Trade Contract

Trade Contract
Rarity	Common
Type	Reward trophy
Value	Can't be sold (see notes)
Stackable	Yes
Campaign	Nightfall
Collector(s)	Vabbi Trade Officials

A Trade Contract is a quest reward trophy awarded for completing quests around Vabbi. They can be exchanged to a Vabbi Trade Official in the Kodash Bazaar for items.

Acquisition

As a quest reward:

Quest	NPC	Location
Rally The Princes	Kuwame	Wehhan Terraces
The Hanging Gardener	Gardener Pohsin	Vehtendi Valley
Garden Chores	Hedge Wizard Mabai	Garden of Seborhin
One Man's Dream	Hedge Wizard Mabai	Garden of Seborhin
Which Way Did He Go?	Horticulturist Hinon	Garden of Seborhin
Plague of Frogs	Horticulturist Hinon	Garden of Seborhin
In Defense of Theatre	Royal Finance Minister Oluda	Honur Hill
Worst. Performance. Ever.	Prince Bokka the Magnificent	Resplendent Makuun
The Show Must Go On	Prince Bokka the Magnificent	Resplendent Makuun
Scorched Earth	Prince Bokka the Magnificent	Resplendent Makuun
Valley of the Rifts	Prince Bokka the Magnificent	Resplendent Makuun
Summertime for Bokka	Theatre Manager Daudi	Resplendent Makuun
Interception	Commander Tanmod	Dzagonur Bastion
Destroy the Harpies	Lieutenant Murunda	Dzagonur Bastion
A Sound of Ancient Horns	Lieutenant Murunda	Dzagonur Bastion
Extinction	Lieutenant Murunda	Dzagonur Bastion
Population Control	Prince Ahmtur the Mighty	Citadel of Dzagon
Guard Rescue	Prince Ahmtur the Mighty	Citadel of Dzagon
Gift of the Djinn	Library Envoy Chukeht	Mihanu Township
Botanical Research	Librarian Kahnu	Halls of Chokhin
Protect the Learned	Kachok	Halls of Chokhin
Data Mining	Belgun the Quarry Master	Vehjin Mines
To the Rescue	Belgun the Quarry Master	Vehjin Mines
Coffer of Joko	Belgun the Quarry Master	Vehjin Mines
Puzzling Parchment	Belgun the Quarry Master	Vehjin Mines

Collectors

Vabbi Trade Official (1)

Location: The Kodash Bazaar
Collecting: 1 Trade Contract

Item	Stats	Value
Identification Kit	Used to identify items. (25 uses)	50
Salvage Kit	Used to salvage common crafting materials from items. (25 uses)	50
Bottle of Vabbian Wine	Provides one level of intoxication.	100
Scroll of Adventurer's Insight	The whole party gains +50% XP from combat for 10 minutes.	100
Bag	Holds 5 Items.	50

Vabbi Trade Official (2)

Location: The Kodash Bazaar
Collecting: 3 Trade Contracts

Item	Stats	Value
Vabbian Key	Unlocks Vabbian chests.	300
Expert Salvage Kit	Used to salvage Rare crafting materials from items, Runes from armor, and Weapon upgrades. (25 uses)	200
Superior Identification Kit	Same functionality as a standard Identification Kit. (100 uses)	250
Rune of Holding	Double-click to increase the size of a bag from 5 to 10 slots.	250
Scroll of Rampager's Insight	The whole party gains double XP from combat. Rampager's Insight ends if the party fails to kill an enemy for 30 seconds.	125
Scroll of Hunter's Insight	The whole party gains 175% XP from combat. Hunter's Insight ends if the party fails to kill a boss for 5 minutes.	150

Vabbi Trade Official (3)

Location: The Kodash Bazaar
Collecting: 5 Trade Contracts

Item	Stats	Value
Superior Salvage Kit	Uses remaining: 100	1
Scroll of Hero's Insight	The whole party gains double XP from combat for 10 minutes.	400
Scroll of Berserker's Insight	The whole party gains triple XP from combat. Berserker's Insight ends if the party fails to kill an enemy for 30 seconds.	400
Scroll of Slayer's Insight	The whole party gains 250% XP from combat. Slayer's Insight ends if the party fails to kill a boss for 5 minutes.	400

Vabbi Trade Official (4)

Location: The Kodash Bazaar
Collecting: 7 Trade Contracts

Item	Stats	Value
Ruby	Rare crafting material	250
Sapphire	Rare crafting material	250
Diamond	Rare crafting material	250

Notes

• Like most reward trophies, Trade Contracts can neither be sold to merchants nor salvaged, but they can be traded.
• Completing all the above quests, you can generate a maximum of 27 Trade Contracts per character.

