This page describes all quests in Aground. Quests are given by NPCs and sometimes your character. A list of quests you have received can be accessed by pressing Q, R1, or RB. Selecting a quest in the log can bring up a radar to locate the quest giver if they are on the same map. The icon overlaps the clock and can be obscured by it.
When a quest is available or complete, an exclamation mark will be displayed above the NPC.
Location groupings are by starting location of each NPC.
Starting Island[]
Self[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Repair Hut | 8 Wood | None | Hut | You can rest in the hut for a stamina refill |
Build Dock | 20 Wood, 10 Steel Bars | Workshop Trader is sent away |
Dock House
80 Exp |
The dock house can craft a number of things |
To Space! | Place 1 Power Core in the Escort Ship | Repair Escort Ship Attempting to fly the ship without Power Cores |
The Escort Ship can now fly, 1000 Exp | If you already have have a Power Core on the ship, the quest will not trigger. |
Builder[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Build Storehouse | 8 Wood, 4 Berries | Build Hut | Storehouse
6 Exp |
The builder will give you a stone axe. You can find it on his dead body if you don't save him. |
Build Kitchen | 10 Wood, 10 Coal | Build Farm | Kitchen
20 Exp |
You can cook better food in the kitchen |
Upgrade Kitchen | 5 Wood, 5 Steel Bars | Build Market or Build Dock |
Upgraded Kitchen
60 Exp |
The upgraded kitchen has more recipes |
Miner[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Craft Smelter | 15 Coal | Build Storehouse | Smelter
20 Exp |
The miner will give you a stone pick. |
Craft Workshop | 5 Wood, 5 Iron Bars | Build Farm | Workshop
40 Exp |
You can craft stronger gear in the workshop |
Laying Rails | 1 Minecart, 12 Rails | Build Market or Build Dock |
The Rails and Minecart are laid underground near the Storehouse, 80 Exp | Some rails and a Minecart are laid on the Island near the Storehouse |
Farmer[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Build Farm | 15 Wood | Craft Smelter | Farm, 2 Bread
10 Exp |
The farm grows food |
Apple Seeds | 4 Apples | Build Farm | Orchards
10 Exp |
Orchards grow apples in the farm |
Build Pig Pen | 2 Pigs | Build Market or Build Dock or Capture Boars |
Pen Blueprints, 2 Pen, 60 Exp | The pen farms multiple animal items |
Hunter[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Hunting Boars | Bow, Defeat 5 Boars | Pickaxe | Backpack
30 Exp |
The hunter will give you a workbench. |
Perimeter | 6 Fences | Build Farm, Hunting Boars | 40 Exp | The Hunter will place one fence near the farm |
Wolf Pup | 3 Nets, 3 Traps, 6 Meat | Perimeter, Dock | Tame Wolf
60 Exp |
The tame wolf does 3 damage |
Alchemist[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Magic Materials | 1 Dragonblood | Build Hut | Lab
60 Exp |
The lab is used to craft potions |
Wyrm Pen | 2 Wyrms | Magic Materials, Build Market or Build Dock |
Wyrm Pen
250 Exp |
The wyrm pen can farm multiple kinds of animals, but is not connected to the barn. |
Hatch Dragons | 5 Baby dragons | Baby Dragon | Adult Dragon
80 Exp |
You won't get this quest if you killed the dragon |
Magical Axe | 1 Rusty Axe, 1 Fire Tusk | Rusty Axe | Ancient Axe Recipe
Ancient Axe 80 Exp |
You get the fire tusks by killing the fire boars |
Wyrm Hive | Find the Wyrm Hive, 1 Spirit Gem | Raise an Adult Dragon/ Hatch Dragons | Spirit Goggles
250 Exp |
You have to take a spirit gem found in a chest in the cave.
