Answers to the “Glowing Embers” quest in Crimson Desert: how to find the traitor

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Early in your Crimson Desert adventure you’ll meet the Golden Leaf Merchants’ Guild, a once-proud outfit now rotting from corruption. After you topple its brutal leader, Hornspitter, a few bitter loyalists remain. The new chief, Shakatu, will ask you to help him sniff out the traitor.

To start the quest “The Closest Enemy” you must first finish a short chain of preliminary tasks that open after you talk to Shakatu:

• “Uneasy Shakatu”
• “Trade Manager Nogl”
• “Trade Manager Skraw”
• “Katnum, Golden Leaf Mercenary”
• “Stablehand Blick”
• “Registry Keeper Grimzl”

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When those are done, return to Shakatu at the guild camp. He’ll quiz you about the members’ testimonies. Give him the right evidence in this order:

• Blick’s testimony ⇒ Stable Ledger
• Skraw’s testimony ⇒ Trade Schedule Log
• Nogl’s testimony ⇒ Tavern Ledger
• Grimzl’s testimony ⇒ Residence Permit
• Katnum’s testimony ⇒ Guard Report

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Answer correctly and Shakatu will task you with arresting the traitor—Grimzl.

How to Catch the Traitor

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Ride northeast from the guild camp to a small encampment east of Unicorn Bluff and southeast of the Nass River.

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You’ll catch Grimzl in the middle of a shady deal. Interrupt it and knock him off his feet. No need to beat him senseless—just put him on the ground.

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Then tie him up, sling him over your horse, and haul him back to the main guild camp. Follow the road along Unicorn Hill.

Quest Rewards

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Deliver the traitor and expose his treachery, and Shakatu will pay you:

• Ernand Pirate Cloak
• Random valuable item
• Ernand Contribution Points

With that, the quest chain “Smoldering Embers” and the entire Golden Leaf Merchants’ Guild storyline come to a close.