Diablo 4 has a long and winding main story with many quests and much to do. But it also has a whole bunch of side quests, each with its rewards and additions to the lore of Sanctuary. In order to learn everything they can about the world they are in, Diablo 4 players should complete as many of these as possible, getting all that great loot as well while they are at it.
In Scosglen, the second Diablo 4 map location players will visit, there are 47 of these side quests. But players will most likely want to know where to pick them up, what the prerequisites are, and how to complete each one.
Northshore Side Quests
There are seven total side quests, with one additional Diablo 4 side quest that is part of a chain in Northshore. Here is where to get each of these seven.
Stemming the Tide
- Quest Pick Up Location: Marowen in Northshore
- Quest NPC: Aigidh
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Diablo 4 Gem Cache
Players will be asked to kill 100 Drowned enemies in the area by Aigidh in Northshore to get a Gem Cache.
A Briny Fate
- Quest Pick Up Location: Marowen in Northshore
- Quest NPC: Fergus
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Salvage Cache
After interacting with Fergus in Marowen, Fergus will send players to look for Benen at Stormbreak Cove. Talk with him, then speak to the Wounded Sailor nearby. Head to the Eternal Watch and speak with Benen. Return to Fergus to tell him about Benen.
Warded Sailor’s Vessel
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Cursed Scarps in Northshore
- Quest Starting Item: Warded Sailor’s Vessel
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Sailor’s Vessel
The Warded Sailor’s Vessel is a random drop from one of the Slain Villager bodies in the area. Pick it up to start the quest.
Whispers from Below Side Quest Chain in Diablo 4
Roina is an NPC in the area that will start this side quest chain. Four total side quests need to be completed to finish it.
Whispers from Below
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Scar in Northshore
- Quest NPC: Roina
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Salvage Cache
Investigate the bodies of Callum and Devlin on Roina’s behalf.
A Sodden Pact
- Quest Pick Up Location: Carrowcrest Trail in Northshore
- Quest NPC: Roina
- Prerequisites: Whispers from Below Side Quest
- Reward: Elixir Cache
Pick up hair from the Sodden Growths and check out the beach nearby.
Untangling Truths
- Quest Pick Up Location: Carrowcrest Trail in Northshore
- Quest NPC: Roina
- Prerequisites: A Sodden Pact Side Quests
- Reward: Gem Cache
Put the offerings at the Derelict Shrines in Linnead with Roina.
Threads of Envy
- Quest Pick Up Location: Carrowcrest Trail in Northshore
- Quest NPC: Roina
- Prerequisites: Mithering Descent Diablo 4 Dungeon and Untangling Truths Side Quests
- Reward: Rare Amulet
Speak with Roina before defeating the Water Wight and the Effigy.
Tur Dulra Stronghold and Deep Forest Side Quests
All these side quests can only be gotten inside the Tur Dulra Stronghold or the surrounding areas.
Tending Nature
- Quest Pick Up Location: Tur Dulra
- Quest NPC: Moireach
- Prerequisites: Tur Dulra
- Reward: Leather Cache
Players must complete the Tur Dulra Stronghold before this side quest becomes available.
Left in Ashes
- Quest Pick Up Location: Tur Dulra
- Quest NPC: Scholar Yuein
- Prerequisites: Tur Dulra and The Diviner Quest
- Reward: Rare Weapon
Check out Eadaoin’s ghost and remains, then kill the spirit; chat with Scholar Yuein about it afterward.
The Diviner
- Quest Pick Up Location: Tur Dulra
- Quest NPC: Scholar Yuein
- Prerequisites: Tur Dulra
- Reward: Murmuring Cache
Players will need to also have completed Tur Dulra for this quest to even become available; they will have to head to the Wretched Delve to complete it.
A Deepening Shadow Side Quest Chain in Diablo 4
A Deepening Shadow
- Quest Pick Up Location: Shob`ha’s Perch
- Quest NPC: Shob’ha
- Prerequisites: Tur Dulra Stronghold Unlocked
- Reward: Leather Cache
Players will need to kill corrupted deer and figure out what happened to Barret before returning to Shob`ha.
