You can check your completed (or in-progress) side stories by going into the Journal section of the menu and pressing 
. The following lists are separated by region, just like in the menu. However, since the order the stories appear in the menu depend on the order you do them in, I opted to alphabetize them below.
See Also
Octopath Traveler Side Quests Guide: How To Complete All Optional QuestsGuide for OCTOPATH TRAVELER - Chapter 4Guide for Octopath Traveler - Chapter 4Completing all the side stories (which will take you the course of the entire game) will net you the Worth the Detour achievement.
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Miscellaneous
| Side Story | Location | Solution(s) | Availability | |
| ⬜ | Kit, the Traveler | Varies | Give Kit a Healing Grape | Upon completing your first chapter 1 and leaving town |
Frostlands
| Side Story | Location | Solution(s) | Availability | |
| ⬜ | Arianna Again (I) | Stillsnow | Guide / Allure quest-giver to Natalia, who is east of the Stonegard Valleys weapon shop | -- |
| ⬜ | Arianna Again (II) | Stillsnow | Guide / Allure quest-giver to Natalia, who is east of the Stonegard Valleys weapon shop | After Arianna (I) |
| ⬜ | Heirloom of a High House | Northreach | Inquire / Scrutinize Byron Family Lineage from Highbrow Historial in S'warkii -OR- Purchase / Steal Byron's Ring from Master Jeweler in Grandport Markets | -- |
| ⬜ | Here Be Dragons | Northreach | Inquire / Scrutinize Affable Merchant NE of Orewell weapon shop, Veteran Mercenary SE of Stillsnow tavern, and Cheerful Storyteller outside Cobbleston tavern | -- |
| ⬜ | The Innocent Inmate | Flamesgrace Cathedral Entrance | Purchase / Steal Dungeon Key off Drunken Soldier in the tavern -OR- Inquire / Scrutinize Witness NPC in front of the weapon shop | After Ophilia chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Let There Be Warmth | Stillsnow | Steal / Purchase Adequate Flax from Villager in SW section of town, Portable Pot from Townsperson behind snowmen, and Satisfactory Coal from Villager in NW section of town | -- |
| ⬜ | Lianna and Eliza | Flamesgrace Cathedral | Speak with Lianna and Eliza in Wispermill after the quest is started and Challenge / Provoke Remnant Leader at west end of Forest of Purgation | After H'aanit and Ophilia chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Ogen's Epilogue | Northreach | Purchase / Steal a Mind-me-always from Flower Girl in front of Victors Hollow item shop (Ogen will move to grave in Cathedral area) | After Alfyn chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Setting Out | Stillsnow | Challenge / Provoke Pathetic Father inside tavern -OR- Guide / Allure Tavern Proprietor from Quarrycrest tavern back here | -- |
| ⬜ | Sir Miles, Servant of the Flame (I) | Flamesgrace | Inquire / Scrutinize Former Knight Ardante in the Cathedral (top-right pew) and return to Miles | After Ophilia chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Sir Miles, Servant of the Flame (II) | Stillsnow | Challenge / Provoke quest-giver | After Sir Miles (I) |
| ⬜ | Sir Miles, Servant of the Flame (III) | Northreach | Purchase / Steal Memorial Sword from merchant next to weapon shop | After Sir Miles (II) |
| ⬜ | The Slumbering Giant | Flamesgrace | Inquire / Scrutinize Muttering Codger to the west of the tavern and defeat Jötunn in Hoarfrost Grotto for Jötunn Horn | After Ophilia chapter 1 |
Flatlands
| Side Story | Location | Solution(s) | Availability | |
| ⬜ | City of Gold | Atlasdam | Inquire / Scrutinize Scholarly Youth in Marsalim, who is high up on steps behind weapon shop | After Cyrus chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Fit for a King | Atlasdam | Purchase / Steal Ambrosial Milk from NPC in front of inn, Roc Egg from boy in between item shop and tavern, and Emperor Crab from Patron in tavern | After Cyrus chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | The Gravekeeper's Grief | East Noblecourt | Challenge / Provoke Awkward Boy in Western Noblecourt Flats -OR- Purchase / Steal the Codger-friendly Bow from Accomplished Graybeard in SW Noblecourt | -- |
