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# Play Dead Quest

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The **Play Dead Skill Quest** allows Novices to learn the fundamental survival skill **Play Dead** (`NV_TRICKDEAD`). By playing dead, monsters will immediately stop attacking you and ignore your presence, making it a critical ability for early leveling and tricky situations.

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**Requirement:** Complete the preliminary monster trials from **Knight Dropping** in the main questline.

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## Speak with the Hungry Novice

* **Location:** `Training Ground 75, 204` (sitting by the pathway).
* Speak with the **Hungry Novice**, who is starving and asks you to bring him **5 Bananas** from Fruit Vendor Tomas.
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## Speak with Fruit Vendor Tomas

* **Location:** `Training Ground 177, 154`
* Speak with **Fruit Vendor Tomas**. He explains that his fruit stall broke down and he cannot sell any fruit until he gets some glue to repair it.
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## Fetch Glue from Alchemist Trainee Alcheem

* **Location:** `Training Ground 147, 161`
* Speak with **Alchemist Trainee Alcheem** to collect a freshly brewed batch of glue.
* Return to **Fruit Vendor Tomas** (`Training Ground 177, 154`) and deliver the glue.

**Tomas Rewards You With:**

* **Banana** x20
* **Increase Agility 10 Scroll** x3
* **Blessing 10 Scroll** x3
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## Deliver Bananas to the Hungry Novice

Return to the **Hungry Novice** at `Training Ground 75, 204` and hand over 5 Bananas.
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## Quest Rewards

| Reward                               | Description                                                    |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Play Dead Skill (`NV_TRICKDEAD`)** | Permanently unlocked on your Novice skill tree.                |
| **Battle Manual Box \[5] x2**        | *First Character per Account Bonus* (10 Battle Manuals total). |
| **Job Manual Box x1**                | *First Character per Account Bonus* (5 Job Manuals total).     |

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**Play Dead Usage:** Feign death to drop monster aggro. Note that while playing dead, you cannot move, attack, or cast skills until you stand up.
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