Getting Ahead

Start the quest by speaking to Gordon in his and his wife's farm, just south of the Farming Guild. Ask him if he needs a hand with anything, and he'll tell you that some strange beast has been stealing his livestock, and is seeking an adventurer to help them, as the Shayzien soldiers are too busy dealing with lizardmen to help. Agree to help him, and he'll tell you he doesn't exactly know where the beast is, but he'll tell you to try asking his wife, Mary, who is in their house.

Mary will tell you that the beast only comes in the night, so they've never had the chance to get a proper look at it. She suggests, however, that if the beast was coated in flour, it might be easier to track down.

If you don't already have a pot of flour, go upstairs and take one. While here, take the needle and thread as well, as you'll need them later. Talk to Gordon again, who will tell you that the beast has been mainly targeting their cattle, and he had built a gate by their pen to try to keep it out. Use the pot of flour on the southern gate (just north of the bridge), and you'll begin to see a trail of flour going southward. Before tracking the beast, take the hammer by the gate to use towards the end of the quest.

Follow the trail of flour, which ends at the Kebos Lowlands mine. Before entering the cave, take the two planks by the broken rowboat and mine some clay, as it will be used later. Enter the cave to do battle with the Headless Beast.

The Headless Beast uses melee attacks, and has a special attack in which it slams the ground, resulting in a large rock crashing on the player. The rock can be avoided by stepping away before it hits the ground. The beast can be safespotted by trapping it around the pond, where it will never perform the special attack.

Upon killing the beast, search the skeleton nearby to receive Neilan's journal, revealing the beast was the work of a necromancer from the mainland. Return to Gordon, who refuses to pay you as you can't prove you've killed the beast.

Talk to Mary, who suggests to have you make a fake head via the use of clay modelling to fool her husband. Use a knife and a piece of soft clay to create a clay head, and return to Gordon. (If you need to soften the clay you mined at the Kebos Lowlands mine then take advantage of the bucket spawn and the sink which are in the same room as Mary.) Still not convinced, add bear fur to the head (while having a needle and thread) to create a fur head and speak to him again. He will remain unconvinced, so add a red dye (found by searching the shelves next to the stairs in the house) to create a bloody head.

Tip: If you haven't yet completed Ghosts Ahoy, you can grab three extra red dye and three yellow dye for free here and save them for the quest.

The bloody head will finally convince him, and he asks that you mount the head in his house. A Mounted Head Space will appear by the staircase in the house. Players will need a hammer, saw, nails of any kind, and two planks.

A hammer can be found by the gate where you poured the flour, while the saw can be found by the small barn with the ancient machinery. The workbench inside can also be searched for twenty iron nails. Planks can be found just west of the entrance to the Headless Beast Cave. After mounting the bloody head, return to Gordon once more.

Congratulations, quest complete!