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

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

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

Quest Name	Areas
Mop-up Operation #1	{{{2}}}
Mop-up Operation #2	{{{2}}}
Mop-up Operation #3	{{{2}}}
Mop-up Operation #4	{{{2}}}
Sweep-up Operation #1	{{{2}}}
Sweep-up Operation #2	{{{2}}}
Sweep-up Operation #3	{{{2}}}
Sweep-up Operation #4	{{{2}}}
Endless Nightmare #1	{{{2}}}
Endless Nightmare #2	{{{2}}}
Endless Nightmare #3	{{{2}}}
Endless Nightmare #4	{{{2}}}
Today's Rate	{{{2}}}

Quest Name	Areas
Christmas Fiasco	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack E: Forest	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack E: Cave	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack E: Mine	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack E: Ruins	{{{2}}}

Quest Name	Areas
MAXIMUM ATTACK 1 Ver2	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1A-	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1B-	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1C-	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack 4th Stage -1R-	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack E: Episode 1	{{{2}}}
Maximum Attack S	{{{2}}}
Random Attack Xrd Stage	{{{2}}}
Random Attack Xrd REV 1	{{{2}}}

Quest Name	Areas
Towards the Future	{{{2}}}
Tyrell's Ego	{{{2}}}
Labyrinthine Trial	{{{2}}}
Sugoroku	{{{2}}}
Simulator 2.0	{{{2}}}
Mine Offensive	{{{2}}}
Endless: Episode 1	{{{2}}}

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

Quest Name	Areas
Christmas Event Shop	{{{2}}}
Anniversary Badge Shop	{{{2}}}

Quest Name	Areas
Hollow Battlefield: Forest	{{{2}}}
Hollow Battlefield: Cave	{{{2}}}
Hollow Battlefield: Mine	{{{2}}}
Hollow Battlefield: Ruins	{{{2}}}

Quest Name	Areas
Gallon's Plan	{{{2}}}
Towards the Past	{{{2}}}
Good Luck!	{{{2}}}
AOL CUP -Sunset Base-	{{{2}}}
Knight of Coral	{{{2}}}

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