Ardun Rearing

Ardun Rearing is a series of tasks given by Pekka in Kloom Farm in Torigoth, Gormott Province. Through these tasks, the party will help raise an Ardun from infancy until it becomes a, Relentless Arduran. Each step requires feeding the Ardun some s, with each set of collectibles differing between steps. The Ardun will go through the following stages of its life:
 * Infant Ardun, its starting stage.
 * Young Ardun
 * Youthful Ardun
 * Adult Ardun
 * Ominous Ardun
 * Relentless Arduran, its final stage.

Unlike most collection quests in the game, progress will be kept inbetween stages. As an example, the Young Ardun stage will start at 20 points and require 50 points total to progress to the next stage, meaning that 30 points worth of collectibles must be provided during this specific stage. For the Infant Ardun to become Relentless Arduran, it must be fed 200 points worth of collectibles in total.

The player may fight and kill the Ardun at any point (whether by choice or by accident), but it will not respawn after doing so, which will lock out any further progress and is widely regarded as not cool. Only Relentless Arduran will respawn, since as a unique monster he has a tombstome. The Infant Ardun will however respawn during any subsequent, allowing it to be raised once more from the beginning if one of its intermediary stages was killed, or if Relentless Arduran was not killed before starting New Game Plus again. Doing so after defeating Relentless Arduran does not yield any additional reward as it can be respawned anytime by interacting with its tombstone.

Trivia
Despite appearing on the field with an icon, the Infant Ardun cannot be targeted until Pekka has been spoken to at least once.