Side mission

*For daily objectives such as killing infecteds, see daily challenge.*
**Side missions**, also known as **side quests**, are optional tasks which, once activated, have their objectives marked "[Optional]" in-game. They are issued by characters occupying constant locations in some of the zones. At a given time, each of those characters can be present or absent, typically through an entire day, but see "Available quests" for the details.

Side missions **must** be completed in the map they were assigned in. If you leave the map (or even log out, crash out etc) the mission's progress will be forgotten when you return, and it will have to be started over from scratch. If a quest requires you to salvage a resource, it's the action that counts: you don't need to have space in your resource pocket to actually retain the resource, you just need to successfully salvage enough. On the same token, having the resource stored up beforehand won't count (but may enable you to craft items to disassemble, like in the case of tools). Trading the resource obviously won't count either, because the missions would then be completable with any amount traded back and forth enough.

Kill tally missions count the input of all the members of your group, even if they're in different zones (towns). If the groupmates jointly kill an infected, it counts the amount of times there were participants from the group close enough. Bear in mind that tally missions will be completed faster if you take advantage of the respawning principle.

## Available quests

Every day at 3 am UTC, side quests are reset, and random ones are chosen by the server to be available for the day. If a zone gets crowded out, the forming variant may have different side quest characters available than the main variant. Also, if the last remaining variant of a zone is abandoned by all players, the newly forming variant may have different characters than before, leading to inaccuracies in the tracker markings. Since there are scheduled reboots in the game, on certain days this is a constant feature.

There is logically one server running the game nowadays, so regardless of settings all players will be in the same situation.

Side quests tracker link: Tracker

The easiest way to tell if a zone has an active side mission is to use a  compass. When used, the compass will show what direction the NPC is located in, and if no NPC exists, nothing will happen (which indicates it's not active).

## List

###  Sacramento Suburbs

#### Emmett

 **Reward:**  1600,  4 Rep
**Location:** It's at the Delta Military: Go east, across the bridge and turn north into the street with the chalked figure, reach the Delta Experimental base, then continue east past the truck with the flag on the hood.**Objective:** Enter building, search table.
Ignore the code he tells you, it's not needed. Head north into the fenced area (recommended to bring a friend) and click the table with the computer on it in the top left of the building.

#### Amber Reid

 **Reward:**  1600,  4 Rep,  Bow
**Location:** On the long bridge at the eastern pond, just beyond Emmett's lab.**Objective:** Salvage  20 wood and  10 rope.
Zombies will occasionally drop  rope or  wooden planks (mostly rope). Pick up any  Guitars you find, as they give both wood and rope. There are some set rope locations nearby: one is to the west, north of Emett's side quest building. Another is to the north- east, in the house south of the pool, next to a desk (there is also a guitar in this house). There is also a rope along the northeast of the pond by Amber. Another rope can be found right beside one of the broken-down cars (Dodge Challenger) by the *BiBi-Too Café* (which is west of the gas station). One more is north of the *Bibi-Too Cafe* by a trashcan. A further one is in the north-western part of the parking lot north of the gas station.

#### Sophie Pearson

 **Reward:**  2000,  5 Rep
**Location:** Follow the river at center of map north along the west side until you find her on a wooden dock.**Objective:** Talk near apple tree, salvage  3 chocolate.
Infecteds occasionally drop  Biscuits, which have a low chance to give chocolate. It is advised to find other chocolate giving sources such as  strawberry cake and  chocolate boxes, both of which can be found in vending machines as well as some set locations (it's worth leaving the area to find it and then restarting the quest when you have good chocolate giving items). Go north past Tiscornia park and northwest to the memorial statue. Talk to Sophie.

#### Marcy Holden

 **Reward:**  1200,  3 Rep
**Location:** Past the South District, adjacent the Sacramento Public Library on the northern side, next to a military truck (HMMWV).**Objective:** Kill 20 infecteds. Go through library, talk to her at the south end of the lake. Kill 20 more infecteds.

