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For daily objectives such as killing infecteds, see daily challenge.

Side missions, also known as side quests, are optional tasks which, once activated, have their objectives marked "[Optional]" in-game. They are issued by characters occupying constant locations in some of the zones. At a given time, each of those characters can be present or absent, typically through an entire day, but see "Available quests" for the details.

Side missions must be completed in the map they were assigned in. If you leave the map (or even log out, crash out etc) the mission's progress will be forgotten when you return, and it will have to be started over from scratch. If a quest requires you to salvage a resource, it's the action that counts: you don't need to have space in your resource pocket to actually retain the resource, you just need to successfully salvage enough. On the same token, having the resource stored up beforehand won't count (but may enable you to craft items to disassemble, like in the case of tools). Trading the resource obviously won't count either, because the missions would then be completable with any amount traded back and forth enough.

Kill tally missions count the input of all the members of your group, even if they're in different zones (towns). If the groupmates jointly kill an infected, it counts the amount of times there were participants from the group close enough. Bear in mind that tally missions will be completed faster if you take advantage of the respawning principle.

Available quests[]

Every day at 3 am UTC, side quests are reset, and random ones are chosen by the server to be available for the day. If a zone gets crowded out, the forming variant may have different side quest characters available than the main variant. Also, if the last remaining variant of a zone is abandoned by all players, the newly forming variant may have different characters than before, leading to inaccuracies in the tracker markings. Since there are scheduled reboots in the game, on certain days this is a constant feature.

There is logically one server running the game nowadays, so regardless of settings all players will be in the same situation.

Side quests tracker link: Tracker

The easiest way to tell if a zone has an active side mission is to use a Compass icon compass. When used, the compass will show what direction the NPC is located in, and if no NPC exists, nothing will happen (which indicates it's not active).

List[]

Sacramento Suburbs icon Sacramento Suburbs[]

Emmett

Emmett

Reward: Experience 1600, Reputation 4 Rep
Emmett location
Location: It's at the Delta Military: Go east, across the bridge and turn north into the street with the chalked figure, reach the Delta Experimental base, then continue east past the truck with the flag on the hood.
Objective: Enter building, search table.

Ignore the code he tells you, it's not needed. Head north into the fenced area (recommended to bring a friend) and click the table with the computer on it in the top left of the building.

Amber Reid

Amber Reid

Reward: Experience 1600, Reputation 4 Rep, Bow icon Bow
Amber Reid location
Location: On the long bridge at the eastern pond, just beyond Emmett's lab.
Objective: Salvage Wood 20 wood and Rope 10 rope.

Zombies will occasionally drop Rope icon rope or Wooden plank icon wooden planks (mostly rope). Pick up any Guitar icon Guitars you find, as they give both wood and rope. There are some set rope locations nearby: one is to the west, north of Emett's side quest building. Another is to the north- east, in the house south of the pool, next to a desk (there is also a guitar in this house). There is also a rope along the northeast of the pond by Amber. Another rope can be found right beside one of the broken-down cars (Dodge Challenger) by the BiBi-Too Café (which is west of the gas station). One more is north of the Bibi-Too Cafe by a trashcan. A further one is in the north-western part of the parking lot north of the gas station.

Sophie Pearson

Sophie Pearson

Reward: Experience 2000, Reputation 5 Rep
Sophie Pearson location
Location: Follow the river at center of map north along the west side until you find her on a wooden dock.
Objective: Talk near apple tree, salvage Chocolate 3 chocolate.

Infecteds occasionally drop Biscuit icon Biscuits, which have a low chance to give chocolate. It is advised to find other chocolate giving sources such as Strawberry cake icon strawberry cake and Chocolate box icon chocolate boxes, both of which can be found in vending machines as well as some set locations (it's worth leaving the area to find it and then restarting the quest when you have good chocolate giving items). Go north past Tiscornia park and northwest to the memorial statue. Talk to Sophie.

Marcy Holden

Marcy Holden

Reward: Experience 1200, Reputation 3 Rep
Marcy Holden location
Location: Past the South District, adjacent the Sacramento Public Library on the northern side, next to a military truck (HMMWV).
Objective: Kill 20 infecteds. Go through library, talk to her at the south end of the lake. Kill 20 more infecteds.
Colin Brown

Colin Brown

Reward: Experience 800, Reputation 2 Rep, Sausage icon Sausage (x2)
Colin Brown location
Location: West of spawn, Colin Brown is hiding behind the large rock along the path next to the barn.
Objective: Kill 3 Farmer zombie Farmers & 15 infecteds with a Pitchfork icon Pitchfork.