The Spirit goggles lets you see hidden magic |
Spirit Power | Activate the Forge and the Synthesizer | Wyrm Hive | 250 Exp | |
Wyrm Research | 1 Wyrm, 1 Fire Tusk, and 1 Icy Fur | Spirit Power | 1 Alter Gem
250 Exp |
Allows you to turn dragons or wyrms into equipment with alter gems. |
Magical Energy | Talk to the Old One and defeat it | Wyrm Research, Mine to the second layer of the island | 500 Exp | Currently leads to demo
magic ending |
Study Magic | 1 Evolution Gem, go to the Elder Dragon's island | Magical Energy | 750 Exp | |
Mecha Dragon | 1 Mecha Dragon | Study Magic, obtain a Mecha Wyrm Helm | 1000 Exp | Can also be given by the Mirrows |
Mecha Dragon Ship | Evolve a Mecha Dragon Ship | Repair Escort Ship, Evolve Dragon Ship, obtain a Mecha Dragon | 4000 Exp | Can also be given by the Mirrows |
Secret Potion | 1 Ink, 1 Blood Gem, 1 Alter Gem, 1 Dragonblood | Build Hut | 1 Brilliant Potion, the recipe for Brilliant Potion is added to the Lab, 100 Exp | The quest is only given on April 1st. |
Altering Cats | 1 Alter Gem, 1 Cat | Currently Unknown | Unlocks the Cat NPC, unlocks summoning the Cat NPC with a cheeseburger | This quest is only given on April 1st |
Trader[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Build Market | 5 Gold Bars | Workshop (Trader not sent away) Dock (Trader sent away) |
Market, Coin Purse
60 Exp |
The market is used for trading goods |
Build Dock | 500 Coins, 20 Wood, 5 Cloth, and 5 Nets | Market, Animal Pen | Dock House
80 Exp |
The dock house can craft a number of things |
Boat | 9 Wood, 9 Steel Bars, 9 Cloth, 9 Nets | Dock, Market | Boat
100 Exp |
The boat is used to travel to Sunset Haven |
Sunset Haven[]
Fisherman[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Finding Peri | 3 Toothfish | None | Peri
150 Exp |
The cat does 2 damage with a continuous attack animation |
Defeat Pirates | Defeat both Pirate Ships | Finding Peri, rest at the Inn | Advanced Laboratory, access to the Warehouse on Divider Island, the Inn doesn't charge you for visits anymore, 750 Exp | Requires generating the pirates at the left of the water portal. Completing this quest makes resources stop spawning in the water between Sunset Haven and the Starting Island. |
Mechanic[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Fix Power Plant | 2 Titanium | None | Power Plant, 1 Steel Bar,
150 Exp |
Titanium can be found in treasure chests in the dirt in Sunset Haven. It can also be bought from the Lurker at night in Sunset Haven. Or you can bring it from the starting island, where it can be found in a treasure chest in Golem Cave. |
Build Factory | 15 Coal, 10 Sulfur, 4 Quartz | Mirrows and a Power Plant with power | Factory
200 Exp |
Talk with Inn keeper after repairing the power plant.
You need to have a battery in your inventory for the mechanic to give you this quest |
Build Elevator | 2 Silicon, 2 Titanium, 10 Steel Bars, 1 Chest | Mine 1 or more blocks of Science Island stone (requires Factory) | Elevator, Elevator Blueprint
250 Exp |
You need to have made the drill and drill some stone in Sunset Haven for the mechanic to give you this quest |
Convince the Mirrows | Dragon Armor | Explore the labs of Mirrows, talk to the Mirrows and run away | Access to the Surgery Lab, 100 Exp | Find the hidden Lab entrance below the entrance to the Mirrows lab and talk to Mechanic after reading all ship logs to receive quest.
