Quests

Quests are the storylines and tasks that the Arisen may undertake during the events of Dragon's Dogma or Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.

Quests are subdivided into Main Quests, Sidequests, Escort Quests and other Notice Board Quests, and Dark Arisen Notice Board quests.

Overview

Main Quests must be completed to progress the Arisen's storyline. They are the primary quests.

Sidequests are independent series of quests, during which, the Arisen can assist certain NPCs. Completing these sidequests develops the concerned character's story arc.

Notice Board Quests are advertised on various boards around Gransys. these Notice Board Quests also include Escort Quests.

There are, also, while roaming the wilds of Gransys, randomly encountered and unmarked 'mini-quest', such as Ambush! and Leave No Prisoners.

Note:

The Main Quest progression changes the inventory of peddlers.
There are pivotal moments throughout the Arisen's Main Quests, which divide the storyline into six main stages, and the seventh, final Post-Game stage.
Sidequests and notice board quests become (and cease) to be available depending on the progression of the Arisen's Main Quests.

Main Quests

Main Quests	Sidequests		Stage
Main Quests	Now available	Failed or no longer available	Stage
The End at the Beginning			Prologue
Harbinger of Destruction			Stage 1
Newly Arisen	Floral Delivery, Lost Faith, Grim Tidings
Upon a Pawn		Unnamed event to save Reynard from Goblins on Seabreeze Trail
Call of the Arisen	Guard Duty, Deep Trouble Strength in Numbers (on completion)
A Rude Awakening	An Uninvited Guest, Lost and Found	Grim Tidings (on starting), Strength in Numbers (on completion)
Off With Its Head	A Troublesome Tome, Deeper Trouble, Reaper's Scorn, Search Party, Of Merchants and Monsters	Floral Delivery, Lost Faith, Guard Duty	Stage 2
A Matter of Myrmidons	Dying of Curiosity, Land of Opportunity, Thick as Thieves, No Honor Among Thieves
Lure of the Abyss	Chasing Shadows, Escort Duty	Lost and Found
Wyrm Hunt Quests	Rise of the Fallen (requires Seeking Salvation) Griffin cart attack event on Estan Plains may now occur.		Stage 3
Come to Court †	The Conspirators, The Dragon's Tongue, Idol Worship, Supplier's Demand, Nameless Terror, An Innocent Man, Supply and Demands. Also the character quests : Quina's Talent in Bloom, A Parting Gift. Valmiro's Farewell, Valmiro, Aelinore's Arousing Suspicion, Selene's Witch Hunt.	Reaper's Scorn, Chasing Shadows, A Troublesome Tome, Dying of Curiosity	Stage 4
Griffin's Bane and Trial and Tribulations		The Conspirators, Supply and Demands	Stage 4
The Wyrmking's Ring and Pride Before a Fall	Bad Business		Stage 5
Honor and Treachery
Reward and Responsibility		Rise of the Fallen, Arousing Suspicion, Talent in Bloom, and A Parting Gift
Deny Salvation	Duchess In Distress	Land of Opportunity (other character arc quests may fail if that person was the Arisen's beloved)	Stage 6
The Final Battle	(A Warm Welcome becomes available on completion)	Bad Business, Deep Trouble, An Uninvited Guest, Thick as Thieves, No Honor Among Thieves, Of Merchants and Monsters, Deeper Trouble, Escort Duty, The Dragon's Tongue, Nameless Terror, An Innocent Man, Farewell, Valmiro, Search Party, Witch Hunt	Stage 6
Fathom Deep		Idol Worship, Supplier's Demand, A Warm Welcome, Mettle Against Metal	Stage 7 (Post-Game)
Final Judgement and The Great Hereafter		All	Finale
† These main quests form exceptions as starting as opposed to finishing this quest causes quests to fail

Character Arcs

A few important characters have their own story arcs. In general each of their quests must be done in turn for the next in their story arc to play out. Amongst others Mercedes and Julien have notable story arcs, but progression in these is not dependent on other events.

