Here are the missions you can accept in the pubs and taverns of various ports in the game. Terms surrounded by tildas ('~') are placeholders for random values that get filled during play. The choice of planets seems to be rather arbitrary—sometimes you're on the world where the mission is to be carried out, and other times you're across the sphere.
The mission descriptions end with a summary of the reward and the port (and planet) where the reward is to be collected. (The reward is always collected at the local "government" building.)
YOU WILL BE PAID ~REWARD~ GP UPON COMPLETION OF THIS MISSION AT ~PORT~ ON ~PLANET~.
And now, without further ado, the missions!
Note: The mission text is extracted directly from the game files.
A TINKER GNOME BY THE NAME OF LONGBOTTOM GREYBOTTLE HAS COME TO THIS PLANET TO COLLECT SOME BLUE ROCKS NEEDED TO MODIFY A SPELLJAMMING HELM. NOW THAT HE HAS COLLECTED A SACKFUL OF THESE STONES HE WISHES TO BOOK PASSAGE TO ~PLANETA~ WHERE HIS SHIP IS WAITING.
TWO HUGE AND WELL DRESSED LIZARD MEN ARE SEEKING PASSAGE TO ~PLANETA~. THEY APPROACH YOU AND ASK FOR PASSAGE. THEY SEEM VERY ARROGANT AND CONDESCENDING, BUT THEY DO OFFER TO PAY YOU ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES FOR THE TRIP.
A HUGE BLUE HIPPO-LIKE MAN APPROACHES YOU WITH A LARGE AND IRREGULARLY SHAPED PACKAGE. HE NEEDS THIS PACKAGE DELIVERED TO ~PLANETA~, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. LARBO WILL RIDE ALONG TO ASSURE DELIVERY, AND UPON ARRIVAL THE PERSON PICKING UP THE PACKAGE WILL PAY YOU ~REWARD~ IN GOLD.
YOU HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY A HALFLING. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY A PRESS GANG AND FORCED TO SERVE ABOARD A SHIP. HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE WHILE THE SHIP WAS DOCKED AND NOW WANTS TO RETURN TO HIS HOME ON ~PLANETA~. HE TELLS YOU THAT HIS FATHER IS A RICH MERCHANT AND THAT HE WILL PAY ~REWARD~ FOR HIS SON'S SAFE RETURN.
A SINISTER LOOKING MAN IN DARK COLORED ROBES, CARRYING A SMOKING STAFF IN ONE HAND AND A HEAVY SATCHEL IN THE OTHER, APPROACHES YOU. HE POLITELY STATES THAT HE WISHES TO BOOK PASSAGE TO ~PLANETA~. HE ADDS THAT HE IS WILLING TO PAY ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES FOR THE JOURNEY, BUT HE WILL REQUIRE A PRIVATE ROOM AND WISHES TO BE UNDISTURBED FOR THE DURATION OF THE JOURNEY.
A TALL FIGURE DRESSED IN A CRIMSON ROBE WITH A HEAVY COWL APPROACHES YOU. PEERING INTO THE COWL YOU SEE THAT THE FIGURE'S FACE HAS BEEN COVERED BY AN OBSIDIAN MASK. THE FIGURE HANDS YOU A NOTE THAT READS "I HAVE BUSINESS ON THE PLANET GLYTH. FOR YOUR GOOD HUMOR AND TOTAL RESPECT OF MY PRIVACY, I WILL REWARD YOU RICHLY FOR PASSAGE TO MINGWANABE."
A MEMBER OF THE CITY WATCH ASKS YOU TO TAKE A GROUP OF UNRULY LIZARD MEN HOME. HE INDICATES THAT THEY ARE BECOMING A NUISANCE, AND ADDS THAT IF YOU WILL TAKE THEM TO HISSTA ON COLIAR, HE WILL PAY YOU PLENTY. WHY THE LIZARD MEN CANNOT BE CONTROLLED BY THE LOCALS IS NOT EXPLAINED, BUT HE SAYS THAT IF YOU ACCEPT THE JOB THE PASSENGERS WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR SHIP JUST BEFORE LAUNCH.