You can find pitchforks in the barn, or dropped from infecteds. You can also find farmer infecteds in the area.

Eric Austin

Eric Austin

Reward: Experience 2800, Reputation 7 Rep, Torch icon Torch
Eric Austin location
Location: East of Spawn, in the survivor's burrow.
Objective: Deal PDM 1 2000 fire damage to Infected, then travel to American River's Firecamp.
Cassandra Bowman

Cassandra Bowman

Reward: Experience 2400, Reputation 6 Rep
Cassandra Bowman location
Location: On the north east side of map inside the gas station, along with her brother, Cole Bowman Cole Bowman.
Objective: Salvage Fuel 10 fuel

Infecteds will commonly drop Lighter icon Lighters (1 fuel), and occasionally drop Gas bottle icon Gas bottles (5 fuel). You can also find fuel, above the gas station, to the right of the gas station, and a gas tank near the entrance to the terrace gardens secret passage.

Bodega Bay icon Bodega Bay[]

Abbi Webster

Abbi Webster

Reward: Experience 2400, Reputation 6 Rep, Camera icon Camera (random good+ quality)
Abbi Webster location
Location: Go north from spawn. Upon seeing the lake, go west along the bottom of the lake until you see a house with a white flooring. Go around to the left side of the building and go north past the beach. When you see the Bike bike, go east and you'll see Abbi Webster.
Objective: Take pictures at various locations.

Go north through the wrecked house, and take a picture. Next, follow the path east past the wrecked house and take another picture. Continue east and take another picture. Return to Abbi; she is just nearby.

Tanguy Gardner

Tanguy Gardner

Reward: Experience 2000, Reputation 5 Rep
Tanguy Gardner location
Location: On the left beach south of the bicycle by the rocks.
Objective: Deal PDM 3 1500 Electric damage in highlighted area

Taser icon Tasers can be found in green loot bags, or Game console icon Game console can be found in the house to the north of farm

Matt Sanders

Matt Sanders

Reward: Experience 1600, Reputation 4 Rep
Matt Sanders location
Location: South from spawn, down toward beach at the unlit campfire, above the tool shed.
Objective: Kill 40 infected
Gordon Ramos

Gordon Ramos

Reward: Experience 1600, Reputation 4 Rep
Gordon Ramos location
Location: North-East from spawn right behind the playground.
Objective: Salvage Sugar 10 Sugar

Best way to do the quest is to bring 2 Candy dispenser icon Candy dispensers or 10 fruit Juices. There's one candy dispenser in the playground right near the NPC. Juice and fruit are alternative sources of sugar.

  • Juice can be found in vending machines and as mob drops while doing this quest. Check the convenience store for vending machines, it's east of spawn, just below the Farm Secret Passage, where Gabriella Campbell is located.
Gabriella Campbell

Gabriella Campbell

Reward: Experience 1600, Reputation 4 Rep
Gabriella Campbell location
Location: In the Convenience store washroom south of Farm Secret Passage.
Objective: Kill 20 Infecteds with a Baseball bat icon Baseball bat.

There are four bats to be collected. Infecteds nowadays will only drop bats eagerly (green quest bags) if you already are operating one, so bring your own or find one of these:

The first two are in the houses across the street (to the north) from the one with the pool north of the spawn. One in the bedroom with the parked rockets painting in the south of the western house, and the other in the fenced yard in the north of the eastern house (the one that had the dog blanket).

The third one is at the north-eastern corner of the staff building at the Havocked Pier (buoy area).

The fourth one is at the One-Way Shore (the eastern stretch of the White Clam Beach, by a backpack just west of the grotto.

Kaitlyn Shaw

Kaitlyn Shaw

Reward: Experience 1200, Reputation 3 Rep
Kaitlyn Shaw location
Location: On the north west beach near beach SP.
Objective: Salvage Tools 10 Tools

A good place to gather resources in the north, across the river. In the workshop building.

Downtown Santa Rosa icon Downtown Santa Rosa[]

Sylvia Bluth

Sylvia Bluth

Reward: Experience 1200, Reputation 3 Rep
Sylvia Bluth location
Location: From the start, go north and turn east onto the wooden path, following it until it ends, and continue east until you hit a wall, then head north until you see an east path connecting to a small parking lot.
Objective: Find 3 Antibiotic icon antibiotics

Go to the building to the south east (and the surrounding area) and search for 3 antibiotics (it can also be dropped by medical infecteds). Return them to Sylvia.

