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No Place Like Home
Map quest, level 28. 167th of 194 in play order.
Quest giver: Gogolata, North Shroud (X 21.0, Y 25.0).
Steps
- Retrieve Gogolata's goods.
- Return the goods to Gogolata.
Journal
- Gogolata has a confession to make.
- Gogolata confesses to you the true reason he is reluctant to return to Ul'dah: his wares were stolen by Qiqirn bandits, and he will bear the full brunt of his wife's wrath if he returns without them. Gogolata suspects the thieves have taken the loot to their hideout south of Fallgourd Float. Retrieve them to spare the merchant a dire fate.
- You have recovered the stolen wares. Return them to Gogolata at the Bobbing Cork.
- Though relieved at the return of his property, Gogolata remains less than elated at the thought of returning to Ul'dah. What with ill rumors about, he decides to extend his sojourn for a while longer.
Hidden
Easter egg Listen to Gogolata when you bring his wares back. He almost admits he never expected you to find them, which would have kept his excuse to stay.
when you bring his wares back. He almost admits he never expected you to find them, which would have kept his excuse to stay.Spoiler about later in the story
Foreshadowing Gogolata also brings up the rumors of a masked man on the roads. Keep him in mind.
Title reference The title is the saying 'there's no place like home', made famous by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Gogolata says he longs for home, yet keeps finding reasons not to go.
says he longs for home, yet keeps finding reasons not to go.Characters 5
Gogolata is still at the Bobbing Cork and has a confession to make about why he stays.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #166 A Welcome Overstayed: Gogolata complains about a stingy wife, who hired a houseboy to bring him home. Gogolata has you give the man paid papers for a room and ale. The houseboy rushes off happily and now sleeps soundly at the inn.
What you know from earlier quests 4
- #160 Potable Perils: Aeluuin grumbles that guests who cannot hold their liquor should stick to tea. He thanks you warmly for the key. He says rumors of a suspicious masked man have him and his customers on edge.
- #161 Cleaning House: Aeluuin lends you his
chocobo duster, hoping his staff learn a lesson from seeing a guest work. He loves one painting upstairs of a lonely figure gazing into the distance. It moves him, but nobody knows who painted it. - #162 Trouble on the Road: Aeluuin fears the ill rumors and is relieved when you say the girl is safe. He almost mentions the masked man, then stops himself. He feels responsible for his guests and goes to prepare her a warm bed and hot meal.
- #163 Meals for Miners: Aeluuin explains that an adventurer once ate three
lunches and ran off without paying. He is glad the prospectors enjoyed the food and says their gold helps the region thrive. He offers you a place at the Bobbing Cork any time.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #160 Potable Perils: Somerhild praises the tea, beds and ale of the Bobbing Cork inn. A traveler who drank with Somerhild lost his
room key. With rumors going around, Somerhild asks you to find the key and return it to the inn.
- #160 Potable Perils: Somerhild praises the tea, beds and ale of the Bobbing Cork inn. A traveler who drank with Somerhild lost his
What you know from earlier quests 2
- #164 Save the Trees: Oriane must fight the Ixal, the birdmen who raid the forest, so she cannot hunt the Shroud hares eating the trees. She gives you
flat ale to lure them. She tells you of Florentel, a hero who loved the forest, and his love for Eugenia. - #165 Pumiceous Pursuits: Oriane explains the living stone golems rose from the broken land after the Calamity and keep multiplying. She gives you a
sealing vessel to capture a golem's 
soulstone and sends you to the researcher Yhom Epocan
.
- #164 Save the Trees: Oriane must fight the Ixal, the birdmen who raid the forest, so she cannot hunt the Shroud hares eating the trees. She gives you
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #163 Meals for Miners: Ademar curses the greedy adventurer who stole the miners' food. He can hardly believe it when you bring his lunch, and he is glad some adventurers can still be trusted.
- #163 Meals for Miners: Ademar curses the greedy adventurer who stole the miners' food. He can hardly believe it when you bring his
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Gogolata admits Qiqirn thieves stole his wares and he fears his wife's anger. When you bring them back, he is surprised, as if he never expected it. Still, he uses rumors of a masked man as a reason to stay longer.
Dialogue 7 lines
Accepting the quest
Gogolata
In all truth, friend, I would like nothing more than to return home to Ul'dah where my loving wife awaits. That is, were it not for a small complicating matter...
- DE Selbst wenn ich es wollte, äh, obwohl ich doch will! ‘Even if I wanted to, er, though of course I do want to!’ English says he wants nothing more than to go home; German has him slip: even if he wanted to, er, he does.
My wares, you see, were stolen from me by the positively frightful band of Qiqirn thieves encamped to the south. Why, were I to return home empty-handed, my wife's wrath would make the Calamity look like a minor brushfire. No, I fear I have no choice but to prolong my stay...
- DE Wenn ich die hätte, könnte ich natürlich umgehend nach Ul'dah zurückkehren, aber so bin ich zum Warten verdammt. ‘If I had them, I could of course return to Ul'dah at once, but as it is I am condemned to wait.’ English jokes his wife's wrath would dwarf the Calamity; German only says he could return at once with them.
- JA キキルン族に持ち去られた商品があれば、今すぐにでもウルダハへ戻るのだが……いや、無念。 ‘If I had the goods the Qiqirn carried off, I would go back to Ul'dah this very moment... no, alas.’ English jokes his wife's wrath would dwarf the Calamity; Japanese only says he would return at once with them.
Retrieve Gogolata's goods.
Gogolata
//: retrieve goods from Qiqirn bandit
Return the goods to Gogolata.
Gogolata
Oh woe, woe is me! A merchant without his wares is not worth a lump of opo–opo dung! How can I ever show my face to my dearest wife again?
- DE Ich wäre schon längst nach Ul'dah zurückgekehrt, wenn ich nur meine Waren hätte. ‘I would have gone back to Ul'dah long ago, if only I had my wares.’ English jokes a merchant without wares is worth less than dung; German says he would have gone home long ago.
- JA 商品が戻ってくるまでは、ウルダハに帰れんな。 ‘No, alas. Until my goods come back, I can't go back to Ul'dah.’ English jokes a merchant without wares is worth less than dung; Japanese says he can't go home until they return.
M-My wares! Why, wherever did you find them? The Qiqirn camp...exactly as I told you? Preposterous! Why, I didn't think you'd actually─er, ah!
Ahem! That is to say, I am in your debt once again, friend! Thanks to you, I can at long last return to Ul'dah, where my loving wife awaits!
- DE Wie Mistfliegen sterben sie in der letzten Zeit im Nordwald weg, habe ich gehört. ‘Lately they have been dying like dung flies in the Nordwald, I've heard.’ English: he can finally go home to his loving wife; German: he heard people are dying like flies in the Nordwald.
- JA 以前この辺りで、多くの他殺体が発見されたことを！ ‘That many murdered bodies were once found around here!’ English: he can finally go home to his loving wife; Japanese: many murdered bodies were found around here.
...Then again, there are those nasty rumors going around of late. A masked man, was it? Indeed, the roads may not yet be safe. Though it pains me so, I fear I've no recourse but to sojourn here a while longer...
- DE Ich sollte lieber noch fünf Jahre hier verweilen und die Lage beobachten. ‘I should rather stay here another five years and watch how things develop.’ English says he will stay a while longer; German says another five years.
- JA となれば、あと5年はこの宿で様子を見たほうがいいな。 ‘In that case, I'd better wait and see at this inn for another 5 years.’ English says he will stay a while longer; Japanese says another five years at the inn.