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The Out of Games game! Sidequest is an on-site RPG which the community plays together. Level up, defeat foes, and build the village.
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Bestiary
Everything that lives on Out of Games, where to find it and what it drops. Sign in to keep your own record of what you have seen, fought and beaten.
134 creatures across 25 places.
The Waystone
Sidequest's own crossroads. Every adventure starts with something small and bitey.
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Cutpurse
Wants your coin purse. Will settle for your boots.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Exclamation Marc
Has a yellow mark over his head and a job for you. The job is ten rats. It is always ten rats.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Overstuffed Satchel
A backpack so full it grew teeth. Bag space: none. Bite: plenty.
- Stone
- Copper Ore
- Tin Ore
The Commons
The front page and every lane nobody has named yet. Busy, muddy, mostly harmless.
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Bandit Thug
Hired for his size. Paid in whatever you are carrying.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Pumpkin Ooze
Orange, wobbling and smells faintly of pie. Do not eat it.
- Pumpkin Toffee
- Gummy Ghoul
- Embershroom
The Commons, Acres of Poets, The Pumpkin Patch
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Town Crier
Reads every headline at full volume, including the ones you have already seen.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Puddle Elemental
The front page gets a lot of foot traffic. This is where it all drains to.
- Embershroom
- Salt Crystal
Acres of Poets
The news and every article in it: long fields of words, and things hiding in the margins.
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Clickbait Crow
You will not believe what it does next. (It pecks you.)
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Pumpkin Ooze
Orange, wobbling and smells faintly of pie. Do not eat it.
- Pumpkin Toffee
- Gummy Ghoul
- Embershroom
The Commons, Acres of Poets, The Pumpkin Patch
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Typo Gremlin
Lives between the keys. Swaps every 'their' for 'there' the moment you hit publish.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
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Embargo Breaker
Posted the review three hours early. Will do it again.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Paywall Troll
Lives under the fold. Wants a subscription before you pass.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Run-On Sentence
It started as a headline and it kept going and going and it does not know how to stop and
- Embershroom
- Salt Crystal
Gossip Row
Profiles, messages and comment threads. Everybody here has an opinion and a knife.
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Hot Take Imp
Feeds on comment sections. Grows a size with every 'actually'.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
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Notification Swarm
A cloud of little red badges. Every one of them is urgent.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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The Lurker
Has read every thread since 2014. Has never posted. Is watching now.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
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Well-Actually Owl
Turns its head all the way round to tell you that you are wrong.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Scriveners' Stacks
The guides: shelf after shelf of how-to, and something living in the back rows.
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Cave Spider
Lives in the back rows of the guide stacks. Spins silk the tailors would pay good Gold for, if anyone came back with it.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Spider Silk
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Ghost of Patches Past
Haunts the old guides. Insists the build from three expansions ago is still the best.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
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Min-Maxer
Has a spreadsheet for this fight. You are row 412.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
Neon Hollow
The arcade and its puzzles, polls and sparks. The lights never go off. Neither do the things under them.
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Gloomwisp
A cold little light that wants you to follow it. Do not follow it.
- Wisp Thread
- Ghost Marshmallow
- Moonpetal
Neon Hollow, The Pumpkin Patch
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Eight-Bit Bat
Flaps in four frames. Knocks you back into the pit every time.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Living Glitch
A tear in the screen that leaks stray pixels. Touching it is a bad idea.
- Embershroom
- Salt Crystal
The Wishing Well
Gift drops and rewards. People throw good things down here, and something keeps them.
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Cave Bear
Lives at the bottom of the well and sleeps on everything that falls in. Was asleep. Is not now.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Wishing Toad
Sits on the coins people throw in. Croaks if you reach for one.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Gift Code Goblin
Redeemed every code before you saw the post.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
The Hall of Cartridges
The games hub and its reviews: a long hall of boxes, and some of the boxes bite.
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Nerd Dude
Will explain the lore whether you asked or not. Has a lanyard from every convention since 2009.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Cartridge Blower
Blows into every cartridge. It never helped. He will not stop.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Dust Bunny
Bred behind the console. Gets into the slot when you are not looking.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Backlog Behemoth
Grown from every game you bought on sale and never started.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Haggling Docks
The marketplace and the shop. Every crate has a price, and every smuggler has a crate.
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Bog Ghoul
Crawled out of the slime when the Ooze rose. Still dripping.
- Ghoul Hide
- Beast Bone
- Wisp Thread
The Haggling Docks, The Pumpkin Patch
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Smuggler
Says the crates are full of cloth. For once, they are.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Scalper
Bought all of them. Will sell you one, at four times the price.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Bandit Captain
Runs the dock crews. Has a hat, a plan and a very short temper.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Thieving Gull
Took your sandwich. Coming back for the rest of the stall.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Grand Stage
Events and live blogs. Big crowds, bright lights and robed folk in the wings.
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Cultist Adept
Chanting in a language that makes the candles lean away.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Hype Man
Has been shouting 'one more thing' since doors opened.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Front-Row Camper
Queued for the keynote three days early and did not survive the wait. Still not giving up the seat.
- Ghoul Hide
- Beast Bone
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Spoiler Leaker
Knows the reveal. Will tell you whether you want it or not.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
The Seeker's Maze
Search, and any page you reach through Random. Every turn is a dead end with teeth.
