Quest and Task

Quest

Quest noun - An act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something.

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Task and quest are semantically related In some cases you can use "Task" instead a noun "Quest".

Nearby Words: question, quested, questing

Task noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

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Quest and task are semantically related in job topic. Sometimes you can use "Quest" instead a noun "Task".

Nearby Words: tasked, taskwork, tasking

special	special quest	special task
long	long quest	long task
particular	particular quest	particular task
specific	specific quest	specific task
Other adjectives: certain, current, original, single, difficult, simple, dangerous, arduous, main, daily, easy, important, personal, new, major, heroic, minor, next, last, different, optional.

Also, the player character would also gain some personality which varies per quest or task.

Source: Perpetually Static
They might acknowledge it via narrative in the game's manual, or at the end of a completed quest/task/assignment/whatever the case may be in the game itself.

Source: The Player Is the Most Important Resource
An early quest in Xenoblade Chronicles X has an Interceptor named Carl task you with clearing a cave of indigens, but balk at the prospect when it turns out the beasts in question are all young.

Source: Naïve Animal Lover

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