Final Fantasy 14 is filled with plenty of sidequests to allow you to delve even deeper into adventures found in Eorzea. Sidequests are the way to open up new dungeons, trials, instanced areas, raids, aether currents, and more. Additionally, it's often with sidequests that players find some of the best storylines, humor, and rewards.
We've picked out ten of the best sidequests with rather awesome rewards, such as emotes, minions, and gear that is perfect for glamor fanatics. Just below you'll find our top ten picks as well as guides as to where to find them and what prerequisites are required.
10 Learning to Lali-ho
Players can start the "Learning to Lali-ho" quest in Kholusia, one of the areas added in the most recent expansion, Shadowbringers. You need to speak to Ronitt at (X:11.1, Y:11.8) to start the quest and it is super easy to complete. It has a little bit of running around, but essentially you'll be guided to speak to specific NPCs at certain locations, before being rewarded with the Lali-ho emote.
To be able to start the quest, players must have progressed past the "Meet the Tholls" main scenario quest and completed the prerequisite quest chain beginning with "A Disagreeable Dwarf" from Beott in Kholusia (X:12.5, Y:9.3).
9 Like Cats and Dogs
The quest "Like Cats and Dogs" doesn't actually give the rewards, but it opens up two separate quests that will each give you an awesome minion. Speak to Skribyld in Western La Noscea (X:26.4, Y:26.4) to begin "Like Cats and Dogs" and follow through on speaking to various NPCs to complete it.
After this, Skribyld will offer two new quests "Curiosity Killed the Coeurl" and "Man's Best Friend". The first rewards you with the Coeurl Kitten minion and is easy enough to complete by looking for a baby coeurl in Skull Valley, and then report to Skribyld. The second will reward you with the Wolf Pup minion and you just have to trade the pup a bone and /soothe it before speaking to Skribyld to complete the quest.
8 Ant Juice
A popular glamor item, especially for those who like to use the Nier items, is the Head Bandage item. Considering its popularity for glamors, this item is super easy to obtain. Players must complete the "Ant Juice" quest given by Ranulf in Rhalgr's Reach (X:12.8, Y:10.7).
Ranulf will give you some powder and ask you to scatter it at the designated location, which spawns a monster that you can easily defeat solo. Afterward, return to Ranulf to claim your reward. In order to begin this quest, you must first have completed the main scenario quest "The Lady in Red".
7 Protectors of the Wood
Another great side-quest that was added with the addition of Shadowbringers is "Protectors of the Wood", which rewards players with the Great Serpent of Ronka minion. This little guy has become so popular with fans that there is now more than one minion variant of him and an awesome mount! However, to get the original, just follow the instructions below.
Speak to Phyna in The Rak'tika Greatwood (X:30.8, Y:20.3) to start the quest. You'll be asked to run around and speak to various NPCs before heading out to track down three ancient stone tablets. Your map will guide you to the locations required, after which you must speak to Quinfort before finally handing the tablets to Lanille to receive your new minion.
To access this quest, you must have progressed past the "In Good Faith" main scenario quest. You also need to have completed two prerequisite side quest chains, beginning with "Stand on Ceremony" from Lanille in The Rak'tika Greatwood (X:31.4, Y:17) and "The Great Deceiver" from Valan in The Rak'tika Greatwood (X:19.9, Y:27.7).
6 Scholasticate Quest Chain
The Scholasticate side quest chain has a few decent rewards including the Inspector's Eyeglasses item, Spectacles emote, and the Scholasticate Coat item, earned from the last two quests in the chain. These items, especially the Eyeglasses, are popular for glamors.
To begin this quest chain you need to accept the "Keeping the Ledger" quest from Mathye in The Pillars (X:6.3, Y:9.4). To begin this, players must have completed the main scenario quest "He Who Would Not Be Denied" first.
5 And Then There Were None
Another Shadowbringers side quest rewards you with this adorable Giant Beaver minion, though it's not a straight forward reward like other sidequests. You need to complete the sidequest chain that begins with "When Beavers Cry" from Lad Kenn in Il Mheg (X:14.1, Y:32.7).
Once you have finished "And Then There Were None" (also from Lad Kenn) a Giant Beaver NPC will then become a merchant. He can be found in Il Mheg at (20.6-36.2). Trading this beaver a Dancing Wing will get you the Giant Beaver minion! However, that's easier said than done, as Dancing Wings only drop from The Dancing Plague (Extreme) trial, or you can opt to buy one from the market board, but it won't come cheap.
4 Disciples of Creation
The "Disciples of Creation" quest gives the Namazu Bell item as a reward, a popular glamor item, especially for Miqo'te and Hrothgar characters as it makes them look like pet cats. The quest is given by Gyoshin in The Azim Steppe (X:6.2, Y:23.3).
This quest is actually one of the Beastmen quests, so players will have to progress through the Namazu Beast Tribe Quests, which begin with "Something Fishy This Way Comes" from the Floundering Namazu in The Azim Steppe (X:17.5, Y:37.6) and progress their rank until "Disciples of Creation" is offered to them. This is the last quest in the chain, and alongside the Namazu Bell reward, your rank with this tribe will increase to Bloodsworn.
To begin the Namazu Beastmen quests, players must have completed the "In Crimson They Walked" main scenario quest, as well as two separate quest chains beginning with "Courage the Cowardly Lupin" from Fukudo in Yanxia (X:31, Y:17.8) and "Perchance to Hanami" from Ochimi in Yanxia (X:30.4, Y:18.4).
3 The Burdens We Bear
For a sidequest that offers a rollercoaster of emotion, as well as the awesome Haurchefant emote as a reward, you'll want to complete "The Burdens We Bear", given by Slowfix in Idyllshire (X:7.6, Y:6.6).
To be able to start this quest, you must have first completed the "Heroes of the Hour" Heavensward main scenario quest and progressed through the sidequest chain beginning with "The Paths We Walk", which is given by the House Fortemps Manservant (X:6, Y:6) in House Fortemps in Ishgard.
2 The Little Postmoogle That Could
If you've ever wanted to be like one of the adorable little Postmoogles that deliver your mail — now you can! The Postmoogle Cap is a reward from the "The Little Postmoogle That Could" side quest given by the Deputy Postmoogle NPC in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X:10.5, Y:11.4).
To be able to start this quest, you must have completed the "The Ultimate Weapon" main scenario quest, as well as the previous quests in this specific chain, beginning with "Of Errant Epistles" by Klynthota in Mor Dhona (X:30.5, Y:13.7). This quest chain is rather long, but there are other noteworthy rewards, such as the Star-spangled Subligar item.
1 Hildibrand Quest Chain
The Hildibrand Quest chain is arguably the best in the game to get you a whole bunch of awesome rewards, including the Manderville Dance emote, Wind-up Gentlemen minion, Manderville Coatee and Bottoms gear, Most Gentlemanly emote, Gigi minion, and Manderville Mambo emote. Additionally, the storyline for this chain is hilarious and so it's doubly worth completing.
The first quest in this chain is "The Rise and Fall of Gentlemen" given by Wymond in Ul'dah, at the Steps of Nald (X:9.9, Y:8.7). Players must first have completed the main scenario quest "The Ultimate Weapon" in order to begin this quest. Square Enix has extended the Hildibrand questline twice already, with there now being three quest arcs including the original, so it's possible more will be added in the future.