#### Colin Brown

 **Reward:**  800,  2 Rep,  Sausage (x2)
**Location:** West of spawn, Colin Brown is hiding behind the large rock along the path next to the barn.**Objective:** Kill 3  Farmers & 15 infecteds with a  Pitchfork.
You can find pitchforks in the barn, or dropped from infecteds. You can also find farmer infecteds in the area.

#### Eric Austin

 **Reward:**  2800,  7 Rep,  Torch
**Location:** East of Spawn, in the survivor's burrow.**Objective:** Deal  2000 fire damage to Infected, then travel to American River's Firecamp.

#### Cassandra Bowman

 **Reward:**  2400,  6 Rep
**Location:** On the north east side of map inside the gas station, along with her brother,  Cole Bowman.**Objective:** Salvage  10 fuel
Infecteds will commonly drop  Lighters (1 fuel), and occasionally drop  Gas bottles (5 fuel). You can also find fuel, above the gas station, to the right of the gas station, and a gas tank near the entrance to the terrace gardens secret passage.

###  Bodega Bay

#### Abbi Webster

 **Reward:**  2400,  6 Rep,  Camera (random good+ quality)
**Location:** Go north from spawn. Upon seeing the lake, go west along the bottom of the lake until you see a house with a white flooring. Go around to the left side of the building and go north past the beach. When you see the  bike, go east and you'll see Abbi Webster.**Objective:** Take pictures at various locations.
Go north through the wrecked house, and take a picture. Next, follow the path east past the wrecked house and take another picture. Continue east and take another picture. Return to Abbi; she is just nearby.

#### Tanguy Gardner

 **Reward:**  2000,  5 Rep
**Location:** On the left beach south of the bicycle by the rocks.**Objective:** Deal  1500 Electric damage in highlighted area
 Tasers can be found in green loot bags, or
 Game console can be found in the house to the north of farm

#### Matt Sanders

 **Reward:**  1600,  4 Rep
**Location:** South from spawn, down toward beach at the unlit campfire, above the tool shed.**Objective:** Kill 40 infected

#### Gordon Ramos

 **Reward:**  1600,  4 Rep
**Location:** North-East from spawn right behind the playground.**Objective:** Salvage  10 Sugar
Best way to do the quest is to bring 2  Candy dispensers or 10 fruit Juices. There's one candy dispenser in the playground right near the NPC. Juice and fruit are alternative sources of sugar.

* Juice can be found in vending machines and as mob drops while doing this quest. Check the convenience store for vending machines, it's east of spawn, just below the Farm Secret Passage, where Gabriella Campbell is located.

#### Gabriella Campbell

 **Reward:**  1600,  4 Rep
**Location:** In the Convenience store washroom south of Farm Secret Passage.**Objective:** Kill 20 Infecteds with a  Baseball bat.
There are four bats to be collected.
Infecteds nowadays will only drop bats eagerly (green quest bags) if you already are operating one, so bring your own or find one of these:

The first two are in the houses across the street (to the north) from the one with the pool north of the spawn. One in the bedroom with the parked rockets painting in the south of the western house, and the other in the fenced yard in the north of the eastern house (the one that had the dog blanket).

The third one is at the north-eastern corner of the staff building at the Havocked Pier (buoy area).

The fourth one is at the One-Way Shore (the eastern stretch of the White Clam Beach, by a backpack just west of the grotto.

#### Kaitlyn Shaw

 **Reward:**  1200,  3 Rep
**Location:** On the north west beach near beach SP.**Objective:** Salvage  10 Tools
A good place to gather resources in the north, across the river. In the workshop building.

###  Downtown Santa Rosa

#### Sylvia Bluth

 **Reward:**  1200,  3 Rep
**Location:** From the start, go north and turn east onto the wooden path, following it until it ends, and continue east until you hit a wall, then head north until you see an east path connecting to a small parking lot.**Objective:** Find 3  antibiotics
Go to the building to the south east (and the surrounding area) and search for 3 antibiotics (it can also be dropped by medical infecteds). Return them to Sylvia.

