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Final Fantasy XVI: All Main Quests

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By: Payne Grist

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Final Fantasy XVI Main Quests Guide

This is a comprehensive list of all of the Main Quests in Final Fantasy XVI, along with the quest objectives. What does fate have in store for Clive? Read on to find out.

Spoilers lie ahead. Especially toward the backend of the list. So be forewarned! Tread carefully upon this road to revenge.

How to Locate Main Quests

You will always be enlisted in a Main Quest. This is a story-driven game after all. Just circle your camera around until you see this bright red marker. This marker indicates where y ou should go next. You can also hold the L3 button if you lose track of where it is.

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Basically the same goes when you’re on the World Map. You’ll see a huge red icon indicating your next destination in the story. There are even times when this is the only place you can travel to; locking the ability to travel to side locations.

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List

This is a comprehensive list of every Main Quest and their Objectives. 

SPOILERS AHEAD

Main Quest Objective(s)
A Flame Summoned  
To Kill a Dominant  
Pride  
Sunrise, Sunset
  1. Make for the throne room
  2. Retire to your chambers
Lost in a Fog
  1. Explore Stillwind
  2. Defeat Gigas
  3. Pursue the goblin leader
  4. Defeat Morbol
  5. Make for Phoenix Gate
Flight of the Fledgling
  1. Escape the stronghold
  2. Follow Sir Wade
  3. Slay the invaders
  4. Defeat Knight of the Blinding Dawn
A Chance Encounter
  1. Pursue the retreating army
  2. Slay Shiva’s Dominant
  3. Slay the Ironblood crusaders
  4. Defeat Tiamat
  5. Follow Cid to the hideaway
Hide, Hideaway
  1. Speak with Cid in his chambers
  2. Visit the main hall
  3. Speak with Blackthorne in the smithy
  4. Speak with Goetz
  5. Speak with the man tending to the Bearers
  6. Speak with Tarja in the infirmary
  7. Speak with Charon
  8. Collect the supplies
  9. Make for the Greatwood
Fanning Embers
  1. Explore the Greatwood
  2. Slay the Dragon Aevis
  3. Slay the Fafnir
  4. Slay Midnight Raven
  5. Cross into Orabelle Downs
Louder than Words
  1. Make for Lostwing
  2. Explore Lostwing
  3. Pursue the fleeing soldier
  4. Defeat Chirada
The Dead of Night
  1. Speak with Quinten
  2. Gather information from the villagers
  3. Speak with Cid
  4. Speak with Quinten
  5. Make for Caer Norvent
  6. Enter Caer Norvent
Headwind
  1. Find the captives
  2. Defeat Suparna and Chirada
  3. Pursue Benedikta
  4. Defeat Benedikta
Wings of Change
  1. Head north
  2. Continue north
  3. Make for the Eye of the Tempest
  4. Enter the vortex
Awakening
  1. Follow the hooded man
  2. Defeat Garuda
  3. Slay Garuda
The Wages of Guilt
  1. Speak with Cid
  2. Journey to the Kingsfall
The Hunter and the Hunted
  1. Rendezvous with Gav
  2. Slay the Minotaur
  3. Slay Knight of the Dying Sun
  4. Return to the Hideaway
  5. Visit the infirmary
  6. Speak with Charon
  7. Speak with Gav
  8. Journey into Rosaria via Three Reeds
Homecoming
  1. Make for Martha’s Rest
  2. Speak with Martha
  3. Find Bernard
  4. Report back to Martha
  5. Make for the Glaidemond Abbey
  6. Report back to Martha
  7. Make for Eastpool
Building Bridges
  1. Find Bernard
  2. Report back to Martha
A Bearer’s Lot
  1. Make for the Glaidemond Abbey
  2. Report back to Martha
Holding On
  1. Make for Eastpool
  2. Make for Phoenix Gate
  3. Look for the old man by the well
  4. Speak with the villagers
  5. Find the old man
  6. Slay the slavering beasts
  7. Make for Phoenix Gate
  8. Explore the ruins of Phoenix Gate
Back in the Day
  1. Look for the old man by the well
  2. Speak with the villagers
  3. Find the old man
  4. Slay the slavering beasts
Buried Memories
  1. Explore the ruins of Phoenix Gate
  2. Follow the hooded man deeper into the ruins
  3. Explore the Apodytery
  4. Discover the truth
The Meaning of Life
  1. Return to Eastpool
  2. Slay the invaders
  3. Return to the hideaway
Righting Wrongs
  1. Visit Cid’s solar
  2. Speak with Charon
  3. Speak with Otto
  4. Speak with Gav
  5. Make for Northreach
  6. Search for the Dame
  7. Speak with Isabelle
  8. Make for the Veil
  9. Speak with Isabelle
  10. Investigate Tatienne’s whereabouts
  11. Speak with Tatienne’s chambermate
