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Quests

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Quests come in 4 lines, and every quest below links to its row on the quests index.

  • an auto-advancing main story
  • a scripted tutorial
  • repeatable guild "Expedition Resolution" goals
  • side quests from named NPCs

The item rewards of the NPC chains are paid by the follow-up dialogue, and every reward shown here is read from that event data.

Main story (Crawling Doom)

The main chain advances automatically as you play rather than being handed out by an NPC. Its last step is killing the Red Monster Rat, the scenario's finale boss.

Watch outThat finale is a story ending. It does not clear the region or unlock Festering Burrow (How Regions Unlock).

The last row, Establish a Base, is the one-step main quest of the Expedition Founding scenario start instead.

StepQuestTaskReward
1Main QuestInteract with the Wagon-
2Main Quest<Build> Crafting Table-
3Main QuestProduce 4 Cloth / Produce 1 Cloth Armor / Produce Wooden ArrowsClan gold +500
4Main Quest<Recruit> Secure 4 Members-
5Main QuestMove to the Dungeon-
6Main QuestMove to the Settlement-
7Main Quest<Build> Research TableGrant 5 Hardtack.
8Main QuestGoddess Statue Construction && Level 2 2+ units-
9Main QuestDefeat 1 Red Monster Rat.Contribution +80
Clan gold +300
10Establish a BaseBase ConstructionContribution +80
Clan gold +300

Tutorial

A separate chain teaches the controls:

  • the camera
  • movement
  • a first fight
  • items
  • skills
  • gathering
  • the way back to the settlement
RuleEvery step but the last also accepts leaving the tutorial (an OutTutorial clause in its completion condition), so exiting early completes the chain.
StepQuestTask
1TutorialOpen Game Guide
2TutorialCamera movement input, 10 or more times
3TutorialCamera wheel input, 2 or more times
4TutorialMove Near the Marker
5TutorialDefeat 1 Weak Grey Rat
6TutorialMove Near the Marker
7TutorialInteract with the Wooden Crate
8Tutorial (Open Inventory : I)Use an Ointment
9Tutorial (Open Skill : K)Learn an Active Skill / Learn a Passive Skill
10TutorialDefeat 2 Weak Grey Rats
11TutorialUnit Structure
12TutorialGather 9 Ruma Wood - Complete && Gather 10 Bush - Complete
13TutorialHave 12 Ruma Wood - Complete && Have 12 Long Grass - Complete
14TutorialMove Near the Marker
15TutorialDefeat the Acid Bug (0/1)
16TutorialMove Near the Marker
17TutorialMove to the Settlement

Guild rank quests (Expedition Resolution)

The 65 "Expedition Resolution" goals also run as quests. They are repeatable settlement targets that push your clan rank forward rather than granting items:

  • stockpile resources
  • build rooms of a given quality
  • complete research
  • keep your settlers' mood up
  • level your units
  • kill elite targets

Their conditions and rewards are on the Expedition Resolution page, and the quests index lists them under their own heading.

Endrossi (hunter, Veil of Silence)

An upset-looking hunter who is also a merchant. At the end of her chain she is a recruit.

She offers her first three hunts only while you are in Veil of Silence, and the Elder Gloth hunt only in Festering Burrow.

Each hunt is followed by a report quest, and the hunt's reward is paid when you talk to her again. The turn-in of her last hunt brings her to your settlement.

The quest table also defines Talk to Endrossi (Recruit Endrossi), started by no event in this build.

Where to find her: Endrossi also spawns on Festering Burrow's safe floor, the Golem-memorial camp. That spawn requires the Giant Stone Golem kill record.

Her Mawmurk, White Mawmurk and Alpha Acid Slogel offers require being in Veil of Silence, so take those there (Safe Floors). Only the Elder Gloth offer requires Festering Burrow.

Xenon (scholar)

A hunt-and-gather loop. Each study quest is offered in the field and followed by a report quest back to Xenon, and the study's turn-in pays Tech Books.

The first two studies are offered in Veil of Silence, the last two in Festering Burrow.

StepQuestTaskReward
1Insect Study 1Investigate the Acid Bug2 Tech Book drop at Xenon
2Talk to XenonInvestigate the Acid Bug - Interact with Xenon-
3Insect Study 2Investigate the Spore Bug2 Tech Book drop at Xenon
4Talk to XenonInvestigate the Spore Bug - Interact with Xenon-
5Insect Study 3Investigate the Meat Bug4 Tech Book drop at Xenon
6Talk to XenonInvestigate the Meat Bug - Interact with Xenon-
7Insect Study 4Collect Hell Leeches4 Tech Book drop at Xenon
8Talk to XenonCollect Hell Leeches - Interact with Xenon-

Perion (scholar, Festering Burrow)

A scholar "who mutters strange words as if possessed". He hands out two investigations, each followed by a report quest, and after the second report he joins your settlement.

The two objects pay out on their own, through their event, on top of the quest rewards below.

StepQuestTaskReward
1Investigation of discarded deviceInvestigate the Discarded Mana Device3 Imperial Coin drop at Perion
2Talk to PerionInteract with Perion-
3Investigation of discarded specimenDiscarded specimen investigation-
4Talk to PerionInteract with PerionPerion joins you at the settlement