| ⬜ | In Search of Father (I) | Noblecourt | Guide / Allure Aspiring Actor, who is in East Noblecourt near tavern, back to Kit | After Kit, the Traveler |
| ⬜ | Mikk and Makk Make Good | Noblecourt | Challenge / Provoke the Leon lookalike in the center of town | After Tressa and Therion chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | The Price of Vengeance | East Noblecourt | Challenge / Provoke Crest-bearing Drunk outside Atlasdam Tavern, Crest-bearing Ruffian on Goldshore beach, and Crest-bearing Swindler outside Duskbarrow inn | After Cyrus chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | The Prodigious Painting | Atlasdam Palace | Guide / Allure Landscape Artist from East Saintsbridge Traverse to Art Lover -OR- Purchase / Steal Landscape Artist's Final Masterpiece | After Cyrus chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Scaredy Sheep | Western Wispermill Flats | Scrutinize / Inquire Trembling Merchant in same area and defeat Mánagarmr in the Forest of Purgation | After Ophilia chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Theracio's Tutelage (I) | Atlasdam | Challenge / Provoke Shifty Moneylender next to quest-giver | After Cyrus chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Theracio's Tutelage (II) | Noblecourt | Purchase / Steal Tools of Learning from Junk Collector near Azelhart house to the north | After Theracio (I) |
| ⬜ | Theracio's Tutelage (III) | Wispermill | Guide / Allure Professor Bastete from the east end of Clearbrook to Theracio | After Theracio (II) |
| ⬜ | Tilting at Windmills | Wispermill | Guide / Allure Dan, who is near Atlasdam weapon shop, back to quest-giver -OR- Challenge / Provoke Bryan in Sunshade Tavern | After Cyrus chapter 4 for first solution |
Coastlands
| Side Story | Location | Solution(s) | Availability | |
| ⬜ | The Diarist's Desire | Grandport Markets | Purchase / Steal Incredible Item from Satisfied Merchant in SW Wellspring, Astonishing Object from Proud Collector behind Bolderfall inn, and Marvelous Memento from Smirking Townsperson in front of Duskbarrow weapon shop | After Tressa chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | An Exotic Aroma | Grandport Markets | Purchase / Steal Quatrait Bloom from Portly Merchant north of Sunshade Inn -OR- Guide / Allure quest-giver to Caravan Member at the end of the Rippletide docks | -- |
| ⬜ | In Search of Father (II) | Moonstruck Coast | Purchase / Steal Lapis Lazuli from Traveling Merchant in front of Grandport weapon shop | After Father (I) |
| ⬜ | Keeping Up with the Wyndhams | Grandport | Challenge / Provoke Brigand in West Grandport Coast for Letter from Noa | After Tressa and Therion chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (I) | Rippletide | Purchase / Steal Adventurers Attire from Antique Dealer nearby | After Tressa chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (II) | Goldshore | Guide / Allure Harris in front of the Rippletide inn to quest-giver | After Le Mann (I) |
| ⬜ | Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (III) | Grandport Markets | Challenge / Provoke Wharf Thug to the east | After Le Mann (II) |
| ⬜ | Left Behind | Goldshore | Guide / Allure Amnesiac from Victors Hollow (near tavern) to Former Sailor | -- |
| ⬜ | Love Unrequited | Rippletide | Challenge / Provoke Tony left of quest-giver -OR- Guide / Allure Tony's mother (who is by the inn) over to Tony | After Tressa chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | The Merchant's Path | Goldshore Manor District | Inquire / Scrutinize Knowledgeable Traveler NPC in West Goldshore Coast -OR- Challenge / Provoke Drevon in Goldshore Manor District | -- |
