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Overview

Main Article: Merit Rewards

Merit Rewards are granted upon completion of Task Forces, Trials, Story Arcs, Giant Monster defeats, and some Special Events.

Story Arcs and badge missions for heroes are shown here in the order presented by the Flashback System in Ouroboros. The levels ranges for Flashbacks do not necessarily match the level ranges when these Story Arcs are offered by Contacts. See either Hero Story Arcs or Hero Souvenirs to see the level ranges when offered by Contacts.

For the following summaries, there are various options that an activity can involve, as follows:

  • Door Missions: An instanced mission that only teammates can enter.
    • Defeat All: Requires defeating all enemies in the instance.
  • Talks: Deliver information or items to or obtain information or items from an NPC other than the contact.
    • In a regular Story Arc, only the mission holder may complete the talk mission.
    • In a Task Force, Strike Force, or Trial, anyone on the team may complete the talk mission, not just the mission holder.
  • Hunts: Defeat enemy critters, sometimes restricted to a particular zone.
    • Ambushes of the required enemy faction often accompany hunt missions.
  • Patrols: Explore a zone by "calling in" at (clicking on) specific items, including pay phones and other items.
  • Contains tough enemy critters:
    • EB: Contains an Elite Boss, which does not upgrade into an Archvillain/Hero, even when Notoriety and team size is high enough.
    • AV: Contains an Archvillain/Hero, which may or may not downgrade into an Elite Boss, depending on Notoriety and team size.
      • AVs in most Task Forces, Strike Forces, and Trials do not downgrade.
      • Ouroboros Task Forces and Strike Forces are Story Arcs that utilize the TF function, thus AVs/etc. will downgrade like in a Story Arc.
    • Monster: Contains a Monster, whose defeat is usually required to advance the story.
    • GM: Contains a Giant Monster, whose defeat is usually not required to advance the story.


Failing a mission that is the final (or only) mission of a story arc, task force, strike force or trial may result in reduced rewards. Failing tasks that have 2 or less missions will award 0 merits. Failing tasks that have 3-4 missions will award 50% merits. Failing a task that has 5 or more missions will result in normal merits.


Task Forces and Trials

Additional Task/Strike Forces: Cooperative Merit Rewards
Arc Name Contact Merits Enemies EB/AV Summary/Notes
The Rule of Three Positron 00066E ICON MeritToken.png 66 Reward Merits Badge villain clockwork.png Clockwork
Badge villain cot.png Circle of Thorns
Badge villain vahzilok.png Vahzilok
Cortex 11 Door Missions (5 Defeat All), 5 Talks
The Fall of the Clockwork King Synapse 00058E ICON MeritToken.png 58 Reward Merits Badge villain clockwork.png Clockwork
Clockwork Lord
Babbage (Zone Ambush)
Clockwork King
10 Door Missions (5 Defeat All), 2 Talks
Clamor and Destruction Sister Psyche 00050E ICON MeritToken.png 50 Reward Merits Badge villain freakshow.png Freakshow
Clamor 11 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 2 Talks
Citadel's Children Citadel 00040E ICON MeritToken.png 40 Reward Merits Badge villain council.png Council
Bulwark
Vandal
9 Door Missions (4 Defeat All), 2 Talk, 1 Patrol
Following Countess Crey Manticore 00032E ICON MeritToken.png 32 Reward Merits Badge villain crey.png Crey
Hopkins 7 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Talk, 2 Hunt
Numina Task Force Numina 00036E ICON MeritToken.png 36 Reward Merits Badge villain devouring.png Devouring Earth
Badge villain freakshow.png Freakshow
Jurassik 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk, 16 Multi-Zone Hunts
Statesman Task Force Statesman 00037E ICON MeritToken.png 37 Reward Merits OR Synthetic Hami O V badge ArachnosBadge.png Arachnos
V badge Villain.png Rogue Isles Villains
Badge villain cot.png Circle of Thorns
Arbiter Sands
Magus Mu'Drakhan
Regent Korol
Shadow Spider
Viridian
Doctor Aeon
Wretch
Silver Mantis
Barracuda
Ice Mistral
Thorn Tree
Scirocco
Black Scorpion
Cap'n Mako
Ghost Widow
Lord Recluse
5 Door Missions
The Return of the Reichsman Dr. Kahn 00020E ICON MeritToken.png 20 Reward Merits Badge villain 5thcolumn.png 5th Column
V badge ArachnosBadge.png Arachnos
V badge Villain.png Rogue Isles Villains
Bad Penny
Comrade
Misadventure
Sardonic
Schadenfreude
Invincible Reichsman
Verteideger
Herr Krogh
Countess Crey
Gyrfalcon
Nemesis
Vanessa DeVore
Reichsman
4 Door Missions
Explorers and Exploiters Dr. Quaterfield 00122E ICON MeritToken.png 122 Reward Merits Badge villain crey.png Crey
V badge ArachnosBadge.png Arachnos
Badge villain new rikti.png Rikti
Badge villain rularru.png Soldiers of Rularuu
19 Door Missions (7 Defeat All)
The Legend of Ruladak Sara Moore 00064E ICON MeritToken.png 64 Reward Merits Badge villain rularru.png Soldiers of Rularuu
Badge villain nemesis.png Nemesis
Badge villain cot.png Circle of Thorns
Ruladak the Strong 13 Door Missions (7 Defeat All), 2 Hunts
The Saga of Faathim Justin Augustine 00042E ICON MeritToken.png 42 Reward Merits Badge villain rularru.png Soldiers of Rularuu
Badge villain cot.png Circle of Thorns
5 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 8 Hunts
Faathim the Kind Task Force Faathim the Kind 00073E ICON MeritToken.png 73 Reward Merits Badge villain rularru.png Soldiers of Rularuu
Badge villain nemesis.png Nemesis
Badge villain new rikti.png Rikti
Badge villain cot.png Circle of Thorns
Badge villain malta.png Malta Operatives

