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The purpose of this guide is to show the locations of all the sidequests in The Outer Worlds, with minimal spoilers. Unlike the Borderlands series or The WItcher 3, guest-givers in The Outer Worlds are not marked on the map or on the UI. They are usually found in the major hubs or appear along the intended critical-path.
Q:How many sidequests are there in The Outer Worlds?
A: There are 56 sidequests, 55 of which you can complete in a single playthrough.
Q:Can I kill any NPC in the game?
A: Yes, although indiscriminately killing off NPCs will wall-off content from you.
Q:Can I make the game unwinnable?
A: No. Regardless of how chaotic you are the game will always have a contingency allowing you to progress.
Q:Are there any quests that are easily missable?
A: The pacifist resolution to the conflict between MSI and the Iconoclasts can be easily missed if certain quest-sensitive actions are not taken beforehand.
Q:Can I do quests out of order like giving a guest-giver the item the moment they ask for it?
A: Yes! The game allows for a high-degree of sequence-breaking. Knowing this can make replays of the game somewhat faster.
EMERALD VALE
A FEW KINDRED SPIRITS
Quest-Giver: Grace Romero
Location: Botanical Lab
Note: This quest-giver will move to Edgewater if convinced to do so.
THE FRIGHTENED ENGINEER
Quest-Giver: Thomas Kemp
Location: Botanical Lab
Note: This quest-giver will move to Edgewater if convinced to do so. It is possible to collect all three items needed for this quest before even speaking to Thomas.
DIE, ROBOT
Quest-Giver: Ludwig Miller
Location: Edgewater Landing Pad
Note: It is possible to complete all three tasks of this quest before even speaking to Ludwig.
A SMALL GRAVE MATTER
Quest-Giver: Silas
Location: Edgewater Cemetery
THE ILLUSTRATED MANUAL
Quest-Giver: Vicar Max
Location: Edgewater
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Max.
FISTFUL OF DIGITS
Quest-Giver: Constable Reyes
Location: Edgewater
THE LONG TOMORROW
Quest-Giver: Martin Abernathy
Location: Edgewater
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Martin.
THE UNRELIABLE
THE CLEANING MACHINE
Quest-Giver: Inspect cleaning machine or speak to ADA
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even inquiring about the cleaning machine.
WEAPONS FROM THE VOID
Quest-Giver: Pick up any Science weapon or inspect Alex’s computer.
Note: All five science-weapons can be found the system in any order, although one is gated behind the quest Space Crime-Continuum.
COMPANIONS
After recruiting a companion they may ask for your attention either on the Unreliable or out in the field.
FRIENDSHIP’S DUE
Quest-Giver: Felix Millstone
THE LOW CRUSADE
Quest-Giver: Ellie Fenhill
THE EMPTY MAN
Quest-Giver: Vicar Max
DRINKING SAPPHIRE WINE
Quest-Giver: Parvati Holcomb
DON’T BITE THE SUN
Quest-Giver: Parvati Holcomb
Unlock: Complete the quest Drinking Sapphire Wine.
STAR-CROSSED TROOPERS
Quest-Giver: Nyoka
GROUNDBREAKER
HAPPINESS IS A WARM SPACESHIP
Quest-GIver: Junlei Tennyson
Location: Groundbreaker Promenade
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Junlei.
WORST CONTACT
Quest-Giver: Ellie Fenhill
Location: Medical Bay
SOLUTION VITAL
Quest-Giver: Dr. Wanda Dorsett
Location: Medical Bay
Note: It is possible to complete the main task of this quest on Scylla before even speaking to Wanda.
WHO GOES THERE?
Quest-Giver: Cmdt. Sanita
Location: Mardet Office
Note: It is possible to complete the main task of this quest before even speaking to Cmdt. Sanita.
THE DISTRESS SIGNAL
Quest-Giver: Gladys
Location: Rest-n-Go
Note: Necessary to undertake to unlock Roseway.
THE SILENT VOICES
Quest-Giver: Edna Ingmire
Location: Groundbreaker Promenade
Unlock: Complete the quest Happiness is a Warm Spaceship.Groundbreaker: SubLightThe following quest-line happens in sequence and involves the one quest-giver. It will have you going back and forth from the Groundbreaker to Monarch, an abandoned satellite, and Byzantium.
SALVAGER IN THE SKY
Quest-Giver: Lilya Hagen
Location: Sublight Salvage & Shipping
Note: This quest can be skipped if you have a navkey to Stellar Bay beforehand. If you wish to have the quest logged then accept the quest and immediately leave the conversation, before speaking again and turning it in.
SPACE-CRIME CONTINUUM
Quest-Giver: Lilya Hagen
Location: Sublight Salvage & Shipping
Unlock: Complete the previous quest.
THE ICE PALACE
Quest-Giver: Lilya Hagen
Location: Sublight Salvage & Shipping
Unlock: Complete the previous quest.
THE CHIMERIST’S LAST EXPERIMENT
Quest-Giver: Lilya Hagen
Location: Sublight Salvage & Shipping
Unlock: Complete the previous quest.
ROSEWAY
Roseway is an optional zone that can only be accessed after speaking to Gladys on the Groundbreaker. Every item of research found here can be returned to their respective quest-giver or sold to Gladys.
