Powerful person asks the hero to get know where the tumbleweed goes or what are its news
| Areal ID | Tradition |
| 5.1.1.1 | Kalmyk |
| 5.4.2.10 | Turkmen |
| 5.5.1.1 | Kazakh |
| 5.5.1.2 | Kara Kalpak |
| 5.5.1.3 | Kirghiz |
| 9.1.3.1 | Tuvinians of Tuva |
| 9.1.4.1 | Buryats: Western (Cis-Baikal) |
| 9.1.5.7 | Mongols of Inner Mongolia |