That Guy
06 · PARTY QUESTS
EXP, Quest Points, equipment and a reason to play together.
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PQs are useful beyond their old retail level brackets. The common Kanata PQs below accept 2-6 players without the old level ranges, and their monsters scale. A clean, coordinated run is more useful than bringing a large group that does not know what it is doing.
Before the leader starts
- Get every participating member alive and together in the entrance lobby.
- Let the party leader handle admission. Close other NPC windows first.
- Leave room for rewards and read the current stage instructions.
- Agree who collects passes and who operates the puzzle or escort.
Weekly allowance: 8 entries per PQ activity, per account and world. The reset is Thursday at 00:00, Dutch time. It is not one shared pool of eight runs across every PQ, and changing characters does not create another allowance for the same account/activity.
Eligible finishers receive 3-10 QP and can receive personal equipment rewards. Saved personal gear rewards can be collected through @gear if they could not fit at the time.
Eligible PQ monster kills have an additional 3x PQ EXP multiplier alongside the world's EXP rules. Scripted stage and quest rewards follow their own reward rules; do not multiply every payment by the PQ bonus or the 2x hunting rental. A clear is not worth a fixed number of levels: monster scaling, party sharing and other bonuses still matter.
Which PQ should you choose?
| PQ | Where to start | Why try it |
|---|---|---|
| Moon Bunny's Rice Cake / Henesys PQ | Tory in Henesys: Henesys Park | A short seed-and-defense format; a good introduction to coordination |
| Kerning PQ | Lakelis in Kerning City | Coupons, small puzzles and King Slime; a familiar compact run |
| Ludibrium PQ | Red Sign at Eos Tower's PQ entrance | Pass collection, room puzzles and Alishar |
| Tower of Goddess / Orbis PQ | Wonky at the Orbis Tower PQ entrance | A longer restoration/puzzle run ending with Papa Pixie |
| Lord Pirate PQ | The Herb Town pirate-PQ entrance | Several short ship stages and a repeat-clear hat goal |
| Forest of Poison Haze / Ellin PQ | The Ellin Forest PQ entrance | Cleanse the forest and work toward Altaire Earrings |
| Romeo and Juliet PQ | The Magatia laboratory entrances | A story run with protection, puzzles and a laboratory boss |
New or lightly geared group: start with Henesys or Kerning and learn how your party handles passes, stage NPCs and shared movement.
Established group: mix several PQs instead of burning one allowance and ignoring the rest. Pick longer puzzle/escort runs when everyone has time to finish them.
No run is automatically the best QP per minute for every party. Compare your own completed runs, including time spent assembling and explaining stages.
Henesys · Protect the Moon Bunny
Plant the seeds, bring out the moon, and protect the Moon Bunny while it makes 10 Moon Bunny's Rice Cakes. Keep enemies away instead of chasing drops while the bunny is under attack. The main stage has a 10-minute timer.
A Rice Cake on Top of My Head
A Rice Cake on Top of My Head has its own repeated-run progress. Do not confuse the cakes needed to clear one run with the separate hat requirement shown by the NPC.
Kerning · Passes and platform puzzles
Read each member's question, collect the requested coupons and let the leader hand in the passes. On puzzle stages, change one position at a time and keep track of combinations the party has already tried.
King Slime
The run ends with King Slime. Kanata's puzzle requirements adapt to the admitted party, so a remembered six-player solution from another version is not a substitute for the current hints.
Ludibrium · Clear rooms, keep the passes
Work through the monster and box rooms, bring the required passes to the stage NPC, and solve the platform equation before fighting Alishar. There is a 60-minute overall timer.
Alishar
Platform Puppet is useful in the platform equation: a dropped puppet can count as a member. Read the equation and use the tools provided rather than repeatedly entering an old retail sequence.
Broken Glasses
Broken Glasses are a 35-clear goal. Treat that as long-term repeat progress alongside QP, not something you receive after your first clear.
Orbis · Restore the goddess
Split the room tasks, bring back the statue pieces, defeat Papa Pixie and free Minerva. It is a 60-minute run, so let everyone know before starting if someone needs the puzzle explained.
Papa Pixie
Goddess Wristband
Collect 40 Feathers for Goddess Wristband. Keep the progress item until you are ready to exchange it.
Lord Pirate and Ellin · Repeat-clear rewards
Lord Pirate: move through the ship, meet each stage's objective and finish the boss. Stages use short timers of roughly 4-8 minutes, so have passes and keys ready when the leader needs them. Hat rewards improve at 30, 80, 200 and 350 clears.
Ellin: work through the purification objectives and finish the rescue within 30 minutes. Each rescue awards an Altaire Fragment; 10 fragments can be exchanged for Altaire Earrings.
Choose these when you want their particular repeat rewards as well as QP. You do not need to collect every old PQ item before moving on with equipment progression.
Other group content
| Activity | What to know before organizing it |
|---|---|
| Crimsonwood Keep PQ | 2-6 players. The leader needs 1 Crimsonwood Keystone and 12 Crimson Hearts; the Keystone stays, the Hearts are used. Represented job families must handle their own Sigils and relics, and everyone must pass the required stage-three portal. You do not need to assemble every job family just because an old guide did. |
| Amorian Challenge | 2-6 players, all married, with at least one male and one female character. Follow the challenge's registered-party rules. |
| Resurrection of the Hoblin King | 2-6 players. Read the ravine NPC's entry conditions and protect the escort all the way to Rex's seal. |
| Mu Lung Dojo | Solo and party formats. 8 fresh runs weekly; floor progress and point/belt goals make it a separate activity from ordinary PQs. |
| Monster Carnival / Sea of Fog | Competitive formats with their own registration and team rules. Organize both sides before trying to start. |
| Guild PQ | Guild participation and its own entry/objective rules; organize through your guild. |
| Halloween event activities | The seasonal events end on November 1. Permanent Haunted House hunting, including Dead Scarecrows and Twisted Jesters, remains available. |
Ludibrium Maze and other special entrances also have their own format. The entrance's current explanation is the best place to confirm a special rule before spending an entry.
A PQ is worth your time when…
You enjoy the run, finish consistently, and gain something you need: QP toward Gollux or AbsoLab, personal equipment, repeat-clear rewards, or an EXP break from hunting.
If repeated failures come from one puzzle or an escort dying, solve that part together before using more entries. More damage will not fix a missing pass or a party member who never crossed the required portal.