BY HIS BOOTSTRAPS
Quest-Giver: Anton Crane
Location: Roseway (Town)
Note: It is possible to save the character needed for this quest before even speaking to Anton, however this quest will not be logged.
THE AMATEUR ALCHEMIST
Quest-Giver: Vaughn Cortes
Location: Roseway (Town)
Note: It is possible to collect two copies of the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Vaughn.
THE DOOM THAT CAME TO ROSEWAY
Quest-Giver: Anton Crane
Location: Roseway (Automatic)
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Anton.
VULCAN’S HAMMER
Quest-Giver: Orson Shaw
Location: Roseway (Town)
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Orson.
JOURNEY INTO SMOKE
Quest-Giver: Lillian
Location: Roseway, outside exit from Covert Lab
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Lillian.
MONARCH: STELLAR BAY
A FAMILY MATTER
Quest-Giver: Agnes Needham
HERRICK’S HANDIWORK
Quest-Giver: Velma Ballard
THE SECRET PEOPLE
Quest-Giver: Velma Ballard
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Velma.
PASSION PILLS
Quest-Giver: Nyoka
THE GRIMM TOMORROW
Quest-Giver: Grimm
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Grimm.
THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT
Quest-Giver: Talmadge Kerr
MR. PICKETT’S BIGGEST GAME
Quest-Giver: Sebastian Adams
Note: It is possible to collect the item needed for this quest before even speaking to Sebastian.
FLOWERS FOR SEBASTIAN
Quest-Giver: Celia Robbins
MONARCH: BEYOND STELLAR BAY
LITTLE MEMENTO
Quest-Giver: Ash
Location: Amber Heights
ODD JOBS
Quest-Giver: Bronson
Location: Amber Heights
Note: It is possible to complete all tasks steps of this quest before even speaking to Bronson.
MANDIBLES OF DOOM
Quest-Giver: Berthold Fox
Location: Devil’s Peak Caverns
Note: This quest can also be given by the C3 mercenaries near Devil’s Peak Station.
SPRATKINGS
Quest-Giver: Nelson Mayson
Location: Fallbrook
SLAUGHTERHOUSE CLIVE
Quest-Giver: Catherine Malin
Location: Fallbrook
Note: Completing this quest will botch the opposing quest A Cysty-Dance with Death.
A CYSTY-DANCE WITH DEATH
Quest-Giver: Clive Lumbergh
Location: C&P Boarst Factory
Note: Completing this quest will botch the opposing quest Slaughterhouse Clive.
MONARCH: MSI VS ICONOCLASTS
On Monarch there are two factions with differing ideologies who must be interacted with to continue the main story. After a certain point the main story will leave Monarch and any further dealings with the two factions are optional.
CAUTION!: If you seeking a peaceful resolution to this conflict then you must accomplish four optional tasks, two of which are highly missable. You also must not kill or antagonize either faction beforehand.
BOLT WITH HIS NAME
Quest-Giver: Sanjar Nandi
Location: Stellar Bay
Note: It is possible to complete both the mandatory and the optional task before even speaking to Sanjar. The optional task is necessary to unlock the peaceful ending.
ERRORS UNSEEN
Quest-Giver: Sanjar Nandi
Location: Stellar Bay
Note: It is possible to complete both the mandatory and the optional task before even speaking to Sanjar.
Unlock: Complete the quest BOLT with His Name.
THE COMMUTER
Quest-Giver: Graham Bryant
Location: Amber Heights
Note: Complete the optional task for Zora to unlock the peaceful ending.
PAY FOR THE PRINTER
Quest-Giver: Graham Bryant
Location: Amber Heights
Note: Complete the optional task for Zora to unlock the peaceful ending.
Unlock: Complete the quest The Commuter.
SUCKER BAIT
Quest-Giver: Zora Blackwood
Location: Amber Heights
Unlock: Complete the quest Pay For the Printer and both prior optional tasks for Zora.
CANID’S CRADLE
Location: Devil’s Peak Station
Note: The peaceful option is only available if all four optional tasks and the quest Sucker Bait was completed. The Iconoclasts must also undergo a change in leadership. Collect the optional item for Sanjar to unlock the peaceful ending. This item can be collected before Sanjar even asks for it.
Unlock: Complete the main quest Radio Free Monarch or Signal Point in Space.
BYZANTIUM
Byzantium is accessed later in the game by completing the main quest Radio Free Monarch, or early on by completing the main quest Balance Due.
CUPID OF THE LABORATORY
Quest-GIver: Giles Molina
Location: Prosperity Plaza, outside Maintenance Tunnels
MAKES SPACE SUITS, WON’T TRAVEL
Quest-Giver: Celeste Jolicoeur
Location: Prosperity Plaza, inside Jolicoeur’s Haberdashery
AT CENTRAL
Quest-Giver: Maverick Johnston
Location: Prosperity Plaza
WHY CALL THEM BACK FROM RETIREMENT?
Quest-Giver: Hortense Ingalsbee
Location: Outside the entrance to the Halcyon Holdings Corporation
THE LYING EARTH
Quest-Giver: Minister Clarke
Location: Minister Clarke’s Residence
Unlock: Given during the main quest The City and the Stars.
ALL HALCYON IN A DAY
Quest-Giver: Alonzo Vallejos
Location: Bureau of Exploration