V badge KoA.png Knives of Artemis
V badge Lanaruu.png Lanaruu

Malaise
Mother Mayhem
Nemesis?
Baphomet
Lanaru the Mad
13 Door Missions (5 Defeat All), 1 Zone Patrol
The Kheldian War Moonfire 00032E ICON MeritToken.png 32 Reward Merits Badge villain council.png Council
Arakhn 7 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 2 Hunts, 2 Talks
The Mech Man Cometh Ernesto Hess 00019E ICON MeritToken.png 19 Reward Merits Badge villain council.png Council
Archon Burkholder 9 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
A Tangled Plot Katie Hannon 00009E ICON MeritToken.png 9 Reward Merits Badge croatoa cap buster.png Red Caps
Badge croatoa spellbinder.png The Cabal
Mary MacComber x10 4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
The Heart of the Hollows Karsis 00008E ICON MeritToken.png 8 Reward Merits Badge villain cot.png Circle of Thorns
Badge villain magmite.png Minions of Igneous
Koago 1 Door Mission. The final mission can be failed.
Eden Trial Woodsman 00007E ICON MeritToken.png 7 Reward Merits OR Titan O Badge villain devouring.png Devouring Earth
Quarry x2
Rock Wall
Mold Wall
Crystal Titan
1 Door Mission, 1 Hunt. The final mission can be failed.
Abandoned Sewers Trial| Mairenn MacGregor 00029E ICON MeritToken.png 29 Reward Merits OR Hydra O V badge Hydra.png Hydra
Badge villain new rikti.png Rikti
1 Door Mission, 1 Hunt. The final mission can be failed.
First Respec Trial Jane Hallaway 00028E ICON MeritToken.png 28 Reward Merits OR Respec Badge villain skyraiders.png Sky Raiders
2 Door Missions, 1 Talk, 1 Hunt. The final mission can be failed.
Second Respec Trial Captain James Harlan 00020E ICON MeritToken.png 20 Reward Merits OR Respec Badge villain freakshow.png Freakshow
3 Door Missions
Third Respec Trial Major Richard Flagg 00020E ICON MeritToken.png 20 Reward Merits OR Respec Badge villain new rikti.png Rikti
3 Door Missions. The final mission can be failed.
Smoke and Mirrors Twilight's Son 00007E ICON MeritToken.png 7 Reward Merits Badge villain cot.png Circle of Thorns
Baron Zoria 4 Door Missions
The 5th Column Overthrow Mender Lazarus 00010E ICON MeritToken.png 10 Reward Merits Badge villain 5thcolumn.png 5th Column
Nosferatu
Col. Burkholder
Vandal
Maestro
Requiem
4 Door Missions
Trading Places Mender Silos 00014E ICON MeritToken.png 14 Reward Merits V badge ArachnosBadge.png Arachnos
Manticore
Jade Spider
Black Scorpion
Captain Mako
Ghost Widow
Lord Recluse
Scirocco
Silver Mantis
5 Door Missions

Flashback System

Badge Missions are marked with [B]. They do not award badges for challenges, even if you choose challenges. Reward Merits are given for them when done as a flashback but not when started from a contact.

Protector of Innocents (Level 1-15)

Unless otherwise indicated characters exemplar to level 14 for these missions.