Dragon Armor is the "???" item required to complete quest. |
Build Com Station | Reach the summit, 1 Hi-Tech Parts | Com Device | Com Station, 500 Exp | Use the Com Device to call the Mechanic from the summit of the western island to end the quest. |
Old Wrecks | 8 AI Cores, 50 Hi-Tech Parts, 250 Titanium, 50 Magnegems | Defeat the Final Boss | 4000 Exp | This is the needed amount of materials to repair the Colony Ship on the Sunset Haven Desert, or the one on the Earth Desert. |
Moon Bombardment | 5 Hi-Tech Parts, 1 Power Core, 1 Mecha Dragon | Establish the new colony on Earth | Bombardment Shield on Earth, 1000 Exp | The Bombardment Shield protects Earth from the meteors coming from the Moon. |
Merchants[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Defeat Bandits | Kill all the Bandits | Power Plant with power | Coin Purse with 200 coins
250 Exp |
You have to repair the power plant and talk to any merchant in Sunset Haven to get this quest |
Innkeeper[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Confront the Mirrows | Confront the Mirrows | Power Plant with power | 10 coal, access to the Surgery Lab, 500 Exp | Go to the door on the space ship. Then either fight them or dig below it, find the hidden entrance and explore the lab |
The Mirrows[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Water Cave | Find the Water Cave, 8 Steel Bar, 1 Uranium, 3 Silicon | Confront the Mirrows / Convince the Mirrows | Sub Pen, Com Device, a Chest with an Elevator Blueprint and a Map, 500 Exp | The Water Cave can be found in the west of the desert of Sunset Haven, it can be found by diving west of the island and entering through the opening.
The Mirrows will relocate to the Water Cave when this quest is complete. |
Ship Parts | 1 Hi-Tech Parts | Sub Pen | Airport Blueprint, 750 Exp | Hi-Tech Parts can be found underwater under the island to the west of the science island. Build a Submarine to explore. Talking to the Mechanic after she gives this quest gives House and Kitchen Blueprints. |
Repair Escort Ship | 5 Hi-Tech Parts, 20 Titanium, 5 Uranium, 5 Silicon | Ship Parts, find the ship crash site | Access to the Escort Ship, 1000 Exp | You may need to call the Mirrows on the Com Device to get a ride back to the Sub Pen. |
Mecha Dragon | 1 Mecha Dragon | Study Magic, obtain a Mecha Wyrm Helm | 1000 Exp | Can also be given by the Alchemist |
Bombardment Shield | Reach the summit, 5 Hi-Tech Parts, 1 Power Core, 1 Mecha Dragon | Ship Parts, obtain a Mecha Dragon | Bombardment Shield, 1000 Exp | The Bombardment Shield protects Unoiks 428c (the starting planet) from the Bombardment's destructive effects.
(If you manage to complete this quest before triggering bombardment, the cutscene with the bomber will show the first attack being blocked by the bombardment shield. The markets will not be abandoned, NPCs will not evacuate, and the Innkeeper will thank you every time you save the game there.) (This quest can also be done after triggering Bombardment.) |
Mecha Dragon Ship | Evolve a Mecha Dragon Ship | Repair Escort Ship, Evolve Dragon Ship, obtain a Mecha Dragon | 4000 Exp | Can also be given by the Alchemist |
End the Siege | Defeat the Bomber Ship | The Bombardment has started | 1000 Exp | The Bomber Ship is in orbit above the starting planet, protected by 4 Fighter Alien Ships |
Cyborg Carapace | 5 Carapaces, 20000 Coins | Get rescued by the colonists, the Mirrows are on the Mobile Lab | 4000 Exp, access to tier 2 cyborg upgrades |
Ore Merchant[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Mysterious Ores | 10 Magnegems | End the Siege, Bombardment must trigger before the shield is built. | Bunker, Bunker Depot, Bunker Kitchen, Hydroponics, Bunker Farm, and Bunker Factory Blueprints, 1000 Exp | The ores are found in Unoiks 428b |
Exotic Matter | 4 Exotic Matter | Mysterious Ores | Large Module, Small Module, Connector Module and Ship Dock Blueprints, 1000 Exp | Exotic Matter is dropped by enemy ships and mined in Unoiks 428b |
Cultivator Island[]