Mazon College icon Mazon College[]

Glenn

Glenn

Reward: Experience 1600, Reputation 4 Rep
Glenn location
Location: In front of the football field on the north east side of the map.
Objective: Get Pet Food icon Pet Food, feed hamster.

Follow the south-east path until you reach a dorm building on the east edge of the map (entrance is on the north west side) and travel to the south west corner room, search the dresser for pet food, and feed the hamster. Go to the east side of the building and exit out the hole in the wall and talk to Glenn.

Sunset Mall icon Sunset Mall[]

John Walter Jr.

John Walter Jr.

Reward: Experience 2800, Reputation 7 Rep
John Walter Jr. location
Location: At the south end of the gardens near the river and gate.
Objective: Collect 4 Golf ball icon golf balls.

Along the way to the casino in the Egon search quest, there is a golf course (to the west of the casino). Search for golf balls scattered in this area. Return to John, who has moved into a building at the southern end of the golf course.

Kaylee Snow
Kaylee Snow location
Location: In the apartments near the south side of the mall.
Objective: Deal PDM 2 500 ice damage.

You can grab the Air conditioning icon air conditioning unit right next to her for a cold based weapon. Ice machine icon Ice machines will also start appearing frequently in containers should you need another weapon with cold damage. Find another one in fancy restaurant east of the cinema and if needed grab ice machine from the diner west of the cinema.

Jack Pulhock

Jack Pulhock

Reward: Experience 2000, Reputation 5 Rep, Golf ball icon Golf ball
Jack Pulhock location
Location: In the bathroom near the west most corner of the golf course.
Objective: Kill 10 infecteds with a Golf club icon Golf club (x3).

Grab a golf club in / near the gold course, and kill 10 infecteds in the area south of Jack, and then kill 10 more in both the north and south-east sections of the golf course.

Brayden Reid

Brayden Reid

Reward: Experience 2400, Reputation 6 Rep
Brayden Reid location
Location: In the north most building in the construction area.
Objective: Kill 20 infecteds near the construction site and then 60 infecteds anywhere in Sunset Mall.
NEO

NEO

Reward: Experience 3600, Reputation 9 Rep, Taser gun icon Taser gun
NEO location
Location: East of the cinema, south of the park.
Objective: Collect 10 Scrap metal, 10 Electricity, 10 Electronic component, then kill 3 screamer infecteds.

The best source for Electronic component components is Screen icon Screens but Remote control icon Remote controls will start appearing frequently, electricity can be salvaged from all kinds of battery items (especially Laptop battery icon Laptop battery), and the best source of metal is probably finding an Industrial metal piece icon Industrial metal piece (there's a set location for one in construction area). You can find both electronics and batteries in the room NE0 is in, but if you need more you can check out the cyber cafe south west of the pool area and south of the super market entrance (the one that connects to the SP - Freezer).

Dimitri Elderof

Dimitri Elderof

Reward: Experience 2400, Reputation 6 Rep
Dimitri Elderof location
Location: West side of the park.
Objective: Kill 20 infecteds at each corner of the park (4x 20 kills).

Walker River icon Walker River[]

Lily Chambers

Lily Chambers

Reward: Experience 2000, Reputation 5 Rep
Lily Chambers location
Location: South of the motel where the highway forks south, on the north side of the road near a campfire.
Objective: Kill 40 infecteds on the east side of the road.

Note: There is a Bike bike to the north west of the campfire for easily leaving the map.

Jenny Holden

Jenny Holden

Reward: Experience 2400, Reputation 6 Rep
Jenny Holden location
Location: Inside the weather station.
Objective: Kill 3 types of infecteds with a Camera icon camera: Catapult, Protector and Puker (killing the protector by killing nearby zombies counts).

You can find 2 camera in the building she's in. Normal zombies also have a chance to give cameras as a quest drop (green loot bag).

Dylan Black

Dylan Black

Reward: Experience 1600, Reputation 4 Rep
Dylan Black location
Location: Next to an old truck east of the motel along the fence.
Objective: Deal PDM 1 1300 fire damage within the motel's area.

You can find a Lighter icon Lighter on a picnic bench near the motel and another in the north western most motel room if you need a fire damaging weapon.

Jordan Lion

Jordan Lion

Reward: Experience 3600, Reputation 9 Rep
Jordan Lion location
Location: Alongside the east side of the river east of the main bridge (near the end of the river).
Objective: Kill 125 infecteds on this side of the river, as well as retrieve a Fishing rod icon fishing rod

Infecteds have a high chance to drop one during the quest, keep an eye out for a green loot bag!