A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT ASKS YOU TO ACT AS THE COURIER FOR SOME RANSOM THAT HAS TO BE DELIVERED TO CLIVE THE FEARSOME ON GARDEN. IT SEEMS THAT CLIVE IS ACTING AS THE MIDDLE MAN IN A HOSTAGE SITUATION. YOU ARE WARNED THAT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FAMILY RIVAL TO THE HOSTAGE'S, WILL TRY TO STOP YOU. KILLING THEM MAY COMPLICATE MATTERS, SO HE ASKS THAT YOU AVOID KILLING THEM IF YOU CAN.
A YOUNG, FOPPISH LOOKING LAD WITH LONG CURLY HAIR AND EXPENSIVE LOOKING SILK AND VELVET CLOTHING APPROACHES. HE HAS A JEWELLED SABRE AT HIS HIP AND A DUFFEL BAG OVER HIS SHOULDER. HE BEGS YOU TO PROVIDE HIM WITH PASSAGE TO THE WONDROUS CITY OF WATERDEEP. HE LOOKS AROUND, AND IN A LOW, CONSPIRATORIAL VOICE HE TELLS YOU HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE GIANT NUGGETS OF GOLD THAT LIE LOOSE IN THE FIELDS, AND THE GLITTERING GEMS THAT CAN BE FOUND STREWN ALONG THE RIVERBANKS LIKE COMMON STONES.HE SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT IS A WELL KEPT SECRET BY THE PEOPLE OF TORIL, BUT THAT HE SAYS HE WILL PAY YOU TO GET HIM THERE WHERE HE PLANS TO GATHER AS MANY GEMS AS HE CAN CARRY AND COME BACK HERE IN STYLE.
A HIGH MINISTER IN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DRAWS YOU ASIDE FOR A PRIVATE CONVERSATION. HE TELLS YOU THAT HE HAS AN ADMIRAL IN THE ELF NAVY BACK AT HIS HOME. HE TELLS YOU THAT THE ADMIRAL IS ON A SPECIAL MISSION THAT IS VITAL TO THE SECURITY OF THE ENTIRE SPHERE. HE TELLS YOU THAT THE ADMIRAL DOES NOT WANT TO USE HIS OWN SHIP BECAUSE IT IS BEING WATCHED, AND WANTS TO SLIP OUT ON YOUR SHIP RIGHT AFTER HIS OWN VESSEL MAKES A PUBLIC EXIT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. IT IS EXPECTED THAT ANY PURSUERS WILL FOLLOW THE ELF SHIP WHILE THE ADMIRAL SNEAKS AWAY. YOU ARE TO TAKE YOUR PASSENGER TO ~PLANETA~ AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
MASTER THOREN HAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED A LARGE SHIPMENT OF RARE ELVEN RUGS. THESE RUGS FETCH A HIGH VALUE AMONG THE BIRD PEOPLE OF COLIAR, AND IT WAS FOR EVENTUAL SALE THERE THAT THEY WERE PURCHASED. HE HAS RECENTLY LEARNED THAT ONE OF HIS COMPETITORS HAS PURCHASED A SIMILAR LOAD OF CARPETS, AND ALSO WISHES TO SELL THEM AT COLIAR. YOU MUST GET MASTER THOREN'S SHIPMENT THERE FIRST, OR THE MARKET WILL BE TEMPORARILY FLOODED AND MY MASTER WILL HAVE TO HOLD ONTO HIS STOCK UNTIL THE VALUE GOES UP AGAIN, OR SELL THEM AT A LOSS. YOU WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY, AND TRAVEL THERE WITHOUT DELAY.
