Quests

Quests

The quest book lives in the Artisan's Journal and holds 70 optional quests: 4 on the Surface, 6 per world and the 6 quests of the Karma Paths chapter. No quest is needed to open a world or finish the game.

How quests work

• Availability: Surface quests are always available. A world's quests become available once that world can be opened, that is, once your group has beaten the previous boss.
• Types: Guide quests teach a mechanic, People quests come from the world's people, Karma quests ask for a choice, Challenge quests ask for a hard kill.
• Progress is tracked per player and completes automatically; a chat message and a level-up sound confirm it, and quests counted step by step show their progress over the hotbar. The reward goes straight into your inventory (or drops at your feet when it is full).
• Deliveries ("bring", "help") are handed over: use one of the quest's people (any person of that world; for the Karma Paths any people of the worlds) while holding the items. They take what the quest still needs, so you can bring it in several trips. Carrying the items is not enough.
• Places (visit, reach the top, the bottom) are checked every 5 seconds from where you stand, as the structure tracker does.
• Crafting counts both station crafts and vanilla crafting; station automation does not count.
• Kills with a condition (without a mask, without armor, near the people, without losing a layer) only count when the condition holds at the kill.
• Karma quests show Help and Betray buttons in the Journal. Help adds karma, Betray removes it; both give the soul reward.
• Titles are stored on your player and shown on the Journal's Objective page.

The Doll Peddler of the Surface quest "The Peddler" wanders like a trader: every few minutes he may turn up 24 to 40 blocks from a player on the Surface, and he moves on two days later.

Surface

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
Read Between the Lines	Guide	Read the 5 pages of the Scroll.	Read the 5 pages of the Artisan's Scroll (each page turned to counts once)	5 Return Thread
The First Guardian	Guide	Defeat the Block Guardian.	Kill 1 Block Guardian	10 souls
Fingers in the Doll	Guide	Craft the Matrix Workbench and a Seed.	Craft Matrix Workbench and World 1 Seed (each once)	1 Soul Cradle
The Peddler	People	Find the Peddler and trade with him.	Trade with the Doll Peddler	Title: Painted Cape

World 1: Toxic Jungle

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
Breathe to Begin	Guide	Craft a Filter Mask.	Craft Filter Mask	3 Antidote
The Vat	Guide	Ferment a first recipe: brew at the Spore Vat once it is ripe.	Craft at the Spore Vat with a ripe or aged brew (1 minute of fermentation or more)	10 souls
Hard Harvest	People	Bring 16 spores to the herbalist (any Gatherer).	Use a Gatherer while holding 16 Spores: they are handed over (several times is fine)	5 Antidote
The Lost Scouts	People	Clear the jungle of 10 Sporelings.	Kill 10 Sporeling	1 Labyrinth Map
The Clearing	Karma	Purify the clearing (+5) or burn it for loot (-5).	Choose Help (+5 karma) or Betray (-5 karma) in the Journal	20 souls
No Filter	Challenge	Kill a Chitin Guard without a mask.	Kill 1 Chitin Guard without a Filter Mask or snorkel helmet on your head	Title: Iron Lungs

World 2: Giant Veins

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
Under Control	Guide	Keep the Foundry at the right temperature for 3 smelts.	Craft 3 time(s) at the Ash Foundry (its condition must hold)	16 Blazing Rock
The First Vein	Guide	Extract a whole giant ore: mine a Giant Vein.	Mine a Giant Vein block	4 Cooling Water
The Miners' Pay	People	Bring 8 ash ingots to the foreman (any Free Miner).	Use a Free Miner while holding 8 Ash Ingot: they are handed over (several times is fine)	20 souls
Flooded Shaft	People	Rescue a stuck team (8 salamanders).	Kill 8 Rock Salamander	8 Cooling Water
The Strike	Karma	Support the miners (+5) or sell their plans (-5).	Choose Help (+5 karma) or Betray (-5 karma) in the Journal	30 souls
Bare Hands	Challenge	Kill a Slag Golem without armor.	Kill 1 Slag Golem with no armor piece worn	Title: Ash Skin

