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. 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. If still within the time limit they then be returned to their starting location and can continue to battle. The game is over when time expires.

Quest List

Episode 1

Story Quests	Guild Quests
Government	Extermination	Maximum Attack
1-1:Planet Ragol	Mop-Up Operation 1	MAXIMUM ATTACK 1 Ver2
1-2:Torrential Woods	Mop-Up Operation 2	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1A-
1-3:Subterranean Den	Mop-Up Operation 3	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1B-
2-1:Infernal Cavern	Mop-Up Operation 4	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1C-
2-2:Deep Within	Endless Nightmare 1	Maximum Attack S
2-3:The Mutation	Endless Nightmare 2	Random Attack Xrd Stage
2-4:Waterway Shadow	Endless Nightmare 3	Shop
3-1:The Facility	Endless Nightmare 4	Christmas Event Shop
3-2:Machines Attack	Today's Rate	Anniversary Badge Shop
3-3:Central Control	Retrieval	VR
4-1:The Lost Ruins	Lost HEAT SWORD	Towards the Future
4-2:Buried Relics	Lost ICE SPINNER	Tyrell's Ego
4-3:Hero & Daughter	Lost SOUL BLADE	Labyrinthe Trial
4-4:The Tomb Stirs	Lost HELL PALLASCH	Sugoroku
4-5:Dark Inheritance	Fragments of a Memory	Simulator 2.0
Side Story	Rappy's Holiday	Mine Offensive
Battle Training	Gallon's Treachery	Solo Only
Magnitude of Metal	Rescue from Ragol	Gallon's Plan
Claiming a Stake	Forsaken Friends	Good Luck!
The Value of Money	Dark Research	AOL CUP -Sunset Base-
Journalistic Pursuit		Knight of Coral
The Fake in Yellow
Native Research

Episode 2

Story Quests	Guild Quests
Government	Extermination	Maximum Attack
5-1:Test/VR Temple 1	Phantasmal World 1	MAXIMUM ATTACK 2 Ver2
5-2:Test/VR Temple 2	Phantasmal World 2	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -2A-
5-3:Test/VR Temple 3	Phantasmal World 3	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -2B-
5-4:Test/VR Temple 4	Phantasmal World 4	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -2C-
5-5:Test/VR Temple 5	Gal Da Val's Darkness	Maximum Attack E: VR
6-1:Test/Spaceship 1	Retrieval	Maximum Attack E: Gal Da Val
6-2:Test/Spaceship 2	Dream Messenger	Maximum Attack S
6-3:Test/Spaceship 3	Revisiting Darkness	Random Attack Xrd Stage
6-4:Test/Spaceship 4	Dolmolm Research	Shop
6-5:Test/Spaceship 5	Tower	Gallon's Shop
7-1:From the Past	The East Tower	Item Present
7-2:Seeking Clues	The West Tower	Singing by the Beach
7-3:Silent Beach	Raid on Central Tower	Beach Laughter
7-4:Central Control (CCA Quest)	The Military Strikes Back	To The Deepest Blue - MA4 Venue-
7-5:Isle of Mutants	Halloween	TA Reward Shop
8-1:Below the Waves	Hollow Phantasm: Seabed	The Egg Shop
8-2:Desire's End		VR
8-3:Purple Lamplight		Reach for the Dream
Side Story		Respective Tomorrow
Seat of the Heart		Solo Only
Blue Star Memories		Knight of Coral Advent
		A New Hope

Episode 4

Story Quests	Guild Quests
Government	Extermination	Maximum Attack
9-1:Missing Research	Point of Disaster	MAXIMUM ATTACK 3 Ver2
9-2:Data Retrieval	The Robot's Reckoning	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -A-
9-3:Reality & Truth	War of Limits 1	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -B-
9-4:Pursuit	War of Limits 2	Maximum Attack 4th Stage -C-
9-5:The Chosen (1/2)	War of Limits 3	Maximum Attack E: Episode 4
9-6:The Chosen (2/2)	War of Limits 4	Maximum Attack S
9-8:Sacred Ground	War of Limits 5	Shop
9-9:The Final Cycle	New Mop-Up Operation #1	Claire's Deal 5
Side Story	New Mop-Up Operation #2	The Beak's Cafe Ver.2
Warrior's Pride	New Mop-Up Operation #3	VR
The Restless Lion	New Mop-Up Operation #4	Beyond the Horizon
Pioneer Spirit	New Mop-Up Operation #5	LOGiN presents ??のマッチレース
??の?てに	Halloween
Black Paper's Dangerous Deal	Hollow Wasteland: Wilderness
Black Paper's Dangerous Deal 2