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Main Scenario Quests (MSQ) are quests that tell the main story of Final Fantasy XIV. These quests often have cutscenes and voice acting, and also unlock important features of the game: airship travel, Grand Company access, a personal chocobo mount, new cities, overworld zones, as well as dungeons and trials.

Initially, the Main Scenario Quests differ depending on the player's starting city (Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, or Ul'dah) which is determined by the class chosen during character creation. These stories converge at the quest It's Probably Pirates, and remain the same from that point onward.

At the beginning of each expansion, the Main Scenario Quests will briefly diverge into two short quest chains that will introduce the player to different characters and locations in the expansion, but will converge after completing each chain.

Players may replay Main Scenario Quests using New Game+, which will gradually unlock MSQ segments with sufficient progression through the story.

Overall, the MSQ is a linear quest chain consisting of hundreds of hours of story content (852 or 853 quests on a single character). Players may skip directly to the MSQ at the start of any expansion by purchasing a "Tales of Adventure" skip from the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store using real money ($25 USD). As the story is one of the main focuses of the game, this is generally not recommended for first-time playthroughs, unless one is primarily interested in leveling a new character as quickly as possible to participate in endgame content.

Due to the large number of quests, please see the individual linked questlines below for comprehensive lists of quests.

Chronologically, the Main Scenario Quests are divided in the in-game Journal as follows:

Questline	Level(s)	Number of Quests	Description	Free Trial?	Patch(es)
A Realm Reborn
Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests	1-50	160-161	Part of the base game	1	2.0
Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests	50	80	Concludes the A Realm Reborn story and sets up the Heavensward main story	1	2.1-2.55
Heavensward
Heavensward Main Scenario Quests	50-60	94	Initial release of Heavensward	1	3.0
Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests	60	25	Concludes the main Heavensward story arc	1	3.1-3.3
Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests	60	19	Sets up the Stormblood main story	1	3.4-3.56
Stormblood
Stormblood Main Scenario Quests	60-70	122	Initial release of Stormblood	1	4.0
Post-Stormblood Main Scenario Quests	70	40	Concludes the main Stormblood story arc (4.1-4.3) and sets up the Shadowbringers main story (4.4-4.56)	1	4.1-4.56
Shadowbringers
Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests	70-80	106	Initial release of Shadowbringers	0	5.0
Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests	80	32	Concludes the main Shadowbringers story arc	0	5.1-5.3
Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests II	80	19	Sets up the Endwalker main story	0	5.4-5.55
Endwalker
Endwalker Main Scenario Quests	80-90	108	Initial release of Endwalker, concluding the "Hydaelyn and Zodiark" arc which began in A Realm Reborn	0	6.0
Post-Endwalker Main Scenario Quests	90	47	Begins and concludes a new story arc (6.1-6.5), then sets up the Dawntrail main story (6.55)	0	6.1-6.55
Dawntrail (upcoming)
Dawntrail Main Scenario Quests	90-100	TBA	Initial release of Dawntrail	0	7.0

All MSQs up to the end of the Post-Stormblood Quests are accessible on the Free Trial or with the base game. However, subsequent MSQs require ownership of an expansion (Endwalker, which also includes all Shadowbringers content).

The icon for Main Scenario Quests is meant to resemble Dalamud as it fell during the 1.x version.

Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests

Levels 1-15

Gridania Quest Chain	Limsa Lominsa Quest Chain	Ul'dah Quest Chain
For characters who started as a Lancer, Archer, or Conjurer.	For characters who started as a Marauder or Arcanist.	For characters who started as a Gladiator, Pugilist, or Thaumaturge.
Quest Level Close to Home 1 To the Bannock 4 Passing Muster 5 Chasing Shadows 5 Eggs over Queasy 7 Surveying the Damage 8 A Soldier's Breakfast 9 Spirithold Broken 9 On to Bentbranch 10 You Shall Not Trespass 10 Don't Look Down 10 In the Grim Darkness of the Forest 11 Threat Level Elevated 11 Migrant Marauders 12 A Hearer Is Often Late 13 Salvaging the Scene 13 Leia's Legacy 14 Dread Is in the Air 14 To Guard a Guardian 14 Festive Endeavors 14 Renewing the Covenant 14 The Gridanian Envoy 15 Call of the Sea 15	Quest Level Close to Home 1 On to Summerford 4 Dressed to Call 5 Lurkers in the Grotto 5 Washed Up 7 Double Dealing 8 Loam Maintenance 9 Plowshares to Swords 9 Just Deserts 9 Sky-high 10 Thanks a Million 11 Relighting the Torch 11 On to the Drydocks 11 Without a Doubt 12 Righting the Shipwright 12 Do Angry Pirates Dream 13 Victory in Peril 14 Men of the Blue Tattoos 14 Feint and Strike 14 High Society 14 A Mizzenmast Repast 14 The Lominsan Envoy 15 Call of the Sea 15	Quest Level Ul'dah 1 We Must Rebuild 4 Nothing to See Here 5 Underneath the Sultantree 5 Step Nine 6 Prudence at This Junction 8 Out of House and Home 9 Way Down in the Hole 9 Takin' What They're Givin' 10 Supply and Demands 10 Give It to Me Raw 10 The Perfect Swarm 11 Last Letter to Lost Hope 11 Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 12 Passing the Blade 12 Following Footfalls 13 Storms on the Horizon 13 Oh Captain, My Captain 14 Secrets and Lies 14 Duty, Honor, Country 14 A Matter of Tradition 14 A Royal Reception 14 The Ul'dahn Envoy 15 Call of the Sea 15

Levels 15-20

All classes share the same Main Scenario Quests from this point onward.

Quest	Level
It's Probably Pirates	15
Call of the Forest	15
Fire in the Gloom	16
Call of the Desert	16
Into a Copper Hell	17
The Scions of the Seventh Dawn	17
A Wild Rose by Any Other Name	17
Unsolved Mystery	17
What Poor People Think	18
A Proper Burial	18
For the Children	19
Amalj'aa Wrong Places	19
Dressed to Deceive	19
Life, Materia and Everything	19
Lord of the Inferno	20
A Hero in the Making	20
The Company You Keep (Immortal Flames)	20
For Coin and Country	20
The Company You Keep (Maelstrom)	20
Till Sea Swallows All	20
The Company You Keep (Twin Adder)	20
Wood's Will Be Done	20
Sylph-management	20
We Come in Peace	20
Sylphic Studies	20
First Impressions	20