Most of the time, the best plumehound inPaliaseems like any other model citizen. Lately, Tau’s been causing Eshe a fair amount of stress with some unusual antics. Eshe’s morning newspapers are disappearing, and she catches Tau red-pawed in the act of whisking one of the papers away.

Despite Eshe’s efforts to find out where the newspapers have been hidden, she still hasn’t uncovered a single clue. If you want Tau to be welcome in Kilima Village in the future, it’s a good idea to figure out what happened to those papers and return them as soon as possible.

Palia character Eshe walking in Kilima Village during the day.

Updated July 08, 2025 by Shannon Elkins: We’ve updated this article for formatting purposes and to improve readability.

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Palia Hassian and Tau with Kilima Village in the background.

How To Get The Not-So-Good Boy Quest

The only way toaccept this quest is by talking to Eshe. You won’t receive a letter for it, so even if you’re not her biggest fan,you’ll want to chat with her a bitif you want this quest chain. Talking to Eshe for this questwill also unlock other Tau-related quests.

How To Complete The Not-So-Good Boy Quest

There are multiple ways to progress once you receive the questfrom Eshe.Most quests have a very linear progression: you get the quest, follow the steps, and turn in the quest. There’s a little variation to this quest.You can do one, or all, of the following:

Even if you decide to find the hidden papers first,you will still have the option to chat with Hassian and Tau, as long as youdo itbefore you talk to Eshe.

Palia map of Bahari Bay showing a circled location on the map for the pile of dirt where the newspapers are buried.

You won’t miss out on anything if you get the papers first.If you talk to Hassian, he will give you hints about where to start your searchfor the hidden papers.

How To Find Tau’s Hidden Stash Of Papers

To find the hidden papers,you’ll need tohead to Bahari Bay, but you won’t have to go very far once you’re past the gate.You’ll take a right and climb up to a little ledge; it’s in the circled area on the map provided above.

You’ll be able tosee the gate at the entrance of Bahari Bay from the ledge, as well asHodari’s house in the distance. The view will look like this one:

Palia avatar standing on a smaller ledge looking out toward Hodari’s house, with the gate and fence to Bahari Bay visible in the background.

There will be apile of dirt with a faint sparkling aurawhich lets you know you’re able to interact with it.You may also notice some pawprints from Tauas well.

Thepiles of dirt will look the sameas the ones you may have alreadyencountered during thePlumehound Pilgrimagequest, but much larger.

palia eshe up close

Not-So-Good Boy Quest Rewards

Once you find Tau’s hidden stash of papers, thefinal step of the quest is to return them to Eshe. They will show up as anitem in your inventory called semi-chewed newspapers.