Celestial Magic - "Sink or Swim" and "Pondsy Scheme" Quest Guides

Alastair's old master wizard needs your help. If you assist him in his journey, he promises to make it worth your while - with Celestial Magic.  These quest lines open up 2 new land expansion areas to expand your kingdom!

Alastair's master, Salvatore, is eager to meet you. He's a powerful wizard, keeper of secrets and a... a fish in a tub.  Otherwise known as Surly Sal, or Sal the Surly Sorceror.

Quest 1: Fish in a Tub

Quest tasks

• Place Sal's Tub
• Have 4 Pails of Water
• Place 2 Dead Logs

Place Sal's tub to continue (this will spawn Alastair's Pondsy Scheme quest line.

Sal realizes Alastair hasn't taught you any Celestial Magic yet. He gives you Alastair's old book.

Click the icon below at any time to pull up the spellbook.

Quest rewards

• 1 Moon Well
• 2000 Coins
• 40 XP

Sal has given you a Moon Well. Complete it and collect special materials for spells from it!

Quest 2: Catch and Release

Tip: If the dream catchers are not counting for your quest, you might already have the maximum number of them.  Sell some from your inventory, so you can collect more for quest credit.

Quest tasks

• Collect 3 Dream Catchers (found by clicking the Post to Friends button in the quest window or found on the Newsfeed)
• Craft 1 Bubbly Grog
• Place The Moon Well

Quest rewards

• 1 Falling Star Spell
• 2000 Coins
• 40 XP 

Sal makes sure you know that in order to finish the Moon Well, you'll need to do a lot of mining. He also tells you that with Celestial Magic, you can bring a star full of rare metals into your Kingdom. 

Quest 3: Heavy Rain

Quest tasks

• Cast The Falling Star Spell 1 Time
• Mine the resulting Meteorite 5 Times
• Harvest 8 Coffee Beans

Materials to make a Falling Star spell:

• 1 Alchemist Powder
• 3 Eggs
• 5 Down Feather
• 5 Pail of Water

Quest rewards

• 1 Harvest Moon Spell
• 2000 Coins
• 40 XP

Sal's looking for Alastair. He's hungry. Since he can't find him, you'll have to fix him some dinner instead!

Quest 4: Lunch Money

Quest tasks

• Cast The Harvest Moon Spell 2 Times
• Collect From Enchanted Royal Buildings 4 Times
• Complete the Moon Well

Click "Go To Spellbook" to craft a Harvest Moon spell:

• 5 Magic Beans
• 3 Moon Beam (post to friends)
• 2 Stick of Butter
• 6 Honey

Materials required to complete the Moon Well: 

• 5 Wood Plank
• 10 Pail of Water
• 2 Iron Bar
• 5 Stone Block

Quest rewards

• 2000 Coins
• 40 XP

Before going further, Alastair believes you should take some time to reflect on what you've achieved thus far.

Quest 5: Out of Focus

Quest tasks

• Collect 3 River Stones (found by clicking the Post to Friends button in the quest window or found on the Newsfeed)
• Consume 2 Vegetable Cocktails
• Craft 2 Hard Boiled Eggs

Quest rewards

• 2000 Coins
• 40 XP

Now Sal wants to teach you about manual labor, one of the many lessons Alastair learned from him as well. 

Quest 6: Moon Well Labor

Quest tasks

• Tend 10 Animals
• Mine Rocks or Collect From Mining Camps 5 Times
• Upgrade the Moon Well

Materials required to upgrade the Moon Well: 

• 6 Moonstone (post to friends)
• 3 Steel Bar
• 2 Dye Kit
• 3 Mortar

Quest rewards

• 1 Big Bang Spell
• 2000 Coins
• 40 XP

Sal admits you've been working pretty hard. He's got a spell to help boost your energy.

Quest 7: Big Bang Theory

Quest tasks

• Cast The Big Bang Spell 2 Times
• Craft 2 Sweet Buns
• Collect From 15 Houses

Required materials for crafting a Big Bang spell:

• 3 Hammer
• 3 Lode Stone (ask friends)
• 4 Grub
• 3 Gloom Rat Tail

After clicking "Cast", select a tree to convert into energy!

