### Snapped Unalloyed Gold Needle
![[Unalloyed Gold Needle - MENU_Knowledge_03231.png]]
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*An intricately crafted needle of [[unalloyed gold]], snapped in half.*
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*A ritual implement crafted to ward away the meddling of [[outer gods]], it is thought capable of forestalling the [[Scarlet Rot|incurable rotting sickness]]*
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*[[Sage Gowry]] has designs for this needle.*
#### Find:
From defeating [[Commander O'Neil]] within the [[Heart of Aeonia]]
#### Use:
Give to [[Sage Gowry]] to repair it.
### Repaired Unalloyed Gold Needle
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![[Unalloyed Gold Needle - MENU_Knowledge_03232.png]]
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>An intricately crafted needle of [[unalloyed gold]]. Once snapped in half, it has been repaired by Sage Gowry.
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A ritual implement crafted to ward away the meddling of [[outer gods]], it is thought capable of forestalling the [[Scarlet Rot|incurable rotting sickness]].
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"Now, all you need do is deliver the needle to [[Millicent]], convalescing in the [[Church of the Plague|church]] atop the cliff just beyond Sellia."
#### Find:
From [[Sage Gowry]] in [[Gowry's Shack]] after giving him the broken needle
#### Use:
Give to [[Millicent]] to alleviate her sickness.
### Restored Unalloyed Gold Needle
![[Unalloyed Gold Needle - MENU_Knowledge_03275.png]]
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>*An intricately crafted needle of [[unalloyed gold]]. Removed by [[Millicent]] from her flesh.*
*Bears no trace of [[accursed blood|befouled blood]], but is faintly moist with dew.*
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*"There is something I must return to [[Malenia]]. The dignity, the sense of self, that allowed her to resist the call of the scarlet rot."*
#### Find:
From [[Millicent]] after defeating her sisters.
#### Use:
Inserted into the [[Scarlet Bloom]] after defeating [[Malenia]] to obtain [[Miquella's Needle]]
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