| ⬜ | Princess Mary, Redux | Rippletide | Guide / Allure Paul from western side of Undertow Cove back to Mary | After Cyrus chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Scourge of the Seas | Goldshore | Purchase / Steal Leviathan Egg from quest-giver and defeat Leviathan in Captains' Bane | -- |
Highlands
| Side Story | Location | Solution(s) | Availability | |
| ⬜ | At Journey's End | West S'warkii Trail | Defeat true final boss | After Alphas and the Impresario |
| ⬜ | Fertile Fields | Cobbleston | Purchase / Steal Cow Droppings from Courageous Cowherd nearby | After Olberic chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Lost in Translation | Stonegard Heights | Guide / Allure Exotic Grandma in south center of Rippletide to quest-giver | After Tressa chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Never Forget | Cobbleston | Purchase / Steal Lorie's Diary from Affable Antiquarian east of the inn -OR- Guide / Allure Melancholy Youth to Lorie's grave in Noblecourt | After Olberic Chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Noelle, Seeker of Knowledge (I) | Cobbleston | Guide / Allure quest-giver into Untouched Sanctum and bring her to the SE corner | After Olberic chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Noelle, Seeker of Knowledge (II) | Stonegard Heights | Scrutinize / Inquire Wandering Minstrel in the southern section of Stonegard Valleys | After Noelle (I) |
| ⬜ | Noelle, Seeker of Knowledge (III) | Everhold | Purchase / Steal Timeworn Tapestry from Stage Carpenter in front of the inn | After Noelle (II) |
| ⬜ | Performance Art | Everhold | Inquire / Scrutinize Handsome Minstrel in Atlasdam -OR- Purchase / Steal Sword of Sokrath from Creepy Antiquarian in Grandport Markets | -- |
| ⬜ | A Royal Secret | Stonegard Heights | Inquire / Scrutinize Nameless Gravekeeper in Tomb of Kings -OR- Guide / Allure Patrician Youth west of the small church in Stonegard Valleys | -- |
| ⬜ | Russell's Repentance | Stonegard | Inquire / Scrutinize Frostlands Know-it-all near north end of Stillsnow, Woodland Know-it-all in center of Duskbarrow, and Cliftlands Know-it-all behind Bolderfall inn | After Cyrus chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Star of the Stage | Everhold | Challenge / Provoke quest-giver | -- |
| ⬜ | Up to No Good | Stonegard Valleys | Guide / Allure Amnesiac Girl near Sunshade item shop to Ruffian in Stonegard Valleys -OR- Challenge / Provoke Tobias who is on the upper level overlooking Shopowner's roof | -- |
Sunlands
| Side Story | Location | Solution(s) | Availability | |
| ⬜ | The Adventures of Ali | Sunshade | Guide / Allure Maruf from the roof of the Marsalim inn back to Ali | After Tressa chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Back with Bale | Wellspring | Inquire / Scrutinize Bishop Donovan in Goldshore Cathedral | After Olberic and Ophilia chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | The Bouncer | Sunshade | Challenge / Provoke Drunken Bouncer outside tavern | After Primrose chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Her Time to Shine | Sunshade | Purchase / Steal Diva's Dress from Star Dancer (NW part of town) -OR- Guide / Allure quest-giver to sickly girl just outside dancer dorms | After Primrose chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | In Search of Sweets | Wellspring | Steal / Purchase Beetroot from Frostlands Farmer in NE part of Stillsnow | -- |
| ⬜ | In Search of the Unknown | Marsalim | Challenge / Provoke Swordsman Yuri nearby -OR- Purchase / Steal Tales from a Faraway Land from Passionate Peddler in front of Grandport item shop | -- |
| ⬜ | King Khalim's Conundrum | Marsalim | Guide / Allure Theater Manager from the right side of Everhold Amphitheatre to the King | After all chapter 4s |