Arc Name Merits Contact Summary
Flux the Outcast 11 Flux 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 EB (Frostfire)
Julius the Kind Hearted Troll 6 Julius the Troll 2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt
The Heart of the Hollows 18 Talshak the Mystic 4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 Talk, 1 EB (Atta)
Officer Wincott vs. The Trolls 4 David Wincott 2 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 2 Hunts
Warshades and Peace
(offered to Warshades)
8 Shadowstar 5 Door Missions, 2 Hunts, 1 Talk (EX level 15)
War and Peacebringers
(offered to Peacebringers)
13 Sunstorm 5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 2 Talks (EX level 15)
The Clockwork Captive 13 Athena Currie or
Carla Brunelli or
Everett Daniels
4 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 Talk
The Peace Slayers
(offered to Peacebringers)
9 Sunstorm 6 Door Missions (3 Defeat All) (EX level 10)
Bonefire 14 Lorenzo DiCosta or
Wes Schnabel or
Willy Starbuck
4 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 3 Talks
The Vahzilok Pollutant Plot 21 Jill Pastor or
Kyle Peck or
Tristan Caine
4 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 1 Talk
An Absence of Shadows
(offered to Warshades)
7 Shadowstar 6 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 2 Talks (EX level 10)
Break up the Clockwork and the Skulls
(Negotiator Badge)
2 [B] Maurice Feldon or
Tony Kord or
Paula Dempsey
1 Door Mission (Defeat All) (EX level 9)
Rescue the Mystic from the Circle of Thorns
(Spelunker Badge)
2 [B] Dr. Trevor Seaborn or
Haley Philips or
Hugo Redding
1 Door Mission

Guardian (Level 15-19)

Arc Name Merits Contact Summary
Rumblings of the Past 5 Jim Temblor 3 Door Missions, 2 AV/EBs
I Lost My Daddy! 6 Penelope Yin 3 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 1 Talk
The Mind of a King 14 Colleen Saramago or
Jake Montoya or
Maggie Greene or
Wyatt Anderson
3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 2 Hunts
Tsoo Shenanigans 17 Kong Bao or
Thao Ku or
Virginia Hoffman or
Vitaly Cherenko
4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 3 Talks
The Vahzilok Plague 12 Dr. Ann-Marie Engles or
Juliana Nehring or
Olivia Chung or
Pavel Garnier
3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 Talk, 1 AV (Doctor Vahzilok)
Vahzilok Wasting Disease
(Plague Stopper Badge)
1 [B] Dr. Ann-Marie Engles or
Juliana Nehring or
Olivia Chung or
Pavel Garnier
1 Door Mission

Keeper of Peace (Level 20-24)

Arc Name Merits Contact Summary
A Faultline in the Sands of Time 15 Agent G 10 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 6 AVs (Nocturne, Captain Castillo, Arbiter Sands)
The Buried Past 6 Doc Delilah 3 Door Missions, 2 Talks, 2 AVs (Arbiter Sands, Captain Castillo)
Hear and Now 16 Long Jack 4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 3 Hunts, 1 AV (Maestro)
Ring of Peebles 15 Stephanie Peebles 6 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 1 Talks, 1 EB (Heracles)
Shadow Science
(Warshades and Peacebringers)
13 Sunstorm/Shadowstar 6 Door Missions (EX level 20)
The Wheel of Destruction 14 Andrea Mitchell 4 Door Missions, 2 Talks, 1 Patrols
Hand of Iron 14 Andrew Fiore 3 Door Missions, 1 Hunts, 3 Talks, 1 Patrols
The Sky Raider Secret 9 Barry Gosford 4 Door Missions, 1 Talks
The Tsoo Coup 26 Amanda Loomis 6 Door Missions, 2 Hunts, 1 Talks
Stop the Mystic Madmen
(Spirit Warrior Badge)
2 [B] Andrea Mitchell or
Cain Royce or
Dr. Cheng or
Oliver Haak or
Piper Irving or
Josef Keller
1 Defeat All Mission
Retrieve Stolen Weapons From the Freakshow
(Pwnz Badge)
2 [B] Andrew Fiore or
Claire Childress or
Lt. Col. Hugh McDougal or
Vic Garland or
Wilma Peterson or
Jake Kim
1 Door Mission

Champion (Level 25-29)