  12. Investigate the garrison
  13. Deliver your findings to Isabelle
  14. Speak with Bertrand in Moore
  15. Speak with the traveling trader
  16. Make for the nearby ruins
  17. Slay the wolves
  18. Examine the corpse
  19. Gather at the abandoned chapel
  20. Sneak into Oriflamme
The Dame
  1. Investigate Tatienne’s whereabouts
  2. Speak with Tatienne’s chambermate
  3. Investigate the garrison
  4. Deliver your findings to Isabelle
  5. Speak with Bertrand in Moore
  6. Speak with the traveling trader
  7. Make for the nearby ruins
  8. Slay the wolves
  9. Examine the corpse
The Crystals’ Curse
  1. Proceed through the Glass Gate
  2. Slay the Akashic Dragon
  3. Enter the inner sanctum
Cid the Outlaw
  1. Defeat Kupka’s private guard
  2. Return to the hideaway
Home, Sweet Home
  1. Speak with Otto
  2. Speak with Vivian in the map room
  3. Speak with Harpocrates in the shelves
  4. Return to your chambers
  5. Read Gav’s letter
The Gathering Storm
  1. Speak with Otto
  2. Find the Cursebreakers
  3. Pursue the garrison soldiers
  4. Make for Glaidemond Abbey
  5. Search the abbey
  6. Perform the Casting and return to Martha’s Rest
  7. Make for Riddock’s Jump
  8. Return to Martha’s Rest
  9. Return to the hideaway
  10. Speak with Gav
  11. Journey to Hawk’s Cry Cliff
Dark Clouds Gather
  1. Make for Glaidemond Abbey
  2. Continue to Glaidemond Abbey
  3. Slay the Black Shields
Release
  1. Make for Riddock’s Jump
  2. Return to Martha’s Rest
Bloodlines
  1. Make for Amber
  2. Speak with several of the villagers
  3. Speak with the locals
  4. Make for Port Isolde
  5. Defeat the Black Shields
  6. Make for the Auldhyl Docks
  7. Make for Port Isolde
Black Light Burns
  1. Find an entrance to the Lazarus District
  2. Enter the Lazarus District
  3. Defeat the bandits
  4. Speak with Wade
  5. Confront the Black Shields’ main host
  6. Make for Bewit Bridge
  7. Defeat the Black Shields
  8. Return to the hideaway
Black or White
  1. Make for Bewit Bridge
  2. Defeat the Black Shields
Here Be Monsters
  1. Speak with Vivian
  2. Speak with Jill
  3. Make the journey to Drustanus
Fire and Ice
  1. Make for Drake’s Breath
  2. Make for the Oratory
  3. Make for the Comraich
  4. Defeat Liquid Flame
After the Storm
  1. Visit the infirmary
  2. Speak with Otto
  3. Speak with Vivian
  4. Make for Rosalith
Capital Punishment
  1. Make for Rosalith Castle
  2. Defeat the Coeurl
  3. Rescue Jill
  4. Defeat the Men of the Rock
  5. Make for the throne room
  6. Defeat Hugo Kupka
  7. Return to the hideaway
Bolts from the Blue
  1. Speak with Otto
  2. Speak with Mid
  3. Fulfil Mid’s request
  4. Speak with Charon
  5. Speak with Blackthorne
  6. Speak with Bardolph on the pier
  7. Make for Martha’s Rest
  8. Find Bernard near the ruins of Cressida
  9. Slay the creatures
  10. Speak with Mid
  11. Visit the infirmary
  12. Speak with Gav in the shelves
  13. Speak with Vivian
  14. Speak with Byron
  15. Speak with Otto
  16. Return to Byron
  17. Make for the Velkroy Desert
Getting to Work
  1. Speak with Charon
  2. Speak with Blackthorne
  3. Speak with Bardolph on the pier
  4. Make for Martha’s Rest
  5. Find Bernard near the ruins of Cressida
  6. Slay the creatures
  7. Speak with Mid
Riddle of the Sands
  1. Make for the Dalimil Inn
  2. Defeat the royalists
  3. Make for Drake’s Fang
  4. Speak with the townspeople
  5. Speak with the villagers
  6. Speak with Ferda
  7. Make for the bordello
  8. Defeat the bandits
  9. Fulfil L’ubor’s request
  10. Speak with the townspeople
  11. Find Byron
  12. Speak with Byron
  13. Rendezvous with the soldiers in the desert
  14. Defeat the soldiers
  15. Make for Drake’s Fang
  16. Enter Drake’s Fang
Follow the Crystals
  1. Speak with the townspeople
  2. Find Byron
  3. Speak with Byron
  4. Rendezvous with the soldiers in the desert
  5. Defeat the soldiers
Into the Darkness
  1. Make for Castle Dazbog
  2. Explore Castle Dazbog
  3. Make for the inner sanctum
  4. Defeat Titan
  5. Return to the hideaway
Out of the Shadow
  1. Speak with Otto
  2. Speak with Vivian
  3. Speak with Charon
  4. Speak with Blackthorne
  5. Speak with Harpocrates
  6. Speak with Otto
  7. Speak with Mid
  8. Speak with Blackthorne
  9. Gather the necessary materials
  10. Speak with Blackthorne
  11. Make for the river in the south of the Velkroy
  12. Gather stardust
  13. Deliver the stardust
  14. Speak with Blackthorne