| ⬜ | The Prisoner's Plea | Marsalim Palace | Inquire / Scrutinize Lara, who is on the beach west of Grandport Markets | -- |
| ⬜ | Ria, Born to Roam (I) | Sunshade | Challenge / Provoke Ne'er-do-well next to her | After Primrose chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Ria, Born to Roam (II) | Wellspring | Purchase / Steal the Tightly Sealed Envelope from Traveling Merchant to the west | After Ria (I) |
| ⬜ | Ria, Born to Roam (III) | Marsalim | Inquire / Scrutinize Chieftain on second floor of Palace | After Ria (II) |
| ⬜ | Shadow over the Sands | Wellspring | Inquire / Scrutinize Injured Scout in Northern Wellspring Sands and defeat Giant Python & Snake Charmer in Quicksand Caves | -- |
Riverlands
| Side Story | Location | Solution(s) | Availability | |
| ⬜ | The Adventuring Life | Riverford | Guide / Allure Enthusiastic Youth in front of Atlasdam library to quest-giver -OR- Challenge / Provoke Mysterious Knight in South Orewell Pass | -- |
| ⬜ | A Corpse with No Name | East Saintsbridge Traverse | Purchase / Steal Hugo's Journal from NPC on bridge in Farshore dungeon -OR- Guide / Allure Restless Woman from Victors Hollow to quest-giver | -- |
| ⬜ | Daughter of the Dark God (II) | Saintsbridge | Inquire / Scrutinize Alphas for Alphas's Poem and bring it to Flora in front of the Cathedral | After Daughter (I) |
| ⬜ | For Want of Fish | Clearbrook | Purchase / Steal Saucy Prawns from Magg in the tavern -OR- Challenge / Provoke Fishmonger NPC in West Clearbrook Traverse | After Alfyn chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Friends Again | Saintsbridge: Upstream | Steal River Blossom from Bully in Saintsbridge and return to Nate | After Ophilia chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Hello Again, Harald | Riverford | Purchase / Steal Memorial Necklace from Merchant inside guarded Wellspring house | After Olberic chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | The Hidden Hoard | Riverford | Inquire / Scrutinize Erstwhile Bodyguard next to fountain in Stonegard Heights -OR- Purchase / Steal House Landar Records from Erstwhile Retainer in Atlasdam (south when you enter) | After Ophilia chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Meryl, Lost then Found (I) | Clearbrook | Scrutinize / Inquire Meryl's father (outside the tavern) and return | After Alfyn chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Meryl, Lost then Found (II) | Saintsbridge | Challenge / Provoke Sellsword next to Meryl | After Meryl (I) |
| ⬜ | Meryl, Lost then Found (III) | Riverford | Guide / Allure her to the house north of her and speak with NPC in bed | After Meryl (II) |
| ⬜ | The Pilgrims' Plight | Clearbrook Cathedral | Challenge / Provoke Ruffian in East Saintsbridge Traverse | -- |
| ⬜ | A Sweet Reunion | South Clearbrook Traverse | Guide / Allure quest-giver to boy standing on bridge in Clearbrook | After Alfyn chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | The Worrywart | Saintsbridge | Inquire / Scrutinize Assiduous Scholar at south end of East Saintsbridge Traverse | -- |
| ⬜ | Zeph and Mercedes (I) | Clearbrook | Purchase / Steal Zeph's Letter and bring to Mercedes the Atlasdam librarian | After Cyrus and Alfyn chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Zeph and Mercedes (II) | Atlasdam | Purchase / Steal Mercedes' Letter and bring it back to Zeph outside his house in Clearbrook | After Zeph and Mercedes (I) |
Cliftlands
| Side Story | Location | Solution(s) | Availability | |
