Expeditions

Expeditions are the standard, free roaming type of quest of PSO2.

Overview

Expeditions are Multi-Party Quests with a randomly generated map layout, often with the goal to defeat the boss (Suppression Target) at the end of the area. On certain Expeditions, the quest can be completed by collecting Quest Points which are awarded by enemy eliminations.

Gathering Points only spawn within Expeditions. Mining and fishing points are indicated by green and blue icons on the minimap, revealed as the party makes progress on the map.

Enemy Triggers can be used within these quests, spawning an Emergency Code: Variant. Using a trigger will force the host to create a new Expedition lobby within their current block. The location of the trigger is indicated on the minimap by a red enemy symbol, even if the area it is in has not been explored by the party yet. The emergency quest activates when one of the party's players enters the area of the trigger.

Upon player entry within a new area of the map, either a group of enemies will spawn, or an emergency trial will begin. If an area of the map has had no event for a while, re-entry of a player into the unoccupied area will trigger another event to occur.

Nightfall Province

Nightfall Province Exploration functions as a standard expedition without a direct path to the boss. Instead, players obtain Quest Points by eliminating foes. After reaching 500 points, a quest Telepipe appears for the party, giving them the option to enter the second area with the boss or to return to the Gateway Ship. Eliminating the boss will complete the quest. Alternatively, if the party collects 1000 points, then the quest will be completed: in this case, the boss will not appear if the party enters the second area.

Earth

On Tokyo Exploration and Las Vegas Exploration, groups of enemies and emergency quests are only activated near a beacon of light when at least one player gets close to it, although certain emergency quests can be activated immediately after suppressing all foes near the beacon of light regardless of player positioning (Unidentified Creatures in Las Vegas, Tokyo Joyriders).

If all parties currently in the field have obtained their required Quest Points, then no further beacons of light will spawn until a new party (which has not obtained the required amount of points) enters the same instance.

Unlocking Expeditions

More Expedition Quests can be unlocked by completing the required Quests.

Forest Exploration
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Volcanic Caves Exploration
↓		↓
Desert Exploration		Coast Exploration
↓		↓		↓
Tundra Exploration		Abandoned Mine Exploration		Daybreak Province Exploration
↓		↓		↓		↓
Underground Shafts Exploration		Seabed Exploration		Floating Facility Exploration		Tokyo Exploration
↓				↓		↓		↓
Floating Continent Exploration				Nightfall Province Exploration		Las Vegas Exploration		Bewitched Woods Exploration
↓		↓
Ruins Exploration		Dragon Altar Exploration

• Floating Facility Exploration can alternatively be unlocked by viewing the EP2-6 Event Quest, "Afin and Euclyta".
• Tokyo Exploration can alternatively be unlocked by viewing the EP4-1 Event Quest, "The "Phantasm" Database".
• Bewitched Woods Exploration can alternatively by unlocked by completing Castrum Demonica Battle, Castrum Demonica: Hostility, or Castrum Demonica: Madness.

Expedition Quests
Forest Exploration	Volcanic Caves Exploration	Desert Exploration	Tundra Exploration
Underground Shafts Exploration	Floating Continent Exploration	Ruins Exploration	Dragon Atlar Exploration
Coast Exploration	Abandoned Mine Exploration	Seabed Exploration	Daybreak Province Exploration
Floating Facility Exploration	Nightfall Province Exploration	Tokyo Exploration	Las Vegas Exploration
Bewitched Woods Exploration

Risk Exploration

Unlike regular explorations, Risk Exploration Quests have a limited selection of availability every day, rotating between a set of Quests, and can only be accepted on UH difficulty, requiring a Main Class and Sub Class level of 85 or higher.

• Risk Exploration Quests consist of only one main area and one boss area.
• Enemy stats are increased dramatically.
  • They additionally have a 1.7x Attack Multiplier to their attacks.
• Solo play is generally not recommended due to the added effects of healing mitgation and UH difficulty.
• Recovery effects on the player is always -50%.
  • Megiverse is subjected to a -95% reduction, resulting in a 0.5% effective recovery.
• All enemies gain resistance to suction effects, increased knockback resistance and damage resistance.
• Some enemies gain new attack patterns exclusive to UH difficulty.
• In the case of infected cores on enemies, they are now changed to a Photoner Infected Core, coming in two types, a Black Core and a White Core.
  • They are not considered weak points and cannot be destroyed.
  • With the two types, a White Core will fire projectiles twice at regular intervals, and a Black Core will coordinate attacks in addition to the projectiles.
    • Defeating enemies with a White Core can drop weapons with the Divine Will Augment, and enemies with a Black Core can drop weapons with the Divine Order Augment.
• Some enemies can appear with a special shield in E-Trials.
  • The shield has an effect of reducing damage by 50% (0.5x), however, hitting the assigned weak point will increase the damage by 20% (1.2x).
    • The weak point information is shown underneath the enemy's name in the top left corner of the screen.
  • There are five types of possible weak points that can be on the shield: Short Range Attacks, Long Range Attacks, Attacking in the Air, Attacking from the Front, and Attacking from Behind.
  • The Augment Crack I can appear on equipment dropped by the enemy who has the shield.

Combination of Risk Exploration Quests

	1	2	3
Planet Lillipa	Desert	Underground Shafts	Abandoned Mines
Planet Naverius	Ruins	Forest	Tundra
Planet Wopal	Coast	Seabed	Floating Facility
Planet Harukotan	Daybreak Province	Nightfall Province	-

• Amduskia, Earth, and Omega are not implemented.

Risk Exploration Quests
Risk Exploration: Forest	Risk Exploration: Tundra	Risk Exploration: Ruins	Risk Exploration: Desert
Risk Exploration: Underground Shafts	Risk Exploration: Abandoned Mine	Risk Exploration: Coast	Risk Exploration: Seabed
Risk Exploration: Floating Facility	Risk Exploration: Daybreak Province	Risk Exploration: Nightfall Province