Another Eden Begins launches on September 17, 2026 across Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and Windows, and the full Another Eden Begins quest list is the single best planning tool for new players who want to deepen every companion bond from day one. This reworked version of the mobile JRPG classic ships with 18 recruitable companions, each tied to multi-stage companion quests that grant stat boosts, new skills, and exclusive dialogue scenes. Knowing which missions unlock in which era — and which side requests you can safely batch into one farming run — saves dozens of hours over a first playthrough.
Understanding the Quest Architecture in Another Eden Begins
The quest system in Another Eden Begins is layered, and the architecture matters more than raw quest count. Every playable character participates in three quest categories that fire at different progression gates, and the order in which you clear them directly affects how fast your party levels, how many cutscenes you unlock, and how much currency you can funnel into early gear upgrades.
The first layer is Story Quests, which advance the main chapter arcs. These are mandatory, gate new zones, and cannot be skipped. The second layer is Companion Quests (sometimes called character quests or friendship quests), which unlock after a companion joins your active party and a specific story beat has resolved. The third layer is Kinship Quests, which fire only when two or more named companions stand in the same zone and the right flag is set in the save file.
| Quest Layer | Trigger Condition | Typical Reward | Repeatable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Story Quests | Always active in current chapter | EXP, story items, new zones | No |
| Companion Quests | Companion recruited + prerequisite story beat | Bond EXP, unique skills, dialogue | No |
| Kinship Quests | Two named companions in same zone + flag | Materials, accessory recipes, EXP | No |
| Side Requests | Posted on Notice Boards in towns | Currency, consumables, crafting parts | Some are daily/weekly |
| Fetch Quests | Given by NPCs in overworld and towns | Common materials, small EXP chunks | Yes — resets per in-game day |
According to the Another Eden Begins official website, the game ships with more than 200 individually tracked objectives at launch, and the Steam store page confirms that all quest progress is saved through Steam Cloud, so multi-platform players can pick up on Switch 2 exactly where they left off on PC.
Companion Quests vs. Kinship Quests is the most common source of confusion for first-time players. A companion quest tracks one character's personal arc, while a kinship quest tracks the shared history between two or more named characters. Both contribute to your Bond Level with the relevant party members, which is the single biggest stat-boosting system outside of equipment.
The Bond Level and Why It Matters
Bond Level rises every time you complete a companion quest, a kinship quest, or a short dialogue event marked with a heart icon. Each rank-up grants a flat stat bonus to that character — typically +5 to a primary stat and a small passive unlock — and the bonuses stack across the entire party because they apply whenever the bonded character is in the active roster.
The Nurturing Quests are a special subclass of companion quest that grants double bond EXP but requires the player to deliver a specific item. These are the most efficient way to push a favorite character to the highest bond tier before a late-game boss, and they are worth prioritizing once you have a stable farming route.
The Full Quest List Organized by Era
Another Eden Begins keeps the original mobile game's three-era structure: the Present, the Past, and the Future. Each era has its own companion roster, its own zones, and its own set of quest flags. The quest list below is organized by the era in which a quest first becomes available, and every entry notes the companion, the prerequisite, and the recommended player level.
Present Era Quests (Chapter 1 to Chapter 8)
The Present era is where every player starts, and it contains the densest cluster of early quests. Aldo is the only character who is automatically in your party at the very beginning, and his personal quest chain unlocks in stages as you clear the first four chapters.
| Quest Name | Companion | Chapter Gate | Recommended Level | Reward Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldo's First Errand | Aldo | Chapter 1 clear | 5 | Bond EXP + 100 currency |
| A Mother's Keepsake | Aldo | Chapter 2 clear | 8 | Aldo Skill Scroll |
| The Lost Apprentice | Feinne | Feinne recruited | 10 | Feinne passive unlock |
| Village Supplies | Fetch — none | Always | 1 | Common crafting parts |
| Suzette's Worry | Suzette | Suzette recruited | 12 | Suzette accessory recipe |
| Hungry Travelers | Side request | Chapter 3 clear | 10 | Cooking ingredients |
| Bertrand's Past | Bertrand | Chapter 5 clear | 18 | Bertrand stance upgrade |
| A Letter Home | Mariel | Mariel recruited | 20 | Mariel bond item |
According to community data gathered on the r/AnotherEdenGlobal subreddit, the Present era contains roughly 60 individual quest entries, including the eight named companion quests above and a long tail of side requests and fetch objectives. Players report that clearing every fetch quest in the Present era in a single sweep is the fastest way to stockpile early currency, and the side-request board in the first town resets every in-game day.
The Present era also includes the first Kinship Quests between Aldo and Feinne, and between Aldo and Suzette. These fire when both named characters are in your active party and you stand in a flagged zone, so swapping your roster around is the only way to trigger them.