| ⬜ | The Bandits' Code | Lower Bolderfall | Guide / Allure Faltering Youth from Sunshade tavern back to quest-giver -OR- Scrutinize / Inquire Orphanage Matron on west side of Victors Hollow | After Therion chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Daughter of the Dark God (I) | Ravus Manor Gates | Challenge / Provoke Alphas | After Therion chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Heathcote's High Jinks | Bolderfall | Guide / Allure Old Man by Wispermill save point back to Heathcote | After Therion chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Kaia, Mother of Dragons (I) | Bolderfall | Get hidden item from NPC in West Clearbrook Traverse and return to Kaia | After Therion chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Kaia, Mother of Dragons (II) | Quarrycrest | Guide / Allure Egg Man from Mines area to Kaia | After Kaia (I) |
| ⬜ | Kaia, Mother of Dragons (III) | Orewell | Challenge / Provoke Curious Cleric in Dragonsong Fane | After Kaia (II) |
| ⬜ | A Miner Dilemma | Quarrycrest Mines | Purchase / Steal Whetstone from Stonemonger in SW corner of Goldshore Manor District | -- |
| ⬜ | On the Precipice | Orewell | Inquire / Scrutinize Know-it-all Milo in Atlasdam Palace Gates (east of Academy) -OR- Challenge / Provoke quest-giver | -- |
| ⬜ | Revello and Odette | Quarrycrest | Inquire / Scrutinize Odette and bring info to Revello, who is inside the large house at the east end of East Noblecourt | After Cyrus and Primrose chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Sparks of Revolution | Bolderfall | Purchase / Steal Rebel's Axe, Revolutionary Sword, and Spear of Justice from Paupers in town -OR- Inquire / Scrutinize NPC inside large house in NE corner of Bolderfall | After Therion chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | The Wayward Son | Orewell | Guide / Allure Stern Knight from Marsalim Palace back to quest-giver | -- |
| ⬜ | The Weaver's Predicament | Quarrycrest | Inquire / Scrutinize Fashionable Traveler in Noblecourt and talk to Gendy -OR- Purchase / Steal Footloth from Gendy and give to Shivering Townsperson in Flamesgrace (house on east end of town) | -- |
Woodlands
| Side Story | Location | Solution(s) | Availability | |
| ⬜ | Again with Alaic | Victors Hollow | Guide / Allure Alaic to Forest of No Return and Challenge / Provoke Bandit Leader north of where you enter | After H'aanit chapter 4 |
| ⬜ | Alphas and the Impresario | West S'warkii Trail | Fight the tiger enemy nearby | After Father (II), Daughter (II), and all chapter 4s |
| ⬜ | Arena Aspirations | Victors Hollow | Inquire / Scrutinize Doting Aunt to the west -OR- Challenge / Provoke quest-giver | -- |
| ⬜ | Ashlan the Beastmaster (I) | S'warkii | Inquire / Scrutinize Old Storyteller in tavern for Tales of the Beast Tamers info | After H'aanit chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Ashlan the Beastmaster (II) | Victors Hollow Arena Gate | Purchase / Steal Snakesbane from Monster Hunter in front of Arena doors | After Ashlan (I) |
| ⬜ | Ashlan the Beastmaster (III) | Duskbarrow | Guide / Allure Ashlan to his father, who is in the NE corner of Moldering Ruins | After Ashlan (II) |
| ⬜ | A Cub with No Name | Duskbarrow | Guide / Allure Beastmaster, who is in front of Bolderfall inn, back to quest-giver -OR- Inquire / Scrutinize Scholar of Beasts west of S'warkii tavern | -- |
| ⬜ | Into Thin Air | Victors Hollow | Guide / Allure Ellie, who is behind boss in Forest of No Return, back to Victors Hollow | -- |
| ⬜ | Looting Grave Robber | Duskbarrow | Challenge / Provoke Grave Robber in Moldering Ruins | -- |
| ⬜ | A Promising Venture | Victors Hollow Arena Gate | Inquire / Scrutinize Estadas and Mont d'Or in this area | -- |
| ⬜ | Rite of Passage | S'warkii | Purchase / Steal Giant Tusk from Nomadic Hunter NE of North S'warkii Trail save point -OR- Inquire / Scrutinize info from Roving Naturalist west of North S'warkii Trail save point | After H'aanit chapter 1 |
| ⬜ | Way Through the Woods | S'warkii | Guide / Allure Genteel Madam in the middle of the village to Industrious Husband in Bolderfall, north of the inn | After H'aanit chapter 1 |
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