Elder Dragon[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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The Vine Copse | Activate The Vine Copse after defeating the Cultivator | Magical Energy | 2 Horns, 500 Exp | Keep travelling in the same direction you found the Elder Dragon |
Evolve Dragon Ship | Go to Flying Dragon Island, defeat the Storm, evolve a Dragon Ship | The Vine Copse, Study Magic | Access to the Dragon Ship Factory, 1000 Exp, If you have also completed the Sea Witch's quest, then after talking to her she will go underwater, letting you craft the wand/broom. | Flying Dragon Island is found above Cultivator Island. Requires an Elder Dragon, Anti-grav Pack, Mecha Dragon, or Escort Ship to reach the Island. Entering either the Starting Island or Sunset Haven after starting this quest triggers bombardment. |
Dragonship Heart | Elder Dragon, Alter gem | Evolve Dragon Ship | Dragonship Heart | Talk to Elder Dragon. Evolve a new Elder Dragon by using an Evolution stone. Transform Elder dragon by using an Alter Gem, |
Fish Librarian[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Revitalize Dragon | 1 Snaptopus, 5 Fish Scales, 4 Horns, 9 Dragonblood | Started Evolve Dragon Ship and didn't kill the Storm, didn't talk to the Sea Witch yet | 1 Revitalizing Potion, Revitalizing Potion recipe added to Lab, 750 Exp | |
Their Secrets | Find The Exiled One on Mars | The Sea Witch returned to the Fish Village | 1000 Exp |
Fish Villager[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Fish Food | 1 Coral Cod, 1 Rockfish, 1 Toothfish, 1 Rice | 1 Sushi, unlocks the Sushi recipe in the Kitchen, 500 Exp |
Fish Merchant[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Coral Pen | 1 Scale Fish | The Vine Copse | Unlocks the Coral Pen Seed from the Fish Merchant's store, 500 Exp |
Divider Island[]
Sea Witch[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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The Sea Witch | 1 Revitalizing Potion | Allows you to craft magical items with the Sea Witch, 500 Exp | The Librarian in the Underwater Village tells you the recipe to the Revitalizing Potion after talking to him enough. It is found at the Alchemist's Laboratory | |
Your First Wand | 1 Wood, 1 Evolution Gem | The Sea Witch, wear a Robe, player has seen an Evolution Gem | 1 Magic Wand, unlocks Magic Wand and Flying Broom recipes from Sea Witch, 750 Exp |
Tindle[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Stuck Merchant | Activate the Monolith on Divider Island | Talk to Tindle before activating the Monolith on Divider Island | Allows you to trade with Tindle, 2000 Exp | You may still trade with Tindle if you don't talk to him before activating the Monolith, you just won't get the exp reward. |
Earth[]
Scavenger[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Drone Access | 1 Disabled Keycard | Have a Com Device | A Keycard that opens a door to the Drone Factory, 1000 Exp | You can also activate the other Disabled Keycard, from a chest in the subway, by talking to Scavenger. |
Survivors | Talk to the Professor | Drone Access, find the Drone Factory and disable the security drones | Access to the Professor's Lab, 1000 Exp | The door to the Professor's lab is unlocked with the Professor's Keycard given to you by the Scavenger at the start of the quest. |
Professor[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Study the Stars | 10 Magnegems, 8 AI Cores, 10 Hi-Tech Parts, 50 Titanium | Survivors | Builds the Mobile Lab, 2000 Exp | Every item except the Magnegems can be found on Earth, but Magnegems are obtained from unoiks 428b. |
Research Time! | 1 Alien Locator | Study the Stars, Bring Scavenger aboard Mobile Lab | Unlocks Alien HQ, 1000 Exp | Starting this quest will add the Alien Locator recipe to the Research Lab |
Hidden World | Discover the Hidden World on Unoiks 428d | Mecha Dragon Ship, Study the Stars | 1000 Exp | |
Exotic Gas | 1 Exotic Gas | Research Time or Spirit Path, free the Draconian Teacher | Unlock the Shieldbreaker recipe, 500 Exp | |
Explore HQ | Get access to the HQ structures | Enter the Enemy HQ, obtain a Book of Translation | 500 Exp | This is done by completing the A Magical Deal quest |
Colony[]
CaptAIn[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Virus Key | 5 Alien Hearts, 1 Exo Drill | Research Time! | 4000 Exp | |