Shelton Jr.

Shelton Jr.

Reward: Experience 2400, Reputation 6 Rep
Shelton Jr. location
Location: At the Bike bike northwest of Lily Chamber's unlit Campfire, near a Green van and the Gun bag.
Objective: Salvage Fuel 20 fuel

There is plenty of fuel in the gas station just northeast of this area. Go southeast of the gas station by the Motel, you'll find him fixing the brown van.

Herman Bentley

Herman Bentley

Reward: Experience 2400, Reputation 6 Rep
Herman Bentley location
Location: Sitting in the middle of the diagonal stone and wood bridge, north of Jordan Lion.
Objective: Salvage Salt 10 salt

While on this quest, infected will have a chance to drop crab, which can be salvaged for a chance to get salt, and you can also fish in the nearby fishing spots for various fish. Talk to him again when done.

Arizona Jurassic Museum icon Arizona Jurassic Museum[]

Dr. E. Pollick

Dr. E. Pollick

Reward: Experience 1200, Reputation 3 Rep
Dr. E. Pollick location
Location: Next to the unlit fire near the second Bike bike adjacent the taco house.
Objective: Kill 20 infected near house, inspect water tank.

Go northwest past the greenhouse to his house to kill 20 infecteds. Go back and talk to Dr. E. Pollick. Afterwards, go back towards the Bike bike, down the slope and northeast to the water tank to inspect it (Alternatively, southwest to the museum and swing around to the north end) and pick up the Materials crate icon Water bottle box. Return to Pollick.

Joshua Castillo

Joshua Castillo

Reward: Experience 2400, Reputation 6 Rep
Joshua Castillo location
Location: Southwest of the spawn in one of the adjacent buildings.
Objective: Salvage Tools 10 tools, find a Dinosaur plush icon Dinosaur plush.

Infected rarely drop tools for you, so scavenge in the railway secret passage and around the map. You must salvage the tools after the quest has begun or it does not count. Talk to Joshua when you are done. Go to the front of the museum into the toy shop, and take a dinosaur plush. This time killing infected will drop green bags containing them. Return to Joshua. He won't take your Tools tools, but he will take a Dinosaur plush icon Dinosaur plush.

Tasha Beaux

Tasha Beaux

Reward: Experience 2000, Reputation 5 Rep
Tasha Beaux location
Location: Can be found in the South-East underneath the Museum and lies next to the red mattress.
Objective: Salvage Fish 10 fish & Meat 5 meat.

After speaking to her, you first you have to read the diary next to her and then she requests 10 Fish and 5 Meat. Infected will now drop Gudgeon icon gudgeons and Chicken sandwich icon chicken sandwichs more often. Collect the resources this way takes a lot of stamina and time. Alternatively the surrounding buildings can be searched, especially the Diner in the West. Now return to Tasha.

Wanahton Reeves

Wanahton Reeves

Reward: Experience 1600, Reputation 4 Rep, Taser icon Taser
Wanahton Reeves location
Location: At the very bottom of the map (just to the right of the bottom Bike bike and campfire) between the small pond and the adjacent building.
Objective: Reeves will give you a Helicopter's black box icon Flat battery; interact with the nearby generator to use it. [Return to Reeves.] Deal PDM 3 750 electric damage. [Return to Reeves.]

Note that the Taser icon voltmeter quest item does not deal electric damage and you'll have to find some other way to deal electric damage. Best bring a taser for this quest, or if someone else already completed the quest, ask to borrow their taser. Microwaves deal electrical damage as well if you can find one.

Paulette Langsley

Paulette Langsley

Reward: Experience 3600, Reputation 9 Rep, Canteen icon Canteen
Paulette Langsley location
Location: In front of the double tents within the excavation site.
Objective: Kill 10 infected with a Shovel icon Shovel within the excavation site. Kill 5 infected with a Scrub icon Scrub within the excavation site.

Infected will drop scrubs and shovels to use. The infected within the excavation site are a higher difficulty than most typical infected.

Louise Galler

Louise Galler

Reward: Experience 1600, Reputation 4 Rep
Louise Galler location
Location: Go from spawn and head Southwest until you see the Excavation Site Secret Passage (Railway), go Southeast from of the secret passage, Louise is just past the gate with the red & white bars.
Objective: Kill 30 zombies in the zone (underneath).
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