➜ How to trigger each quest ▢▣

[Shadowrun]

This is a question that's being asked a lot right now. How to trigger specific quests? Some are easy, others are difficult to figure out.

The way I see it, the easiest way to obtain such a "triggers list" would be to get the developer to provide us with one, but the dev never gave us one before leaving.

So I propose making a repository of information right here in this forum topic. Just in case the developer comes back stating that a list can't be produced, then we're on our own to produce one anyways. Let's at least get a head start?

Anyone may post here what they know about how to trigger any quest. You can post it even if it's already been posted before (it will work to validate or challenge the previous post so it's OK). If what I have posted is wrong, you can challenge it.

Thanks in advance to anyone who participates in this documentation project. 😎

⚠️ Please note that it should be possible to bypass a lot of the early quests simply by gaining experience in the world and leveling up. On the Journal screen it says that you simply need to gain 5 levels. After reaching level 5, you should be contacted by Victoria who will be ready to move forward with the Main Story.

⚠️ Please note that some quests may not trigger unless you have done the quest before it first.

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➜ How to trigger each quest ▢▣

THIS LIST HAS BEEN UPDATED! PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING POST FOR ALL THE UPDATED INFO.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1377380/discussions/0/4355618325409710532/?ctp=10#c783166243925458068

Thanks to AK615 for compiling all this data.

The info. can also be found on the wiki, info. also provided by AK615:

https://night-of-the-dead.fandom.com/wiki/Quests

The Main Story quest are still listed below. All other quests will be listed on page 10 of this topic.

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MAIN STORY

Q#‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎	TRIGGER
1-1	Grab the radio
1-2	Open and walk through the door
1-3	Equip the gear in the box
1-4	Move through the yellow door
2-1	Pick up a small stone
2-2	Reach level 5
2-3	Check the map at the research center
2-4	Take the lab record on the first floor of the research center
3-1	Check the mutant substance container on the 2nd floor of the research center
3-2	Talk to Walter in the server room on the 2nd floor
3-3	Take the doctor's diary on the 4th floor of the hospital
3-4	Talk to Walter in the restroom of the hospital on the 1st floor
4-1	Talk to Walter at his house (44.58N, 165.36E) and collect the contents of the trunk beside him
4-2	Move to Walter's survivor shelter (45.78N, 165.67E), accept 1 quest from him then go to the military base
4-3	Enter the military base dungeon (Victor)
4-4	Kill Victor
5-1	Loot Victor's corpse
5-2	Move to the theatre: 47.44N, 167.15E
5-3	Move into the secret room, grab the gun on the table and the note on the desk
5-4	Move to the swimming pool: 47.73N, 168E
6-1	Talk to the survivor at the pool and open the locker with a wrench
6-2	Move to the aluminum mine: 45.39N, 169.59E
6-3	Take the business card from the green crate in the mine
6-4	Enter room 211 at the hotel: 45.44N, 170.59E
7-1	Collect the contents of the suitcase in room 211
7-2	Move to the Olivaire church: 46.3N, 168.55E
7-3	Move within the catacombs dungeon
7-4	Kill Francis
8-1	Collect the mutant substance from Francis' corpse
8-2	Move to the radar site: 41.2N, 169.38E
8-3	Click the radar console
8-4	Click the shovel and the notes on the table by the radar console
9-1	Talk to the survivor at the oil refinery and obtain silicone
9-2	Move to the school and grab the diode: 40.46N, 166.32E
9-3	Move into the mine at 38.27N, 164.17E
9-4	Craft a transmitter on the special work bench in the mine
10-1	Collect the access card from Sgt. Bradley's corpse in the shipyard (42.3N, 171.12E)
10-2	Enter the communications bunker at the radar site
10-3	Enter the communications room
10-4	Kill Dr. David
11-1	Take a note from David's corpse and repair the transmitter
11-2	Take the torture knife and touch the hanging body at 39.78N, 160.41E
11-3	Move into the residential area: 43.52N, 161.5E
11-4	Take the note off the desk inside the house at: 43.49N, 161.47E
12-1	Talk to Veronica and her pilot, Tyler, at the helicopter pad at the airport: 42.81N, 158.93E
12-2	Move to the harbor at 41.16N, 158.56E
12-3	Take a clue and talk to Veronica Grimes in a trailer at the harbor 41.12N, 158.81E
12-4	Move to the psychiatric hospital: 44.07N, 160.04E
13-1	Take the note next to Veronica Grimes and talk to her
13-2	Move to Special Operations Command: 45.28N, 155.9E
13-3	Possess an SOC access card, enter the dungeon and talk to Veronica Grimes
13-4	Kill Gregory
14-1	Search Gregory's corpse, take the photo, , take Gregory's diary and then talk to Veronica Grimes
14-2	Move to the supermarket (48.68N, 161.58E), talk to the survivor there and take the formaldehyde
14-3	Move into the underground facility while in possession of the mutant substance (49.63N, 164.06E)
14-4	Talk to Harold White in the facility's processing room
15-1	Craft the processed mutant substance & take the item from Harold's box & talk to Veronica Grimes
15-2	Move to the research institute and find a clue (51.51N, 165.81E)
15-3	Place the mutant substance in the storage container near Veronica Grimes and talk to her
15-4	Find the 2 clues in the basement
16-1	Go back up and talk to Veronica Grimes
16-2	Enter Nora's Dungeon (Research Institute Controlled Area)
16-3	Enter the power control room (through the open pipe)
16-4	Kill Nora
17-1	Take the note from Nora's corpse and activate the emergency power generator
17-2	xx
17-3	xx
17-4	xx
18-1	xx
18-2	xx
18-3	xx
18-4	xx

[ForgottenMemes]

90%+ of the quests are triggered just by playing the game normally.

