Main Scenario Quests
Main Scenario Quests (MSQ) are quests that tell the main story of Final Fantasy XIV. These quests often have cutscenes and voice acting, and also unlock important features of the game: airship travel, Grand Company access, a personal chocobo mount, new cities, overworld zones, as well as dungeons and trials.
Initially, the Main Scenario Quests differ depending on the player's starting city (Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, or Ul'dah) which is determined by the class chosen during character creation. These stories converge at the quest It's Probably Pirates, and remain the same from that point onward.
At the beginning of each expansion, the Main Scenario Quests will briefly diverge into two short quest chains that will introduce the player to different characters and locations in the expansion, but will converge after completing each chain.
Chronologically, the Main Scenario Quests are divided in the in-game Journal as follows:
- Seventh Umbral Era Quests – Level 1-50 story quests released in Patch 2.0 as part of the base game A Realm Reborn.
- Seventh Astral Era Quests – Level 50 story quests that conclude the A Realm Reborn story and setup the Heavensward expansion story, through Patches 2.1-2.5.
- Heavensward Main Scenario Quests – Level 50-60 story quests released in Patch 3.0 with the expansion Heavensward.
- Dragonsong Quests – Level 60 story quests that conclude the main Heavensward story arc through Patches 3.1-3.3.
- Post-Dragonsong Quests – Level 60 story quests that setup the Stormblood expansion story through Patches 3.4-3.56.
- Stormblood Main Scenario Quests – Level 60-70 story quests released in Patch 4.0 with the expansion Stormblood.
- Post-Stormblood Main Scenario Quests – Level 70 story quests that conclude the main Stormblood story arc through Patches 4.1-4.3 and setup the Shadowbringers expansion story though Patches 4.4-4.56.
- Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests – Level 70-80 story quests released in Patch 5.0 with the expansion Shadowbringers.
- Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests – Level 80 story quests that conclude the main Shadowbringers story arc through Patches 5.1-5.3.
- Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests II – Level 80 story quests that setup the Endwalker expansion story through Patches 5.4-5.55.
- Endwalker Main Scenario Quests – Level 80-90 story quests released in Patch 6.0 with the expansion Endwalker. The major story arc concludes in the base expansion.
- Post-Endwalker Main Scenario Quests – Level 90 story quests that begin and conclude a new story arc though Patches 6.1-6.5, then setup the upcoming Dawntrail expansion story in Patch 6.55.
All MSQs up to the end of the Post-Stormblood Quests are accessible on the Free Trial or with the base game. However, subsequent MSQs require ownership of an expansion (Endwalker, which also includes all Shadowbringers content).
The MSQ is a overall a linear quest chain consisting of hundreds of hours of story content. Players may skip directly to the MSQ at the start of any expansion by purchasing a "Tales of Adventure" skip from the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store using real money ($25 USD). As the story is one of the main focuses of the game, this is generally not recommended for first-time playthroughs, unless one is primarily interested in leveling a new character as quickly as possible to participate in endgame content.
Players may replay Main Scenario Quests using New Game+, which will gradually unlock MSQ segments with sufficient progression through the story.
Trivia
- The icon for Main Scenario Quests is meant to resemble Dalamud as it fell during the 1.x version.
This page lists every Main Scenario Quest currently in the game.
Seventh Umbral Era Quests
Levels 1-15
Gridania Quest Chain
These quests are for players whose chose to start the game as a Lancer, Archer, or Conjurer.
Limsa Lominsa Quest Chain
These quests are for players whose chose to start the game as a Marauder or Arcanist.
Ul'dah Quest Chain
These quests are for players whose chose to start the game as a Gladiator, Pugilist, or Thaumaturge.
Levels 15-20
All classes share the same Main Scenario Quests from this point onward.
