side quest
/saɪd kwest/
EN
An optional secondary mission in a video game that is not required to complete the main story.
I spent three hours completing side quests instead of finishing the main story.
Etymology
Coined in the early days of video gaming in the 1980s, the phrase combines 'side' (meaning secondary) and 'quest' (meaning mission), drawing from older meanings of quest as a journey or mission.
Translations
简体中文
支线任务
繁體中文
支線任務
日本語
サイドクエスト
한국어
서브 퀘스트
Deutsch
Nebenquest
Español
misión secundaria
Português
missão secundária
Français
quête secondaire
Català
missió secundària
Tiếng Việt
nhiệm vụ phụ
Collocations
complete a side questoptional side questside quest reward
Synonyms
subquestsecondary missionoptional mission
Antonyms
main questmain story mission
Related Words
questmain questopen worldvideo gamemission