# Hard-earned Secret

**Quest No Raw**: 659861
**Quest Group (questGroupNo)**: 4501
**Entry (questId)**: 10

## Giver Label

_Tulem_

## Objective

Zinor Denin, a blacksmith in Abun, gladly instructed you on how to use the Black Stone. Go back to Altinova and tell Tulem about this secret.

_Tell Tulem about the secret;_

## Requirements & Objectives

Known requirements and objectives for this quest.

### Encounters

- **Meet** — [Tulem](/npc/44003.md)


## Rewards

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

### Item Rewards

- **Quest Reward** — [Black Stone](/item/16001.md) ×10


### Other Rewards


- **Quest Reward** — [Tulem](/npc/44003.md) — Amity +30

- **Quest Reward** — Contribution EXP +35


## Summary

Where the heck have you been?
Thought you ran away.
A secret to using the Black Stone?
Haha! What, is that what you've been running around for?
A man in black just visited
and told me everything about it already.
Nothing fancy in it, I tell you.
He even gave me a load of Valencian Black Stone,
which is considered the highest quality.
Good man.
Look. Now I can make something like this.
You want one? Hahaha! Take one. It's a gift from me.

## Contacts
- **Giver** — [Zinor Denin](/npc/44208.md) — _Abun Blacksmith_
- **Turn-in** — [Tulem](/npc/44003.md) — _Altinova Arms Dealer_

## Related Quests

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

### Earlier Steps

- [Black Stone Researchers](/quest/528789.md)


### Quest Group Entries

Other entries in the same quest group, shown in in-game order. This list does not necessarily mean each quest unlocks the next.

- Entry #1 — [Desire for Better Weapons](/quest/70037.md) — Tulem, arms dealer in Altinova, wants to learn more about the Black Stone and make better weapons with it. Ask...
- Entry #2 — [Expert Opinion](/quest/135573.md) — Even more confused after asking around the villagers, Tulem now wants an expert opinion. Meet Tiu, an alchemis...
- Entry #3 — [Testimony of the Workers](/quest/201109.md) — Alchemist Tiu says you might be find out more about the Black Stone if you visit the extraction mill. Meet Gul...
- Entry #4 — [Cursed Stone](/quest/266645.md) — Gulabi at the Extraction Mill told you to meet Hakan Derk, who used to work at Omar Lava Cave when it was bein...
- Entry #5 — [Unpleasant Memory](/quest/332181.md) — It seems that Hakan Derk is trying to avoid talking about anything Black Stone-related. Go where he pointed to...
- Entry #6 — [Ship Shrouded in Black Aura](/quest/397717.md) — According to Hakan Derk, Nurio spotted a suspicious ship full of Black Stone coming in and out of the Mediah w...
- Entry #7 — [Whereabouts of the Black Stone](/quest/463253.md) — Nurio thinks the ship full of Black Stone is a trader. Meet Quina, a trader in Altinova, and ask if anyone has...
- Entry #8 — [Black Stone Researchers](/quest/528789.md) — If Quina's memory serves, the person who bought a bulk of Black Stone introduced herself as an archaeologist. ...
- Entry #9 — [Leave Weapons to Blacksmiths](/quest/594325.md) — Devisha thinks you should really ask a blacksmith if you want to make weapons. Meet Zinor Denin, a blacksmith ...
- **Current:** Entry #10 — [Hard-earned Secret](/quest/659861.md) — Zinor Denin, a blacksmith in Abun, gladly instructed you on how to use the Black Stone. Go back to Altinova an...
- Entry #11 — [Find an Eyewitness](/quest/725397.md) — Quina is sure that someone must have seen the owner of such a big ship. Meet a wharf worker and ask him.
- Entry #12 — [Fill Him Up First](/quest/790933.md) — The sailor seems to know something. Let's give him what he wants.
- Entry #13 — [Practice Makes Perfect](/quest/856469.md) — Zinor Denin told you to process some Black Stones as instructed. Process magic crystals or Black Stone to make...