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Beat Around the Bushin

Start NPC	Vola - Lower Jeuno (J-8)
Requirements	Tenshodo Reputation 6 Monk Level 71+
Items Needed	Wyrm Beard Behemoth Tongue Adamantoise Egg Brown Belt
Title Granted	Black Belt
Repeatable	No
Reward	Black Belt

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Walkthrough

The three primary items required for this quest are Rare/Ex.

As a main job Monk level 71+, talk to Vola at the Tenshodo HQ in Neptune's Spire's basement in Lower Jeuno.
Go through the Door: "Neptune's Spire" (J-7) for a cutscene where Atori-Tutori requests a Wyrm Beard.

Name	Order	Pop Item	Zone	Notable Drops
Wyrm	1	Themis Orb	Balga's Dais	Wyrm Beard (Rare) Honey Wine (100%)
Fafnir	2	Honey Wine	Dragon's Aery	Sweet Tea (Very Rare) Does not drop beard
Nidhogg	3	Sweet Tea	Dragon's Aery	Wyrm Beard (Semi-rare)

Purchase a Themis Orb for 99 Kindred's Seals.
Defeat Wyrm in Balga's Dais in the KSNM battle Early Bird Catches the Wyrm.
- You will obtain Honey Wine to spawn Fafnir (100% drop).
- You may also obtain the Wyrm Beard if you are lucky. If so, you can stop here and take the item back to the Door: "Neptune's Spire".
Use the Honey Wine to spawn Fafnir in Dragon's Aery. Defeat Fafnir for a chance to get Sweet Tea.
- If you get the Sweet Tea, proceed to Nidhogg. If not, restart at Wyrm.
- Fafnir cannot drop the Wyrm Beard.
Use the Sweet Tea to spawn and defeat the HNM Nidhogg in Dragon's Aery.
- If you are lucky, you will obtain the Wyrm Beard. If not, restart at Wyrm.
- Wyrm Beard is no longer a 100% drop from Nidhogg, so you may have to kill several Nidhoggs.
Trade the Wyrm Beard to the Door: "Neptune's Spire".

Name	Order	Pop Item	Zone	Notable Drops
Chlevnik	1	Themis Orb	Horlais Peak	Behemoth Tongue (Rare) Beastly Shank (100%)
Behemoth	2	Beastly Shank	Behemoth's Dominion	Savory Shank (Very Rare) Does not drop tongue
King Behemoth	3	Savory Shank	Behemoth's Dominion	Behemoth Tongue (Semi-rare)

Atori-Tutori requests a second item, but does not mention its name. He asks you to discover what it is.
Go to Bastok Markets and speak with Degenhard at (I-10) to learn that the item is a Behemoth Tongue.
Purchase a Themis Orb for 99 Kindred's Seals.
Defeat Chlevnik in Horlais Peak in the KSNM battle Horns of War.
- You will obtain Beastly Shank to spawn Behemoth (100% drop).
- You may also obtain the Behemoth Tongue if you are lucky. If so, you can stop here and take the item back to the Door: "Neptune's Spire".
Use the Beastly Shank to spawn Behemoth in Behemoth's Dominion. Defeat Behemoth for a chance to get Savory Shank.
- If you get the Savory Shank, proceed to King Behemoth. If not, restart at Chlevnik.
- Behemoth cannot drop the Behemoth Tongue.
Use the Savory Shank to spawn and defeat the HNM King Behemoth in Behemoth's Dominion.
- If you are lucky, you will obtain the Behemoth Tongue. If not, restart at Chlevnik.
- Behemoth Tongue is no longer a 100% drop from King Behemoth, so you may have to kill several King Behemoths.
Trade the Behemoth Tongue to the Door: "Neptune's Spire".

Name	Order	Pop Item	Zone	Notable Drops
Tartaruga Gigante	1	Themis Orb	Waughroon Shrine	Adamantoise Egg (Rare) Blue Pondweed (100%)
Adamantoise	2	Blue Pondweed	Valley of Sorrows	Red Pondweed (Very Rare) Does not drop egg
Aspidochelone	3	Red Pondweed	Valley of Sorrows	Adamantoise Egg (Semi-rare)

Atori-Tutori requests a third item and tells you to discover what it is.
Go to Ru'Lude Gardens and speak with Maat at (H-5). He tells you that you need an Adamantoise Egg.
Purchase a Themis Orb for 99 Kindred's Seals.
Defeat Tartaruga Gigante in Waughroon Shrine in the KSNM battle The Hills Are Alive.
- You will obtain Blue Pondweed to spawn Adamantoise (100% drop).
- You may also obtain the Adamantoise Egg if you are lucky. If so, you can stop here and take the item back to the Door: "Neptune's Spire".
Use the Blue Pondweed to spawn Adamantoise in Valley of Sorrows. Defeat Adamantoise for a chance to get Red Pondweed.
- If you get the Red Pondweed, proceed to Aspidochelone. If not, restart at Tartaruga Gigante.
- Adamantoise cannot drop the Adamantoise Egg.
Use the Red Pondweed to spawn and defeat the HNM Aspidochelone in Valley of Sorrows.
- If you are lucky, you will obtain the Adamantoise Egg. If not, restart at Tartaruga Gigante.
- Adamantoise Egg is no longer a 100% drop from Aspidochelone, so you may have to kill several Aspidochelones.
Trade the Adamantoise Egg to the Door: "Neptune's Spire".

Finally, trade your Brown Belt to the door to complete the quest and receive your Black Belt. You do not get the Brown Belt back.
- Augmented Brown Belts are accepted for this quest.

Client: Atori-Tutori (Tenshodo, Lower Jeuno)
Summary: If you want information on the black belt, you need to first bring back what Atori-Tutori wants.

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Source entry: Beat Around the Bushin. Cached on this server on 4 November 2026.