The Old Ways
- Quest Pick Up Location: Tur Dulra
- Quest NPC: Scholar Yuein
- Prerequisites: Tur Dulra Stronghold Unlocked, A Deepening Shadow Side Quest
- Reward: Salvage Cache
After completing A Deepening Shadow, speak to Yuein. Kill the Wildwood and activate the three sacred stones, then head back to Yuein before returning to Shob`ha.
A Sliver of Light
- Quest Pick Up Location: Deep Forest
- Quest NPC: Mochrann
- Prerequisites: Tur Dulra Stronghold Unlocked, The Old Ways Side Quest
- Reward: Gem Cache, Rare Ring
Mochrann in the Deep Forest will ask the player to go with them to the font of corruption; then, make sure to slay all the corrupted beasts. Once all the steps are done, head back one final time to Shob`ha.
Wailing Hills Side Quests
There are a total of four side quests in this area, and players will want to complete each one.
Ravenous Predator’s Offering
- Quest Pick Up Location: Northern Wailing Hills
- Quest Starting Item: Search dead bodies in the area for the Ravenous Predator’s Offering
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Appeased Predator’s Offering
First, pick up the Ravenous Predator’s Offering in the location above. After that, players will need to kill mobs marked with red dots in the Aisle of Whispers. Once the Offering is appeased, players will earn the Appeased Predator’s Offering.
Stolen Artifice
- Quest Pick Up Location: Braestaig
- Quest NPC: Merryn
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Salvage Cache
Talk to Merryn, then ask: “Do you need aid?” Defeat Darcel and return the dropped Runic Charm to Merryn.
Votive Passing
- Quest Pick Up Location: Braestaig
- Quest NPC: Chieftain Asgail
- Prerequisites: Complete Parting Embers Campaign Story Quest
- Reward: Leather Cache
Chat with Chieftain Asgail, then head to the highlighted part of the map to find the Lost Hunters. Afterward, head to the next highlighted part and look for the Wounded Hunter. Go back to Braestaig with the Handmade Torc to give to Maisie.
The Starving Strand
- Quest Pick Up Location: Braestaig
- Quest NPC: Baltair
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Salvage Cache
Take Baltair’s bag to Corbach, then deliver it to Tadhg.
Cerrigar and The Emerald Chase Side Quests
There are four side quests in the Emerald Chase, and all of them are picked up in Cerrigar.
Daughter of the Oak
- Quest Pick Up Location: Cerrigar in The Emerald Chase
- Quest NPC: Albard
- Prerequisites: Tur Dulra Stronghold, Underoot Dungeon
- Reward: Murmuring Cache filled with Murmuring Obols
This quest goes to Underroot, which cannot be accessed until the Tur Dulra Stronghold in Scosglen is conquered. Players need to take a Root Cutting from the Underroot, then return it to Keeper Albard.
What Ails Thee?
- Quest Pick Up Location: Cerrigar in The Emerald Chase
- Quest NPC: Cori
- Prerequisites: Tur Dulra
- Reward: Salvage Cache
In order to start this quest, chat with Cori in Cerrigar. Then, players will need to find Phelan in Blycroft; he will be located near a house. Players have dialogue options here: saying, “Cori sent me. He’s worried about you,” will end this quest. Players who choose to say, “What is happening here?” will get the side quest Fields of Ruin.
Blood of Brigands
- Quest Pick Up Location: Cerrigar in The Emerald Chase
- Quest NPC: Bryce
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Ore Cache
Bryce will ask players to kill off 50 of the Bandits harrowing the area. Return to him afterward to get an ore cache.
The Fledgling Merchant
- Quest Pick Up Location: Cerrigar in The Emerald Charge
- Quest NPC: Kian
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Veiled Crystal
Kian will ask for 10 Charger Tusks to carve and sell, and players will need to help them out. Look for these critters in the Woodman’s Glade.
Westering Lowlands and Firebreak Manor Side Quests
Players can find three quests in the Lowlands and the Firebreak Manor.
A Plea for Aid
- Quest Pick Up Location: Firebreak Manor
- Quest NPC: Steward Wilfred
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Herb Cache
Players should wait to pick up this quest until they are also doing the Dark Omens Diablo 4 main story campaign quest, since players will have to head into Firebreak Manor anyway.
