Inside the house at Shetcombe Farm, you’re told to search around the area to learn of where the owner could have gone. Well, even if you search every barrel, crate, and visible surface in the house, you won’t find what you’re looking for.

Instead, you need to go to the table in the middle of the room and pick up the blue clay bowl that doesn’t have candles sitting in it. By picking up the bowl, you reveal the “Slythe’s Journal, page 1” note, which you can pick up and read.

According to the note, the owner of the house, Slythe, went off in a nearby cave to deliver something of value to an entity known as “The Sunken One.” If you look at your updated quest objective, you’ll see that it points to the Sandstone Cavern, which is located only 100 meters from Shetcombe Farm.