Tracking Quests & Locations

QUESTION

Is there an easy way for me to track the progress of a quest? How can I find the locations a quest is directing me to?

ANSWER

Quest tracking in Vanguard is a pretty simple thing; it displays your quest objectives and marks your progress toward your goals. To track a quest  just open your quest journal (click on the journal icon on your hotbar or type L, the key your journal is mapped to by default) and you'll see the options available to you. Click on a quest to highlight it. In the center of the quest window you'll find the track quest toggle. Click this once to toggle quest tracking on (or again to turn it off). When you see a check mark in the quest window beside the words "track quest," you're currently tracking the highlighted quest in your heads up display.You can track the progress of more than one quest at a time.  (See figure 1 below.)

You can also track the locations of various points of interest related to quests as well as specific quest NPCs that you need to interact with. To do this, open your quest journal, highlight a quest, and then scroll down to the bottom of the quest dialog. Select the NPC or location you wish to track. (See figure 2 below.) You'll notice that a red line has been added to your compass. Point your character in the direction marked by the red line and head out! As you get closer to your destination, the red line will grow wider, and when you reach your destination it will cover the entire compass. You can only track one location at a time, of course.

Good luck and happy questing!

Figure 1 Quest Tracking (click to enlarge)

Figure 2 Location Tracking (click to enlarge)

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