Because the old man is Santa, you should give him a present. In the run, you would have to get a gem (amber from talus would be fastest) and drop it in front of the old man.. Timing starts when gaining control of link, Timing ends when dropping a gem in front of the old man
Seems reasonable, although I would like to point out you can do a mini quest of either gathering a hot meal for him or finding him on the mountain and get the Warm Doublet as a present.
Sledgehammer would be several times faster, but there's not one anywhere nearby
There is one near stasis, but I’m not sure if that’s faster or not. Might be worth testing, though
We should make it so any gem stone is good. But not flint or rock salt. Because most sell for more than Amber, so it would be a better gift.
tbh the fact that this idea has been reduced to only picking up a pebble. I really dont think this should be an official category
one idea though would be to add a talus to kill%