Dimraeth Side Quests Guide — How They Work in Early Access

Yes, Dimraeth has side quests — and the first hotfix of Early Access proves how load-bearing they are, since two of Hotfix 0.107.7694's five official fix lines touch questing directly. Side quests sit alongside the Act 1 main story, the repeatable Deed board, and the relationship system's personal quests, and the game deliberately lets all four run at once. That freedom is the appeal and the trap: community guides consistently report that players who chase every marker stall out, while players who take side quests on purpose — for a vendor, a recipe, a relationship step — progress fastest. Here is how the side-quest layer works and when to say yes.

What counts as a side quest in Dimraeth

Dimraeth splits its optional content into layers, and knowing which is which changes how you play them. Side quests are the story-adjacent jobs offered around Earlwood Village and its people — community walkthroughs describe town-board jobs that pay XP and materials, and NPC requests that open relationships and recruits. Deeds are different by design: officially confirmed as a repeatable system with progressive difficulties, they are the combat-oriented endgame loop rather than narrative content. Personal quests sit deepest — the store description states that deeper relationships unlock new conversations and personal quests, tied to the allies you recruit to your sanctum. The first hotfix's quest fixes — making side quests non-abandonable and repairing a Maintaining the Defenses turn-in — apply to the quest layer specifically, not to Deeds.

What side quests actually give you

The official material is concrete about the payoff loop. Questing and recruiting allies is how you populate your sanctum, and the store description states that investing materials in your allies' facilities expands shop inventories, adds crafting services, and opens more farming plots — so a side quest that recruits an ally also upgrades your economy. Community walkthroughs add the practical read: optional content is worth taking when it solves a current problem, whether that is a crafting recipe, a vendor unlock, or the relationship step that opens a companion's personal quest. Early Access launch notes also list new quests and NPCs among what the paid build added over the demo, which is why spring-era quest lists no longer match what you will find around Earlwood.