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"Is there still anything for an old man to experience so thrilling that it demands to be recorded in a diary?" —Ing the Diarist


The Diarist's Desire is a side story in Octopath Traveler. The tale begins by speaking to Ing the Diarist in the northwestern part of Grandport Markets in Grandport after Tressa's Chapter 4 story has been completed.

Ing the Diarist Grandport Markets Location

Ing the Diarist, Grandport Markets

Resolution[]

Path Action Purchase Purchase / Path Action Steal Steal[]

Successfully use the Purchase or Steal path action to obtain the following items:
Item Townsperson Image Location Path Action Purchase Path Action Steal
Astonishing Object Proud Collector Proud Collector, Bolderfall Bolderfall, north of the inn LeafLeaf 24,000 12
Incredible Item Satisfied Merchant Satisfied Merchant, Wellspring Wellspring, southwest corner LeafLeaf 21,850 51
Marvelous Memento Smirking Townsperson Smirking Townsperson, Duskbarrow Duskbarrow, near the armorer store LeafLeaf 24,700 51
The tale ends once all three items are given to Ing the Diarist.
"Impressed by the rare and wonderful items, Ing put pen to paper, eager to describe in great detail the wonders he had found."

Trivia[]

  • Proud Collector, Smirking Townsperson, and Satisfied Merchant appear after Tressa's Chapter 4 story has been completed.
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Frostlands: Sir Miles, Servant of the Flame (I/II/III)  •  The Innocent Inmate  •  The Slumbering Giant  •  Lianna and Eliza*  •  Let There Be Warmth  •  Setting Out  •  Arianna Again (I/II)*  •  Here Be Dragons  •  Heirloom of a High House  •  Ogen's Epilogue*
Flatlands: Theracio's Tutelage (I/II/III)  •  The Prodigious Painting  •  Fit for a King  •  City of Gold  •  Zeph and Mercedes (II)*  •  In Search of Father (I)  •  The Gravekeeper's Grief  •  The Price of Vengeance  •  Mikk and Makk Make Good*  •  Scaredy Sheep  •  Tilting at Windmills
Coastlands: Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (I/II/III)  •  Love Unrequited  •  Princess Mary, Redux*  •  In Search of Father (II)  •  Left Behind  •  The Merchant's Path  •  Scourge of the Seas  •  An Exotic Aroma  •  The Diarist's Desire*  •  Keeping Up with the Wyndhams*
Highlands: Noelle, Seeker of Knowledge (I/II/III)  •  Never Forget  •  Fertile Fields  •  Lost in Translation  •  A Royal Secret  •  Up to No Good  •  Russell's Repentance*  •  Star of the Stage  •  Performance Art  •  At Journey's End
Sunlands: Ria, Born to Roam (I/II/III)  •  Her Time to Shine  •  The Bouncer  •  The Adventures of Ali*  •  In Search of Sweets  •  Shadow over the Sands  •  Back with Bale*  •  The Prisoner's Plea  •  In Search of the Unknown  •  King Khalim's Conundrum*
Riverlands: Meryl, Lost then Found (I/II/III)  •  For Want of Fish  •  A Sweet Reunion  •  Zeph and Mercedes (I)*  •  Daughter of the Dark God (II)  •  The Worrywart  •  The Pilgrims' Plight  •  A Corpse with No Name  •  The Hidden Hoard  •  The Adventuring Life  •  Friends Again*  •  Hello Again, Harald*
Cliftlands: Daughter of the Dark God (I)  •  Kaia, Mother of Dragons (I/II/III)  •  The Bandits' Code  •  Sparks of Revolution  •  Heathcote's High Jinks*  •  A Miner Dilemma  •  The Weaver's Predicament  •  Revello and Odette*  •  On the Precipice  •  The Wayward Son
Woodlands: Ashlan the Beastmaster (I/II/III)  •  Rite of Passage  •  Way Through the Woods  •  Alphas and the Impresario  •  Arena Aspirations  •  A Promising Venture  •  Into Thin Air  •  Again with Alaic*  •  A Cub with No Name  •  Looting Grave Robber
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