10 Best RPG Quests That DON'T Involve Combat
There's no need to get your hands bloodied with these quests.
If you've played many RPGs, you're no doubt used to being told, "Hey, here's a sword. Go and whack things with it. Have fun." It's hard to argue with that, as combat is an incredibly satisfying and familiar part of gaming. There's nothing quite like bashing a collection of NPCs and feeling like a total badass. Still, there are times when you might find yourself exhausted by all the violence and fighting.
Thankfully, the RPG genre also thrives on providing you with varied content via fun side quests - the best of which usually switch up the formula noticeably. As such, you can often take a break from the intense thrills of combat and try something a little more civilized.
Many games offer content that walks off the beaten track and pulls the focus elsewhere. You might find yourself investigating a murder, or playing matchmaker for romantic hijinks, or even paying your taxes. Ultimately, these quests prove that good character writing and dialogue can be a solid substitute for bashing things with weapons.
If you want some time away from battle, make sure you don't miss these quests.
10. “The Book of Love” (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
Skyrim is a game where you spend most of your time slicing people with swords, smiting them with spells, and, most likely, stealth arching them from the shadows. Still, there's one quest that comes with the promise of something else entirely - that being love.
"The Book of Love" begins in Riften's Temple of Mara, a worshipping place for the divine Goddess of Love. In keeping with that moniker, gaining her favour requires you to spread romance across Skyrim, with a collection of relationship-fixing tasks making up the quest.
The first of these tasks sends you to Ivarstead to assist a young woman whose father disapproves of her lover, the second has you help a shy conjurer in Markath confess his feelings to the woman he likes, and the last centres on reuniting a husband and wife in the afterlife. Overall, the quest is full of cute interactions and allows for charming problem-solving using only dialogue and choices.
It's nice to know that the Dragonborn has time in their schedule to become a cosmic matchmaker. It's not all about killing dragons, you know.