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No-Results Minotaur
Guards the end of every search that found nothing.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Breadcrumb Thief
Eats the trail you left so you cannot get back.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Rabbit Hole Hare
Follow it and it is three in the morning and you are reading about lighthouses.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Gate of Realms
The realm index, where every game's road begins. The gatekeepers here are old and proud.
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Ridge Drake
Too small to be a dragon and far too proud to admit it.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Drake Scale
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Gatekeeper
Will not let you in until you name every game in the series, in order.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Old Guard
Was here before the realms had names. Will be here after.
- Ghoul Hide
- Beast Bone
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Portal Wisp
Leaks out of every realm door. Smells faintly of other games.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Realm Hopper
Plays everything for a week, masters nothing, fights like all of it.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Moat Serpent
Keeps the gate's moat. Has eaten three drawbridges.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
The Pumpkin Patch
The Ooze came up through the pumpkins. Some of the pumpkins came up with it.
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Pumpkin Ooze
Orange, wobbling and smells faintly of pie. Do not eat it.
- Pumpkin Toffee
- Gummy Ghoul
- Embershroom
The Commons, Acres of Poets, The Pumpkin Patch
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Gloomwisp
A cold little light that wants you to follow it. Do not follow it.
- Wisp Thread
- Ghost Marshmallow
- Moonpetal
Neon Hollow, The Pumpkin Patch
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Bog Ghoul
Crawled out of the slime when the Ooze rose. Still dripping.
- Ghoul Hide
- Beast Bone
- Wisp Thread
The Haggling Docks, The Pumpkin Patch
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Candy Corn Bat
Striped orange, yellow and white. Tastes worse than it looks.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Trick-or-Treater
Has been trick-or-treating since lunch. Wants your candy. All of it.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Ghost Marshmallow
Diablo Frontier
Foes from Diablo, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Fallen Grunt
Small, red, brave right up until its shaman goes down.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
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Goatling Shaman
Half goat, half spellbook. Every word sets something on fire.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
Elden Ring Frontier
Foes from Elden Ring, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Tree Guardsman
A golden knight on a golden horse, right at the start, where you are least ready.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Polite Jar
A walking pot with a warrior's heart. Apologises before every hit.
- Stone
- Copper Ore
- Tin Ore
Legend of Zelda Frontier
Foes from Legend of Zelda, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Rocktopus
Pops out of the grass and spits rocks. Then hides. Then spits more rocks.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Shield Snacker
A tube with a mouth that swallows you whole and spits you out without your shield.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Lionel
Half lion, half horse, all bad news. Shoots you from across the field.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
Magic the Gathering Frontier
Foes from Magic the Gathering, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Two-Two Bear
The baseline every other creature is measured against. Proud of it.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Goblin Tour Guide
Hasty. Shows you the sights. The sights are fire.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Shivering Dragonling
A little red dragon that pumps its fire up one point at a time.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
Mario Frontier
Foes from Mario, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Grumba
A grumpy walking mushroom. Gets flattened a lot. Holds a grudge about it.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
Marvel Snap Frontier
Foes from Marvel Snap, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Snapback Bluffer
Snapped on turn one. Retreats on turn five. Every time.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Six-Drop Smasher
Big, green-ish and saves its whole turn for one enormous swing.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Location Gremlin
Changes the rules of wherever you are standing. Never in your favour.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
Minecraft Frontier
Foes from Minecraft, and a fair bounty for each of them.
Palworld Frontier
Foes from Palworld, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Overworked Pal
Has not had a break since Tuesday. Has decided you are why.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
Pokemon Frontier
Foes from Pokemon, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Tall-Grass Rat
A wild one appeared! It is purple and it is in the top percentage of rats.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Bug Catcher
A straw hat, a net, and six of the same caterpillar.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Youngster Joel
Wants to battle. Wants to show you his rat. Calls you on your phone about the rat.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Endless Zoobat
There is always another one. There is always another one.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Team Racket Grunt
Prepare for trouble. And make it a monologue.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Magicarp
Flops. Flops harder. One day it will be something terrifying. Not today.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
World of Warcraft Frontier
Foes from World of Warcraft, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Huggur
A gnoll with a bounty on every signpost and a grudge against everyone who reads them.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Red-Bandana Pillager
Part of a brotherhood that never stopped looting the mines.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Plainstrutter
A tall angry bird that gives no warning and every reason to run.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Rare Spawn
You camped the hill for an hour. It was up for nine seconds.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Frozen Reach
Snowfields past the last furnace, where the wolves have frost in their fur.
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Frostfang Wolf
Its breath freezes on its whiskers. Its pelt sheds frostfibre.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Frostfibre
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Polar Hunt Bear
Shows up for the hunt event. Is not on your side of it.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Tavern Cellar
Under the inn, past the kegs, where the sore losers go to sulk.
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Knife Juggler
Every time a friend shows up, a knife goes somewhere. Usually into you.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Hearthdew
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Tavern Brawler
Lost a game of cards. Has decided it was your fault.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Hearthdew
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Leery Jenkins
Charges in before anyone has finished the plan. At least he has chicken.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Hearthdew
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Gloomsayer
Says everyone dies at the start of next turn. Is usually right.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Hearthian