Chronicling the Old Ways
- Quest Pick Up Location: Laglend Fen in Westering Lowlands
- Quest Starting Item: Runic Tablets
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Herb Cache
Collect three Runic Tablets from wildlife and give them to Moreg in Laglend Fen.
A Different Beast
- Quest Pick Up Location: Westering Lowlands
- Quest Starting Item: A Broken Totem from Slain Druids
- Prerequisites: The Wrong Hands, First Among Wolves Quest Chain
- Reward: Elixir Cache
After finding the Broken Totem in the marked area, bring it to Artair.
Side Quests in Strand
The Strand is located between Caen Adar and Moordaine Lodge along the northernmost coast.
Message in a Bottle
- Quest Pick Up Location: Strand
- Quest Starting Item: A Washed Ashore Bottle on the beach in the Strand
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Rare Heirloom Amulet
Players will first need to pick up the Washed-Ashore Bottle along the coast of the Strand, then give it to Padrig.
The Seer in Strand Side Quest Chain in Diablo 4
This entire quest chain is found in the Strand, all near one another.
The Seer
- Quest Pick Up Location: Corbach in Strand
- Quest NPC: Baewyn the Seer
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Elixir Cache
The Seer will ask for Goatman Entrails.
Smoke Signals
- Quest Pick Up Location: Corbach in Strand
- Quest NPC: Baewyn the Seer
- Prerequisites: The Seer Side Quest
- Reward: Leather Cache
After the Seer, speak to Baewyn again, and go to Kealer Farm and talk to Farmer Kealer before returning to the Seer again.
Reclamation
- Quest Pick Up Location: Corbach in Strand
- Quest NPC: Chieftain Eiruig
- Prerequisites: Domhainne Tunnels and Smoke Signals Side Quest
- Reward: Gem Cache
Players will need access to the Domhainne Tunnels; the Seer will also need to be talked to to start this last quest in the chain.
Side Quests in the Downs
The Downs are filled with eight more of these Diablo 4 side quests.
Fields of Ruin
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Downs
- Quest NPC: Phelan
- Prerequisites: What Ails Thee? Side Quest
- Reward: Leather Cache
After chatting with Phelan, he will ask players to set up three wardstones, then return to him. Phelan will then ask players to track down Blackhorn’s lair, kill it, and bring back its head.
Braega’s Chronicles
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Downs
- Quest Starting Item: A History of Scosglen
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Salvage Cache
The goat-like Khazra enemies in The Downs subregion of Scosglen will randomly drop this book; players will then get a quest to give it to Wilfred at Firebreak Manor.
Feral Moon
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Downs
- Quest NPC: Edan
- Prerequisites: Sarat’s Lair, What Ails Thee? Side Quest
- Reward: Elixir Cache
Players will need to pick up the Light-Blessed amulet from Sarat’s Lair and take it back to Edan.
Ever Faithful
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Downs
- Quest NPC: Brenna
- Prerequisites: Abandoned Smuggler’s Den
- Reward: Murmuring Cache
Brenna will ask players to track down the bandit Faolan, slay him, then return to her.
The Traveling Scholar
- Quest Pick Up Location: Deep Forest
- Quest NPC: Aria
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Gem Cache
The NPC Aria will ask for help getting to the ruins; after that, players will need to search by the water for druid artifacts. Aria will then need to go to the overlook — protect them from the attack.
First Among Wolves Quest Chain in Diablo 4
The First Among Wolves is an important quest chain that will allow players to do other quests in the future for Artair, including The Wrong Hands.
First Among Wolves
- Quest Pick Up Location: Wraithstead
- Quest NPC: Artair
- Prerequisites: What Ails Thee? and Fields of Ruin Side Quests
- Reward: Herb Cache
First, search the burned farm before killing the werewolves.
The Snare
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Downs
- Quest NPC: Artair
- Prerequisites: First Among Wolves Side Quest
- Reward: Leather Cache
After finding the Druid Totem, players need to start the blood ritual in The Harrowfields. Next, slay the goatmen that spawn and take a Vial of Khazra Blood. Complete the blood ritual, then kill the spawning Werewolves. Pick up the Vial of Khazra Blood, and bring it back to Artair.
