Bartering Boulders is a quest for level 10-70 in Zaralek Cavern. It rewards 1 reward item.
Oh hey, Uplander! I could use your help again.
I like your battering style. But you know these bricks? They're useless! Boulders are where it's at!
Come see me in Loamm, and I'll give you all the details.
Ponzo
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This quest is beneficial in the long run, but IT COMES WITH AN INITIAL LOSS!
When the quest is completed all trades in Loamm thet previously required Barter Bricks will now require Barter Boulders as currency instead.
Prices will be roughly cut in half in comparison, and you will acquire Barter Boulders in the same ways and amounts you prevously acquired Bricks (random drops from looting offerings, weekly quests...) meaning you will gather currency at the same speed as before, but with lower prices.
HOWEVER your old bricks will become pretty much useless unless exchanged for Boulders at a 3:1 ratio, which will be a considerable loss if you had many of them! If you are close to the number you need to make a purchase it might be better to wait before completing the quest and complete the purchase BEFORE you turn the quest in.EXAMPLE: 1 voucher costs 80 Bricks (before completing quest) or 40 Boulders (after turning in the quest)
if you already have 75 Bricks you only need 5 more to purchase the voucher
if you complete the quest you will only be able to use the Bricks to buy 25 Boulders (3 Bricks to buy 1 Boulder): now you need 15 more Boulders to buy a voucher!
so it's better to get the 5 bricks you need, buy the voucher, then change to the Boulder currencyUnfortunately it's very likely that when you read this you'll have already crossed the bridge.
P.S.: any 1 or 2 Bricks you have as a leftover from changing them all into Boulders you can safely vendor, since you won't be able to acquire any more Bricks to make 3 and buy another Boulder. I suppose the very first Boulder you acquire by turning in the quest is meant to cover for this annoyance.
Since recently this has not been triggering properly for my alts, and in the end i found Newsy sitting calmly by a Loamm mailbox with several Niffen renown quests in the backlog. So if Newsy isn't following you around as normal, check the south Loamm mailbox.
For complete clarity, handing in this quest only takes effect on the character you hand it in on, it is not account-wide - so if you heed the other comments warning about converting barter bricks to boulders, you can safely hand this in on one character you're happy to convert, without worrying that you'll be ruining all your alts.
“An incredibly smooth and shiny stone, always coveted by the niffen. Can be exchanged for goods at Loamm in Zaralek Cavern or sold for a hefty sum of gold.”
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