Quest givers

As opposed to what we may be used to in other MMOs where you see giant question marks or exclamation points, we've gone a little bit more subtle with the way that certain NPCs reflect their dialogue or quest availability. There's a slight shimmer that exists over the name and their color: Green represents quest logs- quest paths and then the gold represents the shops.[2] – Steven Sharif
Quest giver NPCs in Ashes of Creation have subtle indicators rather than obvious question marks or exclamation marks.[2]
- Quest givers are identified by a green shimmer on their nameplates.[2]
- Not every quest/quest-giver will originate from within a node.[3]
List of quest givers
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When you're servicing multiple dialogue trees that have many different options, this approach is really conducive to keeping those options front-and-center to the player: letting them see that and navigating through the dialogue tree with a very easy to interact with quest window.[4] – Steven Sharif
- A featureless tome
- Archscholar Denari
- Attendant Wynden
- Captain Quinn
- Corporal Cuhlum
- Eswyn
- Headmaster Varus
- Jhal
- Lieutenant Griori
- Olexia Fobrasna
- Private Tarston
- Scholar Lodi
- Scholar Rhea
- Sergeant Landry
- Splint
List of quest rewards
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Item | Icon | Item type | Rarity | Level requirement | Set |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frayed Cloth Gloves | ![]() |
Gloves | Common | 7 | Frayed |
Iron Longsword | ![]() |
Sword | Common | 1 | Iron |
Iron Wand | ![]() |
Wand | Common | 1 | Iron |
Lava Forged One-Handed Sword | ![]() |
Sword | Rare | 12 | Lava Forged |
Lava Forged Wand | ![]() |
Wand | Rare | 8 | Lava Forged |
Refurbished Plate Gauntlets | ![]() |
Gloves | Common | 7 | Refurbished |
Sharpened One-Handed Sword | ![]() |
Sword | Uncommon | 5 | |
Tiller | ![]() |
Tool | Uncommon | 1 | |
Tome Of The Tundra | ![]() |
Spellbook | Epic | 15 |
Quest markers
There are not going to be obvious quest markers, such as question marks and exclamation marks telling players where to turn.[5]
- There will be subtle ways that players will acquire knowledge that something is to be done in an area.[5]