Arc Name Merits Contact Summary
Piercing the Veil 16 Gordon Bower 5 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 2 Talk
War of the Fir Bolg 10 Skipper LeGrange 4 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 Talk
Crown of Glory 4 Mercedes Sheldon 3 Door Missions
(non-flashback offered at levels 20-24)
Dirge of Chaos 4 Mercedes Sheldon 3 Door Missions, 1 Hunt (EX level 25)
(non-flashback offered at levels 20-24)
probably bugged, awards at wrong level or not at all
The Magic Man 3 Mercedes Sheldon 4 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
(non-flashback offered at levels 20-24)
A Madman's Council 8 Lars Hansen 3 Door Missions, 4 Hunts, 1 Talk
Return to Vampyr Mountain 13 Tobias Hansen 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
Winslowe and the Cosmotron
(Warshades and Peacebringers)
7 Sunstorm/Shadowstar 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All) (EX level 25)
Ubelmann the Unknown 17 Ashwin Lannister 8 Door Missions (3 Defeat All)
The Scroll of Tielekku 14 Laura Brunetti or
Miriam Bloechl
7 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 2 Talks
An Unnatural Order 18 Eliza Thorpe or
Lorenzo Tate
8 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
The Freaklympics 34 Collin Larson 8 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
The Mysterious General Z 15 Christine Lansdale 8 Door Missions
Find the Pantheon: Rescue the Mystics
(Mystical Savior Badge)
2 [B] Laura Brunetti or
Miriam Bloechl
1 Defeat All
The Redemption of Alexander 'the Great'
(Redeemer Badge)
7 [B] Ashwin Lannister or
Laurie Pennington
1 Defeat All, 1 Hunt, 1 Patrol, 3 Talks

Defender of Truth (Level 30-34)

Arc Name Merits Contact Summary
Crossing Over 12 Buck Salinger 5 Door Missions, 1 Talk
Hatred's Hungry Heart 7 Kelly Nemmers 3 Door Missions, 2 Hunts
Fear and Loathing on Striga Isle
(Warshades and Peacebringers)
9 Sunstorm/Shadowstar 6 Door Mission, 1 Talk (EX level 30)
The Rise of the Vampyri 25 Jose Escalante 7 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 3 Hunts
The Library of Souls 21 Allison King 8 Door Missions, 4 Talks
Corporate Culture 17 Phillipa Meraux 8 Door Missions
The Unity Plague 26 Jenny Firkins 6 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 8 Talks
The Freakshow War 33 Neal Kendrick 8 Door Missions (3 Defeat All)
Stop the Pact
(Corrupter Badge)
7 [B] Neal Kendrick or
Tina Chung
3 Door Missions(2 Defeat All)
Defend the War Walls
(War Wall Defender Badge)
2 [B] Phillipa Meraux 1 Door Mission

Vindicator (Level 35-39)

Arc Name Merits Contact Summary
Scary Monsters
(Warshades and Peacebringers only)
12 Sunstorm/Shadowstar 5 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Hunt (EX level 35) probably bugged, awards at wrong level or not at all
A Path Into Darkness 27 Colleen Nelson 9 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
The Envoy of Shadow 15 Cadao Kestrel 8 Door Missions, 3 AVs (Envoy of Shadows)
Revenant Hero Project 16 Gordon Stacy 4 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 5 Talks
The Terra Conspiracy 19 Ginger Yates 7 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 Talk, 1 AV (Terra)
Mass Duplicity 28 Anton Sampson 8 Door Missions (3 Defeat All)
The Organ Grinders 21 Steven Sheridan 7 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 2 Hunts, 3 Talks
The Arrival of the Oranbegans
(Frontline Badge)
9 [B] Cadao Kestrel 2 Defeat Alls, 1 Talk
They Call Me the Doctor
(The Doctor's Ally Badge)
2 [B] Gordon Stacy 1 Door Mission

Justice Incarnate (Level 40-45)

Arc Name Merits Contact Summary
The Nictus Alliance
(Warshades and Peacebringers only)
11 Sunstorm/Shadowstar 6 Door Missions (2 Defeat All) (EX level 40)
To Save a Soul 37 Madeleine Casey 8 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 2 Hunts, 6 Talks, 1 AV (Madame of Mystery)
On the Run (the Evil Countess Crey) 31 Janet Kellum 11 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 2 Hunts, 4 Talks, 1 AV (Countess Crey)
The Nictus Insurrection
(Warshades and Peacebringers only)
8 Sunstorm/Shadowstar 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 AV (Nosferatu) (EX level 45)
Melvin and the Mysterious Malta Group 35 Indigo 13 Door Missions (4 Defeat All), 6 Talks
The Eternal Nemesis 29 Maxwell Christopher 15 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 2 AVs (Nosferatu and Nemesis)
The Praetorian War 43 Tina Macintyre 13 Door Missions (5 Defeat All), 5 AVs (Anti-Matter, Bobcat, Shadowhunter, Neuron)
Division: Line 33 Angus McQueen 13 Door Missions
Nemesis Weather Control
(Meteorologist Badge)
10 [B] Maxwell Christopher 3 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 3 Talks
The Clockwork King's Psychic Signal
(Emancipator Badge)
0 [B] Tina Macintyre 1 Door Mission, 1 AV (Psychic Clockwork King)
The Hydra Dimension
(Multidimensional Badge)
7 [B] Tina Macintyre 2 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Talk