Levels 21-30
Levels 31-40
Levels 41-50
Seventh Astral Era Quests
Patch 2.1 (A Realm Awoken)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
The Price of Principles | 50 | |
Moving On | 50 | |
All Things in Time | 50 | |
Laying the Foundation | 50 | |
It's Possibly a Primal | 50 | |
Hail to the King, Kupo | 50 | |
You Have Selected Regicide | 50 | Thornmarch (Hard) |
On the Properties of Primals | 50 | |
The Gifted | 50 | |
Build on the Stone | 50 | The Rising Stones A Realm Awoken |
Patch 2.2 (Through the Maelstrom)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Still Waters | 50 | |
A Final Temptation | 50 | |
The Mother of Exiles | 50 | |
Promises to Keep | 50 | |
Yugiri's Game | 50 | |
Why We Adventure | 50 | |
All Due Respect | 50 | |
The Sea Rises | 50 | |
Scouts in Distress | 50 | |
The Gift of Eternity | 50 | |
Into the Heart of the Whorl | 50 | |
Lord of the Whorl | 50 | The Whorleater (Hard) |
When Yugiri Met the Fraternity | 50 | |
Through the Maelstrom | 50 | Through the Maelstrom |
Patch 2.3 (Defenders of Eorzea)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
The Great Divide | 50 | |
Desperate Times | 50 | |
Shock and Awe | 50 | |
Reap the Whirlwind | 50 | |
Revolution | 50 | |
Stories We Tell | 50 | |
Lord of Levin | 50 | |
Levin an Impression | 50 | The Striking Tree (Hard) |
What Little Gods Are Made Of | 50 | |
Guardian of Eorzea | 50 | |
Recruiting the Realm | 50 | |
Heretical Harassment | 50 | |
When the Cold Sets In | 50 | |
Brave New Companions | 50 | Eorzea Defended A Realm Reborn - Part 5 |
Patch 2.4 (Dreams of Ice)
Patch 2.5 (Before the Fall - Part 1)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Good Intentions | 50 | |
Bait and Switch | 50 | |
Best Laid Schemes | 50 | |
The Rising Chorus | 50 | The Keeper of the Lake |
Aether on Demand | 50 | |
On the Counteroffensive | 50 | |
An Uninvited Ascian | 50 | The Chrysalis |
In Memory of Moenbryda | 50 |
Patch 2.55 (Before the Fall - Part 2)
Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Levels 50-51
Main Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Coming to Ishgard | 50 | Ishgard Foundation |
Taking in the Sights | 50 | |
The Better Half | 50 |
Artoirel Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Over the Wall | 50 | Coerthas Western Highlands Falcon's Nest |
Work in Progress | 50 | |
The First and Foremost | 50 | |
From on High | 50 | |
Reconnaissance Lost | 50 | |
At the End of Our Hope | 50 | |
Knights Be Not Proud | 50 |
Emmanellain Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Onwards and Upwards | 50 | The Sea of Clouds (South) Camp Cloudtop |
An Indispensable Ally | 50 | |
Meeting the Neighbors | 50 | |
Sense of Urgency | 50 | |
Hope Springs Eternal | 50 | |
A Series of Unfortunate Events | 50 | |
A Reward Long in Coming | 50 |
Main Quest Chain (Continued)
Levels 52-53
Levels 54-55
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Mountaintop Diplomacy | 54 | |
Moghan's Trial | 54 | |
Mogmug's Trial | 54 | |
Mogwin's Trial | 54 | |
Moglin's Judgment | 54 | |
Leaving Moghome | 54 | |
The Road to Zenith | 54 | |
Waiting for the Wind to Change | 54 | Mount Speed Increase |
Heart of Ice | 54 | |
The Wyrm's Lair | 54 | |
New Winds, Old Friends | 54 | |
A General Summons | 54 | |
Awakening in Ul'dah | 54 | |
A Brave Resolution | 54 | |
Ready to Fly | 55 | |
Into the Aery | 55 | The Aery Aether Current |
The Song Begins | 55 |
Levels 56-57
Levels 58-60
Post-Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Patch 3.1 (As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
An Uncertain Future | 60 | |
Breaking the Cycle | 60 | |
Another Time, Another Place | 60 | |
In the Eye of the Beholder | 60 | |
