Starfield:Side Quests

Starfield's Side Quests are discovered during exploration. The Main Quests require travel to most cities and many points of interest. Some Activities, Encounters, and Faction Quests are also included here for convenience.

Cities and Towns

Akila City

To edit this section: Akila City/Mission Links

Missions starting here

• Beer Run: Sabotage Filburn Agricultural Systems' brewery.
• Blast Zone: Clear land for a new housing development in the Stretch.
• Charity of the Wolf: Gather charitable donations for the Low House.
• Defensive Measures: Help a scientist study new ways to defend against the ashta, whether security likes it or not.
• Deputized: Join the Freestar Rangers and investigate events at Waggoner Farm.
• False Positives: Investigate strange readings and strange behavior among the ashta.
• First Edition: Sell Old Earth Books to Ahnjong Sinclair (repeatable 8 times)
• Hand Delivered: Deliver message to Marcel Duris
• Job Gone Wrong: Solve a hostage crisis and stop a bank robbery.
• Last Will and Testament: Determine the rightful owner of a manor in Akila City.
• Leader of the Pack: Hunt down an Alpha Ashta
• Rough Landings: Help an immigrant family get back on their feet.
  • Milena Axelrod in Space: Assist the Dalliance
• Solomon's Trove: Collect historic documents for the Coe Heritage Museum
• The Great Laredo Caper: Help Annie Wilcox catch a thief.

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Creation Club

• The Perfect Recipe

Other related missions

• A New Narrative: Plant incriminating evidence at Laredo Firearms.
• Commitment: Sam Coe: Ceremony at the Coe Estate.
• Divided Loyalties: Help Andreja investigate the fate of two friends.
• Peacemaker: Debrief the Retreat's donor.
• The Akila Run: Smuggle a package into Akila City.
• The Empty Nest: Recover an artifact held by the Shaw Gang near Akila City.

Cydonia

To edit this section: Cydonia/Mission Links

• Freight Fright: Recover a lost cargo shipment.
• Heart of Mars: Find the legendary Heart of Mars.
• Media Sponge: Purchase Dragonstar Force books. (radiant) (repeatable 30 times)
• My North Star: Take a stargazer to see the stars up close.
• Psyched: Deliver psychological evaluation questionnaires to employees in Cydonia.
• Red Tape Blues: Help Trevor Petyarre get a request for new mining equipment approved.
• Red Tape Reclamation: Recover a stolen shipment of mining equipment.
• Red Tape Runaround: Get a delivery of new mining equipment approved.
• Refurbished Goods: Acquire some equipment via not entirely legitimate means. (radiant) (repeatable immediately)
• Runaway: Protect a runaway from her vengeful father.
• Space Frog from Outer Space: Help a little girl spread some joy.
• Special Delivery: Deliver some birthday presents.
• Start-Up Stopped: Find a lost ship and missing pilot.
• The Bounty That Got Away: The Tracker Agent wants a sensor at the top of the old Mars launchpad tower to help her track down one of her lost bounties.
• Top of the L.I.S.T.: Work for LIST.

Crucible

To edit this section: Crucible/Mission Links

• Operation Starseed: Investigate the mysterious settlement known as Crucible.
• Secret Lives: Someone in Crucible is not who they seem...

Eleos Retreat

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• Dead Stop: Find a missing construction worker.
• Exorcism: Deal with the two bounty hunters.
• Ghost Hunt: Track down the kidnapper.
• Peacemaker: Debrief the Retreat's donor.

Gagarin Landing

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• Missed Connections: Investigate the disappearance of a courier.
• Missed the Mark: Recover data stolen from a courier.
• Sure Bet: Salvage high quality liquor from a derelict spaceship.
• UC Wants You!: Spread recruitment posters for the UC Vanguard.

HopeTown

To edit this section: HopeTown/Mission Links

• The Akila Run: Smuggle a package into Akila City.
• Captain's Bounty: Pretend to be Captain Faheem to deal with a Tracker.
• Drydock Blues: Hopetech: Inaya requests delivery of a random resource. (radiant) (repeatable simultaneously)
• First Contact: Establish contact with the occupants of a mysterious ship.
• The Hammer Falls: Confront the First's client.
• Where Hope is Built: Help Nia Kalu deal with some pirates, then join her to collect information from Ron Hope.