###  Mazon College

#### Glenn

 **Reward:**  1600,  4 Rep
**Location:** In front of the football field on the north east side of the map.**Objective:** Get  Pet Food, feed hamster.
Follow the south-east path until you reach a dorm building on the east edge of the map (entrance is on the north west side) and travel to the south west corner room, search the dresser for pet food, and feed the hamster. Go to the east side of the building and exit out the hole in the wall and talk to Glenn.

###  Sunset Mall

#### John Walter Jr.

 **Reward:**  2800,  7 Rep
**Location:** At the south end of the gardens near the river and gate.**Objective:** Collect 4  golf balls.
Along the way to the casino in the Egon search quest, there is a golf course (to the west of the casino). Search for golf balls scattered in this area. Return to John, who has moved into a building at the southern end of the golf course.

#### Kaylee Snow

 **Reward:**  2000,  5 Rep,  Liquid nitrogen
**Location:** In the apartments near the south side of the mall.**Objective:** Deal  500 ice damage.
You can grab the  air conditioning unit right next to her for a cold based weapon.  Ice machines will also start appearing frequently in containers should you need another weapon with cold damage. Find another one in fancy restaurant east of the cinema and if needed grab ice machine from the diner west of the cinema.

#### Jack Pulhock

 **Reward:**  2000,  5 Rep,  Golf ball
**Location:** In the bathroom near the west most corner of the golf course.**Objective:** Kill 10 infecteds with a  Golf club (x3).
Grab a golf club in / near the gold course, and kill 10 infecteds in the area south of Jack, and then kill 10 more in both the north and south-east sections of the golf course.

#### Brayden Reid

 **Reward:**  2400,  6 Rep
**Location:** In the north most building in the construction area.**Objective:** Kill 20 infecteds near the construction site and then 60 infecteds anywhere in Sunset Mall.

#### NEO

 **Reward:**  3600,  9 Rep,  Taser gun
**Location:** East of the cinema, south of the park.**Objective:** Collect 10 , 10 , 10 , then kill 3 screamer infecteds.
The best source for  components is  Screens but  Remote controls will start appearing frequently, electricity can be salvaged from all kinds of battery items (especially  Laptop battery), and the best source of metal is probably finding an  Industrial metal piece (there's a set location for one in construction area). You can find both electronics and batteries in the room NE0 is in, but if you need more you can check out the cyber cafe south west of the pool area and south of the super market entrance (the one that connects to the **SP** - *Freezer*).

#### Dimitri Elderof

 **Reward:**  2400,  6 Rep
**Location:** West side of the park.**Objective:** Kill 20 infecteds at each corner of the park (4x 20 kills).

###  Walker River

#### Lily Chambers

 **Reward:**  2000,  5 Rep
**Location:** South of the motel where the highway forks south, on the north side of the road near a campfire.**Objective:** Kill 40 infecteds on the east side of the road.
Note: There is a  bike to the north west of the campfire for easily leaving the map.

#### Jenny Holden

 **Reward:**  2400,  6 Rep
**Location:** Inside the weather station.**Objective:** Kill 3 types of infecteds with a  camera: Catapult, Protector and Puker (killing the protector by killing nearby zombies counts).
You can find 2 camera in the building she's in. Normal zombies also have a chance to give cameras as a quest drop (green loot bag).

#### Dylan Black

 **Reward:**  1600,  4 Rep
**Location:** Next to an old truck east of the motel along the fence.**Objective:** Deal  1300 fire damage within the motel's area.
You can find a  Lighter on a picnic bench near the motel and another in the north western most motel room if you need a fire damaging weapon.

