NPC scammer of Old Foxtail?

It's not a quest, so to all you quest enthusiasts willing to pay 5 fame for another line in your Completed log: you haven't missed a thing. It's an interchange you can have with an NPC, but like Exchange Quests or Item Forging, it doesn't get into your log.

Hindsight has 20/20 vision. Of course once Chil Nam told me about helping the girl, I realized it was the Old Fox. I also recalled that the King Goblins warned me about the wiliness of the fox, and to not believe a word he says. And while I'm not Korean, I have read a few folktales, and knew of the foxes who appear as human. Unfortunately, my mind was in gallant MapleStory mode while I was actually walking on the mountain - you know, the mode that tells you to help any NPC asking for help.

About the typo - it's not like it's the first time Nexon messes up like that. So I paid it no mind. In fact, I pretty much guessed she wanted the fox tail - otherwise, why would she appear only once I had it in my posession? And I was willing to give it to her, for a proper reward. I figured I could always get another one.

Anyway, I think it would be nice if the strategywiki entry for the Old Fox quest included a line of warning about not talking to this "familiar lady".

It's not a quest, so to all you quest enthusiasts willing to pay 5 fame for another line in your Completed log: you haven't missed a thing. It's an interchange you can have with an NPC, but like Exchange Quests or Item Forging, it doesn't get into your log.

Hindsight has 20/20 vision. Of course once Chil Nam told me about helping the girl, I realized it was the Old Fox. I also recalled that the King Goblins warned me about the wiliness of the fox, and to not believe a word he says. And while I'm not Korean, I have read a few folktales, and knew of the foxes who appear as human. Unfortunately, my mind was in gallant MapleStory mode while I was actually walking on the mountain - you know, the mode that tells you to help any NPC asking for help.

About the typo - it's not like it's the first time Nexon messes up like that. So I paid it no mind. In fact, I pretty much guessed she wanted the fox tail - otherwise, why would she appear only once I had it in my posession? And I was willing to give it to her, for a proper reward. I figured I could always get another one.

Anyway, I think it would be nice if the strategywiki entry for the Old Fox quest included a line of warning about not talking to this "familiar lady".

Yeah, good idea. It's done.

Sorry to bring this thread back up, but I have a screen shot:



Notice how theres no green dot on the map.

Heres another when you first talk to her. I didn't converse further because I didn't know when i would lose the Tail.



The quest is Retrieve a Soul. I just walked past and left.

I'm glad someone posted something regarding this.
I usually use return-to-town scrolls after quest completion, but this time I walked back a few maps to do another quest at the time.

Little did I know.. I lost the fox tail, and I had to camp until another Old Fox respawned (some high level was hunting them).

I should have done this.



Thank you for adding this to the StrategyWiki for future questers