Neon

To edit this section: Neon/Mission Links

• About Face: Meet tourists Erika and Miguel
• All for One: Convince Dietrich Sieghart to stop paying Neon Security.
• Balancing the Books: Recover a slate with classified intel for a Ryujin technician.
• Bare Metal: Get compensation for a vandalized robot.
• Dirty Laundry: Pick up and sell merchandise for Manaia Adams.
• Display of Power: Tag Neon with the Ebbside Striker's logo.
• Drydock Blues: Taiyo Astroneering Store: Vern requests delivery of a random resource. (radiant) (repeatable simultaneously)
• Fishy Business: Meet Neshar's contact at Xenofresh Fisheries.
• Hard Luck: Help Clover MacKenna get one of her clients out of debt.
• Loose Ends: Complete the delivery of a smuggled package.
• Mob Mentality: Help Tevin Anastas deal with a thug.
• Relief Run: Deliver medical supplies to "Doc" Manning.
• Saburo's Solution: Help Saburo Okadigbo deliver flyers to save his company.
• Superfan: The DJ at the Astral Lounge needs your help recovering a stolen slate.
• Supply Line: Work a shift at Xenofresh to smuggle Aurora. (repeatable daily)
• The Audition: Join the Ebbside Strikers.
• The Showdown: Help the Ebbside Strikers hit the Disciples back.
• Unjustified: Help Katherine Luzion find out what happened to her husband.

New Atlantis

To edit this section: New Atlantis/Mission Links

• A Break at Dawn: Recover a stolen ring for UCSEC.
• A Light in the Darkness: Sell your story to SSNN.
• A Parting Gift: Deliver an old woman's letter to her penpal.
• A Shipment for Salinas: Pick up a package for Vicente Salinas in order to do business with him.
• A Tree Grows in New Atlantis: Help Kelton Frush recover his tree sensors.
• Alternating Currents: Help Louisa confront Zoe at the Trade Authority about the brownouts.
• An Invitation: Invite prior visitors of Sanctum Universum to return.
• Aquilus Discussion: Meet Keeper Aquilus.
• Beautiful Secrets: Find Warner's misplaced data slate.
• Coffee Run: Deliver a TerraBrew cappuccino to Donna Rain (repeatable hourly)
• Dear Sister: Deliver a letter to Julia Yang.
• Diplomatic Immunity: Talk to an Embassy Diplomat
• Distilling Confidence: Help Nyssa Marcano retrieve her shipment from the impound.
• Dream Home: Visit your Dream Home on Nesoi
• Drinks on the House: Help Nyssa find a missing friend who was scouting new locations for her business.
• Due in Full: Collect delinquent debt for GalBank. (radiant) (repeatable immediately)
• Gem Jealousy: Resolve a dispute between two collectors of antiques.
• Keeping the Peace: Pick up a package from a dead drop.
• Kid Stuff: See your Parents at Pioneer Tower
• Late Bloomer: Help Kelton Frush calm the tree and save the citizens of New Atlantis.
• Liquid Assets: Find investors for Nyssa's growing business.
• New Atlantis Intro: Welcome a group of refugees from Starstation RE-939
• Olive Branch: Help a man in the Embassy District plant a symbol of peace.
• Out On a Limb: Continue to help Kelton Frush with the trees by retrieving some data from a co-worker.
• Overdesigned: Save Stroud-Eklund's latest starship design from development hell.
• Primary Sources: Interview residents of the Well for SSNN.
• Reliable Care: Retrieve some research notes for Nurse O'Shea.
• Search and Seizure: Investigate Yumi's suspicions of smugglers in the spaceport.
• Spreading the News: Help Tommy Bitlow become a better reporter.
• Suspicious Activities: Prevent a robbery at UC Surplus.
• Tapping the Grid: Help Louisa Reyez investigate a power drain in the Well.
• Terror Brew: Retrieve coffee beans from a wild predator.
• The Art Dealer: Pick up some artwork for Samson Cebrail.
• The Boot: Dispose of some allegedly cursed boots.
• The Kindness of Strangers: Do a good deed for the Enlightened.
• Two Tales, Two Cities: Track down a vandal for Sergeant Yumi in the Embassy District‎.

