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Festering Desire is the first Story Quest of The Chalk Prince and the Dragon event. Finishing this quest unlocks Act I objectives in the event's menu.

Steps[]

  1. Head to the adventurer camp
  2. Find Albedo and learn his secret
  3. Speak to Albedo
  4. Take up the mysterious sword and do battle
  5. Defeat the Treasure Hoarders
  6. Speak to Albedo

Dialogue[]

UI Quest Quest Description

After your journey up Dragonspine, you and Paimon prepare to head back to the adventurer camp in the foothills to have a look. There, you meet Sucrose, who asks for your help in investigating Albedo's "secret."
Accepting her request, you go off and find Albedo and strike up a conversation with him. Discovering his secret proves an effortless task — it is an unusual sword. To unlock its secrets, Albedo asks you to use it in battle on the Snowy Mountain.
(After completing Traveler Observation Report)
Media:vo eqxs001 1 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Huh? Look at that, (TravelerTraveler)! Looks like someone made camp here. Are other people adventuring nearby?
Media:vo eqxs001 1 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: Let's see how our fellow explorers are doing?
(After arriving at the adventure camp)
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Hey, it's Sucrose!
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: Are you here to explore the Snowy Mountain too?
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 01.ogg Sucrose: Aah! Y—You scared me... Please, don't scare me like that! I was giving my research report some much-needed consideration.
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 03.ogg Paimon: But you were standing over there, staring in to space...
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 02.ogg Sucrose: N—Not at all! I was just thinking of a name for a new subspecies of Sweet Flower I propagated. It has seeds that are four times as large as normal.
Icon Dialogue Talk Four times? Sounds tasty.
Icon Dialogue Talk Can you eat that, I wonder?
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 03.ogg Sucrose: Oh, are you interested? Wonderful! Next time, please allow me to show you the fruits of my work!
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 04.ogg Sucrose: It's a shame. If I wasn't coming to this mountain, I would've brought some samples with me...
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 04.ogg Paimon: Yeah, weren't you doing research in the city? How come you're here?
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 05.ogg Sucrose: Timaeus and I were helping Albedo organize research data. Timaeus just left in fact. You didn't run into him?
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 05.ogg Paimon: Sure didn't.
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 06.ogg Sucrose: He said that he wasn't as sharp as Albedo when it came to data — by quite a long shot, in fact.
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 07.ogg Sucrose: The significance of some things Albedo is able to grasp almost immediately, but we on the other hand take considerable time. I fear that this must be the difference in our knowledge and experience showing...
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 08.ogg Sucrose: Timaeus seemed rather depressed about the matter. He said he was going to take a walk, so I'm currently settling the leftover affairs myself.
Icon Dialogue Talk (It feels like he's just leaving her high and dry...)
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 09.ogg Sucrose: I was originally going to take a look around myself after finishing up here, but unexpectedly, I gleaned some interesting data from these reports!
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 10.ogg Sucrose: But, well... *sigh* Guess my search for secrets will have to wait...
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 06.ogg Paimon: Secrets? Ooh, what secrets?
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 11.ogg Sucrose: Hmm... Actually, do you two have time right now?
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 07.ogg Paimon: Don't have anything on us but that!
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 12.ogg Sucrose: Then could I ask you for a favor? In truth, I feel like Albedo is... concealing something from myself and Timaeus.
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 08.ogg Paimon: But isn't he your teacher? What would a teacher have to hide from his students?
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 13.ogg Sucrose: That's true, but I feel like he's always hiding something... It is my personal guess that it is some great secret of alchemy!
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 09.ogg Paimon: Wait. How're you so sure?
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 14.ogg Sucrose: Timaeus and I are both passionate researchers of alchemy. If it was anything else, Albedo wouldn't have an reason to hide it from us.
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 10.ogg Paimon: Hmm... You do have a point.
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 15.ogg Sucrose: Could you help me investigate what it is that Albedo's hiding? Please! I'm... I'm just too curious!
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 11.ogg Paimon: Hmm... What do you think?
Icon Dialogue Talk If the lady wishes it, we shall do it.
Icon Dialogue Talk I'm curious about Albedo's secret stash myself.
Media:vo eqxs001 2 sucrose 16.ogg Sucrose: Yes! Thank you, thank you!
Media:vo eqxs001 2 paimon 12.ogg Paimon: Alright, alright. Let's take a little trip, shall we?
(Talk to Sucrose again)
Media:vo dialog eqxs001 sucrose 01.ogg Sucrose: Albedo's secret must be something truly extraordinary. But if that's the case, why the secrecy in the first place?