Efficient order for gathering 27 contracts

Following the quest order below allows you to save time by completing prerequisite quests earlier, working on some quests concurrently, and by avoiding the need to backtrack.

¹ The quests do not reward a trade contract, but are required to be eligible for other quests.

² These quests reward two contracts.

Major quest arc

Half of these quests require Master of Whispers^M and (unless you have completed Abaddon's Gate), one requires Tahlkora^T; include both in the party if you do not want to stop along the way to swap heroes. Combined, these yield 16 contracts (17 if you decide to do Protect the Learned when already in the Halls).

1. Take and Complete Data Mining^M
2. Take and CompleteTo the Rescue^M
3. Take and Complete Coffer of Joko^M
4. Take Puzzling Parchment
5. Take A Sound of Ancient Horns (requires completion of Dasha Vestibule¹ or Dzagonur Bastion¹) and do the first part in Kodash Bazaar
6. Take Botanical Research^T (from Librarian Kahnu) and take The Madness of Prophecy (from Kachok; required for Protect the Learned)
   • While there do the second part of A Sound of Ancient Horns
7. Go into Garden of Seborhin and head toward Horticulturist Hinon and continue/Take these quests:
   • Botanical Research^T (from Librarian Kahnu) (Leave for after you do Garden Chores and talk to Hedge Wizard Mabai)
   • Which Way Did He Go? (Leave for after you do Garden Chores)
   • Plague of Frogs (Do the first half on the way to turn in Puzzling Parchment and do the rest while taking the bags up the stairs for Garden Chores
8. Turn in Puzzling Parchment^M and get Garden Chores
   • Do the quest Garden Chores (recommended you bring one running skill for this quest for the bags) and take the next quest One Man's Dream (again, you can kill the heket groups while doing this or after)
9. Complete/Finish these quests and turn in the first two when you are done (recommended you do them in order):
   • Plague of Frogs
   • Which Way Did He Go?
   • Botanical Research
10. Complete the quest One Man's Dream in the Forum Highlands
11. Complete the first part of The Madness of Prophecy that leads into Mirror of Lyss (Leave from Kodash Bazaar)
12. Head into the Holdings of Chokhin and Complete The Madness of Prophecy
13. Take The Search for Enlightenment¹ (This will have you end up in the Halls of Chokhin) (from Hanbahd the Anchorite; required for Protect the Learned)
14. Turn in One Man's Dream; it is optional if you want to take Protect the Learned and complete it now (but since you are there you might as well).
15. Turn in Botanical Research
16. Finish A Sound of Ancient Horns and turn it in; while in Vehtendi Valley you can do The Hanging Gardener as you are there already for the third part of A Sound of Ancient Horns
    • You can also start the theatre quest arc while in the Resplendent Makuun, and complete the first quest if you have Norgu
17. Take and complete Old Friends¹
18. Take and complete For Your Ears Only¹
19. Take and complete Interception
20. Take Population Control from Prince Ahmtur and complete
    • Do Destroy the Harpies while there (requires completion of Dasha Vestibule¹ or Dzagonur Bastion¹)
21. Take Guard Rescue
22. Take Extinction (requires completion of Dasha Vestibule¹ or Dzagonur Bastion¹)

Theatre minor quest arcs

Hero acquisition quests

These quests do not offer any contracts; they are required to unlock the acquisition quests for Norgu and/or Goren.

1. Abaddon's Gate¹ (followed by acquiring Goren and/or Norgu) or
2. Brains or Brawn¹ followed by...
   • To acquire Goren, Goren's Stuff: Part 1.¹
   • To acquire Norgu, The Role of a Lifetime.¹

Theatre-related contracts

After completing Abaddon's Gate, you can complete both the Norgu and the Goren series for a total of 6 contracts.

Required hero: Norgu	Required hero: Goren
Worst. Performance. Ever.R The Show Must Go OnR Summertime for BokkaR	Scorched EarthR Valley of the RiftsR In Defense of TheatreR

Vabbi miscellaneous quests

These quests yield 5 contracts and can be done in any order, after completing either Dasha Vestibule¹ or Dzagonur Bastion:¹

• Destroy the Harpies
• A Sound of Ancient Horns
• Gift of the Djinn² (requires completion of Dasha Vestibule¹)
• Protect the Learned (requires both The Madness of Prophecy¹ and The Search for Enlightenment¹) (If you did not do it in the main quest series)

Remaining quests

This quest provides the final 2 contracts and will likely be completed by the time you begin to gather trade contracts.

• Rally The Princes² (primary quest)

Trivia

• You need 196 Trade Contracts to obtain 14 Rubies and 14 Sapphires, enough for a single, 4-piece set of Vabbian armor. If this is your only source for the gems, you need 7 characters to complete all the quests above and an eighth to gather at least 7 more contracts.

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