#### Jordan Lion

 **Reward:**  3600,  9 Rep
**Location:** Alongside the east side of the river east of the main bridge (near the end of the river).**Objective:** Kill 125 infecteds on this side of the river, as well as retrieve a  fishing rod
Infecteds have a high chance to drop one during the quest, keep an eye out for a green loot bag!

#### Shelton Jr.

 **Reward:**  2400,  6 Rep
**Location:** At the  bike northwest of Lily Chamber's unlit Campfire, near a Green van and the Gun bag.**Objective:** Salvage  20 fuel
There is plenty of fuel in the gas station just northeast of this area. Go southeast of the gas station by the Motel, you'll find him fixing the brown van.

#### Herman Bentley

 **Reward:**  2400,  6 Rep
**Location:** Sitting in the middle of the diagonal stone and wood bridge, north of Jordan Lion.**Objective:** Salvage  10 salt
While on this quest, infected will have a chance to drop crab, which can be salvaged for a chance to get salt, and you can also fish in the nearby fishing spots for various fish. Talk to him again when done.

###  Arizona Jurassic Museum

#### Dr. E. Pollick

 **Reward:**  1200,  3 Rep
**Location:** Next to the unlit fire near the second  bike adjacent the taco house.**Objective:** Kill 20 infected near house, inspect water tank.
Go northwest past the greenhouse to his house to kill 20 infecteds. Go back and talk to Dr. E. Pollick. Afterwards, go back towards the  bike, down the slope and northeast to the water tank to inspect it (Alternatively, southwest to the museum and swing around to the north end) and pick up the  Water bottle box. Return to Pollick.

#### Joshua Castillo

 **Reward:**  2400,  6 Rep
**Location:** Southwest of the spawn in one of the adjacent buildings.**Objective:** Salvage  10 tools, find a  Dinosaur plush.
Infected rarely drop tools for you, so scavenge in the railway secret passage and around the map. You must salvage the tools after the quest has begun or it does not count. Talk to Joshua when you are done. Go to the front of the museum into the toy shop, and take a dinosaur plush. This time killing infected will drop green bags containing them. Return to Joshua. He won't take your  tools, but he will take a  Dinosaur plush.

#### Tasha Beaux

 **Reward:**  2000,  5 Rep
**Location:** Can be found in the South-East underneath the Museum and lies next to the red mattress.**Objective:** Salvage  10 fish &  5 meat.
After speaking to her, you first you have to read the diary next to her and then she requests 10 Fish and 5 Meat. Infected will now drop  gudgeons and  chicken sandwichs more often. Collect the resources this way takes a lot of stamina and time. Alternatively the surrounding buildings can be searched, especially the Diner in the West. Now return to Tasha.

#### Wanahton Reeves

 **Reward:**  1600,  4 Rep,  Taser
**Location:** At the very bottom of the map (just to the right of the bottom  bike and campfire) between the small pond and the adjacent building.**Objective:** Reeves will give you a  Flat battery; interact with the nearby generator to use it. [Return to Reeves.] Deal  750 electric damage. [Return to Reeves.]
Note that the  voltmeter quest item does **not** deal electric damage and you'll have to find some other way to deal electric damage. Best bring a taser for this quest, or if someone else already completed the quest, ask to borrow their taser. Microwaves deal electrical damage as well if you can find one.

#### Paulette Langsley

 **Reward:**  3600,  9 Rep,  Canteen
**Location:** In front of the double tents within the excavation site.**Objective:** Kill 10 infected with a  Shovel within the excavation site. Kill 5 infected with a  Scrub within the excavation site.
Infected will drop scrubs and shovels to use. The infected within the excavation site are a higher difficulty than most typical infected.

#### Louise Galler

 **Reward:**  1600,  4 Rep
**Location:** Go from spawn and head Southwest until you see the Excavation Site Secret Passage (Railway), go Southeast from of the secret passage, Louise is just past the gate with the red & white bars.**Objective:** Kill 30 zombies in the zone (underneath).