(Upon entering Albedo's Campsite)
Media:vo eqxs001 4 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Albedo!
Icon Dialogue Talk Hey there. It's us again.
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 01.ogg Albedo: Hmm? Why are you here?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 02.ogg Albedo: Are you lost?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: No we're not!
Icon Dialogue Talk Sucrose has commissioned us to probe you for secrets.
Icon Dialogue Talk Sucrose says that you conceal some unspeakable secret.
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 03.ogg Albedo: A secret?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 paimon 03.ogg Paimon: Hey! What are you doing!?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 paimon 04.ogg Paimon: Our mission calls for a delicate approach!
Icon Dialogue Talk Well, we weren't fooling him either way.
Media:vo eqxs001 4 paimon 05.ogg Paimon: Uh... Sure, but still...
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 04.ogg Albedo: Actually, you've arrived at just the right moment. I have business with you too, in fact.
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 05.ogg Albedo: Here you go.
Media:vo eqxs001 4 paimon 06.ogg Paimon: Huh? What's this?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 06.ogg Albedo: As you can see, it is a sword.
Icon Dialogue Talk Into forging, are you?
Icon Dialogue Talk Is smithing part of an alchemist's qualifications, too?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 07.ogg Albedo: I did not make this sword. However, I did add some alchemical touches to it.
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 08.ogg Albedo: Would you like to try it out?
Icon Dialogue Talk You're giving it to me?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 09.ogg Albedo: My research indicates that this sword has some... unique properties. Only you can use it.
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 10.ogg Albedo: But I need to gather data from it quite urgently — so, could I bother you to use it in battle?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 paimon 07.ogg Paimon: Waaait a second. How can there be a sword that only one person can use?
Icon Dialogue Talk Any adverse side effects?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 11.ogg Albedo: Very astute of you. This sword has indeed had a curse laid upon it.
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 12.ogg Albedo: An ordinary person would be unable to wield it at all. However, you are an exception.
Media:vo eqxs001 4 paimon 08.ogg Paimon: Huh...?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 13.ogg Albedo: Or perhaps I should say that only you are immune to the curse. As such, who could I find to help me, of not you?
Media:vo eqxs001 4 albedo 14.ogg Albedo: We gain little from saying more. Go find some monsters nearby — after all, some things are best discovered through practice.
(Take up the mysterious sword and do battle)
Media:vo eqxs001 6 albedo 01.ogg Albedo: How about those over there?
Media:vo eqxs001 6 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Paimon still has a bad feeling about this...
(After defeating the slimes)
Media:vo eqxs001 7 fierceman 01.ogg Ferocious Man: Over here! It's with this brat!
Media:vo eqxs001 7 fierceman 02.ogg Ferocious Man: Give it back, you thief!
Media:vo eqxs001 7 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Treasure Hoarders? There are Treasure Hoarders in a place this cold?
Media:vo eqxs001 7 fierceman 03.ogg Ferocious Man: Enough talk! Hand it over!
Media:vo eqxs001 7 albedo 01.ogg Albedo: Watch out!
(After defeating the treasure hoarders)
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Now that's rich — Treasure Hoarders calling us thieves!
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 01.ogg Albedo: They certainly arrived quickly.
Icon Dialogue Talk Wait, you're the thief they were talking about?
Icon Dialogue Talk You didn't filch anything from them, did you?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 02.ogg Albedo: Goodness, no.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: They seem to have been talking about this sword. What's going on?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 03.ogg Albedo: Why are you looking at me like that? Of course I didn't steal this sword.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 04.ogg Albedo: Not long ago, the Knights caught a band of Treasure Hoarders outside the city. The goods they were smuggling were also impounded.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 05.ogg Albedo: This sword was one of those items. We believed it to be stolen plunder, but no one came to claim it, nor could we find out where it came from, so it languished in our stores.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 06.ogg Albedo: I noticed it quite by chance while in our storehouse. To tell you the truth such an old sword would see little use outside of alchemy.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 03.ogg Paimon: Eh? You claimed it for yourself, just like that?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 04.ogg Paimon: So... then what happened? You just took it with you?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 07.ogg Albedo: Indeed, and I initially intended to perform some experiments on it, but I unexpectedly discovered its true origins in the process.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 08.ogg Albedo: This ancient-looking weapon once passed through the hands of a now-deceased blacksmith. It is a legendary magical sword.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 05.ogg Paimon: A magical sword!?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 09.ogg Albedo: It is said that the smith vanished not long after creating this weapon, with the weapon subsequently becoming lost to time.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 10.ogg Albedo: Working backwards from its eventual fate as plunder, one can correctly guess that it was then stolen by the Treasure Hoarders, where it remained in obscurity till recently.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 06.ogg Paimon: The blacksmith who made this weapon... disappeared!? That's kinda spooky.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 07.ogg Paimon: No wonder its cursed!
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 11.ogg Albedo: Exactly.
Icon Dialogue Talk To think that a human could make such a weapon...
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 12.ogg Albedo: Do you know the story of Durin and this mountain?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 13.ogg Albedo: Durin was the black dragon who menaced Mondstadt, before finally being defeated by the combined efforts of Dvalin and the Anemo Archon Barbatos.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 14.ogg Albedo: After a fierce battle, the vanquished Durin crashed to ruin here, falling into the thick snow.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 15.ogg Albedo: Snow gathers atop this mountain and never melts, which is a most curious phenomenon. Which leads one to wonder — was Durin's fall here purely by chance, or was it intent?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 08.ogg Paimon: Could it really have been intent?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 16.ogg Albedo: Perhaps this place was chosen as a gravesite precisely so that the snow's power could seal the corrosive toxin coming from Durin's body.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 17.ogg Albedo: It seems plausible that Barbatos would think of such a method.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 09.ogg Paimon: Huh... Was Barbatos such a capable god?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 18.ogg Albedo: Well, these are just my postulations. I don't have any evidence. But what's for certain is that this mountain and Durin are deeply intertwined.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 19.ogg Albedo: In fact, I believe that the very sword in your hand has Durin's remains in it.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 10.ogg Paimon: A dragon's remains!?
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 20.ogg Albedo: Indeed. The dragon's eyes, claws, and scales, ground into dust before being used to coat the blade.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 21.ogg Albedo: In this way, Durin's corruption and venom entered into the sword, and became the source of its power.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 22.ogg Albedo: This is very advanced craftsmanship. I presume that having successfully forged the weapon, the smith must have tried it out themselves in their joy.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 23.ogg Albedo: But using this sword in battle would have allowed the corruption to seep through the blade's handle, and into their bodies.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 24.ogg Albedo: Ordinary mortals cannot withstand such power. The blacksmith must then have fled, driven mad by the curse, before meeting their end in some unknown place.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 11.ogg Paimon: Eek...
Icon Dialogue Talk ...
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 25.ogg Albedo: You've purified Dvalin's Tears before, which is a very rare ability indeed.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 26.ogg Albedo: This ability has protected you from being corrupted or poisoned, and you can completely eliminate their effects.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 27.ogg Albedo: Which is why you, and only you, can properly wield this sword.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 12.ogg Paimon: Still, this sword really is huge... Yikes!
Media:vo eqxs001 9 paimon 13.ogg Paimon: I—It's glowing!
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 28.ogg Albedo: As far as I'm concerned, this is where the real experiment begins.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 29.ogg Albedo: The sword is still very week at present. However, it is able to absorb energy, and through that, it is able to constantly become stronger.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 30.ogg Albedo: In some sense, you could even say that it is a living thing.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 31.ogg Albedo: Well then, Traveler, adventure with it to your heart's content. I need you to help it grow.
Media:vo eqxs001 9 albedo 32.ogg Albedo: I believe that we will soon have all the proof we need.

