Where are my side missions?

[HeLLance]

Got some NPC side missions in Wellspring but I don't see them in my menu log. So I don't know what the frak I'm doing. Is there a class I can take to learn how to use this menu?

[EckyThump]

They aren't really side missions. It's just a way to put locations on the map.

Whether you find a location on your own, or an NPC mentions it, what you do there will always be the same (kill all enemies, destroy fuel tanks, etc) and the full reward is given the moment you complete that task.

You can then talk to the NPC again if you want for like, a line of new dialogue, that's it. But really there's no real point in tracking which NPC was linked to which location, it is just to guide you to a few points of interest in new areas.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by LanCinator:

Got some NPC side missions in Wellspring but I don't see them in my menu log. So I don't know what the frak I'm doing. Is there a class I can take to learn how to use this menu?

After speaking with someone there's a prompt to tab open the menu and then the map to see the location they are speaking about. If you wait too long, the prompt goes away and you'll just have to figure it out. If you talk to the NPC again, theyll say something about the mission which you can use to clue you in on what it might be.

But as said above, they really just place a new location to explore on your map so you dont have to search for it on your own. I think one or two of them gave you a small reward for completing the mission but that was it.

After I cleared the map, I fast traveled to all of the towns to talk to everyone just to "complete" them.

[A Helpless Baby]

Originally posted by EckyThump:

They aren't really side missions. It's just a way to put locations on the map.

Whether you find a location on your own, or an NPC mentions it, what you do there will always be the same (kill all enemies, destroy fuel tanks, etc) and the full reward is given the moment you complete that task.

You can then talk to the NPC again if you want for like, a line of new dialogue, that's it. But really there's no real point in tracking which NPC was linked to which location, it is just to guide you to a few points of interest in new areas.

I know at least one guy payed out like 2 grand after I did his thing so some of them do give out rewards, but they aren't tracked at all for some reason

[HeLLance]

Okay, good, I thought I was trippin'
So, pay attention when they show it to you on the map, otherwise it's not a contiguous mission, necessarily.

[EckyThump]

Originally posted by A Helpless Baby:

I know at least one guy payed out like 2 grand after I did his thing so some of them do give out rewards, but they aren't tracked at all for some reason

Interesting, fair enough!
Maybe I ought to speak to everyone again.