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Lightning Returns: FF13 – Wildlands Canvas of Prayers, Moonsoul Blooms, Mystical Meal, Dayring Blossoms, quest item locations

Need to find a quest item in Lightning Returns? Racing against the clock? Here's our guide to the Canvas of Prayers quests in the Wildlands.

If you're not yet tired of the Wildlands region of Lightning Returns, there are lots of additional Canvas of Prayers quests to complete before you head off towards the game's finale. These are pretty simple combat loot quests for the most part - kill so many of these to loot a handful of those - but you might find it hard to track down some of the items. To make life easier, simply use our Wildlands Canvas of Prayers guide to hunt down everything you need.

Wildlands Canvas of Prayers walkthrough

A Prayer To A Goddess

Difficulty:3 Stars
Client:Poltae Headman
Items:5 x Sinister Fang | 5 x AMP Chip
Available:N/A
Prerequisite:Must have finished For The Future and Brain Over Brawn
Rewards:1,600 Gil, Cie'th Wings, Behemoth Crest, Max HP +30, Strength +4, Magic +2

To get your hands on the Sinister Fang, seek out and destroy the Reaver who's located in the Grasslands and Aryas areas of the region. The Aster Protoflorian drops the AMP Chip you need, and you can find this enemy type in the vicinity of the Rocky Crag zone.

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A Secret Wish

Difficulty:2 Stars
Client:May of Aryas
Items:20 x Vibrant Ooze | 10 x Wonder Gel
Available:N/A
Prerequisite:Must have finished Forget Me Not and A Word Of Thanks
Rewards:700 Gil, Summery Parasol, Pink Tattoo, Max HP +20, Strength +2, Magic +1

You need to loot a lot of Vibrant Ooze's for this quest, so head over to the Grasslands region and kill all the Miniflans you find. As for the Wonder Gel, you can get this particular item by killing Ectopuddlings - have a hunt around the Eremite Plains to find these thoroughly unpleasant monsters.

A Voice From Below

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Explorer Marif
Items:10 x Monster Mince
Available:Day 3
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:200 Gil, Thrilling Party Hat, Love-Struck Party Hat, Max HP +10, Strength +2

This one shouldn't present you with too much of a problem. You need to get your hands on 10 Monster Mince items. Fortunately, these drop from the Vali enemies which you should find in plentiful supply around the Jagd Woods and Grasslands zones.

A Word Of Thanks

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Singer Rosevalle
Items:3 x Wonder Gel
Available:Day 3
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:240 Gil, Aqua Ribbon, Pink Ribbon, Max HP +10, Magic +2

You only need a handful of Wonder Gel to finish up this quest, so head over to the Eremite Plains and kill as many Ectopuddlings as you have to.

Brain Over Brawn

Difficulty:2 Stars
Client:Melnor The Inventor
Items:Sinister Fang
Available:Day 7
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:650 Gil, Shogun's Mustache, Politician's Beard, Max HP +20, Strength +3

The Sinister fang you need for completing Brain Over Brawn can be looted from the corpse of the Reaver. Head over to the Aryas and Grasslands zones to find this enemy type.

Chocobo Chow

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Hunter Stable Hand
Items:5 x Gysahl Greens
Available:Day 1
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:500 Gil, Gold Chocobo Figurine, Silver Chocobo Figurine, max HP +10, Strength +2

One easy way of fulfilling the requirement of this quest is to simply grow the Gysahl Greens that are needed for feeding the chocobo. You can only do so once you've completed the side quest called A Father's Request, however.

Digging Mole

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Savanah
Items:1 x Rocky Crag Mole | 3 x Chocoborel | 2 x Luminous Mushroom
Available:Day 1
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:800 Gil, Youthful Parasol, Unicorn Mart Logo, Max HP +10, Strength +2

If you've got a chocobo capable of gliding, head on over to the Rocky Crag zone of the Wildlands and kill the Rocky Crag Mole. The Chocoborel you need grows within the Jagd Woods, but you'll only be able to see it between the hours of 6am and 6pm. As for your last item, the pair of Luminous Mushrooms, you can harvest these from the same location, but only between the hours of 6pm and 6am.

Dumpling Cook-Off

Difficulty:2 Stars
Client:Hunter Potts
Items:15 x Monster Mince | 15 x Green Leather
Available:N/A
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:600 Gil, Silvered Insignia, Bronze Medal, Max HP +20, Strength +2, Magic +1

Get your hands on the Monster Mince you need by killing the Vali enemy types found in the Jagd Woods and Grasslands regions. Green Leather drops from the horrible goblins who can be found getting up to no good in the Eremite Plains and Rocky Crag regions.

