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Some of the most memorable video game moments are tucked away in side quests that many players miss. We're counting down 10 incredible missions, from cattle rustling with Uncle in Red Dead Redemption 2 to finding a ghoul in a fridge in Fallout 4.
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00:00Sometimes video game side quests can be pretty darn well hidden. Sometimes this is intentional,
00:04sometimes it's not, but what ends up happening a lot of the time is a lot of players completely
00:09look past it. I'm Jess from WhatCulture and here are 10 missable video game side quests you need
00:15to do. Number 10. Go Rustling with Uncle. Red Dead Redemption 2. Red Dead Redemption 2's
00:21Vandalin gang is a colorful bunch. They all have their own unique personalities, likes, dislikes,
00:27interests, and random activities that Arthur can go join to get to know them a little better.
00:32Most of these companion activities are hard to miss. As long as you visit the camp regularly and
00:37talk with each person, sooner or later they'll invite you to hang out. The only exception to
00:42this rule is Uncle, whose special side mission happens at such specific time frames a lot of
00:48people don't even know they exist. Unlike most companion hangouts, the activity with Uncle is
00:52the only one that's triggered during night hours. The player has to approach the old drunk
00:57between midnight and 3 in the morning in chapter 4, or else they're not able to do a side quest.
01:03Since this is the only exception to that rule, and obviously that time frame is pretty short,
01:08not to mention inconvenient, being that it's midnight to 3 in the morning, a lot of players
01:13understandably miss this one. It's a shame though, because the mission is a lot of fun. It's got
01:18branching paths dealing with the consequences of Uncle's cattle rustling, and plenty of the old
01:23man's classic lumbargo-fueled tomfoolery.
01:27Number 9. Kid in a Fridge – Fallout 4
01:29Fallout 4's world map is absolutely enormous, and it's incredibly detailed. It's pretty darn hard
01:36for even the most dedicated of gamers to explore every little thing it has to offer, especially in
01:41this particular case, where there's a little ghoul kid trapped inside a fridge.
01:45The aptly named quest, A Kid in the Fridge, might be the most overlooked quest in the game,
01:50due to it being located on the very western edge of the map, where most players wouldn't go.
01:55And more importantly, because in order to trigger it, you have to catch the muffled
02:00screams of help coming out of a random fridge in the middle of nowhere.
02:03If you do though, it turns out that inside the fridge is a ghoulified child, who's apparently
02:08spent the entire 200 years after the bombs fell, trying to get out of his cold coffin.
02:14The child will ask you to help him find his parents, and what follows is a bizarre and fun
02:19quest line where you try and avoid a nasty slaver gang, and then miraculously reunite the child
02:25with his family after more than two centuries of separation.
02:29And before you ask, yes, the fridge is a clear reference to the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
02:34Number 8, Dragon Bride – The Sims Medieval
02:37Despite being a fantasy spin-off for The Sims, The Sims Medieval doesn't really feature all
02:42the weird occult bits and pieces that we know and love from other Sims iterations.
02:46Only a handful of quests in the game deal with supernatural creatures, like genies and zombies,
02:51so you might feel like the game isn't really utilising its magical setting to its full extent.
02:56In reality though, what probably happened is that you missed these mythical quests because
03:01they were hidden from you.
03:03Although the mechanic is never explained, The Sims Medieval includes several hidden quests
03:07that appear only if your kingdom has specific stats, in this case, at a particularly low level.
03:14These quests reflect your kingdom's deficits in knowledge, safety and health, with unique crises
03:19that have you deal with legendary monsters, like witches, warlocks and even a dragon.
03:24Of all of them, the Dragon Quest is the most unheard of, and unencountered if you don't know how to
03:30get it,
03:30and this is because it only comes about if you have a low intelligence stat,
03:34and that's a stat that you have a bunch of beginner missions designed to boost.
03:38You have to consciously avoid intelligence-based missions if you want to start the Dragon Quest,
03:43but it is definitely worth it, as it can grant you a legendary trait,
03:47and you can even marry the dragon if you seduce it as a bard, and why wouldn't you do that?
03:52Number 7.
03:53Svidi and Sibi's Feud.
03:55The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim.