GRISDALE HELFIRSSON HAS GATHERED TOGETHER A LARGE SHIPMENT OF FINE STEEL SWORDS. HE HAS A BUYER AT ATHANAR ON COLIAR THAT WISHES TO PURCHASE THEM. HE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DELIVER HIS CARGO THERE AND FOR DOING SO HIS BUYER WILL PAY YOU WELL.
FINDO BURRFOOT, A DISTINGUISHED HALFLING FROM THE AREA WISHES TO TRAVEL TO ANADIA TO VISIT HIS DISTANT RELATIONS. THE EXACT NATURE OF HIS BUSINESS IS UNKNOWN TO YOU, BUT HE WISHES TO BOOK PASSAGE ABOARD YOUR SHIP IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO VISIT ANADIA SHORTLY. HE OFFERS TO PAY YOU ~REWARD~ PIECES OF GOLD UPON SAFE ARRIVAL AT ANADIA.
ELDER SLATH BROKENTAIL OF THE PORT OF HISSTA HAS BEEN TRAVELLING ABROAD AND NOW WISHES TO RETURN TO HIS HOME. IF YOU COULD DELIVER HIM UNHARMED TO HISSTA AT COLIAR, HE WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY YOU ~REWARD~ GOLD UPON HIS SAFE ARRIVAL.
ESTAF MORALLAN WAS RECENTLY RESCUED FROM A NAUTILOID SLAVER WHEN HIS EX-MASTERS WERE SLAIN IN BATTLE. HE WISHES TO RETURN TO HIS HOME ON TORIL AND IS HOPING TO BOOK PASSAGE THERE WITH YOU. SINCE WINNING HIS FREEDOM, HE HAS MANAGED TO GATHER TOGETHER A STAKE OF ~REWARD~ GOLD AND OFFERS IT ALL TO YOU IF ONLY YOU WOULD GET HIM OFF THIS "GODSFORSAKEN" ALIEN WORLD AND BACK TO THE FAMILIAR STREETS AND PUBS OF WATERDEEP.
ELDRAN FIRESTAFF, AN ELVEN MAGE, WISHES TO TRAVEL TO GLYTH. HE SEEMS UNWILLING TO DISCUSS THE REASONS WHY HE WISHES TO GO THERE, BUT HE SAYS HE WILL PAY YOU A HANDSOME FEE TO SEE TO HIS SAFE PASSAGE.
YOU ARE APPROACHED BY A WEALTHY MERCHANT. HE HAS BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF RARE ART OBJECTS FROM SELUNE. IN ORDER TO TENDER HIS BID ON THESE ITEMS HE MUST GET TO ~PLANETA~ AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HE IS PREPARED TO GIVE YOU ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES IF YOU CAN GET HIM THERE QUICKLY.
A GROUP OF MERCHANTS WISH TO TRAVEL TO ~PLANETA~ IN ORDER TO ARRANGE A TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE OFFICIALS OF THAT PORT. THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY YOU ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES IF YOU CAN GRANT THEM SAFE PASSAGE TO THEIR DESTINATION.
A PAIR OF IDENTICAL TWINS DRESSED IN WELL-TENDED ARMOR, AND CARRYING WEAPONS, SEEK TO BOOK PASSAGE ON YOUR VESSEL. THEY NERVOUSLY CONFIDE IN YOU THAT THEY HAVE HAD A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND NEED TO LEAVE THE PLANET IN A HURRY. THEY WILL PAY YOU ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES IF YOU TAKE THEM TO ~PLANETA~.
AN ELDERLY MAN AND A VERY YOUNG WOMAN SEEK TO BOOK PASSAGE ON YOUR SHIP. THE MAN SAYS THAT HE HAS HEARD LEGENDS OF A PLACE CALLED ~PLANETA~ AND HE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE THEM THERE. HE SAYS THAT HIS WIFE THREATENED TO HUNT HIM DOWN TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH WHEN HE LEFT, SO HE DECIDED TO TAKE NO CHANCES ON HER KEEPING UP HER END OF THE BARGAIN. AS PAYMENT HE IS WILLING TO PAY ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES FOR HIS PASSAGE.
