Errand Duties or Public Relations

What Are Errands?
Ohhh, okay. Let's see. I'm a little fuzzy about the exact nature of errands, so I'll try to answer as best I can. Errands are like good works you do. These civilians (wandering NPCs) will be seeking specific items. When you give them the items they're looking for, they will give you a small bit of money and each completed errand quest adds points to your errand meter. The number of points you get per errand will depend on the degree of difficulty to complete the errand. The harder it is to get the errand item, the more points it will give you.

Just ASK [civilian] ABOUT ERRAND, and s/he will tell you what s/he is looking for. When you have the item, GIVE [item] TO [civilian]. Usually these civilians don't stick around for long, so you would have to have the item on you in order to complete the errand quest.

How Do I Get the Errand Items?
I've listed some of the items needed for errand quests below. Depending on the item, it can be foraged, purchased, skinned, found in a critter box, crafted, cooked, prepared or obtained through any number of methods. Some items are exclusive and very difficult to get and some items are very easily obtained. If there's a nice experienced player around, you may sometimes find errand items donated in the donation box. Try not to be too greedy by taking more than one of each item if possible.

What Do I Get From these Errands?
Ummm, good question! I believe this system is still being worked. It seems that the idea is once you have earned a certain number of points on your Errand Meter, you will be eligible to get something special.

Currently, the only perk of your Errand Meter is that you can enter the Royal Family's Private Training Grounds (Aesha Vale). The Training Grounds is a special area which have some training areas, shops (alchemy, embroidery, tech), places to buy skill-related items such as fishing, alchemy, and...umm...other stuff. Besides the shopping for nice skill-related items, the major appeal of this area is the weapons and armor upgrade shop. (I believe that this area is also being worked on, and there may be more shops among other things that will be offered in the future.) At the moment, the only real appeal is the upgrading of weapon and armor quality, different tailoring materials, and places where you get +14 bonus to skills like alchemy, tailoring, and sculpting (I'm not sure what are all the bonuses).

How Do I Know If I Have Enough Points to Get to the Training Grounds?
You need to go see the PR Officer Talra. ASK TALRA ABOUT ERRAND to get an idea of how far up the "good works" scale you're at by her standards. Talra will let you know if you're eligible to enter. By the way, entry is a one-time deal. Once you leave the Grounds, you'll have to earn all those points over again before you can re-enter.

Whee!! Killing the Civilians!!
Yay! You just cost yourself major penalty points!! Congratulations!! You will need to complete a LOT of errands before you're forgiven for your heinous act of cruelty. The penalties are a lot stiffer than the rewards. So if you kill a bunch of civilians and your meter was at or below 0, expect to spend a long, long, long, long time of errand running before you're close to being forgiven by Talra.

Another thing to note: If one of your group members kills a civilian, you and your other group members will suffer a penalty too.

If I Reallocate, Will My Errand Meter Still Be the Same?
Nope. When you reallocate, your earned errand points will revert to 0.

What about the people?
Below is a list of the people who you can do errands for. Just ASK [person] ABOUT ERRAND and he/she will tell you what is sought. They come in the form of a/an:

The List of Items
Thanks to Dzynna Zol, Mellie Knight-Amresh, Haidee Idia and other Haelrahv players, I have managed to organize the list. They are not in the order of difficulty. I have chosen not to disclose their exact locations since it's important to explore Haelrahv on your own. Some items require a little extra work to get them and some items are as-is-found.

Forage

Crafts: Tailoring / Alchemy / Photography / Knit / Sculpture / Woodwork

Purchase (This can include places you have to pay to enter in order for the chance to win the item)

Llanfair

Chodaku

Jeraya

Skin

Free (available under certain circumstances or in certain areas if you know where to locate them)

Llanfair

Jeraya

   Others

Treasure (usually in critter treasure boxes)

Diving (currently Jeraya-feature)

Fishing

Credits: Dzynna Zol, Mellie Knight-Amresh, Lynettia Al'Traisha, Tao Shadowstalker and the Haelrahv players on the message forum who shared their information.