Quests
Quests are your guided tour through everything Ancients has to offer. Open the menu with /quests (alias /quest) and the tracks screen lays out all eight quest lines at once, each with its own difficulty badge and your current progress.
There's nothing to turn in — all quest progress is tracked automatically as you play. Mine the ore, slay the shade, make the trade, and the step ticks over on its own.
Every line is open from the start
No quest line is locked behind finishing another. From the moment you join you can dip into whichever line suits you — the badges are there to signpost, not to gate.
Each line carries a difficulty badge so you know what to tackle when:
| Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Starter | New here? A great place to begin. |
| Core Progression | The backbone of a normal playthrough. |
| Advanced | Not a starter line — gear up first. |
| Endgame | For well-established players. |
Individual late-game steps inside a line are flagged too, so even within a Starter or Core line you can tell at a glance which steps are fresh-start friendly and which are best saved for later.
The eight quest lines
See The Quest Lines for a step-by-step breakdown of each one.
| Line | Theme | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Path of the Ancients | The main line — your guided onboarding | Starter |
| Wanderer's Path | Exploration checklist of every realm and hub | Starter |
| Stronghold | Gangs, raiding and outposts | Core Progression |
| Coffers of the Ancients | Trading and the economy | Core Progression |
| The Deepening | Mining mastery | Core Progression |
| The Hunt | Shades, wraiths and the bestiary | Advanced |
| Depths of Tartarus | Dungeon delving | Advanced |
| Echoes of the Rift | The Tartarus Rift | Advanced |
The main line (Path of the Ancients) walks new players through the basics, including early steps like the Rental Yard — open it, then rent a pickaxe or list one of your own.
Chat titles at the finish line
Several lines reward a chat title when you complete them — collectible flair you can equip from Cosmetics:
- Path of the Ancients — Awakened, then Pathfinder
- Depths of Tartarus — Depthwarden
- Echoes of the Rift — Riftwalker
New here? Start with Welcome to Ancients, then open /quests and follow Path of the Ancients.
Version history
v2.0.0
- Every quest line is now open from the start — lines no longer unlock by finishing other lines.
- The quest menu was rebuilt to show all eight lines at once, each with a difficulty badge (Starter / Core / Advanced / Endgame) and live progress.
- Added five new lines: Depths of Tartarus (dungeons), Echoes of the Rift, Coffers of the Ancients (trading & economy), The Deepening (mining mastery), and Wanderer's Path (exploration checklist).
- Added early main-line steps for the Rental Yard — open it, then rent a pickaxe or list one of your own.
- Extended The Hunt and Stronghold with new high-end goals (slay 100 shades, become an Apex Hunter, raid streaks).