Quicksand Caves

Quicksand Caves
Vicinity
Japanese:	流砂の洞窟
Romanized:	Ryūsanodōkutsu
Information
Region	Sunlands
Danger Level	40
Connections	Northern Wellspring Sands (west)
Boss	Giant Python and Snake Charmer

Quicksand Caves is a location in Octopath Traveler. It is a cavern located in the Northern Wellspring Sands, terrorized by a Giant Python and its charmer.

NPCs

Talk to Staid Soldier in Wellspring to get quest

Injured Scout - Scrutinize to get the Suspicious Man to fight.

Suspicious Man - Located at the end of the dungeon, talking to him triggers a boss fight. Defeating it is required for the quest Shadow Over the Sands.

Enemies

Name	HP		Weak	Leaf (Collect)	EXP	JP	Item (Droprate %)
Sea Snake	370	1		36 ( 72)	5	6	Herb of Healing (10%)
Dread Viper	631	3		48 ( 96)	10	12	Herb of Healing (15%)
Blood Viper	598	2		60 ( 120)	10	12	Noxroot (35%)
Ettin Serpent	5,928	2		360 ( 720)	162	60	Bottle of Befuddling Dust (10%)
Ettin Asp	6,993	3		318 ( 636)	185	53	Bottle of Poison Dust (10%)
Ettin Snake	8,516	2		975 ( 1,950)	199	65	Bottle of Befuddling Dust (10%)
Slayer Bug	3,873	3		420 ( 840)	109	42	Essence of Plum (35%)
Shaggy Spider	4,247	4		282 ( 564)	147	47	Addlewort (35%)

Bosses:

• Snake Charmer
• Giant Python

Encounters

Chance	Enemies	Leaf	EXP	JP
20%	4 x Sea Snake 1 x Ettin Serpent	504	182	84
15%	4 x Dread Viper 1 x Ettin Asp	510	225	101
10%	4 x Blood Viper 1 x Ettin Snake	1,215	239	113
20%	5 x Slayer Bug	2,100	545	210
15%	3 x Slayer Bug 1 x Shaggy Spider	1,542	474	173
10%	2 x Ettin Asp 1 x Shaggy Spider	918	517	153
5%	2 x Ettin Serpent 1 x Shaggy Spider	1,002	471	167
5%	2 x Ettin Snake 1 x Shaggy Spider	2,232	545	177
Normalized Average		1203.60	376.65	143.70

Chests

• Calming Stone
• Fire Soulstone (L)
• Inferno Axe
• Inspiriting Plum Basket
• Protective Bracelet
• Refreshing Jam

Gallery

• Townspeople

Townspeople

Suspicious Man, Shadow over the Sands begun, disappears once completed

Trivia

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