World 3: Endless Dungeon

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
Turn the Key	Guide	Open 3 doors with keys.	Use Dungeon Key 3 time(s) on Sealed Doors	5 Lockpick Kit
Read the Plan	Guide	Complete a labyrinth map: reach the place it points to.	Use a Labyrinth Map, then reach the structure it names	20 souls
The Locksmith	People	Defeat 5 living locks.	Kill 5 Living Lock	20 souls
Last Message	People	Carry a letter (a Journal Page) from cell to cell: into 3 different places of the dungeon.	Carry a Journal Page into 3 different structure types of the world	1 Journal Page
The Escape	Karma	Free the prisoners (+10) or claim the bounty (-10).	Choose Help (+10 karma) or Betray (-10 karma) in the Journal	40 souls
Keyless	Challenge	Defeat an Executioner.	Kill 1 Executioner	Title: Wall Walker

World 4: Storm Archipelago

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
First Flight	Guide	Craft a glider and cross three islands (glides of 24 blocks).	In World 4, make 3 glides of at least 24 blocks with the glider (counted on landing)	16 Ray Membrane
Catch the Lightning	Guide	Charge an item at the Forge.	Craft 1 time(s) at the Lightning Forge (its condition must hold)	30 souls
Light the Lighthouse	People	Rekindle 3 lighthouses: use a Storm Essence inside 3 Storm Lighthouses.	Use a Storm Essence inside 3 different Storm Lighthouse structures (one is spent each time)	1 Grappling Hook
The Cartographer's Road	People	Clear the routes of 6 wind rays.	Kill 6 Wind Ray	30 souls
The Wreck	Karma	Return the cargo (+5) or keep it (-5).	Choose Help (+5 karma) or Betray (-5 karma) in the Journal	30 souls
Perfect Storm	Challenge	Defeat a Sky Harpooner.	Kill 1 Sky Harpooner	Title: Child of the Wind

World 5: Lightless Deep

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
A Lasting Light	Guide	Craft a Solar Lantern.	Craft Solar Lantern	16 Silence Balm
Hear the Danger	Guide	Spot 3 mobs with the sonar.	Reveal 3 hostile creatures with the Sonar (all uses together)	30 souls
The Signs	People	Learn the signs of 5 different Silent Ones (talk to them).	Talk to 5 different Silent Ones	30 souls
The Night Light	People	Escort the keeper: defeat 6 Glow Devourers close to the Silent Ones.	Kill 6 Glow Devourer within 16 blocks of one of the world's people	Title: Glow
The Last Fire	Karma	Relight the village (+5) or steal its flame (-5).	Choose Help (+5 karma) or Betray (-5 karma) in the Journal	50 souls
Pitch Black	Challenge	Defeat a Shadow Mother.	Kill 1 Shadow Mother	Title: Closed Eyes

World 6: Upside Realm

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
Fall Upward	Guide	Craft gravity boots.	Craft Gravity Boots	8 Stabilizer
Double Meaning	Guide	Use the Inverter: swap two pieces of gear.	Swap two pieces at the Inverter	30 souls
Lost Reflection	People	Bring back an NPC's double: defeat a Reflection next to a Free Reflection.	Kill 1 Reflection within 16 blocks of one of the world's people	30 souls
The Impossible Stair	People	Reach the top of the Impossible Stair.	Stand at the top of a Impossible Stair (its upper 5 blocks)	1 Journal Page
Who Is Real?	Karma	Free the Reflection (+5) or take its place (-5).	Choose Help (+5 karma) or Betray (-5 karma) in the Journal	50 souls
Upside Down	Challenge	Defeat a Broken Mirror.	Kill 1 Broken Mirror	Title: Head Down

World 7: Pressure Ocean

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
Under Pressure	Guide	Craft a Salt Snorkel Helmet at the Abyssal Press.	Craft Salt Snorkel Helmet	8 Oxygen Capsule
Compress	Guide	Press something at the Abyssal Press.	Craft 1 time(s) at the Abyssal Press (its condition must hold)	40 souls
The Silent Station	People	Repair 3 station cables: use Abyssal Cobalt inside a Pressure Station.	Use 3 Abyssal Cobalt inside a Pressure Station	1 Thruster
The Wreck's Crew	People	Recover 3 crew plates, one in each of 3 wrecks.	Enter 3 different Wreck structures	40 souls
The Signal	Karma	Rescue the castaways (+10) or divert their oxygen (-10).	Choose Help (+10 karma) or Betray (-10 karma) in the Journal	60 souls
One Breath	Challenge	Defeat a Trench Eel.	Kill 1 Trench Eel	Title: Cold Blood