YOU ARE APPROACHED BY A SMALL MAN DRESSED IN FINE SILK GARMENTS. HE IS FLANKED ON EITHER SIDE BY A PAIR OF HEAVILY ARMORED OGRES AND HE LOOKS HAUGHTILY AT YOU WHILE PLAYING WITH A JEWELLED PENDANT AROUND HIS NECK. REACHING TO HIS BELT HE PULLS OUT A BAG AND POURS SOME SPARKLING GEMSTONES INTO HIS HAND. HE SAYS THAT HE HAS A PACKAGE WAITING AT ANADIA THAT HE NEEDS TO HAVE MOVED TO MINGWANABE. IF YOU WILL TAKE THE JOB, YOU WILL BE WELL PAID. IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT.... HE LOOKS SUGGESTIVELY AT THE FOUR OGRES WHO SMILE AT YOU WITH TOOTHY GRINS.
ANTON OF GILDENHOLT, A WEALTHY MERCHANT LIVING ON MINGWANABE HAS ARRANGED FOR THE MARRIAGE OF HIS DAUGHTER ESTRANDA TO AN EARL ON TORIL. HE WISHES TO INSURE THE SAFE DELIVERY OF HIS DAUGHTER AND HER DOWRY TO THE ESTATE OF HER HUSBAND TO BE. HER PROSPECTIVE HUSBAND HAS ARRANGED FOR HER TO BE PICKED UP AT WATERDEEP. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET HER THERE WITH HER DOWRY AND WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND YOU WILL BE HANDSOMELY REWARDED.
A NOBLEMAN ON ANADIA IS ON POOR TERMS WITH AN EX-BUSINESS PARTNER ON GARDEN. HE WISHES FOR YOU TO PICK UP A CASE OF EXPENSIVE ELVEN WINE FROM ANADIA AND DELIVER IT TO GARDEN AS A GESTURE OF GOODWILL IN THE HOPES THAT THIS WILL HELP TO SETTLE THINGS BETWEEN THEM.
A CONSORTIUM OF MERCHANTS HAS MADE A GROUP PURCHASE OF SOME EXPENSIVE CARGO. THE CARGO IS PRESENTLY LOCATED AT ~PLANETA~ AND THEY DESIRE THAT IT BE DELIVERED TO THEM AT ~PLANETB~. IF YOU TAKE THIS JOB THEY ARE PREPARED TO PAY YOU ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES.
YOU ARE APPROACHED BY A MEMBER OF THE PRAGMATIC ORDER OF THOUGHT. HE SAYS HE HAS HEARD THAT A HAMMERSHIP, MANNED BY MEMBERS OF THE TENTH PIT WILL BE ATTACKING HIS HOME PORT ON ~PLANET~. IF THEY ARE INTERCEPTED BEFORE THEY ATTACK, MANY LIVES MAY BE SAVED. THE COUNCIL WILL PAY YOU ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES.
A LARGE AND BADLY SCARRED LIZARD MAN APPROACHES YOU WITH A STRANGE TALE. IT SEEMS THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN UMBERGUARD AND HISSTA HAVE BEEN STRAINED OF LATE DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF A RAIDING SHIP OF UNKNOWN ORIGINS. THIS SHIP HAS BEEN ATTACKING NUMEROUS COLONIES ON ANADIA, AND DURING THE ATTACKS, THE RAIDERS FLEW THE FLAG OF HISSTA. THE LIZARD MAN INTRODUCES HIMSELF AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HISTAAN GOVERNMENT, AND CLAIMS THAT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THESE RAIDERS, OR OF THEIR ORIGIN. HE TELLS YOU THAT HIS SUPERIORS ARE LESS THAN PLEASED AT THIS SLUR AGAINST THEIR NAME, AND THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY ~REWARD~ TO HAVE THE OFFENDING SHIP TAKEN CARE OF PERMANENTLY.