Soundtracks[]

No.Soundtrack NameAlbumPlayed In
13Perilous PathCity of Winds and IdyllsShadow Over Mondstadt, Kaeya's Gain, Mondstadt Glider, Justice, for Books' Sake, The Fond Farewell, Festering Desire (Quest), Archon's Rival, Involuntary Sacrifice, Blind Loyalty, Reckless Courage, To Hear Mortal Hearts, The Snowy Past, The Oni's Pride, Sky-Gazers, Land-Walkers, A Centuries-Long Dream, As by a God's Side, Where the Boat of Consciousness Lies, Dream of Falling, Fragmented Testimony, Shade Upon Red Silk, The Truth Shrouded in Shadow, An Opportunity for Rebirth, Fiction and Reality Inside and Outside the Frame (Quest), Memories That Should Not Exist, Switcheroo, Pilgrimage of the Return of the Sacred Flame (Quest), Liyue Celebrates and Eight Adepts Face a Hidden Calamity
Event Gameplay

Other Languages[]

LanguageOfficial NameLiteral Meaning
EnglishFestering Desire
Chinese
(Simplified)
腐殖之剑
Fǔzhí zhī Jiàn
Chinese
(Traditional)
腐殖之劍
Fǔzhí zhī Jiàn
Japanese腐植の剣
Fushoku no Ken
Sword of Humus
Korean부식의
Busik-ui geom
Sword of Corrosion
SpanishDeseo PonzoñosoPoisonous Wish
FrenchCroc suppurantFestering Fang
RussianОсквернённое желание
Oskvernyonnoye zhelaniye
Desecrated Desire
Thaiความปรารถนาแห่งดาบ Festering Desire
The Desire of the Festering Desire Sword
VietnameseRăng Nanh Rỉ SétRusted Fang
GermanSchwert der VerderbnisSword of Corruption
IndonesianFestering Desire
PortugueseEspada PútridaPutrid Sword

Change History[]

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