How to Complete Rumor: The Argent Strait Research Notes in Aniimo

Sayn, a researcher with the Polaris Institute, insists on studying Aniimo in person, and it keeps going badly for him. One mishap after another has blown his notes across Idyll, and the Rumor quest that follows from it sends you to Argent Strait to recover the pages he lost there. It is a two-step errand with no combat requirement — the hard part is knowing exactly which pile of stones to search.

Quick answer: Grab Strange Findings on Trombers from behind the ruined stone wall in Argent Strait, then take it to Sayn at the northern Outpost to close the quest.

Quest objectives and the item you need

This is a Rumor quest, the category where an NPC hands you a story and you go dig up what is behind it. There are two objectives, and they run in order.

Detail	Value
Quest type	Rumor
Objectives	2 (collect, then deliver)
Quest item	Strange Findings on Trombers (Material, epic)
Turn-in NPC	Sayn, at the northern Outpost

The quest is logged as an Open world Rumor rather than being filed under a region, so look for it in the World section of the Log instead of scrolling a regional quest list.

Argent Strait level range and what else is there

Argent Strait sits inside Breezy Plains and is tuned for levels 28 to 32, with a few lower-level pockets along its edges. Nothing in the quest forces a fight, but you will be riding through content built for that band, so a low-level party should stick to the road rather than wandering.

Collectible	Count	Collectible	Count
Chests	38	Lumin amber	10
Pathfinder challenges	6	Blooms	3
Ecological points	3	Bonfires	1
Lumin collections	1	Region	Breezy Plains

How to find the research notes in Argent Strait

The first objective reads “Find the research notes scattered around Argent Strait,” which is vaguer than it needs to be. Everything you need is at one ancient stone structure.

Open the map, zoom into Argent Strait within Breezy Plains, and drop a custom marker on the ancient stone structure at coordinates -1331, 0589. The marker keeps the ruins visible once you are on the ground and the terrain hides them.

Teleport to the waypoint nearest that marker, then summon your mount and ride southwest across the grass fields toward the ruins. The stonework is low and easy to run past, so follow the marker rather than eyeballing the horizon.

At the ruins, drop down behind the standing stone wall where a barrel is propped against it. The document sits on the ground in that alcove — interact with it to pick up Strange Findings on Trombers and tick off the collection objective.

Interacting with the Notes — The notes sit behind the stone wall next to the barrel, listed as Strange Findings on Trombers. Shown at 00:46 in RIFAS’s video. Image: Pawprint Studio

Deliver Strange Findings on Trombers to Sayn

Picking up the notes flips the objective to “Deliver the notes found at Argent Strait to Sayn.” Sayn does not move around, so the trip back is short.

Open the map again and select the northern Outpost waypoint, then confirm the teleport. There is no reason to ride back manually.

Walk up to Sayn at the Outpost. He is the seated researcher, so look for the sitting NPC rather than one of the figures on patrol.

Talk to him and choose Strange Findings on Trombers from the hand-in prompt. Selecting the item is what completes the delivery — simply standing in the conversation does nothing.

How to confirm the quest is complete

Use two checks to verify progress. Interact with the document, open the Log, and confirm that the tracked task now tells you to deliver the notes to Sayn instead of locating them. If it still directs you to locate notes in Argent Strait, the pickup failed, so return to the wall. After you give the item to Sayn, the quest disappears completely from the active Log, and Strange Findings on Trombers is removed from your inventory.

Sayn has lost pages in more than one place, so finishing the Argent Strait run is only the first recovery. The same pattern holds elsewhere — find the document, check the Log for the delivery prompt, then bring it back to him.