Quests

Quests are optional missions in PSO that give rewards for clearing them. Ephinea offers both the original Sonic Team quests and an assortment of community- and staff-created quests. The majority of quests are available to play in both One Person and multiplayer mode, but some are specific to one or the other. Quests are started at the quest counter, and displayed by category, along with a short description for each quest. Quests are cleared in various ways, with some not having any clear condition at all; most of the Shop quests fall into this category.

Government Quests

The Government Quest counter is located in the Principal's Office in Episodes 1 and 4, and in the Lab in Episode 2. Similar to previous versions of Phantasy Star Online's offline story missions, Government Quests involve investigating the surface of Ragol and moving through the main story of PSO. Government Quest unlocks are episode-based, so clearing Episode 1's quests isn't necessary to play Episode 2 or 4's quests. Additionally, some Government Quests give out rewards the first time they're cleared on a given character and difficulty. Unlike other quests, players may join Government Quests while they are in progress.

Hunter's Guild

The Hunter's Guild counter is located on Pioneer 2, in the same room where players initially spawn. The Hunter's Guild contains all non-Government Quests. In multiplayer, it consists of five subsections: Extermination, Maximum Attack, Retrieval, Shop, and VR. In One Person mode, the Hunter's Guild contains two additional subsections: Side Story and Solo Only. Rewards for completing missions differ depending on the content of the mission. The Hunter's Guild counter is also used to begin Battle and Challenge Mode games.

Challenge Mode

Challenge Mode stages are available for both Episode I and II, with each Episode having 9 and 5 stages respectively. To play Challenge Mode, it must be selected during party creation in the lobby. Parties must clear stages sequentially in order to progress. At the start of each Challenge stage, all levels, equipment, and learned techniques will be reset to the stage's default. Returning to Pioneer 2 is not possible until a stage is either failed or cleared. Each player is given a set number of Scape Dolls; these are the only way party members can be revived. The whole team will be sent back to the Hunter's Guild if the HP of one of the participating member drops to zero and they have run out of Scape Dolls.

Episode 1	Episode 2
Stage 1: Forest	Stage 1: VR Temple
Stage 2: Caves 1	Stage 2: VR Spaceship
Stage 3: Caves 2	Stage 3: Central Control Area
Stage 4: Caves 3	Stage 4: Seabeds
Stage 5: Mines 1	Stage 5: Tower
Stage 6: Mines 2
Stage 7: Ruins 1
Stage 8: Ruins 2
Stage 9: Ruins 3

Battle Mode

In Battle Mode, players battle one another by rules set by the party leader. To play Battle Mode, it must be selected during party creation in the lobby. At the beginning of each game, the rules set by the team leader will be displayed; each player will be positioned at one of four starting locations. Players compete to defeat as many of their opponents as possible within the time limit. Certain weapons, items, equipment, Mags, and techniques may be unusable, depending on the selected rules. A player falls when their HP drops to 0, and the fallen player will respawn at a random location on the map. The game is over when time expires.

Quest List

Episode 1

Government

Quest Name	Areas
1-1:Planet Ragol	Forest 1, Forest 2
1-2:Torrential Woods	Forest 1, Forest 2
1-3:Subterranean Den	Forest 1, Forest 2
2-1:Infernal Cavern	Cave 1
2-2:Deep Within	Cave 1, Cave 2
2-3:The Mutation	Cave 2, Cave 3
2-4:Waterway Shadow	Cave 1, Cave 2, Cave 3
3-1:The Facility	Mine 1
3-2:Machines Attack	Mine 2
3-3:Central Control	Mine 1, Mine 2
4-1:The Lost Ruins	Mine 2, Ruins 1
4-2:Buried Relics	Ruins 2
4-3:Hero & Daughter	Ruins 1, Ruins 2
4-4:The Tomb Stirs	Ruins 3
4-5:Dark Inheritance	Ruins 1, Ruins 2, Ruins 3

