Go into town and gather intel on the location in question!
Your search for information brings you to the Beachhaven Central Library. Its high sand roof is supported by tall, strong sand pillars, and, as you walk up its sand steps and enter its sand interior, you are greeted by the Shadow Minotaur librarian sitting at the front sand desk.
"Hello, I'm the librarian, Blinze Tamtin. Can I help you find anything?"
Al starts by asking where the mountain is, and what kind of architecture to look for. If an elixir was going to be unshattered and unquaffed on a mountain for an extended period of time it would presumably need to be kept indoors somewhere.
Bartholomew asks if there's going to be violence involved.
"The Mountain of Dusk lies past the Welcoming Hills, which are 133° Southeast of here. I don't know precisely where in the mountain the elixir lies, all I know is that it was last in the possession of the Sad Dwarf Everleigh Chenwere."
"Violence may not be a necessary outcome, you may be able to avert violence if it comes up, but it is a strong possibility."
Bubba Jobob like most Wagonmancers is poor and can't have nice things such as ice cream, so he sets out to do the thing a Wagonmancer traditionally does when at Beachhaven he must tame a dolphin, but an MP40 is not the item needed to tame one, for he must do it the traditional way and that requires a crowbar!
So he sets forth to search alleyways and abandoned warehouses for the crowbar.
(secret Star Sign ability roll)
You are in luck! You manage to find a nearby abandoned crowbar warehouse. However, all the crowbars are packed into crates, with no visible nearby means of opening them. What do you do?