Diablo 4: All Side Quests in Scosglen (and Which Require a Stronghold)

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Northshore Side Quests

Tur Dulra Stronghold and Deep Forest Side Quests

Wailing Hills Side Quests

Cerrigar and The Emerald Chase Side Quests

Westering Lowlands and Firebreak Manor Side Quests

Side Quests in Strand

Side Quests in the Downs

The Shrouded Moors Side Quests

Highland Wilds Side Quest

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