Save the Miner

This Kneyan task requires you to find and kill a gaal that has taken a local miner hostage. It is the first Kneyan task that involves a little bit of hard combat. After getting the task, go greet the village reeve of Tomiaston. He's the same guy you greeted at the beginning of the task "A Mystery in Tomiaston." After greeting him, you have to find a girl that wanders around. Her description is "A curly-haired little girl is playing here, all alone." She can be in the woods west of Johannasburg, the trail going through Hobbs canyon, Tomiaston, the lake south of Tomiaston, or the random caves and mine in Hobbs canyon. You have to search just about everywhere on the southwestern portion of the island. Usually you can find her in Hobbs canyon on the trail or in a cave. If that doesn't work, check out Tomiaston, then the lake, then the forest. Keep your eyes open for anything above the room descriptions. She will usually run away from you. You'll see a message that says "A curly-haired little girl leaves ". After you've tracked her down, converse with her and SAYTO KEY. She'll say that if she gives you the key, you have to bring her a teddy bear. SAYTO YES and she will drop the key, which you pick up. You can get her the teddy bear if you want, but it's not required for the task. The word "Teddy" will be in gray and you can sayto or click it to start a quest to find her the teddy bear. After you've gotten the key, make sure you've got an elixir and healing potion on you. If not, go get one, then go to Hobbs canyon. From the rattlesnake near Grasspointe, go west, south, southeast, southwest twice, south, southwest, west, northwest, enter the CAVE, west, and northwest. Use the key you just got to open the gate. UNLOCK NORTHWEST and OPEN NORTHWEST. Don't try to kill the gaal if you aren't at least level 10 and have the 2 handed weapons skill. If you aren't one of these, ask another player for help, or wait until you are. Head northwest and CRUSH GAAL with your 2 handed weapon. Make sure to have that elixir ready, as it will break your bones. Use the elixir every time the gaal hits you if you are able to. Just keep crushing it and eventually it will go down. If it begins to parry, you should also parry. Once it hits you, hit it again and that should kill it. If not, wait for it to hit you, then kill it. After you've killed it, greet the miner here. He will agree to follow you. Take him back to the room that is as far south as you can go when coming out of the canyon and he will leave you and you can go back to the taskmaster and get your reward.