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{{Glance|title=At a glance
|Level|37 or higher, any job
|Start|[[NPC:Swallow (Korean Folk Town)|Swallow]] in [[Map:Korean Folk Town|Korean Folk Town]]
|Hunt|[[Monster:Moon Bunny|Moon Bunnies]] for the lost seed
|Choose|[[NPC:Nolbu (Korean Folk Town)|Nolbu]] or [[NPC:Hongbu (Korean Folk Town)|Hongbu]] (only one)
|Reward|A level 50 pair of shoes, from the list of the brother you choose
|Repeat|The Lost Seed, if you lost the seed or gave up a gourd quest (see below)
}}
'''Nolbu and Hongbu''' is a quest line based on the Korean folk tale of the two brothers. A Swallow in Korean Folk Town has lost a magic seed, a gift from the God of Sky for the man who mended its broken leg, but it cannot remember whether that was Nolbu or Hongbu. You find the seed, pick a brother, plant the seed on his roof and open the gourd that grows there.

== Part 1: The Lost Seed ==
# Reach level 37 and talk to the [[NPC:Swallow (Korean Folk Town)|Swallow]] in [[Map:Korean Folk Town|Korean Folk Town]]. The Swallow is near the village shrine with a clipped wing. Accept '''[[Quest:The Lost Seed|The Lost Seed]]'''.
# Hunt [[Monster:Moon Bunny|Moon Bunnies]] (level 45) for [[Item:Swallow's Lost Seed|Swallow's Lost Seed]]. While the quest is open, every Moon Bunny drops it (100%). They live in [[Map:Entrance to Black Mountain|Entrance to Black Mountain]], [[Map:Black Mountain Corner|Black Mountain <Corner>]] and [[Map:A Small Well|A Small Well]].
# Bring it back to the Swallow. Reward: 21,000 EXP and a [[Item:Magic Seed|Magic Seed]].

{{Changed|The Swallow pays 21,000 EXP for the seed here, instead of 10,000 in the original game.}}

{{Quote|I'm sure it's either Hongbu or Nolbu, but... please take this seed to either one of the two.|Swallow}}

== Part 2: Pick a brother ==
Both brothers stand in Korean Folk Town. Talk to either one while you hold the Magic Seed, and he offers his gourd quest.

When he asks "Did you fix a swallow's leg by any chance?", pick the answer that says the seed came from a swallow. The other answer turns him away.

'''You can only do one of the two.''' Once you take one brother's gourd quest, the other brother's is closed to you. Accepting takes your Magic Seed and gives you that brother's own seed: [[Item:Nolbu's Seed|Nolbu's Seed]] or [[Item:Hongbu's Seed|Hongbu's Seed]].

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |
! scope="col" | Nolbu (the greedy brother)
! scope="col" | Hongbu (the poor brother)
|-
| Quest
| [[Quest:Opening Nolbu's Gourd|Opening Nolbu's Gourd]]
| [[Quest:Opening Hongbu's Gourd|Opening Hongbu's Gourd]]
|-
| What comes out of the gourd
| [[Item:Warrant of Attachment|Warrant of Attachment]]
| [[Item:Box of Jewelry|Box of Jewelry]]
|-
| EXP
| 19,000
| 19,000
|-
| Item
| [[Item:Storybook on Hongbu and Nolbu|Storybook on Hongbu and Nolbu]]
| [[Item:Storybook on Hongbu and Nolbu|Storybook on Hongbu and Nolbu]]
|-
| Choose one pair of shoes
| [[Item:Blue Goldwind Shoes|Blue Goldwind Shoes]] (Magician), [[Item:Brown Steel-Tip Boots|Brown Steel-Tip Boots]] (Bowman), [[Item:Brown Double Boots|Brown Double Boots]] (Pirate)
| [[Item:Mithril Hildon Boots|Mithril Hildon Boots]] (Warrior), [[Item:Green Goni Shoes|Green Goni Shoes]] (Thief)
|}

{{Changed|Both gourd quests pay 19,000 EXP here. Nolbu's gourd paid 10,000 in the original game.}}

All five pairs of shoes are level 50 and have 5 upgrade slots.