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT APPROACHES YOU WITH A STRANGE AND SINISTER TALE. IT SEEMS THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO, A GROUP OF ADVENTURERS EXPLORING A CAVE STUMBLED UPON A LONG LOST SPELLJAMMER SHIP THAT WAS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. UNKNOWN TO THEM, WHAT HAD PRESERVED IT ALL THIS TIME WAS THE SPIRIT OF A POWERFUL UNDEAD CREATURE. WHEN THEY CLIMBED ABOARD THE SHIP, THE UNDEAD SPIRIT POSSESSED THEIR MINDS AND TURNED THEM INTO UNDEAD. NOW THIS GHOST SHIP HAS TAKEN TO THE SKIES AGAIN, MANNED BY ITS UNDEAD CREW, AND DESTROYS EVERY SHIP IT RUNS INTO. IF YOU CAN DESTROY THIS MENACE TO SPACE TRAVELLERS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN ~REWARD~ FOR YOUR EFFORTS. IT WAS LAST SIGHTED IN THE VISINITY OF ~PLANETA~.
AN OFFICIAL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF WATERDEEP APPROACHES YOU AND EXPLAINS THAT HE HAS A JOB FOR YOU. APPARENTLY A PIRATE VESSEL HAS BEEN RAIDING AND ATTACKING SHIPPING AROUND THE THREE INNER PLANETS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. THE OFFICIAL SAYS THAT THE NAVY HAS TRIED TO SET TRAPS FOR THIS VESSEL SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WHENEVER THEY GET CLOSE TO CAPTURING IT, IT SEEMS TO VANISH INTO THIN AIR. THEY BELIEVE ITS BASE IS SOMEWHERE NEAR ~PLANETA~, AND WANT YOU TO FIND THE SHIP AND ELIMINATE IT.
AN ELDERLY MAN APPROACHES YOU AND SAYS THAT HE HAS A BOON TO ASK OF YOU. HE SAYS HE IS ONE OF THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS OF MINGWANABE, AND THAT THE ILLITHID SHIPS FROM NEIGHBORING GLYTH HAVE BECOME MORE HOSTILE TOWARDS THEM LATELY. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SKIRMISHES AND CLASHES WITH NAUTILOIDS AND THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT THE MIND FLAYERS ARE TESTING THEIR DEFENSES AND RESPONSES IN ANTICIPATION OF AN ALL OUT ATTACK. HE WOULD LIKE TO HIRE YOU AS A MERCENARY OF SORTS TO ATTACK AND DESTROY SEVERAL OF THE MIND FLAYER SHIPS IN THE AREA. THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT IF THEY MANAGE TO DESTROY SEVERAL ILLITHID VESSELS, THE ILLITHIDS WILL THINK TWICE ABOUT THE ATTACK AND LEAVE THEM ALONE. HE SAYS THEY CAN'T AFFORD MUCH MONEY, BUT THAT THEY WILL HELP YOUR CAREER IN OTHER WAYS, LIKE SPREADING THE WORD AMONG SPACE TRAVELLERS AND PASSING MERCHANTS ABOUT WHAT A POWERFUL AND HONEST CAPTAIN YOU ARE. HE PRAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP HIS PEOPLE, BECAUSE WITHOUT HELP HE FEELS THEY WILL SOON BE OVERWHELMED BY THE MIND-FLAYERS.
THE DREAD PIRATE LEIF MITDAL HAS BEEN PILLAGING THE SPACE LANES IN THE VICINITY OF COLIAR. HIS ACTIONS HAVE BECOME A SERIOUS THREAT TO COMMERCE ON THAT PLANET, AND MERCHANTS THERE AND ON OTHER WORLDS WISH FOR THIS OBSTACLE TO BE "REMOVED." THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY YOU ~REWARD~ GOLD TO FIND THIS PIRATE, AND TAKE CARE OF HIM.
