# Collecting Traces

**Quest No Raw**: 723962
**Quest Group (questGroupNo)**: 3066
**Entry (questId)**: 11

## Giver Label

_Kaz Protty_

## Objective

The Black Spirit said that you should collect a sample of the soil from the bottom of the cave. Use the Gathering Tool from Arteedman to collect the soil sample.

※ If you lose the gathering tool, go to Arteedman on Weita Island to receive another one.

_Take a soil sample and defeat the Infuriated Kaz Protty;_

## Requirements & Objectives

Known requirements and objectives for this quest.

### Encounters

- **Defeat** — [Kaz Protty](/npc/27514.md)


## Rewards

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

### Other Rewards


- **Quest Reward** — Contribution EXP +36


## Summary

(The sea creature looks like it wants to say something.)

## Contacts
- **Turn-in** — [NPC](/npc/57111.md)

## Related Quests

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

### Earlier Steps

- [Slippery and Slimy Underwater Battle](/quest/658426.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 — [The Mortally Wounded Man](/quest/68602.md) — A woman at Port Epheria says she found an injured man on the beach, and asked you to bring her a medical kit. ...
- Entry #2 — [The Origin of the Rumors](/quest/134138.md) — According to the woman, the injured sailor kept talking about an island he called the Island of the Abyss. Pee...
- Entry #3 — [Island of the Abyss](/quest/199674.md) — Paso Anca said that there is no such island called the Island of the Abyss. Was the injured sailor talking non...
- Entry #4 — [Twisted Earth](/quest/265210.md) — Arteedman is a geologist who is currently investigating the anomalous ocean currents. He wants to you meet up ...
- Entry #5 — [A Foreboding Depiction](/quest/330746.md) — Geologist Arteedman believes he'll be able to find a clue as to what the injured sailor was talking about at t...
- Entry #6 — [A New Step](/quest/396282.md) — The old journal from the library is a record of the discoveries made by a traveler who ended up on an undiscov...
- Entry #7 — [Those Who Haven't Returned](/quest/461818.md) — Igor Bartali, the Chief of Velia, said the burned bodies of those who set sail for Weita Island have been wash...
- Entry #8 — [Mysterious Plant](/quest/527354.md) — Arteedman took a sample from a strange plant he found, and said he will head toward Weita Island next. Let's g...
- Entry #9 — [Rift on the Ocean Floor](/quest/592890.md) — You followed Arteedman to Weita Island and there you saw a gigantic rift that looked as if it was formed recen...
- Entry #10 — [Slippery and Slimy Underwater Battle](/quest/658426.md) — The Black Spirit suddenly appeared and said that it thinks you should take sample from the underwater cave cre...
- **Current:** Entry #11 — [Collecting Traces](/quest/723962.md) — The Black Spirit said that you should collect a sample of the soil from the bottom of the cave. Use the Gather...
- Entry #12 — [Faith Beneath the Ocean](/quest/789498.md) — A mysterious creature came up to you in the underwater cave. The creature moved its body as if it wants to say...
- Entry #13 — [Sail of Truth](/quest/855034.md) — You read the new journal you found, which mentioned not only the Protties but also marine ancient weapons. Mee...
- Entry #14 — [Wind on the Ocean Floor](/quest/920570.md) — You saw some debris of some kind of ancient weapons unlike anything you have ever seen scattered on the shores...
- Entry #15 — [Forgotten City](/quest/986106.md) — The Black Spirit thinks there might be traces of the traveler who wrote the journal you found, and you should ...
- Entry #16 — [Eyes of the Deep Sea](/quest/1051642.md) — When you looked at the traveler's journal again, you noticed a passage that mentioned a shrine with a lower le...
- Entry #17 — [Purpose of the Shrine](/quest/1117178.md) — When you placed the Memories of the Deep Sea on the Ancient Shrine Device, you were transported to the lower l...
- Entry #18 — [The God of the Protties](/quest/1182714.md) — It is written on the ancient artifact that only a descendant of Edana can draw out the thing that is sealed wi...
- Entry #19 — [Normalized Currents](/quest/1248250.md) — When the Memories of the Deep Sea was placed at the center of the underwater ruins, it was as if a seal was br...