Author: Hansjörg Malthaner (hansjoerg.malthaner@danet.de)
Subject: Re: How many different quests are there? 
Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.development
Date: 2001-05-28 09:28:10 PST 
 

Chris Hadgis wrote:
> 
> I was thinking about the different types of quests available in RL games.
> 
> There is your basic fetch-and-carry type quest (go to x, retrieve y, and
> return it).
> 
> And there is the kill-x-monsters-of-type-y quest, of which kill big monster
> x is a variant. This is the sort of thing you get in ZAngband random quests.
> 
> Are there other types of quests? If so, how many, and what are they?
> 
> If one is going to include quests in a RL game, how could they be made
> interesting from the point of replay-ability?
> 
> I ask this because I saw someone asking about quests and it got me thinking.
> 
> Any insight appreciated.

I'm currently working on a new design for my very-own-rpg and gathered
this list of quest types.
I hope this is helpful. I also hope someone here can add more to that
list?

**
Quest types:

Legend:

X=location
Y=object
Z=being

- reach location X
- reach X faster than another Z
- clear X from monsters
- protect X against attacks
- map location X1, and bring map to some Z or X2 

- find n Ys and bring Y to X
- find/catch n Zs and bring Z to X

- kill n monsters of type Z
- collect n followers of type Z (if there are friendly beings)
- guide/protect Z on the way from X1 to X2
- player must escape from trap (dungeon)
- player must gather forces (Y, Z) and lead/bring the forces to X
- something strange is going on. Player must track source and stop it.
- manage a business to get beyond a certain limit (time/money)
 
> ChrisH

c.u.
Hajo