Person	Quest	Becomes available	Becomes unavailable
Madeleine	Guard Duty	complete Call of the Arisen	complete Off With Its Head
	Chasing Shadows	accept Lure of the Abyss	starting Come to Court
	Supplier's Demand	complete Come to Court	after The Final Battle
	Bad Business	complete The Wyrmking's Ring and Pride Before a Fall	on completing Fathom Deep
Quina	Lost and Found	complete A Rude Awakening	on starting Lure of the Abyss
	Talent in Bloom	complete Come to Court	complete Reward and Responsibility
	A Parting Gift	complete Come to Court	complete Reward and Responsibility
Aelinore	-	speak to her during Come to Court	after Come to Court
	Arousing Suspicion	after Come to Court	on starting Reward and Responsibility
	Duchess In Distress	after accepting Deny Salvation	The Final Battle (Deny Salvation if Aelinore becomes the Beloved)
Selene	Lost and Found	complete A Rude Awakening	on starting Lure of the Abyss
Selene	Witch Hunt	after Come to Court	after The Final Battle
Valmiro	Dying of Curiosity	complete A Matter of Myrmidons	starting Come to Court
Valmiro	Farewell, Valmiro	after Come to Court	after The Final Battle

Stages

The (informally) numbered "stages" start and end with key main questline achievements. Progression between stages also causes sidequests, escort quests, and other noticeboard quests, to appear, dissapear (in the case of escort quests), or fail (in the case of sidequests).

Stage	Begins	Ends
Prologue	The End at the Beginning
Stage 1	Harbinger of Destruction	Off With Its Head
Stage 2	Off With Its Head	The first Wyrm Hunt Quest
Stage 3	First Wyrm Hunt Quest	Come to Court
Stage 4	Come to Court	Trial and Tribulations/Griffin's Bane
Stage 5	Trial and Tribulations/Griffin's Bane	Reward and Responsibility
Stage 6	Reward and Responsibility	The Final Battle
Stage 7 (Post-Game)	The Final Battle	The Great Hereafter (The End)

Sidequests

Stage	Location	Quests	Notes
1	Cassardis	Guard Duty	Talk to Madeleine at the inn after finishing Call of the Arisen.
		Deep Trouble	Talk to Poll, near the well.
		Floral Delivery	Talk to Benita in the ruined house east of the inn. Finish before Off With Its Head.
		Grim Tidings	Talk to Elvar. Finish before starting A Rude Awakening.
		Lost Faith	Talk to Father Clemente. Finish before Off With Its Head.
	Seabreeze Trail	Search Party	Saving Reynard from goblins on the path to the Encampment on the first trek from Cassardis to the Encampment is a prerequisite.
	The Encampment	Strength in Numbers	Becomes available after gaining access to the Riftstone.
2	Cassardis	An Uninvited Guest	Talk to Pablos, the innkeeper.
		Lost and Found	Talk to Adaro near the town gate. Finish before Lure of the Abyss.
		Deeper Trouble	Talk to Rorric inside the well (requires Deep Trouble).
		Dying of Curiosity	Talk to Merin, on the beach. Finish before starting Come to Court.
	Gran Soren	A Troublesome Tome	Talk to Steffen, east of Fountain Square.
		Chasing Shadows	Talk to Mason, near Fountain Square. Finish before starting Come to Court.
		Land of Opportunity	Talk to Fournival.
		Escort Duty	Talk to Fournival in his home in the Noble Quarter (requires Land of Opportunity).
		Reaper's Scorn	Talk to Austine in the Craftsman's Quarter's smithy.
	The Ancient Quarry	Of Merchants and Monsters	Talk with Alon, by the northern quarry entrance.
	The Ruins of Aernst Castle	No Honor Among Thieves	Talk to Maul (An Uninvited Guest is required for an alternative outcome).
	Ruins of Heavenspeak Fort-	Thick as Thieves	Talk to Ophis (Avoid undisguised males in the party when speaking with Ophis).
3			Be sure to speak with Lady Aelinore in her garden after the first audience with the Duke during Come to Court
4	Cassardis	An Innocent Man	Talk to Tomlin on the northern side of town.
	Cassardis	Farewell, Valmiro	Talk to Valmiro on the steps by the beach (requires Dying of Curiosity).
	Gran Soren	The Conspirators	Talk to Fedel, on the castle upper floor. Finish before Trial and Tribulations and Griffin's Bane.
		Arousing Suspicion	Talk to Mirabelle in the castle foyer. Make sure you spoke with Lady Aelinore in her garden after your first audience with the Duke. Finish before starting Reward and Responsibility.
		Idol Worship	Talk to Caxton.
		Supplier's Demand	Talk to Madeleine at her store, in the Venery. (Requires success in Chasing Shadows)
		Rise of the Fallen	Talk to Ser Maximillian (requires Seeking Salvation).
		Witch Hunt	Overhear the people talking around Fountain Square (requires Lost and Found).
	Gransys	Nameless Terror	Leave the town by the southern gate and talk to Ser Rickart (requires the Wyrm Hunt Quest Seeking Salvation).
	The Abbey	Talent in Bloom	Talk to Quina. Finish before starting Reward and Responsibility.
	The Abbey	A Parting Gift	Talk to Clarus (requires Talent in Bloom). Finish before starting Reward and Responsibility.
	Witchwood	The Dragon's Tongue	Pick up the Ancient Tablet by the gravesite (requires Witch Hunt; leave and return to Witchwood to initiate it).
	Witchwood	Mettle Against Metal	Approach the Metal Golem (requires Witch Hunt; leave and return to Witchwood to initiate it).
	Windbluff Tower	Supply and Demands	Talk to Ser Daerio. Finish before starting Pride Before a Fall.
5	Gran Soren	Bad Business	Talk to Katlyn inside Madeleine's shop. This quest becomes available after completing The Wyrmking's Ring and Pride Before a Fall. It is only available before the dragon must be defeated.
6	Gran Soren	Duchess In Distress	Talk to Mirabelle outside the castle. Becomes available once Reward and Responsibility is finished.
6			Optimal time to complete Search Party quest line.
7 (Post-Game)	Cassardis & Gran Soren	A Warm Welcome	Begins automatically upon starting Post-Game. Be sure to complete before finishing the Post-Game quests and progressing through the Wakestone portal.