Past Era Quests (Chapter 9 to Chapter 18)
Once you cross into the Past era, the quest list expands because more named companions join the roster. Every new character brings a multi-stage companion quest, and the kinship quests in this era branch into longer emotional arcs.
| Quest Name | Companion | Chapter Gate | Recommended Level | Reward Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyrus's Reunion | Cyrus | Past Chapter 1 | 25 | Cyrus ultimate skill |
| The Scholar's Regret | Cyrus | Past Chapter 3 | 30 | Bond item + accessory |
| Helena's Resolve | Helena | Helena recruited | 28 | Helena stance unlock |
| Toz's Morning | Toz | Toz recruited | 30 | Cooking recipe batch |
| Mighty Striker | Krervo | Krervo recruited | 32 | Krervo weapon upgrade |
| The Broken Vow | Krervo + Cyrus | Kinship trigger | 33 | Joint bond scene |
| A Merchant's Worry | Sidekick NPC | Past Chapter 2 | 26 | Trade goods |
The Past era introduces a system that veterans of the mobile original will recognize: flag-sensitive quest triggers. Some companion quests in this era only appear if you completed a specific side request in the Present era, which is why a clean first playthrough is worth the patience. The official Another Eden Begins trailer shows several of these zone transitions, and the community has been sharing flag data on Reddit since the launch window opened.
Future Era Quests (Chapter 19 onward)
The Future era is the late-game zone, and the quest list here is shorter but denser in rewards. Companions recruited in this era have higher base stats, and their companion quests grant some of the strongest passive abilities in the game.
| Quest Name | Companion | Chapter Gate | Recommended Level | Reward Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Final Errand | Aldo | Future Chapter 1 | 40 | Aldo bond cap raise |
| A Bond Reforged | Aldo + Feinne | Kinship trigger | 42 | Duo skill unlock |
| The Last Letter | Mariel | Future Chapter 2 | 44 | Mariel ultimate stance |
| Ewan's Promise | Ewan | Ewan recruited | 45 | Ewan accessory + recipe |
| Closing the Loop | Story quest | Future Chapter 3 | 48 | New Game+ flag |
The Future era also unlocks post-game repeatable quests for select characters, which is the closest thing the game has to daily content at launch. These are flagged separately on the quest list and reset every real-world day for players who want to keep pushing bond levels.
Companion Quests and the Friendship System
The friendship system in Another Eden Begins is the layer that most new players under-utilize, and the full encounter-quest breakdown goes deeper into how flagged dialogues feed the same bond counter. Every companion quest you complete, every heart-icon dialogue you trigger, and every kinship quest you resolve adds a fixed amount of bond EXP to the relevant character. Bond EXP is hidden in the menu but is visible as a small icon next to each character's name in the party screen.
How to Read Bond Progress
The bond bar fills in five ranks, and each rank-up grants a tangible benefit. Rank 1 unlocks the character's first passive, Rank 3 grants a stat boost to the entire party while that character is in the active roster, and Rank 5 unlocks a unique ultimate ability that is only available at max bond.
| Bond Rank | Visible Bonus | Hidden Bonus | Trigger |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | First passive slot | +3% EXP earned in battles | First companion quest clear |
| Rank 2 | Bonus dialogue scene | +5% to one primary stat | Third heart-icon dialogue |
| Rank 3 | Party-wide stat boost | +8% elemental resistance | Second companion quest clear |
| Rank 4 | Unique accessory | +10% to two primary stats | Fourth heart-icon dialogue |
| Rank 5 | Ultimate ability | Max bond bonus for all stats | Full companion quest chain clear |
According to player reports on the Steam Community hub, the most efficient way to raise a companion from Rank 1 to Rank 5 is to chain three companion quests back-to-back, because each quest completion also unlocks two or three new heart-icon dialogue events in nearby zones. The hidden-quest coverage explains how some of those heart-icon triggers are tied to optional map interactions that are easy to miss on a first walkthrough.
Nurturing Quests Explained
Nurturing quests are a special subset of companion quests that grant double bond EXP but require the player to deliver a specific item. The item is usually a crafting material or a food item, and the delivery destination is always a flagged NPC somewhere in a previously visited zone.
The fastest way to handle nurturing quests is to keep a small stockpile of common crafting parts and food items in your inventory, because the delivery NPC will appear in the same town the moment you accept the quest. Nurturing quests reset their delivery state when you reload a save, so do not be afraid to grab every nurturing quest in a town before moving on — you can batch-deliver them in one sweep.
Side Requests, Fetch Quests, and Daily Resets
Not every objective on the quest list is a story-critical companion quest. Side requests and fetch quests are the bread-and-butter content that keeps the crafting economy moving, and they are the only quests that reset on a timer.
