Subquest

//ˈsʌbˌkwɛst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A secondary quest that forms part of a larger quest.

    "If each of five paths through the game has an entirely independent set of locations, monsters, spells, characters, subquests, and game objectives, the designer is essentially faced with creating five wholly different games."

Example

More examples

"If each of five paths through the game has an entirely independent set of locations, monsters, spells, characters, subquests, and game objectives, the designer is essentially faced with creating five wholly different games."

Etymology

From sub- + quest.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.