Meaning

3 senses
  1. In fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest.

  2. A quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game, but often provides additional rewards.

    Completion of a sidequest often results in the acquisition of money or items that are otherwise unavailable, or unlocks another sidequest.

    Seitenquest, Nebenquest

  3. A quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game, but often provides additional rewards.

    (Internet, broadly)A real-world action or task which a person does in addition to or instead of a main action or task; a diversion.

    That celebrity keeps completing random sidequests like hosting award shows.

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By meaning 1
in fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest; quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game:

Origin

From side (“incidental; indirect”, adjective) + quest (noun).

From side (“incidental; indirect”, adjective) + quest (noun).

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