A Little Slow, a Little Late | 60 | |
Dreams of the Lost | 60 | |
Against the Dying of the Light | 60 | |
As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness | 60 | So It Goes |
Patch 3.2 (The Gears of Change)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
As It Once Was | 60 | |
The Word of the Mother | 60 | The Antitower |
This War of Ours | 60 | |
Staunch Conviction | 60 | |
Once More, a Favor | 60 | |
For Those We Have Lost | 60 | |
Consequences | 60 | |
Choices | 60 | |
A Spectacle for the Ages | 60 | Victory |
For Those We Can Yet Save | 60 | |
Causes and Costs | 60 | Battle Stance First Gear |
Patch 3.3 (Revenge of the Horde)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
The Man Within | 60 | |
An Ally for Ishgard | 60 | |
Winning Over the Wyrm | 60 | Sohr Khai |
An End to the Song | 60 | The Final Steps of Faith |
Heroes of the Hour | 60 | |
Litany of Peace | 60 | Floor the Horde Heavensward - Part 3 |
Patch 3.4 (Soul Surrender)
Patch 3.5 (The Far Edge of Fate - Part 1)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Tidings from Gyr Abania | 60 | |
An Envoy for Ishgard | 60 | |
An Allied Decision | 60 | |
Griffin, Griffin on the Wall | 60 | Baelsar's Wall |
Louisoix's Finest Student | 60 | School's Out Forever |
Patch 3.56 (The Far Edge of Fate - Part 2)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
The Obvious Solution | 60 | |
The Greater Obeisance | 60 | |
Fly Free, My Pretty | 60 | |
The Far Edge of Fate | 60 | Five Minutes of Fate Heavensward - Part 4 |
Stormblood Main Scenario Quests
Levels 60-61
Main Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Beyond the Great Wall | 60 | The Fringes (West) Castrum Oriens |
Lyse Takes the Lead | 60 | Rhalgr's Reach |
The Promise of a New Beginning | 60 | |
A Haven for the Bold | 60 | |
A Bargain Struck | 60 | Aether Compass |
M'naago Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
A Friend of a Friend in Need | 60 | |
Signed, Sealed, to Be Delivered | 60 | |
Best Served with Cold Steel | 60 | |
Let Fill Your Hearts with Pride | 60 |
Meffrid Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
A Familiar Face Forgotten | 60 | The Peaks (North) Ala Gannha |
The Prodigal Daughter | 60 | |
Hard Country | 60 | |
Death by a Thousand Rocks | 60 | |
A Life More Ordinary | 60 | |
The Color of Angry Qiqirn | 60 | |
The Black Wolf's Pups | 60 | |
Homeward Bound | 60 |
Main Quest Chain (Continued)
Levels 62-63
Levels 64-65
Levels 66-67
Levels 68-70
Post-Stormblood Main Scenario Quests
Patch 4.1 (The Legend Returns)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Arenvald's Adventure | 70 | Box |
The Darkness Below | 70 | |
The Mad King's Trove | 70 | The Drowned City of Skalla |
The Butcher's Blood | 70 | |
Echoes of an Echo | 70 | |
A Sultana's Strings | 70 | |
A Sultana's Duty | 70 | |
A Sultana's Resolve | 70 | |
Securing the Saltery | 70 | |
A Blissful Arrival | 70 | |
Return of the Bull | 70 | More Heroes |
Patch 4.2 (Rise of a New Sun)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Tidings from the East | 70 | Greeting |
The Sword in the Store | 70 | |
Hope on the Waves | 70 | |
Elation and Trepidation | 70 | |
Storm on the Horizon | 70 | The Doman Enclave |
His Forgotten Home | 70 | |
A Guilty Conscience | 70 | |
Rise of a New Sun | 70 | Solar Cycle |
Patch 4.3 (Under the Moonlight)
Patch 4.4 (Prelude in Violet)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Sisterly Act | 70 | |
Feel the Burn | 70 | The Burn |
Shadows in the Empire | 70 | |
A Power in Slumber | 70 | |
The Will of the Moon | 70 | |
The Call | 70 | Endure |
Prelude in Violet | 70 | A History of Violet |
Patch 4.5 (A Requiem for Heroes - Part 1)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Soul Searching | 70 | |
