Quests

## What is a Quest?

Quests provide a system of progression for players. By finishing quests you will receive a reward. Quest can be sorted into many different types. Some quests might have you visit locations. Some might have you talk to someone. Some might have you kill a certain enemy or a certain number of enemies. This list goes on.

Not all quests are one step. Most of them will have several steps for you to complete. You can always check the status of your quest by opening your quest journal.

This category will provide an alphabetic listing of all quest categories. Each quest within the category will be sorted by their first significant word. For example any quest that begins with the first word being (A, An, or The) will take the second word to classify the quest alphabetically.

**Quest Rewards**

Simply put quest are very helpful in progressing in the game. Some rewards that you can get by quest are:

1. Experience
2. Money
3. Equipment or other items. You sometimes will get to choose from a list on the item you would like to receive.
4. Faction
5. Status (City and Personal).

## Starting a Quest

In order to work on a quest, you must first accept a quest. You receive a quest by talking to an NPC (sometimes you can receive a quest by inspecting items found in the world).

A glowing feather will float above the head of any NPC who has a quest to offer you. A quick way to see which quest are available to you is to open the map by pressing the M key on your keyboard. By doing this you will see orange blinking circles. These are your locations for all the quest starters in your vicinity.

To receive a quest from an NPC, you must first talk to the NPC by clicking on them with your mouse button. Your cursor will change when you put at the NPC it will look like a chat bubble. EQ2 uses a branching dialogue with chat bubbles. You must click on the bubbles to advance the conversation until the "New Quest" window appears. The "New Quest" window will include:

1. The name of the quest.
2. The level of the quest.
3. The quest summary.
4. The reward that you will receive for completing it.

## Quest Journal Quest Journal Size Limit and Storylines

When you accept a quest, it will be recorded in your Quest Journal. To access your Quest Journal you can press J on your keyboard. From your Quest Journal you can read the description of the quest, track your progress, and see the reward for completing the quest. As you complete each quest step you will see a small checkmark beside that step and the next step will be shown. After a quest is completed you will receive your reward, and the quest will be moved to the "Completed" tab of your journal.

You will usually have several quest in your journal at the same time. You can click any quest in the journal to see its information. You can have 75 active quest in your journal at a time. In addition to the 75 active quest you can have an unlimited number of language and collection quests. If you run out of space in your Quest Journal you will need to delete or complete quests before you can pick up any other quests. (Note, If you delete any quests you can pick them up again at a later time, however you will have to start them from scratch when you do).

Some quest in EQ2 are standalone, however a large number of quests are organized into linear storylines, which are in a specific order. After one quest is finished the next quest in the storyline is active and can be picked up.

## Types of Quests

**Collections**

While you adventure through the world of Norrath, you will come across the occasional sparkling light on the ground, labelled with a '?' mark. This is a collectible object. Click on these "shinies" when ever you see them. The collectible will be added to your inventory. To add a collectible to your collection you will need to examine the object and this will open the collections tab of your Quest Journal, then click add. (Tip: if you click on the name of the collectable in your chat window after you collect it it will automatically open your Quest Journal). Collectable objects are categorized into collections. When you finish a collection you can turn it in at the collection quest NPC's. The reward for completing a collection is a significant experience and sometimes (usually) an item.

**Catalog Quests**

Not all quest actually involve killing! Most do, but not all. Some quest just ask you to find creatures and make a note of them. You make a note of creatures by cataloging them. To do this you will need the ability Catalogue Creature. You will receive this ability the first time you accept a catalog quest. You will find this ability in your Knowledge Book after you receive it.

To catalog a creature, you must target a creature of the correct type and get within 15 meters, the press the Catalogue Creature ability hotkey to get your quest update. It is possible to catalogue a creature while its attacking you, however you can be interrupted. You obtain Catalog Quests by buying books from NPC merchants and reading them.

**Lore and Legend**

Books and other objects can be found in other locations that describe specific types of creatures. When you read/examine, each book you will be offered a Lore and Legend quest. For example, The Precious Fairy Book which is found in Nektroops Castle gives the quest Lore and Legend: Fairy. The Lore and Legend quest ask you to kill more of the same creature in an effort to learn more about them.

Completing Lore and Legend quests gives you a Mastery spell or combat art which does large amounts of damage to that type of creature. The more Lore and Legend quest you complete, the more creature the Mastery attack will work on.

**City Tasks**

City Tasks are repeatable quests that will reward you with Status and improve your faction with your home city. Qeynos and Freeport both offer tasks, and both cities have several factions that each offers its own tasks. You must be level 10 to start on a city task. City Tasks will always send you to a part of Norrath that is appropriate for your current level. Most city tasks can be completed on your own, but sometimes they will direct you to a dungeon instead.

City Tasks are obtained from certain NPCs in your home city. They look just like other quest with a feather icon above the head of the NPC. City Tasks are designed to raise your faction with your home city, and to earn your guild experience. However it is a great way to find new places to adventure.

Each city faction has certain special status awards that can be bought from them once your reputation is high enough. The status awards include clothing, house items, mounts, prefix titles, and more. As for status points, if you belong to a guild then status points can be used like cash on rent and mounts to name a few. City Tasks are a great way to raise your faction in Norrath and give you access to special items.

**Heritage Quests**

A Heritage Quest is an extended quest which traditionally rewards an item reminiscent of the original EverQuest. After completing 5 Heritage Quests, a character is eligible for "the Treasure Hunter". After 10, "the Lore Seeker," after 20, "the Relic Keeper," after 30 the Artifact Raider." When the requirements are met, these titles are available at your character's primary library/Mage Guild Tower in his/her home city. Heritage Quests are among the most rewarding quests in the game, in terms of both rewards and storyline. They are also some of the longest quests in the game.

Other types of quests that can be found in game are: Hallmark Quests, Slayer Quests, Betrayal Quests, Armor Quests, Access Quests, Tradeskill Quests, and Far Seas Requisition Slips.