Quests

"They say you have a gift for beekeeping - pah! You may have them fooled, but you have yet to impress me. Pass these tests and maybe I'll recommend you to the Apicademy."

Quests are missions the player can complete for rewards. There are two types of quests, chapters in Grandpa's Guide and tasks at the Noticeboard. Both types grant the player a reward when the requirement item/s are met.

To meet the requirement the player needs to have the items in their inventory or any open menus when trying to hand in the quest. Book quests do not use up the requirement items, however Noticeboard quests do.

Quests

Game Mechanics

Book Quests

These are all the quests found in Grandpa's Guide, as well as what further quests are unlocked, if any:

Overview Icon	Quest Name	Category	Overview	Requirement	Reward	Unlocks
	Welcome to APICO	Introduction	Explains the guide book and closing menus	None	1 with Beeatrice active	Getting Around
	Getting Around	Introduction	Explains movement and interaction	None	1	Gathering Resources
	Gathering Resources	Introduction	Explains equipping items and the hotbar	10	1	Resource Management
	Resource Management	Introduction	Explains inventory and slots	None	1	Crafting
	Crafting	Introduction	Explains crafting with the Workbench	1	20	Next Steps
	Next Steps	Introduction	Explains the rest of the book	None	1	Carpentry 101, Finding Bees, Flower Power, Menu Magic, and Tapping Trees
	Carpentry 101	Crafting	Explains how to get sticks and planks	10 and 10	50	Basic Tools and Get Building
	Basic Tools	Crafting	Explains the main 4 types of tools	1 , 1 , 1 , and 1	50	None
	Get Building	Crafting	Explains walls and tiles	16 and 16	1	Paint The Town
	Paint The Town	Crafting	Explains dyes and painting	1	32	None
	Like Clockwork	Crafting	Explains clockwork machines	1	5	None
	Sweet To The Core	Crafting	Explains honeycore machines	1	10	None
	Menu Magic	Tips and Tricks	Explains help overlays and moving menus around	None	1	Advanced Controls and Keeping Organised
	Advanced Controls	Tips and Tricks	Explains shift-clicking and target menus	None	5
	Keeping Organised	Tips and Tricks	Explains sorting for menus	None	1	Picture Perfect
	Picture Perfect	Tips and Tricks	Explains photo mode	None	5	Waiting Around
	Waiting Around	Tips and Tricks	Explains using benches and beds	None	1	None
	Finding Bees	Beekeeping	Explains how to get bees	1 , 1 , and 1	1	Beekeeping 101
	Flower Power	Beekeeping	Explains how to get flowers	1 , 1 , and 1	1	None
	Beekeeping 101	Beekeeping	Explains how to use beehives and make queens	10 and 10	10	Pimp My Hive
	Pimp My Hive	Beekeeping	Explains man-made apiaries and frames	1 and 1	1	What's In The Box?, Crossbreeding, and Uncapping Frames
	What's In The Box?	Beekeeping	Explains beeboxes and what they're for	1	10	None
	Crossbreeding	Beekeeping	Explains cross-breeding and mutations	1 and 1	2	Rehabeelitate
	Rehabeelitate	Beekeeping	Explains the Rehabilitator and conservation status	1	1	None
	Uncapping Frames	Beekeeping	Explains uncapping frames and propolis	10	2	Extracting Honey
	Extracting Honey	Beekeeping	Explains extracting frames and getting honey	5	1	The Need... For Mead and Making Money
	Fizzy Whizzy	Beekeeping	Explains how to make Apicola from honey	1 and 1	5	None
	The Candle-stick Maker	Beekeeping	Explains how to make Candles from Beeswax	5	5	Full-Beetal Alchemist
	Full-Beetal Alchemist	Beekeeping	Explains how to create Incense	1 , 1 , and 1	5	None
	Making Money	Beekeeping	Explains NPC shops	None	5	Give Me Space, Microscope It Out, More Resin, Less Mess, Set Sail!, and Demo Challenge (in the Demo only)
	Microscope It Out	Beekeeping	Explains using a microscope to see traits	1	5	None
	Smokey Eyes	Beekeeping	Explains using smokers to calm down grumpy bees	1 and 20	20	None
	Climate Control	Beekeeping	Explains using heaters and coolers to affect climate	1 and 1	30	None
	Tapping Trees	Liquids	Explains how to get resin from trees	1	1	Keep It Flowing and Quests#It Rains, It Pours
	It Rains, It Pours	Liquids	Explains how to gather rain to use for mead	1	2	None
	Keep It Flowing	Liquids	Explains crafting canisters and barrels	1 and 1	1	Cold Infusion
	Cold Infusion	Liquids	Explains using an infuser to make treated planks and sticks with resin	10 and 10	2	Getting An Upgrade and Like Clockwork
	Getting An Upgrade	Liquids	Explains advanced apiaries and swarmers	1 and 1	2	None
	More Resin, Less Mess	Liquids	Explains how to use a squeezer to get resin from logs / acorns	1	5	None
	Give Me Space	Exploration	Explains backpacks	1	5	None
	Set Sail!	Exploration	Explains boats and other islands	1	5	Sweet To The Core, Blessed Bee, Swamp Thing, The Icebee Cometh, Smokey Eyes
	Swamp Thing	Exploration	Explains the swamp biomes	5 , 5 , and 5	10	None
	The Icebee Cometh	Exploration	Explains the tundra biomes	5 , 5 and 5	2	None
	Blessed Bee	Exploration	Explains altars and idols	1 , 1 , and 1	1	Forgotten Paths
	Forgotten Paths	Exploration	Explains gates and gives a hint towards the 5th marker	None	5	None
	Demo Challenge	Challenge	A final "challenge for the demo	5 , 5 , 5 , 5 , 5 , and 5	1	None