A Defector's Tidings | 70 | |
Seiryu's Wall | 70 | |
Parley on the Front Lines | 70 | |
The Face of War | 70 | The Ghimlyt Dark What Is It Good For |
Patch 4.56 (A Requiem for Heroes - Part 2)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
A Brief Reprieve | 70 | |
A Requiem for Heroes | 70 | Swan Song Stormblood - Part 4 |
Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
Levels 70-71
Main Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
The Syrcus Trench | 70 | Lakeland |
City of the First | 70 | The Crystarium |
Travelers of Norvrandt | 70 |
Alphinaud Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
In Search of Alphinaud | 70 | Kholusia (South) Stilltide |
A Still Tide | 70 | |
Open Arms, Closed Gate | 70 | |
A Fickle Existence | 70 | |
City of Final Pleasures | 70 | Eulmore |
Free to Sightsee | 70 | |
A Taste of Honey | 70 | |
A Blessed Instrument | 70 | |
Emergent Splendor | 70 |
Alisaie Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
In Search of Alisaie | 70 | Amh Araeng (East) Mord Souq |
City of the Mord | 70 | |
Working Off the Meal | 70 | |
A Desert Crossing | 70 | |
Following in Her Footprints | 70 | |
Culling Their Ranks | 70 | |
A Purchase of Fruit | 70 | |
The Time Left to Us | 70 | |
Tears on the Sand | 70 |
Main Quest Chain (Continued)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
The Lightwardens | 71 | Holminster Switch |
Warrior of Darkness | 71 | Between Two Worlds Shadowbringers Role Quests |
Levels 72-73
Levels 74-75
Levels 76-77
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Out of the Wood | 76 | Journey to the Past |
When It Rains | 76 | |
Word from On High | 76 | |
Small Favors | 76 | |
The Best Way Out | 76 | |
Free Trade | 76 | |
The Trolley Problem | 76 | |
Rust and Ruin | 76 | Amh Araeng (West) Twine |
On Track | 76 | |
Down for Maintenance | 76 | |
The Truth Hurts | 76 | |
A Convenient Distraction | 77 | |
A Dirty Job | 77 | |
Have a Heart | 77 | |
Full Steam Ahead | 77 | |
Crossroads | 77 | |
A Fresh Start | 77 | Malikah's Well Aether Current |
More than a Hunch | 77 | Shrouded in Darkness |
Return to Eulmore | 77 | |
A Feast of Lies | 77 | Eulmore |
Paradise Fallen | 77 |
Levels 78-80
Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
Patch 5.1 (Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Shaken Resolve | 80 | |
A Grand Adventure | 80 | The Grand Cosmos |
A Welcome Guest | 80 | |
Good for the Soul | 80 | |
Nowhere to Turn | 80 | |
A Notable Absence | 80 | |
For the People | 80 | |
Finding Good Help | 80 | |
Moving Forward | 80 | |
Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty | 80 | Black and White |
Patch 5.2 (Echoes of a Fallen Star)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Old Enemies, New Threats | 80 | |
The Way Home | 80 | |
Seeking Counsel | 80 | |
Facing the Truth | 80 | |
A Sleep Disturbed | 80 | |
An Old Friend | 80 | |
Deep Designs | 80 | |
A Whale's Tale | 80 | |
Beneath the Surface | 80 | Anamnesis Anyder |
Echoes of a Fallen Star | 80 | Way More Heroes |
Patch 5.3 (Reflections in Crystal)
Patch 5.4 (Futures Rewritten)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Alisaie's Quest | 80 | |
The Wisdom of Allag | 80 | |
Reviving the Legacy | 80 | |
Forget Us Not | 80 | |
Like Master, Like Pupil | 80 | Matoya's Relict |
The Admiral's Resolve | 80 | |
The Search for Sicard | 80 | |
On Rough Seas | 80 | |
The Great Ship Vylbrand | 80 | |
Futures Rewritten | 80 | Pen and Sword |
Patch 5.5 (Death Unto Dawn - Part 1)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Unto the Breach | 80 | |
Here Be Dragons | 80 | |
Righteous Indignation | 80 | |
For Vengeance | 80 | |