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Echoes Of A Drum

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Tradesman Nebro
Items:6 x Green Leather
Available:Day 3
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:180 Gil, Gadot's Red Emblem, Seadog's Beard, Max HP +10, Strength +1

Just like the quest above, you can find the Green Leather you need by killing the goblins who are wandering around in the Rocky Crag and Eremite Plains zones.

Emergency Treatment

Difficulty:2 Stars
Client:Seven
Items:1 x Chocobull | 1 x Animal Potion
Available:N/A
Prerequisite:Must have finished 3-2 of the main quest
Rewards:1,000 Gil, Afro and Black Chick, Afro and Purple Chick, Max HP +20, Strength +2, Magic +1

Give eight Chocoborel and six Sweet Slugs to Cardesia in Jagd Village to get hold of a Chocobull. You'll need to complete the side quest called Dog, Doctor, And Assistant to get the Animal Potion you need, or you can talk to Tilda at the Research Camp. If you choose the latter option, note that you'll need to bring Tilda four Dayring Blossoms, two Moonsoul Blooms, five Googy Goo and 200 Gil.

For The Future

Difficulty:2 Stars
Client:Researcher Grove
Items:1 x AMP Chip
Available:Day 3
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:700 Gil, PSICOM Officer Epaulets, Mobile Guard's Badge, Max HP +20, Strength +1, Magic +1

The AMP Chip you need for this quest can be looted from the corpse of the Aster Protoflorian enemy. Have a hunt around the Rocky Crag area to find it.

Forget Me Not

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Claris
Items:8 x Vibrant Ooze
Available:Day 1
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:120 Gil, Sunny Butterfly, Twilight Butterfly, Max HP +10, Magic +1

Every time you kill a Miniflans, you get a Vibrant Ooze as your reward. So go and kill eight of them! You can find them all over the Grasslands area.

Fresh Fertilizer

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Tally
Items:5 x Goopy Goo
Available:N/A
Prerequisite:Must have finished Land Of Our Forebears
Rewards:200 Gil, Tropical Tree, Scholar's Beard, Max HP +10, Magic +2

Triffid creatures drop the Goopy Goo you need for completing this quest, so just keep an eye out for them on your travels - they can appear here, there and everywhere in the Wildlands region.

Gatekeeper's Curiosity

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Darius
Items:12 x Slug Sweet
Available:Day 5
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:120 Gil, Medic Guard's Badge, Max HP +10, Strength +1

This is another simple combat quest, so saddle up, get over to the Jagd Woods region, and kill Rafflesia enemies to stock up on Slug Sweets.

Hunter's Challenge

Difficulty:2 Stars
Client:Bounty Hunter Gahl
Items:2 x Green Monster Moss
Available:Day 3
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:800 Gil, Black Chocobo Figurine, Purple Chocobo Figurine, Max HP +20, Strength +2, Magic +1

The only way to get your hands on the Green Monster Moss required for this quest is to kill the Chocobo Eater. The best place to go hunting for this creature is the Eremite Plains, although be prepared for a tougher fight than you had in your first encounter with the beast. We recommend finishing up as many Wildlands quests as possible before tackling these fights. Every extra little stat boost helps here.

Hunting The Hunter

Difficulty:3 Stars
Client:A Hungry Hunter
Items:8 x Green Monster Moss
Available:N/A
Prerequisite:Must have finished Hunter's Challenge
Rewards:1,300 Gil, Red Chocobo Chick, Blue Chocobo Chick, Max HP +30, Strength +4, Magic +2

As if fighting those first two Chocobo Eaters wasn't enough, the Hungry Hunter would now like you to go out and kill another eight of them. Hopefully you'll at least have a firm grasp of the tactics needed to defeat these creatures by now.

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Moogle Gourmand

Difficulty:2 Stars
Client:Mocha
Items:Mystical Meal
Available:N/A
Prerequisite:Must have finished Peace And Quiet, Kupo
Rewards:850 Gil, Pink Rucksack, Afro and White Chick, Max HP +20, Strength +1, Magic +2

There are two ways of getting your hands on the Mystical Meal needed for this quest. You can either work your way through the side quest called The Right Stuff, or you can buy them from Chef Aryas in Aryas Village once you've finished A Taste Of The Past. If you choose the latter route, you'll have to give Chef Aryas three Vibrant Oozes and six Moonsoul Blooms.

