhezl mentions him as the clever foreman who thought of heating rivets with sprite cores, and says that is likely why he became chief so fast. Ahtbyrm's name means "Eight Tree" in old Roegadyn.
- Hezzkhezl heats rivets with the white-hot cores of lightning sprites, a kind of monster, and needs more. Delighted when you bring three, he can head to the alehouse. He credits foreman Ahtbyrm with the idea. His name means "Hot Kettle" in old Roegadyn.
What the Japanese, French and German versions say 4
Japanese
EN 'A clever one, that man. Sharper than a fang in a fishback's beak. Probably is why he made chief so quick, like.'
JA 「あの方は、本当に大した器だよ。造船師を志したのは、遅い方だってのに、あっという間に筆頭造船師に上りつめたからな。」, 'He is truly a man of great stature. He set out to be a shipwright rather late, yet he rose to chief shipwright in no time.'
Hezzkhezl says this of Ahtbyrm. It fits a later reveal: his pirate father wanted him in the family trade. The English never says he started late.
French
EN Nailed It
FR «Des rivets fulgurants», 'lightning-fast rivets'
«fulgurant» literally means 'producing lightning', and lightning-sprite cores heat these rivets.
EN 'A clever one, that man. Sharper than a fang in a fishback's beak. Probably is why he made chief so quick, like.'
FR «C'est vraiment quelqu'un d'admirable, tant pour son génie que pour ses qualités humaines. D'ailleurs, bien qu'il soit entré tard dans le métier, il ne lui a fallu que peu de temps pour se retrouver au poste qu'il occupe actuellement.», 'He's truly admirable, as much for his genius as for his qualities as a person. What's more, though he came to the trade late, it didn't take him long to reach the post he holds now.'
Here too, Hezzkhezl says Ahtbyrm came late. The English praises only his cleverness.
German
EN 'When it comes to rivetin', ye could search the realm over, but ye won't find none better than Hezzkhezl. Ten score rivets a bell, I drive. Twice that if I'm not in me cups!'
DE „Wo ich einen rot-glühenden Niet einhämmer, bekommen ihn keine zehn Chocobos mehr heraus.“, 'Once I hammer in a red-hot rivet, not even ten chocobos could pull it out again.'
Hezzkhezl twists the idiom „keine zehn Pferde“, 'not ten horses', with Eorzea's mounts swapped in. The English boasts of speed instead.
Dialogue 6 lines
Accepting the quest
Hezzkhezl
When it comes to rivetin', ye could search the realm over, but ye won't find none better than Hezzkhezl. Ten score rivets a bell, I drive. Twice that if I'm not in me cups!
- FR Moi, je me charge de souder les rivets pour assurer que les plaques de fer du navire sont bien fixées les unes aux autres. ‘Me, I take care of fixing the rivets to make sure the ship's iron plates are firmly joined to one another.’ English boasts "ten score rivets a bell", twice that when sober; French just explains he rivets the ship's iron plates.
- DE Platten, die ich vernietet habe, sind wasserdicht auf tausend Jahre! ‘Plates that I have riveted are watertight for a thousand years!’ English boasts "ten score rivets a bell", twice that when sober; German boasts his plates stay watertight a thousand years.
- JA 水漏れせんように、鉄板をガッチリと接合するにゃ、真っ赤に焼けたリベットを打ち込まにゃならん！ ‘To join iron plates tight so they don't leak, you've got to drive in red-hot rivets!’ English boasts "ten score rivets a bell", twice that when sober; Japanese explains red-hot rivets keep plates from leaking.
- FR Tu es l'aventurière/er qu'Ahtbyrm a à la bonne, n'est-ce pas ? ‘You're the adventurer Ahtbyrm has taken a liking to, aren't you?’ French opens by noting Ahtbyrm likes you; English opens with a boast that he is the realm's best riveter.
The key to drivin' rivets proper-like is how hot ye can get the buggers. The hotter the rivet, the stronger the bond she'll make with the steel plate. Problem bein', was I to heat me rivets in the forge, they'd be cold as a dead whore's crotch by the time I hauled 'em back to the Victory.
- DE Und meine Kreiselhiebtechnik hat natürlich auch etwas damit zu tun. ‘And my spinning-strike technique naturally has something to do with it too.’ English says forge-heated rivets would go cold on the way; German credits his own spinning-strike technique.
'Tis why I use the white-hot cores o' lightnin' sprites...but as ye can see, me supply's runnin' a tad low. If it ain't too much trouble, would ye be so kind as to fetch me some? Ye look as if ye could take on a whole pack o' sprites with one hand tied behind yer arse.
Deliver the elemental cores to Hezzkhezl
Hezzkhezl
Three cores, and I can be done with the day's work and back at the alehouse, where I belong.
- FR Il n'y a pas mieux pour fixer les rivets. ‘There's nothing better for fixing rivets.’ English says three cores let him finish work and return to the alehouse; French says nothing beats them for rivets.
- JA リベットの加熱には、そいつがいちばん具合がいいからな。 ‘For heating rivets, those work best.’ English says three cores let him finish work and return to the alehouse; Japanese says they work best for heating rivets.
Leviathan's eye! Ye really done gone an' fetched me the blinkin' cores! Ahtbyrm'll be right pleased to see that, he will.
'Twas the foreman what came up with the idea to use cores to heat the rivets. A clever one, that man. Sharper than a fang in a fishback's beak. Probably is why he made chief so quick, like.
- JA あの方は、本当に大した器だよ。造船師を志したのは、遅い方だってのに、あっという間に筆頭造船師に上りつめたからな。 ‘He is truly a man of great stature. He set out to be a shipwright rather late, yet he rose to chief shipwright in no time.’ Hezzkhezl says this of Ahtbyrm. It fits a later reveal: his pirate father wanted him in the family trade. The English never says he started late.
- FR C'est vraiment quelqu'un d'admirable, tant pour son génie que pour ses qualités humaines. D'ailleurs, bien qu'il soit entré tard dans le métier, il ne lui a fallu que peu de temps pour se retrouver au poste qu'il occupe actuellement. ‘He's truly admirable, as much for his genius as for his qualities as a person. What's more, though he came to the trade late, it didn't take him long to reach the post he holds now.’ Here too, Hezzkhezl says Ahtbyrm came late. The English praises only his cleverness.