THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Quests

First seen: Book 2, Chapter 4

A new tab that appears in Carl's interface this chapter, the first on-page quest either of them has gotten. Mordecai had mentioned quests once or twice before, per Carl, but the two of them had never actually discussed how the system works, and he's too drunk to explain it once Carl finally asks.

Interface Feature

Connections

Carl:

The Air Quadrant's own throne room falls once Denise dies; a bubble notification credits Carl and Donut with occupying the Commandant's quarters and liberating the quadrantB4C16

A bronze "save the town" quest fires once the storm shield fails outright, requiring five downed balloons to shelter Hump Town; handed off to Louis, Firas, and Langley's team, still unresolved as the chapter endsB4C15

Gets a new quest, The Gate of the Feral Gods: take the artifact's three pieces from Henrik, Commandant Kane, and the Mad Dune Mage and assemble them. No reward line shown, only the AI's own gleeful "Oh boy-oh-boy"B4C15

"Squeeze out the Juice Box" completes once the town survives the bombardment; the AI's own completion text is openly unimpressed. Reward: a Platinum Quest BoxB4C12

Gets a new quest, "Squeeze out the Juice Box": save Hump Town from the coming bombardment within an hour and 15 minutes, for a Platinum Quest Box and a quadrant-wide charisma bonus with ChangelingsB4C10

Gets a new achievement, Total, Utter Failure, for failing a quest less than five minutes after receiving it; reward text is just "Ha."B4C7

"Stay out of city hall" completes the moment he finds Wynne chained beneath the building, immediately followed by a new quest, "Free Wynne from his bondage," for a promised Silver Quest Box; fails within seconds when the rival crawler Low Thi kills Wynne before Carl can actB4C6

Gets a new quest, "Stay out of city hall," the moment Clay warns him away from Hump Town's City Hall: find out what's inside for a promised Silver Quest Box. Still open through chapter 4B4C1

Gets a Quest Update partway through The Fools Who Broke the Glass detailing four precursor bursts leading up to the main blast; leads the evacuating crowd to floor 4's entrance door with the countdown still running, no completion or reward shown before the chapter endsB2C25

The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens finally completes once Remex finishes his own story, no fight needed; a new Group Quest, The Fools Who Broke the Glass, fires immediately after, naming Carl, Donut, and Katia Grim's party as Host of a settlement-wide evacuationB2C24

Concludes The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens still isn't done: they know how the women ended up in the alleys but not why, and identifies confronting Remex in the warehouse across the street as the actual remaining objectiveB2C23

Kills both Featherfall and, per the achievement text, Miss Quill in the blast meant to draw out the quest's head boss, but The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens still doesn't resolve, meaning neither of them was actually it; Burgundy's dying testimony points to Remex as the real culprit instead, still unconfirmed by the quest itself as the chapter endsB2C22

Takes The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens to Magistrate Featherfall's office, dropping the second victim's corpse on his assistant's desk when she refuses to hear the complaint; comes away naming Featherfall himself as his prime suspect and plans to return that night, though the quest itself remains open and unresolvedB2C18

Gets a new quest, The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens, from GumGum: find out who is draining and killing women whose bodies keep turning up in the alleys every morning. Reward promised as a Silver Quest Box, a tier down from the Gold box The Show Must Go On paid out, which Donut reads as a sign this one should be easierB2C14

The Show Must Go On flashes complete moments after Signet walks back into the tent, with no completion text or reward line shown; roughly six unnamed achievements and a jump from level 15 to 18 land in his inbox in the same instant. It's Elementary, My Dear Crawler! remains untouched and unresolvedB2C11

Picks up what might be a second quest this chapter, granted (or at least described) inside the notification for a new achievement, It’s Elementary, My Dear Crawler!; no title is given for it, unlike The Show Must Go On. Still holds the original quest too, untouched and unresolvedB2C5

Gets the new Quests tab and his first quest, The Show Must Go On, on wandering into the ruins of Grimaldi's Traveling Circus; tries to ask Mordecai about it over chat, but Mordecai is too drunk to answerB2C4

Mordecai:

Doesn't fight Donut on committing to the quest, saying he's her manager and not her dad, but holds the line that they still have to spend as much time grinding and killing as possible alongside itB2C17

Refers to it as 'your quest with this circus and this Signet woman,' tying it directly to Tsarina Signet's own elite storyline. Says that with only eight days on the floor and Carl already behind the curve, his advice, had he been sober enough to give it at chapter 4, would have been to skip it entirely and head straight for the city insteadB2C7

Donut:

Declares outright that they're following through on the quest now that GumGum is dead, telling Mordecai there's nothing he can do to stop themB2C17