03:57Many quests in The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim, I mean, pretty much any Elder Scrolls game or RPG,
04:02can be summarized as, hello, can you go fetch this, kill this thing, bring it back to me,
04:07and then I will give you gold and or experience points.
04:10On top of that, everything you need to do is laid out right in front of you with very clear
04:14objective markers,
04:15which is why some Skyrim players might be surprised to learn that the game features a small side quest
04:20that actually requires real detective work.
04:23One of the easiest quests to miss in Skyrim is the feud between Sibi Blackbriar and his former lover Svidi.
04:29The reason why a lot of players might not have even heard of this quest is because its quest giver,
04:34Sibi, is locked up in Riften's remote dungeon for killing Svidi's brother.
04:39Sibi explains that he killed Svidi's brother after the girl caught him with another woman.
04:44He tells you he wants revenge for being locked up,
04:46and he's going to reward you if you give him information about Svidi's whereabouts.
04:50What makes this quest unique is that it doesn't tell you where Svidi is.
04:54You get basic information about her, like she's a talented singer,
04:58but then it's up to you to figure out how to find her based on her artistic talents alone.
05:03No more quest markers for you, mighty Dragonborn.
05:06You got this one on your own.
05:07Number 6. DeLorean Mission – Driver San Francisco
05:10Driver San Francisco introduced a semi-supernatural element into the series
05:15by having its main protagonist switch vehicles by possessing the bodies of other drivers.
05:21It technically happens in a coma-induced dream,
05:24but it's still weird since the dream helps him solve a real case.
05:27However, Tanner's dream adventures aren't the only strange occurrence in the game.
05:31There's also a secret Back to the Future mission that comes with a special,
05:35and you're going to want this, Easter egg.
05:38Since the game features a DeLorean in its collection of possessible cars,
05:41it only makes sense that it would reference the classic time travel movies in some way or another.
05:46Indeed, if you possess a DeLorean and then go above 88 miles per hour like Doc and Marty,
05:52the machine will actually jump in time.
05:54A time travel animation will play, and then you'll unlock a classic time trial
05:59that perfectly copies the parking lot mission from the original Driver.
06:03The Easter egg is a treat for Driver and Back to the Future fans alike,
06:07and the mission it unlocks is definitely worth doing,
06:10if only to relive the challenge and nostalgia of the original game
06:13with modern graphics and driving mechanics.
06:15Number 5. A Mysterious Passenger – The Witcher 3
06:19The Witcher 3 pays attention to detail in the most unexpected of ways.
06:23In this particular instance, it's a hidden quest that only triggers if the player does things in the game out
06:29of order.
06:30If you follow the line of the main quests normally,
06:33doing them in order at the recommended level for completing them,
06:36Geralt is meant to visit Skellige after the events at the Bloody Baron's Keep.
06:40However, while it is difficult to do these quests out of order due to the higher level of enemies,
06:45it is possible to finish the main quest line on Skellige first.
06:49And when this happens, the game will actually give you a unique quest called a Mysterious Passenger.
06:55Now, you need this to resolve a certain inconsistency in the plot.
06:59Because the quests for the Bloody Baron culminate with Geralt learning of Uma,
07:03the ugly creature that was travelling alongside Ciri before she went missing,
07:07a Mysterious Passenger allows the player to learn this information from an alternative source
07:12by asking one of Skellige's Jarls, Lovic.
07:15The quest isn't challenging, nor is it action-packed,
07:18but it's definitely worth experiencing at least once if you love The Witcher 3 storyline
07:22and you're just interested to see what Cetaproact Red decided to do
07:26if you mess with the intended series of events.
07:29Number 4. Finding the Four Horses of the Apocalypse
07:32And the Unicorn
07:34Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare
07:36Many people are still deeply saddened by the fact that Red Dead Redemption 2
07:40is yet to receive its version of the original's Weird West DLC Undead Nightmare.
07:46Although a proper cowboy zombie apocalypse with modern graphics would be excellent,
07:51there are still things you can discover in the first game's DLC that you might not have found,
07:55like the hidden quest for a unicorn.
07:58As you travel the undead riddled desert,
08:00you can find some particularly odd-looking horses,
08:04including those with green skin, a pale translucent body, and flaming hooves.