Notice Board Quests

Main article: Notice Board Quests.

For a list, see List of Escort Quests.

Throughout Gransys and Bitterblack Isle there are several Notice Boards, from which the Arisen may acquire many quests such as escort quest, as well as collection and delivery quests.

Random Encounters

Main articles: Ambush! and Leave No Prisoners.

Ambush! are 'monster elimination quests' which may occur when the Arisen stumbles upon a large monster or a pack of foes out in the wilds.

Leave No Prisoners are 'rescue quests' that may randomly initiate at several sites throughout Gransys, where a large cage containing a prisonner, surrounded by enemies, may be found.

Checkpoints

Main article: Checkpoint save.

Checkpoint saves are made at several key points in the main quest, as well as when the Arisen sleeps in an Inn, and when interacting with a Riftstone.

Note that these checkpoints do not always coincide with the failure of time sensitive quests - these sometimes terminate on starting quest, whilst checkpoints usually occur on completing a quest

Quest	Point of no return
Harbinger of Destruction	There is no checkpoint at the end of the prologue quest The End at the Beginning. The first checkpoint is after the Arisen wakes in Chief Adaro's House
Newly Arisen	After waking, choosing a vocation, and meeting Quina
Upon a Pawn	On reaching the gates of the Encampment with Rook
Call of the Arisen	After creating a Pawn
A Rude Awakening	After defeat of the Hydra and accepting the escort quest from Mercedes
Off With Its Head	After speaking to Mason on arriving at the Capital
A Matter of Myrmidons	On speaking to Barnaby having discovered the strange light at The Everfall's base
The Cypher	On speaking to Ser Maximillian on completion of each quest
A Fortress Besieged
Seeking Salvation
The Watergod's Altar
Come to Court	On speaking to Aldous at the Demense's Gate after the meeting with the Duke
Griffin's Bane	On speaking to Aldous on completion of each quest
Trial and Tribulations
The Wyrmking's Ring
Pride Before a Fall
Honor and Treachery
Reward and Responsibility	On receiving news of the attack on the Greatwall
Deny Salvation	After Grigori's destruction of the Greatwall keep
The Final Battle	On waking in your own house in Cassardis after the battle.
Fathom Deep	On entering the wakestone portal
Final Judgment	after credits

Achievements

The Hero Achievement/Trophy requires completion of all sidequests.

Notes

For lists, see Category:Main Quests and Category:Sidequests.

New inventory becomes available at shops with each new stage
- Entering New Game Plus will keep shopkeeper inventory at Stage 7 levels.
- Raising affinity with shopkeepers will also unlock some items in their inventory.
Stage dependency of quests derives from a Steam guide by Brumbek (Hero Achievement and Missable Quests Guide) as well as independent data from the respective articles for the quests.