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Shoes
! scope="col" | Class
! scope="col" | Stats
|-
| [[Item:Blue Goldwind Shoes|Blue Goldwind Shoes]]
| Magician
| +1 INT, +2 LUK, 19 weapon defence, 9 magic defence
|-
| [[Item:Brown Steel-Tip Boots|Brown Steel-Tip Boots]]
| Bowman
| +3 STR, 28 weapon defence
|-
| [[Item:Brown Double Boots|Brown Double Boots]]
| Pirate
| +2 STR, +1 DEX, 28 weapon defence
|-
| [[Item:Mithril Hildon Boots|Mithril Hildon Boots]]
| Warrior
| +1 STR, +2 DEX, 30 weapon defence
|-
| [[Item:Green Goni Shoes|Green Goni Shoes]]
| Thief
| +3 DEX, 28 weapon defence
|}
{{Tip|Each brother only offers shoes for certain classes. Pick the brother whose list has shoes for your class: Nolbu for Magicians, Bowmen and Pirates; Hongbu for Warriors and Thieves.}}

== Part 3: Grow and open the gourd ==
# Climb onto the roof of that brother's house in Korean Folk Town.
# Drop that brother's seed from your Etc inventory onto the roof. A [[Monster:Gourd|Gourd]] grows there.
# Break the Gourd. It always drops the Warrant of Attachment (from Nolbu's gourd) or the Box of Jewelry (from Hongbu's gourd). The Gourd has 10,000 HP. It does not fight back and does no damage when you touch it.
# Take the item back to the brother to finish.

{{Quote|Oh my... I am RUINED! I am BROKE! NOOOO!|Nolbu}}

== Lost the seed? ==
If you gave up (forfeited) a gourd quest, or lost the Magic Seed before giving it to a brother, talk to the Swallow again. As long as you hold no Magic Seed and have not started or finished either gourd quest, the Swallow asks you to find the seed again: same Moon Bunnies, same reward, another Magic Seed.

Once a gourd quest is finished, the choice is final and the Swallow does not ask again.

{{Changed|The Swallow hands out The Lost Seed again to anyone who gave up a gourd quest or lost the Magic Seed. In the original game, forfeiting a gourd quest lost the seed for good and neither brother would offer the gourd again.}}

{{Warning|Giving up a gourd quest does not return the Magic Seed. You have to hunt Moon Bunnies for the lost seed again.}}

== Afterwards: the storybook ==
Both brothers give you the [[Item:Storybook on Hongbu and Nolbu|Storybook on Hongbu and Nolbu]]. Take it to [[NPC:Wiz the Librarian|Wiz the Librarian]] in [[Map:Helios Tower Library|Helios Tower <Library>]] for his quest [[Quest:Retrieving the Storybook : Hongbu and Nolbu|Retrieving the Storybook : Hongbu and Nolbu]]: 28,000 EXP and 30 [[Item:Melting Cheese|Melting Cheese]].

{{Changed|This quest pays 28,000 EXP here, instead of 8,000 in the original game.}}

If you no longer have the storybook, the brother you helped makes you a new copy any time you do not hold one:
* Nolbu: bring 2 [[Item:Plastic Crown|Plastic Crowns]], dropped by [[Monster:King Bloctopus|King Bloctopus]].
* Hongbu: bring 10 [[Item:Sunflower Seed|Sunflower Seeds]], dropped by [[Monster:Retz|Retz]]. Hongbu's copy is handed in to the Swallow.

== See also ==
* [[Quest Help]]
* [[Repeatable Quests]]
* [[Map:Korean Folk Town|Korean Folk Town]]

[[Category:Quest Guides]]

Nolbu and Hongbu Quest Guide - Revision history

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