Moghan's Plea

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Moghan
Items:10 x Arboreal Spore
Available:N/A
Prerequisite:Must have finished Peace And Quiet, Kupo
Rewards:300 Gil, Green NORA Symbol, Blue NORA Symbol, Max HP +10, Strength +1, Magic +1

You can get Arboreal Spores by defeating the Dryad creatures located in the Jagd Woods section of the map. Don't go thinking you can use the enemies that spawn to get extra Spores though - only the monsters that appear at the very start of the battle will drop these quest items.

Moon Flower

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Shepherd Morrel
Items:5 x Moonsoul Bloom
Available:Day 1
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:400 Gil, Blue Flower, Frost Tree, Max HP +10, Magic +1

Moonsoul Blooms can be found all over the Wildlands region, but - as the name suggests - only between the hours of 6pm and 6am.

Secret Of The Chocoborel

Difficulty:2 Stars
Client:Midsworth The Poet
Items:10 x Chocoborel
Available:Day 3
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:600 Gil, Red Chocobo Figurine, Blue Chocobo Figurine, Max HP ++20, magic +2

It shouldn't take you too long to finish up this quest. Just go hunting in the Jagd Woods between the hours of 6am and 6pm to get the Chocoborel items you need.

Sun Flower

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Ellerith
Items:3 x Dayring Blossom
Available:Day 1
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:250 Gil, Crimson Flower, Max HP +10, Strength +1

You can get hold of a handful of Dayring Blossoms from the open fields by the station between the hours of 6am and 6pm. You'll also find them spread across the region, so the best advice is to complete this quest with a bunch of other ones, and simply grab the flowers you need as and when you see them.

Sylkis Secrets

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Miss Warbler
Items:3 x Gysahl Greens | 2 x Tantal Greens | 1 x Sylkis Greens
Available:Day 3
Prerequisite:Must have finished Chocobo Chow
Rewards:900 Gil, Dusk Feather Pin, Dragon Hide Backpack, Max HP +10, Magic +2

To even pick up this quest, you must have completed the Peace And Quiet, Kupo side quest and have started The Old Man And The Field. You'll also need to go to the Adventuring Essentials merchant and pick up six Vegetable Seeds - they appear in Canopus Farms between 8am and 6pm, or in the Research Camp between 7pm and 7am.

You can grow the Tantal and Gysahl Greens in the vegetable plots, while you can get the Sylkis Greens by talking to Moghella and planting a Seed in the Moogle Village crop plot.

Two Together

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Innkeeper
Items:8 x Dayring Blossom, 6 x Moonsoul Bloom
Available:Day 3
Prerequisite:Must have finished Sunflower and Moon Flower quests
Rewards:750 Gil, White Flower, Pink Flower, Max HP +10, Magic +2

The two different items you need to collect for this quest can be found growing all over the region, albeit at different times. The Moonsoul Blooms can be found between the hours of 6pm and 6am, while the Dayring Blossoms can be found in exactly the same spots, but outside of those hours.

What's In A Brew?

Difficulty:3 Stars
Client:Brewery Broker
Items:10 x Arboreal Spore | 20 x Gloopy Goo | 50 x Slug Sweet
Available:N/A
Prerequisite:Must have finished Fresh Fertilizer, Moghan's Plea and Gatekeeper's Curiosity quests
Rewards:1,500 Gil, Purple Chocobo Chick, Black Chocobo Chick, Ether, Max HP +30, Strength +3, Magic +5

Head to the Jagd Woods to kill the Dryads and Rafflesia enemies who drop Arboreal Spores and Slug Sweets respectively. Your last ingredient - the Goopy Goo - can be found by killing the Triffids, who you'll encounter while wandering all over the Wildlands region.

Wildlands In Danger!

Difficulty:1 Star
Client:Kinka
Items:10 x Vegetable Seed
Available:Day 3
Prerequisite:None
Rewards:300 Gil, Flower Pattern, Frying Pan, Max HP +10, Magic +1

This is nice and easy and simply involves finding the right merchant at the right time. That means tracking down the Adventuring Essentials vendor in Canopus Farms between the hours of 8am and 6pm, or at the Research Camp between 7pm and 7am.

Looking for more Lightning Returns quest item locations? You can find our guide to each chapter's quests from the first page of our walkthrough.