Side Story

Quest Name	Areas
Battle Training	Forest 1
Magnitude of Metal	Forest 1
Claiming a Stake	Forest 1
The Value of Money	Pioneer 2
Journalistic Pursuit	Forest 1, Forest 2
The Fake in Yellow	Forest 1
Native Research	Forest 1, Forest 2
Forest of Sorrow	Forest 1, Forest 2
Gran Squall	Forest 1, Forest 2
Addicting Food	Cave 1, Cave 2, Cave 3
The Lost Bride	Cave 1, Cave 2
Waterfall Tears	Cave 1, Cave 2
Black Paper	Cave 1, Cave 2, Cave 3
Secret Delivery	Cave 1, Cave 2
Soul of a Blacksmith	Forest 1, Forest 2, Cave 1, Cave 2, Cave 3
Letter from Lionel	Forest 1, Forest 2, Cave 1, Cave 2
The Grave's Butler	Cave 1, Cave 2
Knowing One's Heart	Mine 1
The Retired Hunter	Forest 2, Ruins 3
Dr. Osto's Research	Mine 2
Unsealed Door	Mine 1, Mine 2
Soul of Steel	Mine 2, Ruins 3
Doc's Secret Plan	Ruins 1
Seek my Master	Ruins 1, Ruins 2
From the Depths	Ruins 2, Ruins 3
Central Dome Fire Swirl	Forest 2

Extermination

Quest Name	Areas
Mop-up Operation #1	Forest 1
Mop-up Operation #2	Cave 1
Mop-up Operation #3	Mine 1
Mop-up Operation #4	Ruins 1
Sweep-up Operation #1	Forest 2
Sweep-up Operation #2	Cave 3
Sweep-up Operation #3	Mine 2
Sweep-up Operation #4	Ruins 2
Endless Nightmare #1	Forest 1, Forest 2
Endless Nightmare #2	Cave 1, Cave 2
Endless Nightmare #3	Mine 1, Mine 2
Endless Nightmare #4	Ruins 1, Ruins 2
Today's Rate	Cave 2, Cave 3, Mine 1

Event

Quest Name	Areas
Christmas Fiasco	Cave 2, Mine 2, Ruins 3
Maximum Attack E: Forest	Forest 1
Maximum Attack E: Cave	Cave 2
Maximum Attack E: Mine	Mine 1
Maximum Attack E: Ruins	Ruins 3

Maximum Attack

Quest Name	Areas
MAXIMUM ATTACK 1 Ver2	Forest 2, Cave 3, Mine 2
Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1A-	Cave 2, Mine 2, Ruins 3
Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1B-	Cave 2, Mine 2, Ruins 3
Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1C-	Cave 2, Mine 2, Ruins 3
Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1R-	Cave 2, Mine 2, Ruins 3
Maximum Attack E: Episode 1	Forest 1, Cave 2, Mines 1, Ruins 3
Maximum Attack S	Cave 3, Ruins 3, Spaceship
Random Attack Xrd Stage	Cave 1, Mine 1, Ruins 3, Palace, Spaceship
Random Attack Xrd REV 1	Forest 1, Forest 2, Cave 1, Cave 3, Mine 1, Mine 2, Ruins 1, Ruins 3, Palace, Spaceship

VR

Quest Name	Areas
Towards the Future	Forest 2, Cave 3, Mine 2, Ruins 3
Tyrell's Ego	Forest 2, Cave 3, Mine 2, Ruins 3
Labyrinthine Trial	Cave 1
Sugoroku	Forest 2
Simulator 2.0	Forest 2, Cave 2, Mine 2, Ruins 3, Palace, Spaceship
Mine Offensive	Mine 1, Mine 2
Endless: Episode 1	All Episode 1

Retrieval

Quest Name	Areas
The Missing Maracas	Forest 1, Cave 1
Lost HEAT SWORD	Forest 1, Forest 2
Lost ICE SPINNER	Cave 1, Cave 2, Cave 3
Lost SOUL BLADE	Mine 1, Mine 2
Lost HELL PALLASCH	Ruins 1, Ruins 2, Ruins 3
Fragments of a Memory	Ruins 1, Ruins 2, Ruins 3
Rappy's Holiday	Forest 1, Forest 2
Rescue from Ragol	Forest 1, Forest 2, Cave 1
Gallon's Treachery	Cave 3, Ruins 2
Forsaken Friends	Mines 2, Ruins 1, Ruins 2, Ruins 3
Dark Research 2.0	Ruins 1, Ruins 2, Ruins 3
This Must Be The Place	Ruins 1, Ruins 2, Ruins 3
Road To Nowhere	Ruins 1, Ruins 2, Ruins 3

