Ace of Hearts Quest Guide
| Level | 8 or higher (Chocolate Stick of Love: 13) |
|---|---|
| Start and end | Ace of Hearts, the same NPC in 21 towns (see below) |
| Quests | Chocolate Basket, Chocolate Stick of Love, White Day: Strawberry Candy, White Day: Candy Basket |
| Fees | 1,000 to 2,500 Vesos per quest, paid at hand-in |
| Repeat | Each quest once per character, except White Day: Candy Basket (every 30 days) |
| Event window | None: open all year |
Ace of Hearts is the baker who runs the Valentine's and White Day event quests. He asks for ingredients, charges a small fee, and bakes a gift item for you. Almost every complaint about these quests comes down to one of four things: an ingredient that does not drop, a fee you did not know about, a gift you already carry, or the same quest appearing twice in his list.
For the first quest in the series, Heart Chocolate, see Valentine's Day Heart Chocolate Quest Guide. This page covers what comes after it.
Where to find him
Ace of Hearts stands in Henesys, Ellinia, Perion, Kerning City, Crossroads of Ereve, Rien, Orbis, El Nath, Ludibrium, Omega Sector, Korean Folk Town, Aquarium, Leafre, Mu Lung, Ariant, Magatia, CBD, Trend Zone Metropolis, New Leaf City - Town Center, Mushroom Shrine and Showa Town. It is the same character everywhere, so you can start in one town and finish in another.
The quests at a glance
| Quest | Level | Bring | Fee | You get |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate Stick of Love | 13 | 1 Mythical Flour and 1 Chocolate | none | 1 Chocolate Stick |
| Valentine's Day : Chocolate Basket | 8 | 1 Heart Chocolate, 1 White Chocolate, 1 Dark Chocolate, 1 Basket, 1 Cover Material | 2,500 Vesos | 1 Chocolate Basket, 3 Chocolate, 3,600 EXP, +3 fame |
| White Day: Strawberry Candy | 8 | 3 Strawberry, 1 Wooden Skewer, 1 Sugar | 1,000 Vesos | 1 Strawberry Candy for White Day, 800 EXP, +1 fame |
| White Day: Candy Basket | 8 | 1 Strawberry Candy for White Day, 1 Basket, 1 Cover Material | 2,500 Vesos | 1 Candy Basket for White Day, 1,200 EXP, +1 fame |
Walkthrough
Chocolate Basket
- Do Valentine's Day: Heart Chocolate first. Ace of Hearts will not offer the Chocolate Basket unless you are holding a Heart Chocolate.
- Collect a White Chocolate and a Dark Chocolate. Both drop from any monster while the quest is open, at 4% per kill each (see Event Quest Item Drops). The two other chocolates in this recipe are bought, not dropped.
- Buy a Basket (3,000 Vesos) and a Cover Material (1,500 Vesos) from Coco, who stands in most of the towns above.
- Take everything to Ace of Hearts with at least 2,500 Vesos. He takes the ingredients and the fee and gives you the basket.
Chocolate Stick of Love
- Make sure you are not already carrying a Chocolate Stick. The quest is not offered while you hold one.
- Buy a Chocolate from a town store (about 3,000 Vesos). Collect a Mythical Flour: it drops from any monster at 4% per kill while the quest is open.
- Hand both to Ace of Hearts. There is no fee.
White Day: Strawberry Candy, then Candy Basket
- Accept Strawberry Candy. Strawberry (3 needed), Wooden Skewer and Sugar each drop from any monster at 4% per kill while the quest is open.
- Hand them in with 1,000 Vesos to receive the Strawberry Candy for White Day.
- For the Candy Basket, accept it while holding the candy, buy a Basket and a Cover Material from Coco, and hand everything in with 2,500 Vesos. It is the only one of these quests that comes back, 30 days after you finish it.
Rewards
The gift items are meant to be given to other players, and they expire: the Chocolate Basket lasts 5 days, and a Heart Chocolate protects its owner for 3 days. The EXP and fame come on top.
Mark's Valentine and Lonely Gaga
Two short delivery quests use the same Heart Chocolate. Both pay 1,500 EXP and +1 fame, and both take the chocolate from you.
- Mark's Valentine: Mark asks you to deliver a Heart Chocolate to Maya in Henesys Townstreet. Maya gives you a prize, nearly always a Chocolate Basket.
- Lonely Gaga: Cassandra sends you to Gaga with a Heart Chocolate (level 8, part of Cassandra's line; see event quest order).
Common problems
- "I have every ingredient and the hand-in is missing, or he only says he needs more materials."
- Check your Vesos. Every quest above except the Stick of Love charges a fee, and the fee is not shown in the Quest Log. Ace of Hearts now tells you both numbers (what the quest costs and what you carry) when the fee is the problem.
- "He refuses the Heart Chocolate quest and I have all four ingredients."
- A Heart Chocolate is a one-of-a-kind item: you cannot be carrying two. If you still hold a Heart Chocolate from an earlier quest, he now says the reward will not fit. Use it up (deliver it to Maya or Gaga, or spend it on a Chocolate Basket) and hand in again.
- "The Chocolate Basket quest is listed twice."
- There are two copies of the Valentine's Day Chocolate Basket quest with identical goals. The list now folds them into one row, and a quest you can hand in is never also shown as in progress.
- "Heart Box or Gold Ribbon will not drop."
- They are bought from Coco (Heart Box 1,000 Vesos, Gold Ribbon 1,500 Vesos). They also drop from monsters at 4% per kill while the Heart Chocolate quest is open.
- "Nothing drops."
- The quest must be accepted first. See Event Quest Item Drops.