A GROUP OF ILLITHID SLAVERS HAS BEEN PREYING ON SHIPS THAT STOP AT KARPRI FOR AIR. A MERCHANT, WHO WISHES TO REMAIN NAMELESS, BARELY ESCAPED THEIR CLUTCHES AND SUSTAINED GREAT LOSSES TO HIS SHIP, CARGO, AND CREW. HE WISHES TO AVENGED THIS ATTACK AND IS WILLING TO PAY YOU THE SUM OF ~REWARD~ GOLD IF YOU CAN DESTROY THE SLAVERS AND BRING HIM PROOF OF THE DEED.
AN ILLITHID SLAVER SHIP HAS RECENTLY CAPTURED THE DAUGHTER OF A WEALTHY LANDOWNER. HE HAS CONSULTED MAGICAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND DETERMINED THAT THE MIND-FLAYERS HAVE ALREADY KILLED HIS DAUGHTER, SO RATHER THAN A RESCUE, HE DESIRES VENGEANCE. HE HAS MANAGED TO LEARN THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE SHIP, BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO GET THERE. HE WOULD BE WILLING TO REWARD YOU IF YOU COULD FIND THIS SLAVER SHIP AND ERADICATE IT. THEY WERE LAST SEEN NEAR PLANET ~PLANETA~.
QUALL D'ORD, A ONE-TIME TRADER AND SPELLJAMMER CAPTAIN, HAS HAD HIS SHIP STOLEN BY HIS EX-FIRST MATE ELCOM BLACKLEAF WHILE HE WAS IN PORT BUYING SUPPLIES. HE BELIEVES THAT THE SHIP IS BOUND FOR KARPRI TO MEET ANOTHER VESSEL THERE AND QUALL IS EAGER TO SEE HIS MUTINOUS EX-MATE COME TO A NASTY END. HE WILL PAY YOU ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES IF YOU WILL HURRY TO KARPRI, INTERCEPT THE VESSEL, AND DEAL WITH HIS FORMER MATE.
A GROUP OF ILLITHID SLAVERS HAVE BEEN RAIDING A NUMBER OF CITIES ON TORIL. THE GOVERNMENT OF WATERDEEP IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT WILL FIND THESE SLAVERS, AND DESTROY THEM, THUS ELIMINATING THE THREAT THEY POSE TO THE FREE PEOPLE OF THEIR CITY, AND THE SURROUNDING LANDS. THEY ARE OFFERING A REWARD OF ~REWARD~ GOLD TO THE PERSON WHO DESTROYS THEM. THE SLAVERS HAVE BEEN HANGING AROUND IN THE VOID AROUND TORIL.
A NEOGI SHIP HAS BEEN PREYING ON ANADIAN SHIPPING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE GOVERNMENT OF ANADIA HAS FOUND THAT TRADE WITH THEIR PLANET HAS BECOME SERIOUSLY AFFECTED AND WANT THE PLAYERS TO GET RID OF THE SHIP SO THAT MERCHANTS WON'T BE SCARED TO GO THERE ANYMORE. THEY ARE OFFERING ~REWARD~ GOLD PIECES FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP, PAYABLE WITH PROOF OF THE KILL.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO A SHIP MANNED BY BLACK BART ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PIRATES OF ALL TIME, WAS DESTROYED IN THE VOID ABOVE COLIAR. BLACK BART'S DYING WORDS WERE THAT HE WOULD GET REVENGE ON THOSE WHO KILLED HIM. IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS BLACK BART'S SHIP HAS BEEN SIGHTED AGAIN, THIS TIME AS A GHOST SHIP CREWED BY BART'S OLD UNDEAD CREW. THEY HAVE BEEN ATTACKING ANY VESSELS IN THE VICINITY OF COLIAR.
