FF7 Rebirth's 10 Most Important Side Quests, Ranked By Story Impact

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's side quests vary greatly in terms of story relevance. For the most part, they're largely unrelated: things like regional intel and Protorelic quests in mostly just exist to fill in the map, and give players a chance to power up their characters. These quests have storylines of their own that usually share common characters or themes with the central plot. They're necessary, and usually entertaining, but in the scheme of things, they're pretty inconsequential.

But occasionally, a side quest comes along and changes the whole trajectory of the plot. These side quests are few and far between. They may star recurring characters from or elsewhere in the compilation of. They may include important details that set up twists or foreshadow later developments. Sometimes, they're just vital to understanding the overall lore. These are the ten most important, plot-relevant side quests in .

As Cloud and friends explore the mountainous region of Junon in , they may come across an old man sitting on a cliffside, staring out to sea through a pair of binoculars. This is Colin, and he's looking for Junon's renowned great condor. It's been missing in action for some time, and while Colin usually manages to lure it into visible range, he's been wanting for bait recently. So, he sends the party after a piece of meat to put out for the condor, and after an extended hunt, they're able to find it and bring it home.

When choosing what to feed the condor, the bovine meat creates the best result. However, all this affects is the quality of the photo Cloud receives at the end of the quest, a pretty inconsequential reward.

"" is important to the overall plot because it shares many common themes with : there's a persistent idea around human stewardship of the natural world portrayed through this quest. That pertains to the central lesson of, which preaches harmony with the planet as the highest virtue. Cloud and his party do so by fighting Shinra and stopping Sephiroth; the average person can