Quest Question

[paul.r.byrne]

Newbie playing for the first time. I get a quest. I click on jump to and it shows me a location on the world map. I have no idea how you find where this is in relation to my tile and how I would go about getting to the quest

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

You would need to form a caravan to get to that location. Select your own base tile and you should get an option to form a caravan if you wish to do so.

[Kittenpox]

Your own home base should be the one in a unique colour. If in doubt, go back to your colony (I normally do this by double-clicking a portrait at the top of the screen to zoom in to a specific pawn, myself), and then press the button on the bottom of your screen to bring up the world map - it should be centred on your own colony.

Most of the quests are going to be vaguely near your own base - there's only one I can think of which won't be; and launching into space is not something you need to attempt, and certainly not at the start of the game. (The quest is simply there to let you know it exists - if it's one of the few long-term quests, you can easily trash it then come back to that one later if you feel so inclined.)

[ichifish]

Originally posted by paul.r.byrne:

Newbie playing for the first time. I get a quest. I click on jump to and it shows me a location on the world map. I have no idea how you find where this is in relation to my tile and how I would go about getting to the quest

The icons on the world map are a bit similar and the first couple of times it’s hard to tell what’s going on.

Your colony is the largest icon and it’s colored blue. If you are looking at the base map and select world, your base is in the middle.

If you jump to a quest location on the world map you have to find your base. You might need to go back and forth between the world map button (your base is in the middle) and the quest location.

Once you find your base and the quest location, click on your base and form a caravan (you can cancel later), then choose the quest location. The amount of travel time shown is the base amount -it will be adjusted based on the movement speed of the colonists and animals in the caravan and their encumbrance.

Most quests are close to your base. The “friendly AI” quest, however, will be quite far away.

[paul.r.byrne]

Thanks for the responses