Songs of Glimmerwick: How to Unlock Fast Travel
Unlock griffin fast travel between the bells, open a shortcut from the Common Room to the Garden, and gain more carrying space in three ways: chests, the Vested Pack Owl (24 extra slots) and the Mole Strength hidden ability (10 extra slots).
The short version: in Spring, finish “Clover’s Calamity” and put the green gem in the Common Room statue. In Summer (Term 2), get the Potion of the Mole from Clover’s “Mole Adventures” quest, since the griffin, two Gilded Toadstools and Mole Strength all sit down molehills. Each pet also needs a Gilded Toadstool and a habitat in the Garden. Where the owl’s habitat comes from is not yet confirmed. Chests only need Carpentry Level 2 and 20 logs.
Some events are randomised between saves, so the class and trip days given below may not match your game exactly.
Clover’s Calamity: the Green Gem and the Common Room Shortcut
Finishing Clover’s market stall quest, “Clover’s Calamity”, earns you a strange green gem. You can do this in Spring.
Take the gem back to the Common Room on campus. It starts humming as you approach the statue on the right-hand side. Place the gem in that statue and three things open up:
- the “Ghost Treasure” quest
- a tunnel that works as a shortcut to the Garden
- later on, access to the Garden Shed
Potion of the Mole and the Molehills
The Potion of the Mole comes from Clover’s “Mole Adventures” quest in Summer. You can make it during that quest and at any point afterwards. Drinking it lets you go down molehills.
| Molehill | What is inside |
|---|---|
| Near the flute maker’s cottage | A Gilded Toadstool. Sometimes the giant mole’s burrow mate. |
| Near the ferry crossing, west end of Ochre Woods | A Gilded Toadstool |
| Behind the toad pond, south-west Cypress Foothills | The griffin. Sometimes the giant mole’s burrow mate. |
| Next to the Garden Shed | The giant mole who gives “Worms for Moles” |
Gilded Toadstool Locations
Each pet (Briar Fox, Woodland Dragon, Griffin and Vested Pack Owl) has to be offered a Gilded Toadstool before it will move in, so the griffin and the owl together need two. At the time of writing, three ways to get one are known:
| Source | How |
|---|---|
| Molehills | Two molehills hold one each (see the molehill table above) |
| “The Cursed Toad” quest | Finish it at the Cypress Foothills toad pond (south-west corner of the area) and the toads give you one |
| Florian’s chest | Put ten different kinds of fish in the chest in the Wisk bookshop |
Griffin Fast Travel
The bells you see hanging in each location are fast travel points. Once you have a griffin, use any bell to call it and fly to any other bell. The earliest you can set this up is Summer.
| You need | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Griffin Habitat | Schematic from your Creatures Workshop class in Term 2 (Summer), which can fall on Tuesday 3rd. Building it takes Thistle. |
| Gilded Toadstool | Any of the three sources above |
| The griffin itself | The molehill behind the toad pond (see the molehill table) |
Thistle becomes available on the camping trip to the Bellian Moor, which can fall on Saturday 7th and 8th, and stays available after it.
Go down the molehill, offer the griffin its Gilded Toadstool, and build the Griffin Habitat in the Garden. Fast travel works from the following day.
Chests
Chests are built at the crafting table in Practical Practice, in Wisk. You need Carpentry Level 2 before the recipe opens up, and each chest costs 20 logs.
Vested Pack Owl
The Vested Pack Owl is a pet that follows you around and carries 24 extra inventory slots. It is not the owl you meet up in the Shifting Spires.
| You need | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Vested Pack Owl Habitat | Not from Creatures Workshop. It is thought to be a reward for Codrin’s “Fairy Ring” quest in Ochre Woods, handed over by a fairy, but this is unconfirmed. |
| Gilded Toadstool | Any of the three sources above |
| The owl itself | Wandering around Nocturne Forest |
Nocturne Forest opens in Term 2 (Summer). To reach it you must pass through the Cave of Questions, which needs the Potion of Fungal Transmutation.
Whether reaching the owl also needs the Spore Neutraliser Potion, taught in Advanced Potions class (which can fall on Wednesday 4th), is unconfirmed. Separately, carrying a couple of them is advised for any trip into Nocturne Forest.
Find the owl, give it a Gilded Toadstool, and build its habitat in the Garden. It joins you the next day.
Worms for Moles: Mole Strength
Mole Strength is a hidden ability that adds 10 slots to your personal inventory.
With a Potion of the Mole, go down the molehill beside the Garden Shed. A giant mole lives there, and he gives you the quest “Worms for Moles”: he wants you to say sorry to his burrow mate on his behalf.
The burrow mate is in one of two molehills, and which one seems to be random. The molehill table above lists both. If the first is empty, try the other.
Finishing “Worms for Moles” unlocks Mole Strength, but the extra slots do not appear until you spend a point on the ability.