This page contains an outline of all available quests during the prologue and the three acts.
Main Quests
These are quests that are available to every character, no matter their companions or faction choices.
Prologue
The events occur before the game map opens up.
Act 1: Preparations for Setting Sail
Events occur during you're preparing in Jutland, Denmark for setting sail to British Isles.
Act 2: Expedition in British Isles
The second act lasts from from April the 27 until 19 September 789, which means that you have 146 days to explore Britannia. Events occur during the time at the British Isles until you've reached Althing (reaching at least 100 prosperity and/or power). Though the paths in the second part of the game seem vague at first, there are three mayor paths for the three important factions.
| Northmen | Northumbria | Pictavia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting quest | Lord of Seals | King of Northumbria | King of the Picts |
| Quest before faction decision is final | Ravaging of the Wretched Heathens | A Gaelic Alliance | The Battle of Yngilwood |
| Deciding quest | Fort of the Thicket | Fort of the Thicket | |
| First dedicated faction quest | Great Heathen Army, combined with Into the Dark or Punching Through | Into the Dark | Punching Through |
| Second dedicated faction quest | Kingslayer or The Fall of Pictavia. | The Fall of Pictavia | Kingslayer |
| Third dedicated faction quest | Kingslayer or The Fall of Pictavia. | Here's To The Future or Great Heathen Army. | Here's To The Future or Great Heathen Army. |
Orkneyjar
Northumbria
Pictavia
Act 3: Althing and after Althing
Events which occur after Althing event. This is the last chapter in the game and roughly takes one or two hours to complete.
Side Quests
Denmark
Skjern
Erlingr's Farm
Forest (Near Skjern)
Ribe
The Halfdansons and the Mardolsons
Marsh (Near Ribe)
Skerninge
Britain
Camping Sites
Donncoirce Homestead
Eoforwic (York)
Legacaestir (Chester)
Orkneyjar
Perth
Ravine
The Isle of Apples (starting location)
Scarborough
The Final Expedition (can also be started in the Swamp)
Yngilwood
Unmarked Quests
- Skjern Forest - A man can be found looking for his brother Egill who has been missing for a long time. You can direct him to a skeleton and give him the rusty sword you find on the ground near it, in return for a small assortment of equipment.
- The unmarked quest with the unofficial name Ashes to Ashes can be started by investigating the burnt down district in Ribe. You will find one house with a cellar covered by some debris which must be investigated for this quest.
- The unofficial quest Roman Key can be started by talking to the wounded man south of the tower in the Swamp.