Shop

Quest Name	Areas
Christmas Event Shop	Pioneer 2
Anniversary Badge Shop	Pioneer 2

Halloween

Quest Name	Areas
Hollow Battlefield: Forest	Forest 1
Hollow Battlefield: Cave	Cave 2
Hollow Battlefield: Mine	Mine 2
Hollow Battlefield: Ruins	Ruins 3

Solo Only

Quest Name	Areas
Gallon's Plan	Forest 1, Forest 2
Good Luck!	Forest 1
AOL CUP -Sunset Base-	Forest 1, Forest 2
Knight of Coral	Cave 2, Mine 1, Ruins 3, Palace

Episode 2

Government	Event	Maximum Attack	Halloween
5-1:Test/VR Temple 1	Festivity On The Beach	MAXIMUM ATTACK 2 Ver2	Hollow Reality: Temple
5-2:Test/VR Temple 2	Christmas Fiasco	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -2A-	Hollow Reality: Spaceship
5-3:Test/VR Temple 3	Maximum Attack E: Temple	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -2B-	Hollow Phantasm: Jungle
5-4:Test/VR Temple 4	Maximum Attack E: Spaceship	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -2C-	Hollow Phantasm: Seabed
5-5:Test/VR Temple 5	Maximum Attack E: CCA	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -2R-	Hollow Phantasm: Tower
6-1:Test/Spaceship 1	Maximum Attack E: Seabed	Maximum Attack E: VR
6-2:Test/Spaceship 2	Maximum Attack E: Tower	Maximum Attack E: Gal Da Val
6-3:Test/Spaceship 3	Extermination	Maximum Attack S
6-4:Test/Spaceship 4	Phantasmal World #1	Random Attack Xrd Stage
6-5:Test/Spaceship 5	Phantasmal World #2	Random Attack Xrd REV 2
7-1:From the Past	Phantasmal World #3	Tower
7-2:Seeking Clues	Phantasmal World #4	The East Tower
7-3:Silent Beach	Sweep-up Operation #5	The West Tower
7-4:Central Control	Sweep-up Operation #6	Raid on Central Tower
7-5:Isle of Mutants	Sweep-up Operation #7	The Military Strikes Back
8-1:Below the Waves	Sweep-up Operation #8	Twilight Sanctuary
8-2:Desire's End	Sweep-up Operation #9	Shop
8-3:Purple Lamplight	Gal Da Val's Darkness	Gallon's Shop
Side Story	CAL's Clock Challenge	Item Present
Seat of the Heart	Retrieval	Singing by the Beach
Blue Star Memories	Lost SHOCK RIFLE	Beach Laughter
Solo Only	Lost BIND ASSAULT	To The Deepest Blue -MA4 Venue-
Knight of Coral Advent	Lost FILL CANNON	TA Reward Shop
A New Hope	Lost CHARGE VULCAN	The Egg Shop
	Dream Messenger	VR
	Revisiting Darkness	Reach for the Dream
	Dolmolm Research	Respective Tomorrow

Episode 4

Government	Extermination	Event
9-1:Missing Research	Point of Disaster	Christmas Fiasco
9-2:Data Retrieval	The Robots' Reckoning	Maximum Attack E: Crater
9-3:Reality & Truth	War of Limits 1	Maximum Attack E: Desert
9-4:Pursuit	War of Limits 2	Maximum Attack
9-5:The Chosen (1/2)	War of Limits 3	MAXIMUM ATTACK 3 Ver2
9-6:The Chosen (2/2)	War of Limits 4	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -4A-
9-7:Sacred Ground	War of Limits 5	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -4B-
9-8:The Final Cycle	New Mop-Up Operation #1	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -4C-
Side Story	New Mop-Up Operation #2	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -4R-
Warrior's Pride	New Mop-Up Operation #3	Maximum Attack E: Episode 4
The Restless Lion	New Mop-Up Operation #4	Maximum Attack S
Pioneer Spirit	New Mop-Up Operation #5	Random Attack Xrd REV 4
荒野の果てに	Sweep-up Operation #10	Shop
Black Paper's Dangerous Deal	Sweep-up Operation #11	Claire's Deal 5
Black Paper's Dangerous Deal 2	Sweep-up Operation #12	The Beak's Cafe Ver.2
	Sweep-up Operation #13	VR
	Sweep-up Operation #14	Beyond the Horizon
	Retrieval	LOGiN presents 勇場のマッチレース
	Lost BERSERK BATON	Halloween
	Lost SPIRIT STRIKER	Hollow Wasteland: Wilderness