Exo Factory | 5 Chromium. 3 Hi-Tech Parts, 3 AI Cores | Research Time! | 4000 Exp, unlockes Exo Factory recipes in Colony's Drone Factory | |
Launch Virus | Destroy or disable Enemy Cruiser | Virus Key, return to Alien HQ | 4000 Exp, allows access to Enemy HQ |
Pilot[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Time to Fly! | 1 Exo Fighter | Research Time! | 4000 Exp, 1 Exo Fighter with Pilot | Pack Up Exo Fighter into inventory |
Mars[]
Exiled[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward |
Notes |
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Dragon Talk | 1 Book of Translation, 1 Dragon Seed | Requires "Their Secrets" quest from Fish Librarian. | 2000 Exp, opens up a portal to the Spirit World | You can only complete the quest while being able to see spirits. |
To the Leader | 1 Evolution Gem, 1 Amethyst Wyrm, 1 Magnegem | A Magical Deal | 4000 Exp, 1 Amethyst Queen Drill, unlocks the Amethyst Queen Drill recipe in the HQ Dragon Chamber | You get a Magnetrap and the recipe to create Magnetraps at the beginning of the quest. Also, the second wave of bombardment starts. |
Spirit World[]
Spirit[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Spirit Path | 100 Spirit | Talking to the Spirit about "them" | 2000 Exp, opens up a portal to Enemy HQ |
Enemy HQ[]
HQ Structures[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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A Magical Deal | 3 Spirit Tree Seeds | Book of Translation to communicate with the structures | 4000 Exp, access to the HQ structures |
Unnature Sanctuary[]
Ranger[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Genes Spliced! | Help the Ranger take control of Splicer (Defeat Splicer's Chimera) | Be transformed into a werewolf by Splicer | 4000 Exp, unlocks Splicer for transforming back into a human and crafting DNA | You need to complete the Ranger's two other quests in order to complete this one, even though you get it before either of them. |
Sharpen Claws | 5 Meat Tree Seeds | Start the "Genes Spliced!" quest | 1000 Exp, your Paws turn into Claws | |
Physical Training | Defeat 5 Acid Raptors and 4 Drill Beetles | Complete "Sharpen Claws" and rest in his couch | 1000 Exp, your Werewolf Body and Werewolf Head turn into Werewolf Healing Body and Werewolf Cunning Head |
Splicer[]
Quest | Requirments | Prequisites | Reward | Notes |
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New Genes | 1 carapace armor | Genes Spliced! | unlocks Old One mode in Splicer | This quest is only given on April first |
The Depths[]
Explorer[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Unfathomable | 5 Hi-Tech Parts, 8 Moissanite, 8 Diamonds, 1 Power Core | None | 2000 Exp, a Submersible | 4 Power Core Parts can be found in The Depths, and the Explorer can craft them into a Power Core. |
Ancient Ruins | Activate the 5 Monoliths in The Depths with Bone Shards | Unfathomable | 4000 Exp | The Monoliths are:
Finishing this quest will start the fight with the Dishonored One. |
Hidden World[]
Draconian Teacher[]
Quest | Requirements | Prerequisites | Reward | Notes |
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Hidden Power | Activate the Monolith in the Hidden World | Interact with the Monolith in the Hidden World without a Bone Shard | The Draconian Teacher is released, 1000 Exp | The Draconian Teacher will be released upon the Monolith's activation, regardless if the quest was started or not. |
Holographic Projector | 1 HQ Dragon Chamber Seed, 1 Book of Light, 2 Exotic Gas, 5 AI Cores | Exotic Gas, A Magical Deal, the Professor is alive, Final boss is NOT defeated | Holographic Projector, 2000 Exp | The Holographic Ships quests begin immediately upon the completion of this quest.
This quest will not start if you have already defeated Them through other means. |
Holographic Ships | 1 Exo Fighter, 1 Dragon Cruiser | Holographic Projector, Final Boss is still NOT defeated. | End of the Hybrid Path, 1000 Exp | This quest will not start if you have already defeated Them through other means. The exo fighter pilot will count if equipped to the familiar slot. |