More useful than this thread IMO is a list of the triggers only for the quests which require you do something other than follow the main quest. Such as the one triggered by building furniture.

[Shadowrun]

yea i hear you but some people are playing out of order and have the radio chatter disabled. they come back later and need some random quest so a full documentation is going to be required.

i'm doing a new game playthrough to document all the ones you get along the way because i already plowed through in my game using the sandbox and triggered a lot of them already without documenting how.

also, i did hear back from the dev but only to tell me they've been extremely busy and that he hopes to start replying to emails again soon. so in the mean time i plug on :/

[Shadowrun]

i keep plugging away at this new game i started. i am up to the point where i'm about to meet veronica grimes at the airport. i defeated david already. been documenting all the quests as they pop up.

[hatesphere666]

tried to trigger O 1-4, still cant get it to trigger, tried it on all difficulties, even with different characters, are you sure it´s a level 5 trigger? i even made sure i had O 1-3 finished before reaching level 5 and nothing happened

EDIT: found the trigger; let your satiety(hunger bar, drop to 50% or less

O 1-4 Recover reduced satiety
Consume Energy Bar x2
Consume Painkiller
Craft Herbal Medicine

[Shadowrun]

see this is why it's confusing because i'm realizing a lot of these actually have more than one trigger.

example: a lot of them like in the desert will introduce you to hunting unique animals. now you think that encountering these animals is the only trigger but i'm realizing you also have to move a certain distance on the map in the desert region.

some quests have more than one trigger and it's making the documentation tricky. :/

thanks for sharing the clarification though i will edit it in immediately.

[hatesphere666]

ya i really dont know what they thought about the questsystem, dont get me wrong i like it, but it´s really wonky and unreliable, im down for exploring and finding stuff on my own like secrets, but due to it being a big and if you want to call it like that a fundamental part of the game, it should be more "clear" like keep some trigger conditions, but grey out the quest and give a hint on how to trigger it

[Shadowrun]

i like the quest system because it's like a built-in tutorial making sure everyone knows how to play and succeed at the game.

i emailed the dev again asking if they can produce a comprehensive list on their end. still waiting to hear back...

[Shadowrun]

dev finally answered my question about this

1. Quest Trigger
It is difficult right now because not only does the quest trigger need to be organized, but there is a possibility that the trigger may change in the future.

this means we are on our own for now, but hints that some time in the future a list MIGHT be able to be produced for us.

i am still working on this list little by little. the remaining quests in my game are getting more difficult to trigger, but as they pop up, I add them to my list.

cheers!

[hatesphere666]

sounds promising.
im trying to find the triggers for: O 8-4,12-4,15-4,16-4,20-4 i got a theory to those: if we look at O-9, we need to increase resistance to element(Q1),kill 20 spitter chems(Q2),kill 3 chemical mutants(Q3) and kill 3 enhanced smashers(Q4)

so we got local resistance in this case chemical, kill X amount of local mid-tier(Q2), kill local high tier 3x(Q3) and kill X local giant(Q4), theres a pattern to all others i listed, its always, local resistance-mid tier-high tier-unique(zone boss/whatever you wanna call em)

now we only need to find out how we triggered O 9-4.
the only quest not having this pattern is O 3, which underlines my theory due to it taking place at the beginning/spawn area where we dont got any elements to deal with

[Shadowrun]

yea there's patterns for sure. and there's grouping. like some of these are to simply possess a specific unique item. once you acquire the item, it triggers the quest. some of these quests like this are in blocks, where several of them will be in a row.

i'm just gonna keep plugging away at this on my triggers game. i abandoned my other game to play this one and focus on this.

if anyone sees one that i listed and you think it's wrong, please feel free to submit what you feel is correct. you don't just have to fill in the blanks here you can suggest corrections too (because i'm sure i got some wrong). :)

[hatesphere666]

found another one:

B = 23-1 Armored Vehicle with reactive Armor (equip PowerDrill, Upgrade:Armored Car Improved->Sturdy

not 100% sure about the trigger; i was farming some carparts, fuel and random drops in the snowbiome, disassembled a car, but got a spring as loot, maybe the spring is the trigger or the amount of cars disassembled, trying to recreate the trigger for more data, cheers

[Shadowrun]

thanks again friend. :)

[Saraigh]

C-6.2 This one triggered for me on multiple characters when I trimmed a goldfish, an angelfish and a zacco platypus.

[Shadowrun]

thanks Saraigh :D

EDIT:

hey when you say C do you mean COMBAT or CRAFTING? i guessed crafting :D

[Saraigh]

Oh, sorry, yes i meant crafting :)