Side Requests on the Notice Board
Every town in Another Eden Begins has a Notice Board with three to five side requests pinned at any given time. These are flagged as yellow icons on the mini-map, and they reset every in-game day. According to the official game description, side requests are the primary source of early crafting materials and the fastest way to stockpile currency for the first round of equipment upgrades.
| Request Type | Typical Task | Reward | Reset Timer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery | Carry an item from A to B | Currency + consumable | In-game day |
| Hunt | Defeat 3-5 of a specific enemy | Crafting parts + EXP | In-game day |
| Gather | Collect 5-10 map items | Rare crafting parts | In-game day |
| Escort | Walk an NPC across a zone | Bond EXP + accessory | In-game day |
Community testing on the launch-week Steam build showed that completing every Notice Board request in a town before leaving the zone is roughly 15 to 20 minutes of work and yields enough crafting parts to fully upgrade one character's weapon.
Fetch Quests and Material Farming
Fetch quests are the simplest objectives in the game, and they are also the most repeatable. The complete quest-order walkthrough maps out how fetch quests stack with the main story progression so you can clear them in batches rather than one at a time.
The most valuable fetch quest targets at launch are the Garnet Shards in the Present era caves, the Mithril Scraps in the Past era ruins, and the Star Fragments in the Future era floating zones. Each of these materials feeds into a tier-3 crafting recipe, and each fetch quest that yields one of them is worth prioritizing over generic gather tasks.
A clean strategy is to accept every fetch quest in a zone before clearing the zone's main story beat, because the fetch quest completion flag is checked immediately after the story beat resolves. If you accept the fetch quest after the story beat, you have to backtrack to a different zone to find the target item.
Tracking Progress and Avoiding Missed Quests
Another Eden Begins does not have a single quest log that shows every objective at once. The in-game journal is split by era, and within each era the journal is split by companion. This makes it easy to miss a heart-icon trigger or a kinship quest, because the journal does not surface them automatically.
| Tracking Method | What It Catches | What It Misses |
|---|---|---|
| In-game journal by era | Story quests, companion quests | Heart-icon dialogues, hidden kinship flags |
| Bond bar in party screen | Bond rank progress | Which specific quest raised the bar |
| Zone mini-map icons | Active side requests | Completed fetch quests |
| Steam achievement list | 28 broad milestones | Individual quest completion |
The 28 Steam achievements mentioned on the Steam store page are a useful catch-all for players who want a rough completion percentage, but they do not break down by quest. For full tracking, the most reliable method is to keep a manual checklist of the 18 named companions and mark each one's companion quest, kinship quest, and nurturing quest as you clear them.
The Feinne quest breakdown is a good example of how a single companion's quest chain can span three eras and require items from zones you would not otherwise revisit. Feinne's full chain includes one nurturing quest, two kinship quests, and four heart-icon dialogue triggers, and missing any one of them blocks the Rank 5 ultimate unlock.
Players who want to optimize their bond progression often use the boss order strategy as a reference, because the highest-yield farming boss in each era also sits near the densest cluster of fetch quest targets. Combining a farming run with a fetch-quest sweep is the single biggest time saver over a first playthrough.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many companion quests are in Another Eden Begins at launch?
There are 18 named companions at launch, and each one has a multi-stage quest chain that averages three to five entries, putting the total companion quest count at roughly 60. Kinship quests add another 20 to 25, and nurturing quests are scattered across all three eras for a combined launch total of more than 200 individually tracked objectives.
What is the fastest way to raise a companion's Bond Level?
Chain three companion quests back-to-back, because each completion also unlocks two or three heart-icon dialogue events in nearby zones. The combined bond EXP from one quest plus its dialogue chain is roughly 30 percent more than the quest alone, and the Nurturing Quest subclass doubles the bond EXP for that single objective.
Are fetch quests worth doing, or should I skip them?
Fetch quests are worth doing because they are the only repeatable source of tier-2 and tier-3 crafting parts in the early eras. Skipping them is a viable choice for players who want to rush the main story, but doing them in batches during a farming run is the most time-efficient way to keep your crafting stockpile healthy.
Can you miss a companion quest permanently?
Yes, several companion quests in the Past and Future eras are gated by flags set in earlier eras, and missing the prerequisite quest locks the follow-up out of your current save. The safest approach is to clear every companion quest in the era you are currently in before crossing into the next era, because the era transition is the most common save point where flags get sealed.
Do kinship quests grant better rewards than solo companion quests?
Kinship quests grant unique duo skill unlocks and joint bond scenes that solo quests do not, but the raw stat bonuses are similar. The real value of kinship quests is the Rank 5 ultimate that only triggers after both named characters in the pair have reached Rank 4, which is the strongest single upgrade available outside of New Game+.