New Homestead

To edit this section: New Homestead/Mission Links

• Brownout: Clear ice from wind turbines. (repeatable 3 days (UT?))
• Special Sauce: Pick up a case of Chunks special sauce. (radiant) (repeatable 3 days (UT))
• Starsap Tours: Take a tour of New Homestead.
• Tourists Go Home: Put on a monster costume and scare off a group of tourists. (repeatable 3 days (UT))

Paradiso

To edit this section: Paradiso/Mission Links

• First Contact: Establish contact with the occupants of a mysterious ship.
• Debt Forgiveness: Help Janet Yang leave Paradiso.
• Family Reunion: Deliver a message to a long lost relative of a colonist aboard the ECS Constant. (radiant) (repeatable immediately, 20 times)
• Last Resort: Emilian on Paradiso needs some air purifier parts from Gagarin Landing.
• Lost and Found: Find lost guest items in Paradiso.
• Proper Tea Theft: Kumar Sharma would like to acquire a Tranquilitea recipe.
• Wanted Guest: Help Paradiso security deal with an unruly guest.

Red Mile

To edit this section: Red Mile/Mission Links

Missions starting here

• Run the Red Mile: Run the Red Mile (repeatable immediately)

Other related missions

• A Shipment for Salinas: Pick up a package for Vicente Salinas in order to do business with him.
• On the Run: Compete in a vicious blood sport to track down a smuggler with ties to the First.

Farm locations

• Failure to Communicate: Help some LIST settlers deal with some harassing Spacers.

Industrial locations

• Mantis: Investigate a Secret Outpost that the Spacers have discovered.

Science locations

• Groundpounder: Help the Freestar Militia and UC Marines defend a research complex on Altair II against spacers.

Ships

• Juno's Gambit: Deal with an AI that has stumbled upon sentience. (radiant)
• Legendary Ship: Ecliptic Battleship Camulus: Destroy the massive Ecliptic Battleship Camulus. (radiant)
• Legendary Ship: Spacer Scavenger Blattodea: Destroy the massive Spacer Scavenger Blattodea. (radiant)
• Legendary Ship: Va'ruun Shroudbearer: Destroy the massive Va'ruun Zealot Shroudbearer. (radiant)
• Ship Racing: Respond to the race challenge. (radiant) (repeatable 48 hours (UT))

ECS Constant

To edit this section: ECS Constant/Mission Links

• Escape from the Endless Voyage: Help Janet Yang leave the ECS Constant.
• First Contact: Establish contact with the occupants of a mysterious ship.
• Family Reunion: Deliver a message to a long lost relative of a colonist aboard the ECS Constant. (radiant) (repeatable immediately, 20 times)

Starstations

Den

To edit this section: The Den/Mission Links

• Divided Loyalties: Help Andreja investigate the fate of two friends.
• Re-Re-Application: Ask Commander Tuala about Bastien Graff's promotion.
• The Boot: Dispose of some allegedly cursed boots.
• The Devils You Know: Learn the UC's best-kept secret, and hunt down a war criminal.
• Winning Hearts and Minds: Put up posters honoring a controversial military officer.

Staryards

Deimos

To edit this section: Deimos Staryard/Mission Links

• Drydock Blues: Deimos Staryard: Sandra requests delivery of a random resource. (radiant) (repeatable simultaneously)
• Taste of Home: Sandra has asked me to go get her some of Jake's stout.

Stroud-Eklund

To edit this section: Stroud-Eklund Staryard/Mission Links

• Drydock Blues: Stroud-Eklund Staryard: Havershaw requests delivery of a random resource. (radiant) (repeatable simultaneously)
• Overdesigned: Save Stroud-Eklund's latest starship design from development hell.

Trident Luxury Lines

To edit this section: Trident Luxury Lines Staryard/Mission Links

• Drydock Blues: Trident Luxury Lines Staryard: Havershaw requests delivery of a random resource. (radiant) (repeatable simultaneously)
• Fueling Greatness: Get a Velocity for Gladys Coffin.
• Maintaining the Edge: Steal a prototype schematic from competitor.

See Also

• Activities - Log entries that often lead to missions.