History by chapter
Book 2
Chapter 4
  • TAG Interface Feature: Debuts this chapter with an admin notice and a chime-and-streamers announcement; how it actually works isn't explained on the page
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Gets the new Quests tab and his first quest, The Show Must Go On, on wandering into the ruins of Grimaldi's Traveling Circus; tries to ask Mordecai about it over chat, but Mordecai is too drunk to answer
Chapter 5
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Picks up what might be a second quest this chapter, granted (or at least described) inside the notification for a new achievement, It’s Elementary, My Dear Crawler!; no title is given for it, unlike The Show Must Go On. Still holds the original quest too, untouched and unresolved
Chapter 7
  • RELATIONSHIP Mordecai: Refers to it as 'your quest with this circus and this Signet woman,' tying it directly to Tsarina Signet's own elite storyline. Says that with only eight days on the floor and Carl already behind the curve, his advice, had he been sober enough to give it at chapter 4, would have been to skip it entirely and head straight for the city instead
Chapter 11
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: The Show Must Go On flashes complete moments after Signet walks back into the tent, with no completion text or reward line shown; roughly six unnamed achievements and a jump from level 15 to 18 land in his inbox in the same instant. It's Elementary, My Dear Crawler! remains untouched and unresolved
Chapter 14
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Gets a new quest, The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens, from GumGum: find out who is draining and killing women whose bodies keep turning up in the alleys every morning. Reward promised as a Silver Quest Box, a tier down from the Gold box The Show Must Go On paid out, which Donut reads as a sign this one should be easier
Chapter 17
  • RELATIONSHIP Mordecai: Doesn't fight Donut on committing to the quest, saying he's her manager and not her dad, but holds the line that they still have to spend as much time grinding and killing as possible alongside it
  • RELATIONSHIP Donut: Declares outright that they're following through on the quest now that GumGum is dead, telling Mordecai there's nothing he can do to stop them
Chapter 18
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Takes The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens to Magistrate Featherfall's office, dropping the second victim's corpse on his assistant's desk when she refuses to hear the complaint; comes away naming Featherfall himself as his prime suspect and plans to return that night, though the quest itself remains open and unresolved
Chapter 22
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Kills both Featherfall and, per the achievement text, Miss Quill in the blast meant to draw out the quest's head boss, but The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens still doesn't resolve, meaning neither of them was actually it; Burgundy's dying testimony points to Remex as the real culprit instead, still unconfirmed by the quest itself as the chapter ends
Chapter 23
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Concludes The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens still isn't done: they know how the women ended up in the alleys but not why, and identifies confronting Remex in the warehouse across the street as the actual remaining objective
Chapter 24
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: The Sex Workers Who Fell from the Heavens finally completes once Remex finishes his own story, no fight needed; a new Group Quest, The Fools Who Broke the Glass, fires immediately after, naming Carl, Donut, and Katia Grim's party as Host of a settlement-wide evacuation
Chapter 25
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Gets a Quest Update partway through The Fools Who Broke the Glass detailing four precursor bursts leading up to the main blast; leads the evacuating crowd to floor 4's entrance door with the countdown still running, no completion or reward shown before the chapter ends
Book 4
Chapter 1
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Gets a new quest, "Stay out of city hall," the moment Clay warns him away from Hump Town's City Hall: find out what's inside for a promised Silver Quest Box. Still open through chapter 4
Chapter 6
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: "Stay out of city hall" completes the moment he finds Wynne chained beneath the building, immediately followed by a new quest, "Free Wynne from his bondage," for a promised Silver Quest Box; fails within seconds when the rival crawler Low Thi kills Wynne before Carl can act
Chapter 7
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Gets a new achievement, Total, Utter Failure, for failing a quest less than five minutes after receiving it; reward text is just "Ha."
Chapter 10
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Gets a new quest, "Squeeze out the Juice Box": save Hump Town from the coming bombardment within an hour and 15 minutes, for a Platinum Quest Box and a quadrant-wide charisma bonus with Changelings
Chapter 12
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: "Squeeze out the Juice Box" completes once the town survives the bombardment; the AI's own completion text is openly unimpressed. Reward: a Platinum Quest Box
Chapter 15
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Gets a new quest, The Gate of the Feral Gods: take the artifact's three pieces from Henrik, Commandant Kane, and the Mad Dune Mage and assemble them. No reward line shown, only the AI's own gleeful "Oh boy-oh-boy"
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: A bronze "save the town" quest fires once the storm shield fails outright, requiring five downed balloons to shelter Hump Town; handed off to Louis, Firas, and Langley's team, still unresolved as the chapter ends
Chapter 16
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: The Air Quadrant's own throne room falls once Denise dies; a bubble notification credits Carl and Donut with occupying the Commandant's quarters and liberating the quadrant