fetch quests
Go get tasks
Fetch quests are video game missions where a player must retrieve an item and bring it back to a character—go here, get this, return.
The term often carries dismissive connotations, suggesting tedious busywork that pads out gameplay without offering meaningful challenge or narrative depth: The game is nothing but fetch quests.
The concept extends to any errand-like task assigned in real life: My job has turned into endless fetch quests for my boss.
- missionPurpose-driven task
- side missionOptional supplementary objective
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- taskWork to be done
- sidequestOptional secondary objective
objective · scavenger hunts · get · goal · bring · assignment · player character · exposition · level design · go · adventure · padding · backtracking · players · plot devices · immersion · mechanics · world-building
- game activitiescooking, crafting, farming, fishing, mining
- game contentDLC, expansions, boss fights, levels, missions
- side questsside missions, escort missions, bounties, errands, odd jobs
- gaming problemsbugs, glitches, lag, crashes, cheaters