# A Trustworthy Friend

**Quest No Raw**: 596940
**Quest Group (questGroupNo)**: 7116
**Entry (questId)**: 9

## Giver Label

_Nerman_

## Objective

You defeated the black leopard that was shrouded in darkness. Let's tell Nerman of your success.

_Go talk to Nerman;_

## Requirements & Objectives

Known requirements and objectives for this quest.

### Encounters

- **Meet** — [Nerman](/npc/46002.md)


## Rewards

Rewards this quest can give. Choice rewards are marked separately.

### Item Rewards

- **Quest Reward** — [Dragon Scale Fossil](/item/44364.md) ×5
- **Choice Reward** — [Golden Roast Marmot](/item/9489.md)
- **Choice Reward** — [Thick Ghormeh Sabzi](/item/9487.md)


### Other Rewards


- **Quest Reward** — Contribution EXP +100

- **Quest Reward** — [Nerman](/npc/46002.md) — Amity +30


## Summary

You're not bad!
I must have a good eye for talent, haha!
So, how about we keep on cooperating?
We can split whatever reward we get in half.
As long as you remember that I am charge, that is.

## Contacts
- **Giver** — [Hoberyn](/npc/50742.md) — _Windy Peak Node Manager_
- **Turn-in** — [Nerman](/npc/46002.md)

## Related Quests

Nearby quests from the same group, prerequisite quests, quest chains, challenge links, and branch choices.

### Earlier Steps

- [A Black Leopard Shrouded in Darkness](/quest/531404.md)


### Quest Group Entries

Other entries in the same quest group, shown in in-game order. Check each quest page for its own requirements.

- Entry #1 — [Bad Drinking Habit](/quest/72652.md) — You met a man called Nerman at the mercenary office in Duvencrune. He said that he was robbed last night when ...
- Entry #2 — [Nerman's Necklace](/quest/138188.md) — You managed to knock out the suspicious man. Let's go through his pockets to recover any stolen items and retu...
- Entry #3 — [Get Us a Drink!](/quest/203724.md) — Nerman seems to want to become good friends with you, and mentioned that Akasak makes great cobra liquor. Let'...
- Entry #4 — [Cobra Liquor](/quest/269260.md) — Akasak said that he ran out of cobra liquor and asked you to get him some fresh Stone Cobras from Tuir Valley.
- Entry #5 — [Especially For You](/quest/334796.md) — Let's bring Nerman the cobra liquor Akasak made.
- Entry #6 — [To the Windy Peak](/quest/400332.md) — Nerman seems to be in a good mood after having a couple of drinks and handed over a quest to you. Let's go loo...
- Entry #7 — [Reveal Yourself!](/quest/465868.md) — Hoberyn asked you face a mighty foe. Let's explore around the Windy Peak and figure out more about what you ne...
- Entry #8 — [A Black Leopard Shrouded in Darkness](/quest/531404.md) — Use Hoberyn's trap to capture the black leopard and defeat it.
- **Current:** Entry #9 — [A Trustworthy Friend](/quest/596940.md) — You defeated the black leopard that was shrouded in darkness. Let's tell Nerman of your success.