Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII quests

Quests are completed in order to advance the story and increase stats in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.

Each quest has a Name – a help in identifying a certain quest, Difficulty – a three-star level of difficulty in completing the quest, a Description – the exposition of the quest, Client – a person who request certain objectives to be completed, Quest Item – an item which should be obtained for the quest to be completed, Expiry Date – date before a quest becomes unavailable or its provided completion time expires, and a Reward – item obtained for the quest's completion. Along with getting Items from completing Quests, doing Quests also increase Lightning's HP, Strength and Magic stats.

Quests are split up into three types: Main Quests; which follow the plot of the game, Side Quests; quests received from NPCs, and quests from the Canvas of Prayer; quests accepted from Chocolina.

Depending on which day the player decide to complete the main quests, they may fight a different version of the boss for that quest. This applies to main quests 1, 2, and 4. Completing the main quests may award any or all of the following: HP boost, STR boost, MAG boost, EP counter boost, ATB bar boost, Item slot expansion, and gil.

Side Quests
There are sixty-six side quests in the entire game; Luxerion has twenty, Yusnaan has sixteen, Wildlands has twenty-two, and Dead Dunes has eight. The maximum amount of completed side quests on the first playthrough is sixty-four, and sixty-five on any subsequent playthrough. The "The Avid Reader" in Luxerion must be failed in order to access "To Save the Sinless" side quest. Completing side quests may award any or all of the following: HP boost, STR boost, MAG boost, Item slot expansion, gil, garb, weapon, shield, and adornment.

Canvas of Prayers
There are eighty-three Canvas of Prayers quests; Luxerion has thirteen quests, Yusnaan has fourteen, The Wildlands has twenty-five, Dead Dunes has eighteen, and global has thirteen quests. Completing a Canvas of Prayers quests may award any or all of the following: HP boost, STR boost, MAG boost, gil, weapon, shield, adornment, and item.