  15. Report back to Mid
  16. Speak with Mid’s assistant Helena
  17. Make for Laubert’s Pass
  18. Slay the creature that has taken up residence in the ruins
  19. Report back to Mid
  20. Speak with Harpocrates
  21. Make for the Northreach markets
  22. Purchase garlic
  23. Purchase pepio nuts
  24. Make for the south gate of the markets
  25. Speak with Harpocrates
  26. Report back to Mid
  27. Speak with Mid
  28. Speak with Otto
  29. Make for the foredeck
  30. Visit the old hideaway
  31. Make for Boklad
Letting Off Steam I
  1. Speak with Blackthorne
  2. Make for the river in the south of the Velkroy
  3. Gather stardust
  4. Deliver the stardust
  5. Speak with Blackthorne
Letting Off Steam II
  1. Make for Laubert’s Pass
  2. Slay the creature that has taken up residence in the ruins
Letting Off Steam III
  1. Speak with Harpocrates
  2. Make for the Northreach markets
  3. Purchase garlic
  4. Purchase pepio nuts
  5. Make for the south gate of the markets
  6. Speak with Harpocrates
Onward
  1. Make for Boklad
  2. Find Goetz
  3. Make for the Crimson Caravans
  4. Speak with the furniture maker
  5. Speak with the fishmonger
  6. Speak with the children
  7. Find Honza
  8. Chase down Honza
  9. Speak with Theodore
  10. Search for the Cast Stones’ lair
  11. Defeat the Cast Stones
  12. Return to Eloise
  13. Speak with Goetz
To Catch a Thief
  1. Speak with the furniture maker
  2. Speak with the fishmonger
  3. Speak with the children
  4. Find Honza
  5. Chase down Honza
Blood from the Stones
  1. Search for the Cast Stones’ lair
  2. Defeat the Cast Stones
  3. Return to Eloise
Fire in the Sky
  1. Make for the belltower
  2. Slay the white dragon
  3. Speak with Jill
  4. Make for the heart
  5. Slay the necrophobe
  6. Defeat Bahamut
  7. Return to the hideaway
Things Fall Apart
  1. Speak with Otto
  2. Speak with Vivian
  3. Speak with Harpocrates
  4. Speak with Otto
  5. Aid Martha’s Rest in its dilemma
  6. Aid Northreach in its dilemma
  7. Aid Dalimil in its dilemma
  8. Return to the hideaway and speak with Otto
  9. Travel to the Krozjit Echoes
The Flames of War
  1. Hurry to the Fallen Gate
  2. Slay the Akashic
  3. Descend the lift
  4. Slay the Akashic
  5. Make for Rhiannon’s Ride
  6. Slay the Akashic
Why We Fight
  1. Visit the garrison
  2. Speak with the wounded
  3. Make for Moore
  4. Slay the thralls
Down the Rabbit Hole
  1. Visit the Final Sting
  2. Speak with Viktor
  3. Speak with L’ubor
  4. Help recruit Konrad to L’ubor’s cause
  5. Help recruit Natalie to L’ubor’s cause
  6. Speak with Viktor
  7. Protect the north gate from bandits
Cloak and Dagger
  1. Make for Tabor
  2. Make for the Free Cities of Kanver
  3. Enter the Free Cities
Evenfall
  1. Make for the Merchant’s District
  2. Defeat Sleipnir
  3. Return to the hideaway
A Song of Hope
  1. Speak with Otto
  2. Find the missing piece
  3. Return to the Ironworks
Like Father, Like Daughter
  1. Search Mid’s dungeon
  2. Continue searching Mid’s dungeon
  3. Speak with Otto
  4. Inspect the orchestrion
Full Steam
  1. Defeat the Akashic
  2. Buy Mid some time
  3. Sail to the Naldia Narrow
Through the Maelstrom
  1. Search the Einherjar for Jill
  2. Defeat Barnabas
  3. Return to the hideaway
Across the Narrow
  1. Visit the infirmary
  2. Speak with Vivian Ninetales
  3. Visit the shelves
  4. Visit the ale hall
  5. Speak with Otto
Footfalls in Ash
  1. Make for Stonhyrr
  2. Find the village of Eistla
  3. Slay the Akashic
  4. Search the abandoned village
  5. Make for Reverie
  6. Enter the tower
The Last King
  1. Ascend the tower
  2. Defeat the echoes
  3. Ascend the tower
  4. Slay Barnabas
Brotherhood
  1. Make for Stonhyrr
  2. Slay the Akashic army
  3. Make for the Mothercrystal
  4. Approach Drake’s Spine
Streets of Madness
  1. Continue to the inner sanctum
  2. Slay the Behemoth
  3. Continue through the capital
  4. Speak with Joshua
  5. Find a way out of the darkness
  6. Slay Ultima
  7. Return to the hideaway
Back to Their Origin
  1. Speak with Otto in the mess
  2. Speak with Joshua
  3. Speak with Jill
  4. Make for Origin
Of Gods and Men
  1. Enter the core
  2. Slay Ultima

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Payne Grist
Payne Grist
Payne is a huge fan of JRPGs. SQUARE ENIX owns his heart, especially their 'FINAL FANTASY' series. He is currently studying various mediums of art and Japanese.

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