World 8: Hastened Seasons

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
Four Seasons	Guide	Live through a full cycle: see the four seasons here.	Be in World 8 during each of its four seasons	8 Season Preserve
Stop the Instant	Guide	Use an hourglass.	Use an Hourglass	40 souls
A Life in a Day	People	Help an Ephemeral before nightfall: bring one 8 Temporal Sand by day.	Use a Ephemeral while holding 8 Temporal Sand: they are handed over (several times is fine) by day only	1 Season Fragment
The Archives	People	Find 5 books of the library: search 5 shelves or lecterns of the Library of Ages.	Use 5 different bookshelves, chiseled bookshelves or lecterns inside a Library of Ages	1 Journal Page
The Hour Seller	Karma	Give an Ephemeral its time back (+5) or buy it (-5).	Choose Help (+5 karma) or Betray (-5 karma) in the Journal	50 souls
Out of Season	Challenge	Defeat an Hour Keeper.	Kill 1 Hour Keeper	Title: Out of Time

World 9: Restless Ground

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
Keep Your Footing	Guide	Craft a Terrain Anchor.	Craft Terrain Anchor	16 Anchor
The Ground Plan	Guide	Discover 5 zones: 5 different places of the Restless Ground.	Discover 5 structure types of World 9	50 souls
The Drifting Fort	People	Stabilize 3 walls of the fort: set 3 Anchors inside the Anchored Fort.	Use 3 Anchor inside a Anchored Fort	1 Grip Boots
The Surveyor	People	Measure a living chasm: reach the bottom of a Living Chasm.	Reach the bottom of a Living Chasm (its lowest 6 blocks)	50 souls
The Vein	Karma	Heal the beating vein (+10) or drain it (-10).	Choose Help (+10 karma) or Betray (-10 karma) in the Journal	80 souls
Unanchored	Challenge	Defeat a Walking Column.	Kill 1 Walking Column	Title: Untethered

World 10: The Giant Workshop

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
Looking Down	Guide	Find your base, now a mere object, on the Titanic Workbench.	Come within 14 blocks of your Maquette on top of the Titanic Workbench	50 souls
The Workshop	Guide	Craft at the Final Loom.	Craft 1 time(s) at the Final Loom (its condition must hold)	1 Artisan's Shard
The Apprentices	People	Find 5 old apprentices (talk to 5 different ones).	Talk to 5 different Old Apprentices	Title: Apprentice
Every Tool	People	Use a tool from every world: strike, mine or use with gear of each of the ten worlds.	Strike, mine or use with gear (weapon, drill, tool, glider, hook, lantern, sonar, hourglass, thruster or anchor) of each of the 10 worlds	1 Journal Page
The Last Pardon	Karma	Spare an apprentice (+10) or take their core (-10).	Choose Help (+10 karma) or Betray (-10 karma) in the Journal	100 souls
All at Once	Challenge	Defeat the Unfinished without losing a layer.	Kill 1 The Unfinished without losing a Doll of Life layer (nor dying) during the fight	Title: Seamless

Karma Paths

A chapter after the ten worlds. Mutual-help quests open at karma +50, pact quests at karma -50 (see Souls and karma). Completing a help quest adds 3 karma, a pact quest takes 3.

Quest	Type	Description	What completes it	Reward
A Light for Others	Help	Free 100 souls at the Soul Altar.	Purify items worth 100 souls	1 Chance Doll
Many Hands	Help	Trade 10 times with the peoples of the worlds.	Trade 10 times with the peoples of the worlds	40 souls
A Warm Hearth	Help	Bring 16 wool threads to the peoples of the worlds, for the cradles of the lost.	Use any people of the worlds while holding 16 Wool Thread: they are handed over (several times is fine)	1 Soul Cradle
Hunger	Pact	Absorb 100 souls at the Soul Altar.	Devour items worth 100 souls	60 souls
The Price of Silence	Pact	Buy 3 goods on a black market.	Buy 3 black-market offers	2 Shell Shard
No Witnesses	Pact	Silence 3 innocents, on the Surface or in the worlds.	Kill 3 villagers or world people	2 Diamond Fragment