Quest rewards

• 1 Zodiac Flash Spell
• 2000 Coins
• 40 XP

Time for your final lesson - impatience. Yes, IM-patience. That is, the value of time.

Quest 8: Aged Wisdom

Quest tasks

• Cast the Zodiac Flash Spell 2 Times
• Feed 2 Animals
• Collect 2 Hypercrafts
  • Tip: Either craft them in the Workshop, or buy them from the Consumables section of the Market

Click "Go To Spellbook" to cast a Zodiac Flash spell:

• 1 Harvest Moon spell
• 4 Amber
• 6 Sand
• 3 Silver Ore

After clicking "Cast", select a baby or youth animal to age!

Quest rewards

• 2000 Coins
• 40 XP

Sal wishes you the best of luck. If you ever become a great wizard, don't forget him!

Alastair's Quest Line - Pondsy Scheme Quest Guide

Alastair wants you to help him find Sal's old pond, so the old fish can move out of that cramped tub he's stuck in.

Pre-Quest: In Search of Sal's Pond - A Fishous Cycle

This quest will appear only if you haven't already explored into the area that leads to the location of Sal's Pond.

Quest tasks

• Explore The Gloom 

Clicking "Show Me" will lead you to where you must start. Click to explore the area: 

Quest rewards

• 2500 Coins
• 50 XP

Alastair has wanted to return Master Sal to his home pond for a long time now. Faugrimm drained it, which is why Sal was forced to live in a tub. If you can help restore the pond, it may make him a bit less...cranky.

Quest 1: Once Upond A Time

Quest tasks

• Have 2 Chicken Meat
• Clear 3 Grass
• Explore The Gloom

Like above, clicking "Show Me" will lead you to another area to explore (click to do so): 

Quest rewards

• 1 Quantum Sweep Spell
• 2500 Coins
• 50 XP

The trees' roots have drained all the water out of his pond, and moved it into the nearby Rustic Ponds.

Quest 2: Uprooting the Problem

Quest tasks

• Prepare the Quantum Sweep Spell
• Cast Quantum Sweep 5 Times (on the Rustic Pond)
• Drain the first Rustic Pond

Items needed to prepare the Quantum Sweep spell:

• 1 Moonstone (post to friends)
• 3 Aquamarine
• 7 Red Feather
• 2 Shells

Go to the spellbook to select "Cast." Select a pool of water to clear after doing so. Once you've cast it 5 times on the same Rustic Pond, it will be drained.

Quest rewards

• 2500 Coins
• 50 XP

Quest 3: To the Gloomy Pools

Quest tasks

• Explore The Gloom
• Craft 1 Gravy
• Drain 1 Rustic Pond

Alastair knows Sal will need more water than what's there. Time to explore further into the Gloom to discover more Rustic Ponds.

Gravy Crafting Recipe:

• 1 Stick of Butter
• 6 Flax
• 2 Bushel of Turnips (post to friends)
• 4 Salt

Make and cast another 5 Quantum Sweep Spells to completely drain another pond.

Quest rewards

• 2500 Coins
• 50 XP

Quest 4: Pooling Together Resources

Quest tasks

• Craft 2 Grape Juice
• Craft 2 Fish Fillet
• Drain 2 Rustic Ponds

Fish Fillet Crafting Recipe

• 4 Bass
• 4 Eggs
• 2 Sack of Flour
• 2 Stick of Butter

You now need to drain 2 rustic ponds as you did above (10 Quantum Sweep Spells total.)

Quest rewards

• 2500 Coins
• 50 XP

Sal is surprised that you restored his pond. He wants to reward you by teaching you the Unsink Spell. 

Quest 5: To the Gloomy Pools

Quest tasks

• Prepare the Unsink Spell 3 Times
• Craft 2 Fishing Bait
• Cast The Unsink Spell 3 Times

Items needed to prepare the Unsink Spell:

• 1 Falling Star Spell
• 1 Iron Bar
• 8 Cotton
• 1 Glue

After making your Unsink spells, click "Cast" and select a pond to enchant. You may find treasure the next time you fish in it.

Quest rewards

• 2500 Coins
• 50 XP

After all that work, Sal admits that Faugrimm didn't drain the pool... He did it himself. He was lonely and wanted to be closer to his student Alastair.