With Fangs Bared
- Quest Pick Up Location: Wraithstead
- Quest NPC: Artair
- Prerequisites: The Snare Side Quests
- Reward: Una’s Lament
Artair will tell players how to defeat the werewolf Una.
The Shrouded Moors Side Quests
In the location The Shrouded Moors, players will be able to nab four more side quests.
An Acquired Taste
- Quest Pick Up Location: Tirmair in Shrouded Moors
- Quest NPC: Atli
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Leather Cache
Players will need to collect 12 Thorn Beast Meat around Loch Raeth, then return to Atli in the Shrouded Moors.
Of Pests and Pestilence
- Quest Pick Up Location: Tirmair in Shrouded Moors
- Quest NPC: Meave
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Elixir Cache
Meave will ask players to kill 75 String Swarms in the Shrouded Moors, then will reward them for doing it with an Elixir Cache.
Settling the Tab
- Quest Pick Up Location: Tirmair in Shrouded Moors
- Quest NPC: Niall
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Ore Cache
Ask Niall if he’s waiting for something, then head to the Under the Fat Goose Inn to talk to Torben.
The Wrong Hands
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Downs
- Quest Starting Item: Broken Carving drops from a random chest or corpse in The Downs
- Prerequisites: With Fangs Bared
- Reward: Salvage Cache
After completing the First Among Wolves quest chain, players can find a Broken Carving in the Downs that can be returned to Artair.
Highland Wilds Side Quest
There are eight total side quests in the Wilds, and four of these are a quest chain around the Goose Inn.
Remembering the Goose
- Quest Pick Up Location: Under the Fat Goose in Highland Wilds
- Quest Starting Item: Torben
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Murmuring Cache
Torben will tell players that the sign for Under the Fat Goose Inn is missing; players will need to follow leads down to Loch’s Bane Ridge to get this sign back and return it to Torben.
The Broken Bear
- Quest Pick Up Location: Highland Wilds
- Quest Starting Item: Broken Bear Totem
- Prerequisites: A Different Beast
- Reward: Murmuring Cache
After completing the First Among the Wolves quest chain, players can find a Broken Bear Totem when killing Grizzly Bears in the Wilds.
Wagered Honor
- Quest Pick Up Location: Under the Fat Goose Inn in Highland Wilds
- Quest NPC: Ewan
- Prerequisites: None
- Reward: Elixir Cache
Ewan is at the Fat Goose Inn, and they will ask for a Giant Demon Horn to be brought back for them.
Claws at The Throat Side Quest Chain in Diablo 4
The Highland Wilds is also home to the Claws at The Throat Side Quest Chain; there are four quests in this chain.
Claws at The Throat
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Great Northern Plains in Highland Wilds
- Quest Starting Item: Slain Merchant
- Prerequisites: Remembering the Goose
- Reward: Salvage Cache filled with Diablo 4 materials
Ask everyone in Under the Flat Goose Inn about the Slain Merchant, then search the Merchant’s corpse for the item needed.
Pyre of Ash
- Quest Pick Up Location: Under the Fat Goose Inn in Highland Wilds
- Quest NPC: Torben
- Prerequisites: Claws at the Throat Side Quest
- Reward: None
Torben at the Goose Inn will tell the player about Blackweald Company; he will ask the player to find where the smoke is coming from. Search the Embered Recess, defeat the enemies there, then return to the Goose.
Chasing Embers
- Quest Pick Up Location: Under the Fat Goose Inn in Highland Wilds
- Quest NPC: Torben
- Prerequisites: A Pyre for Ash Side Quest
- Reward: None
Toben will ask players to search the Scar for Blackweald Company and save the Pyre Victim.
The Bear of Blackweald
- Quest Pick Up Location: The Scar in Highland Wilds
- Quest NPC: Torben
- Prerequisites: Chasing Embers Side Quests
- Reward: None
Players will finally get to defeat the Blackweald Company and Stana. Report back to Torben when finished.
Diablo 4 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.
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