The Flames of War | 80 | Paglth'an |
When the Dust Settles | 80 | Not for Naught |
Patch 5.55 (Death Unto Dawn - Part 2)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
The Company We Keep | 80 | |
On Official Business | 80 | |
Death Unto Dawn | 80 | Shush Under the Darkened Moon Shadowbringers - Part 4 |
Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
Levels 80-81
Main Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
The Next Ship to Sail | 80 | Old Sharlayan |
Old Sharlayan, New to You | 80 |
Old Sharlayan Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Hitting the Books | 80 | |
A Seat at the Last Stand | 80 | |
A Labyrinthine Descent | 80 | Labyrinthos (North) The Archeion |
Glorified Ratcatcher | 80 | |
Deeper into the Maze | 80 | |
The Medial Circuit | 80 | |
The Full Report, Warts and All | 80 | |
A Guide of Sorts | 80 | |
Estate Visitor | 80 |
Thavnair Quest Chain
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
For Thavnair Bound | 80 | Thavnair (West) Yedlihmad The Great Work |
On Low Tide | 80 | |
A Fisherman's Friend | 80 | |
House of Divinities | 80 | |
The Great Work | 80 | |
Shadowed Footsteps | 80 | |
A Boy's Errand | 80 | |
Tipping the Scale | 80 | |
The Satrap of Radz-at-Han | 80 |
Main Quest Chain (Continued)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
In the Dark of the Tower | 81 | The Tower of Zot |
The Jewel of Thavnair | 81 | Radz-at-Han |
The Color of Joy | 81 | On Wings of Hope |
Levels 82-83
Levels 84-85
Levels 86-87
Levels 88-90
Post-Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
Patch 6.1 (Newfound Adventure)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Newfound Adventure | 90 | The Unending Codex |
Bountiful Ruins | 90 | |
Friends for the Road | 90 | |
Alzadaal's Legacy | 90 | Alzadaal's Legacy |
A Brother's Grief | 90 | |
Sharing the Wealth | 90 | |
Bridging the Rift | 90 | |
Restricted Reading | 90 | |
Void Theory | 90 | |
A Satrap's Duty | 90 | Newfound Adventure |
Patch 6.2 (Buried Memory)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
In Search of Azdaja | 90 | The Fell Court of Troia |
Shadowed Remnants | 90 | |
Where Everything Begins | 90 | |
Groping in the Dark | 90 | |
Nowhere to Run | 90 | |
The Wind Rises | 90 | Storm's Crown |
Return from the Void | 90 | |
A World with Light and Life | 90 | |
Buried Memory | 90 | Into the Light |
Patch 6.3 (Gods Revel, Lands Tremble)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Once More unto the Void | 90 | |
A Cold Reunion | 90 | |
Kindled Spirit | 90 | |
An Unforeseen Bargain | 90 | |
King of the Mountain | 90 | Lapis Manalis |
A Dragon's Resolve | 90 | |
Paths Barred | 90 | |
Desires Untold | 90 | Mount Ordeals |
Gods Revel, Lands Tremble | 90 | Hallowed and Harrowed |
Patch 6.4 (The Dark Throne)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Currying Flavor | 90 | |
Going Haam | 90 | The Aetherfont |
Like Fear to Flame | 90 | |
The Fallen Empire | 90 | |
Bonds of Trust | 90 | |
Lunar Rendezvous | 90 | |
The Red Side of the Moon | 90 | |
Abyssal Dark | 90 | The Voidcast Dais |
The Dark Throne | 90 | You Win or You Dais |
Patch 6.5 (Growing Light - Part 1)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
Seeking the Light | 90 | |
Appealing to the Masses | 90 | |
In Defiance of Fate | 90 | |
Back to Action | 90 | |
Down in the Dark | 90 | The Lunar Subterrane The Abyssal Fracture |
Reunited at Last | 90 | |
Growing Light | 90 | For Others to Follow |
Patch 6.5 (Growing Light - Part 2)
Quest | Level | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
When One Door Closes... | 90 | |
The Game Is Afoot | 90 | |
The Coming Dawn | 90 | Endwalker - Part 3 Endwalker - Part 4 Tomorrows Unknown |