08:09As soon as you tame one, you learn these special horses are the mounts of the Four Horsemen of the
08:15Apocalypse,
08:16offering powerful supernatural abilities to those brave enough to break them.
08:20Now, you might think that these horses are where the rabbit hole ends,
08:23but in reality, it's actually just the beginning.
08:26You see, collecting the horses enables you to summon an even more legendary mount,
08:31and that is a unicorn.
08:33Of course, you can only get said unicorn after you slay a chupacabra in Mexico.
08:37Because of course.
08:38Because the goat sucker is incredibly hard to stop due to being small and fast,
08:43most players don't even know it exists,
08:45let alone that it's a part of a quest for a majestic horned steed.
08:49Number 3.
08:50He Who Was Never Seen
08:52Baldur's Gate 3
08:53The Shadow Cursed Lands are easily the most entertaining and interesting location in Baldur's Gate 3.
08:59Its twisted landscape and dark corners hide a lot of different secrets,
09:03including side quests that most players completely overlook on their first playthrough.
09:08Punish the Wicked is a quest in which you'll help a mysterious stranger interrogate a ghost
09:13in the hopes of getting her to confess to her past crimes.
09:16The premise is absolutely fascinating,
09:19and yet a lot of people don't realize the quest even exists due to its giver,
09:23He Who Was, setting his camp up on the furthest outskirts of the map.
09:28Unless you do a lot of exploration on your own and check every nook and cranny,
09:32it's unlikely you'll even find the guy.
09:34The quest is definitely worth checking out though,
09:37as without spoiling anything, it does come with a twist about the ghost's crimes,
09:42and He Who Was is implied to be a Shadarkai, an elf hailing from the pocket world of the Raven
09:48Queen,
09:49the Goddess of Death.
09:50To sweeten the deal even more, if at the end of the quest you do side with He Who Was,
09:55he gives you the permanent ability to summon his little raven pal Quoth, so that's cool.
10:00Number 2.
10:01Classic Inspiration
10:03Fallout New Vegas
10:04Fallout New Vegas is just way too big to fully complete on a single playthrough.
10:09It's impossible to make every single choice, especially since some of them are locked behind
10:13a skill requirement, such as, for example, the quest to restore Michelangelo's passion for neon signs.
10:20Classic Inspiration is one of the most easily missed quests in the game,
10:24due to it requiring two specific things, both of which a lot of players can't be bothered to do.
10:29The first one is to visit Michelangelo's workshop, which is located in the mostly forgotten back
10:35area of the strip, and then you need to extort him for money with a speech check.
10:40The other is then to have a sudden change of heart, and have at least 55 medicine skill
10:45to diagnose Michelangelo with agoraphobia.
10:48This oddly specific sequence of actions will trigger the artist to reveal that he lost his
10:53passion for sign making, and then he'll ask you to rekindle his artistic spirit by escorting
10:58him across the Mojave while he snaps pictures of the wasteland's famous landmarks.
11:03The quest is a unique trip across the desert that lets you take a little break from the
11:07usual chaos of the ongoing war.
11:09Unfortunately, it is also really easy to miss, and so many players don't even realize it exists,
11:15but now you do.
11:17Number 1.
11:17Feed the Cat
11:18Cyberpunk 2077
11:20According to the lore of Cyberpunk 2077, the reason why you don't see many pets on the
11:26streets of Night City is because they've all been outlawed.
11:28That said, it is possible for V to get her hands on her very own cat, but you can only
11:34do so if you finish a quest that a lot of people don't even know exists.
11:38The mission in question starts with the player discovering a note inside a random trash can
11:43near the apartment.
11:44You can probably guess why the quest isn't better known.
11:48The note will tell you to feed the cat, triggering the gig to tame your very own feline companion.
11:53Shortly after taking the note, V will gain the option to set up a bowl near the trash
11:58can and fill it with cat food.
11:59If you return to the spot the next day, the cat Nibbles will be right there and you can
12:04scoop him on up and take him back to your apartment.
12:06The quest is an absolute must for those who find Night City a little too devoid of animal
12:11buddies.
12:12Sure, it's illegal to own one without paying, but the risk of getting caught is absolutely
12:16worth having a little bald gremlin keeping you company.
12:19Also, it's not going to be the first or the last illegal thing you do in this game.
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