Quests are the basic method of leveling one's character. There are various types of quests:

• Kill Quests - kill mobs and collect items off them.
• Influence Quests - and you may be granted additional quests.
• Exploration Quests - Explore an area, or walk to an NPC and talk to that person.
• Realm vs Realm (RvR) Quests - Capture battlefield objectives or kill enemy players!
• Public Quests (PQ) - They have various stages and anybody in the area can participate in them. There are both Order Public Quests and Destruction Public Quests.
• Timed Quests - Some quests are timed and require you to complete an objective within certain time limits.

Almost all of the above quests (excluding Public Quests) work in the following way: Collect the quest from the NPC quest giver, complete it, and return to either the NPC quest giver or the designated location / NPC. Some quests require you to complete them by clicking on the quest item in your backpack. Upon handing in the quest, you are granted a certain amount of experience points and may be rewarded with items of varying value.

Public Quests Overview

Public Quests involve performing a series of tasks, combining any of the following:

• Killing creatures (sometimes even other players)
• Collecting items
• Rescuing NPCs
• Delivering packages to an NPC
• Taking down key objectives

Note that there are both Order Public Quests and Destruction Public Quests.

In PQs there are a number of stages, escalating in difficultly as you complete them.

For example you may have to first kill 30 dwarfs. You get contribution points based the number of that 30 you help kill. Whether it be from tanking, healing, or doing damage. After killing the dwarfs you may then need to stop reinforcements by taking out a tower that is surrounded by elite dwarf guards. Once this is complete, a big, bad, heavy decked out guard arrives and is the boss. Once he is dead the PQ is done.

Public Quest Reward System

When a PQ is finished (the PQ tracker will let you know) there will be a chest that drops from the sky. To determine who will receive a reward from the chest, there is a looting system called the "Vegas loot system." This system has two parts: granting roll bonuses to the top contributors, and randomly rolling amongst all the participants.

The roll bonuses increase the overall roll of the players that earn them. (For example, if a player receives a roll bonus of 400, and the roll system allows roll between 1 and 1200, then they will now roll a number between 401 and 1200.) You can see, at a glance in the PQ tracker, the relative amount of roll bonus each player received by looking at their "medals". A gold medal indicates a heavy roll bonus and amount of contribution, while silver indicates a moderate bonus and contribution, and bronze indicates a trivial bonus. There is a larger difference in bonuses amongst the top contributors than there is amongst the more average contributors, so make sure to try for top contributor each time. As an example, one PQ may have a difference of 50 points between contributor #1 and #2, but only 20 points between #5 and #6.

The rolls then take place, modified by any roll bonus you have. The rolling is done automatically. Every player that participated in the PQ will be given a roll, and can win a reward from the chest. Without a roll bonus from contribution, however, such as a player that came into the PQ at the last second, you are unlikely to win a prize.

Most of the rolling, and the actual contribution bonuses, can be viewed by opening the PQ looting window once the PQ is finished. Simply click on the PQ tracker, which should say something like "PQ Status: Finished, Rolling for Loot, Loot in 0:15". If you don't want to watch the rolls, the PQ tracker will tell you how your final roll placed compared to other players, and if you've received a reward. The timer will indicate when the "drumroll" will take place, and then a few seconds after you'll know what you won.

When you win something, the PQ tracker will tell you what it is, and that you should go over to the chest to claim your reward. The chests have a large, yellowish glow to them, and typically appear very close to where the boss engages and becomes attackable, or where they enter. If you can't open a chest because a dead boss is sitting on them, don't worry: the boss' body should disappear before the PQ resets and the chest disappears.

Public Quest Rewards

Loot from PQ chests comes in the form of loot bags. In order of increasing value and rarity:

• Minor Loot Bag (White)
• Lesser Loot Bag (Green)
• Greater Loot Bag (Blue)
• Major Loot Bag (Purple)
• Massive Loot Bag (Gold/Yellow)

A loot bag will contain a selection of items that are useful to your career (there are still bugs with unusable items being found in loot bags) or to a profession. A bag will contain a single piece of gear from the rarity level the color of the bag corresponds to, with Massive Loot Bags (Gold) currently containing similar items as a Major Loot Bag (Purple), and possibly rarer items. A bag will almost always contain the contents of the lower bag colors as well, at least in regards to the gear rewards. This means a Major Loot Bag (Purple) will give you the option of a Purple-, a Blue-, and a Green-rarity item, as well as the Minor Loot Bag items that all bags share (an assortment of Grey- and White-quality crafting items and armor).

After you win a bag, open the chest and you will take the loot bag you won after a few confirmations. The bag will then appear in your inventory, and you can right-click it to view the loot options inside. You are allowed a single choice from the loot bag. If you don't see anything you like, or you have a bugged or unusable option and nothing else is needed, then you can take the money instead. This amount is very close, but almost always higher, than the vendor price of the armor (typically the most expensive reward of a bag). Taking the money saves you a trip to a vendor and an occupied Backpack slot until then, and is usually more money anyways.