Hero of the City (Level 46-50)

Arc Name Merits Contact Summary
Future Threat 5 Daedalus 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk, 1 Hunt
(awards flashback badges at 40-45 level)
Stolen Power 2 Daedalus 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 AV (Ghost Widow)
Origin of Power
(Origin of Power Badge)
4 Percy Winkley 5 Talks, 1 Door Mission
(awards flashback badges at 25-29 level)
Ouroboros Initiation 7 The Pilgrim 4 Door Missions, 7 Talks
The Strange case
of Benjamin A. Decker
3 Levantera 3 Door Missions, 1 Talk
Welcome to Vanguard
or The Vanguard Volunteer
9 Levantera 5 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 6 Talks
Dreams of Peace and Acts of War 9 Serpent Drummer 7 Door Missions, 2 Talks, 1 AV (Lord of War: Hro'Dtohz)
The Red and the Black 14 Gaussian 6 Door Missions, 1 EB (Lt. Sefu Tendaji)
The Horror of War 18 The Dark Watcher 6 Door Missions, 5 AVs (Positron Atomaton, Manticore Atomaton, Silver Mantis, Lord of War: Hro'Dtohz, Nemesis)
Lost and Found 8 Montague Castanella 4 Door Missions, 4 Talks, 1 Craft, 1 Hunt
Upon the Psychic Plane 49 Harvey Maylor 14 Door Missions (4 Defeat All), 2 Hunts, 4 Talks, 2 AVs (Vanessa DeVore, Giovanna Scaldi)
The Final Darkness
(Warshades and Peacebringers only)
13 Sunstorm/Shadowstar 6 Door Missions, 2 AVs (Requiem, Arakhn)
Operation: World Wide Red 30 Crimson 15 Door Missions (5 Defeat All), 1 Talk, GM Ambush, 1 AV (Dreadnought Red Kronos 02)
To Save a Thousand Worlds 43 Unai Kemen 16 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 8 Talks, 1 AV (Requiem)
A Hero's Hero 36 Maria Jenkins 13 Door Missions (4 Defeat All), 3 Talks, 14 AVs (Chimera, Shadowhunter, Nightstar, Siege, Bobcat, Neuron, Battle Maiden, Black Swan, Malaise, Mother Mayhem, Diabolique, Infernal, Dominatrix, Marauder), 1 AV min lvl 50 (Tyrant)
The Rikti Negotiator
(Bodyguard Badge)
4 [B] Crimson 2 Door Missions, 1 Talk
The Marauder's Cell
(Agent Badge)
2 [B] Maria Jenkins 1 Defeat All, 1 AV (Marauder)
Black Shroud Dimension
(Shrouded Badge)
1 [B] Maria Jenkins 1 Door Mission, 1 AV (Nightstar)

Not available in Flashback

Arc Name Contact Merits Enemies EB/AV Summary/Notes
The Tale of Cimerora Senator Decimus Aquila 1 5 Talks, Level 35-50
Portal Corps Story Arc 2 Unai Kemen 5 Badge villain banished.png Banished Pantheon
Badge villain council.png Council Empire
Badge villain council.png Werewolves
4 Door Missions. Level 45-50

Events

Event missions are available from levels 1 to 50. Events are not available via Flashback.

Arc Name Contact Merits Enemies EB/AV Summary/Notes
Unlock DJ Zero (Spring Event) Ganymede 00002E ICON MeritToken.png 2 Reward Merits V badge ArachnosBadge.png Arachnos
Badge villain council.png Council
  2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Defeat Snaptooth (Spring Event) DJ Zero 00000E ICON MeritToken.png 0 Reward Merits V badge ArachnosBadge.png Arachnos
Badge croatoa cap buster.png Red Caps
Snaptooth 2 Door Missions
Rescue Baby New Year (Winter Event) Father Time 00000E ICON MeritToken.png 0 Reward Merits Badge croatoa cap buster.png Red Caps
Badge croatoa bane of dannan.png Tuatha de Dannan
V badge Winter.png Winter Horde
Snaptooth 1 Door Mission

See Also