Noticeboard Quests

Noticeboard quests are accessed by the Noticeboard in town, and are split into 3 categories. Each category has 5 quests that are predetermined, after which the player can choose to keep doing the quests indefinitely and new ones will be randomly generated.

After the 5th quest the player will unlock an Achievement and a matching Plushie, but can still choose to carry on indefinitely.

Beenjamin's Tests

Set by Dr Beenjamin BhD, these quests ask for a bee with specific traits that are not found naturally on that species, encouraging the player to experiment with cross-breeding and inheritence

Quest No.	Set By	Dialogue	Requirement	Reward
1	Dr Beenjamin BhD	They say you have a gift for beekeeping - pah! You may have them fooled, but you have yet to impress me. Pass these tests and maybe I'll recommend you to the Apicademy.	A Common Bee with Nocturnal Behavior	1-5 of a random Special Produce
2	Dr Beenjamin BhD	This one should be child's play to someone of your... skill. If you solve this one, maybe you'll stop wasting my time and be able to help me with some real research!	A Verdant Bee with an Unstable Stability	1-5 of a random Special Produce
3	Dr Beenjamin BhD	Here. This particular problem was the subject of my Thesis, the basis of my research - if you can't get your head around this, you're no use to me! No shortcuts!	A Regal Bee with a Rapid Lifespan	1-5 of a random Special Produce
4	Dr Beenjamin BhD	Your research has proven adequate thus far, {PLAYER}. Hmm. Barnabee has been working on this particular problem and has yet to solve it - perhaps you should take a look with your... unique perspective?	A Twilight Bee with a Fastest Productivity	1-5 of a random Special Produce
5	Dr Beenjamin BhD	Right, {PLAYER}, take a look at this - do you see the issue? It's a tricky one, for sure. Honestly, I'm at an intellectual stalemate on this one and I'm tired of wasting my tenure on it...	A Crystal Bee with a Swarming Fertility	1-5 of a random Special Produce
6+	Dr Beenjamin BhD	What more do you want from me! You have my recommendation! What do you mean you're doing this for fun? Is my life's work fun to you! Fine, if you insist, here are some of my unsolvable problems.	A random bee species with a specific trait	1-5 of a random Special Produce

Beenjamin will never ask for a specific Climate, instead Barnabee will ask for this in their quests in the "Help Wanted!" noticeboard quests

Help Wanted!

Set by various NPCs, these quests ask for a variety of items, some crafted, some bees. Each NPC has a different pool of things they want and a different pool of rewards. After the 5th quest the order of NPCs is kept, but the requirements and rewards are randomised.

Quest No.	Set By	Dialogue	Requirement	Reward
1	Beetrix	Hey, {PLAYER}, are you busy? Someone from the Mainland has placed a huge online order and... I don't think I can fill it! Look, this would really help my business grow, {PLAYER}, could you help me out?	4, 8, 16, or 20 of one of the following items: , , , , , , , , or	A random stone tool (axe, hammer, spade, pickaxe)
2	Bobbee	Hello {PLAYER}, I hope this finds you well. Skipper informed me (very loudly) that he is looking to trade some of our machines to the Mainlanders, would you be able to help make some?	1 of the following machines: , , , , , , , , , , or a	1, 3, 5, or 10
3	Abbee	Uh, beekeeper? My plants and I need your help! I'd do it myself but I can't leave them unsupervised... you understand!	4, 8, 16, or 20 of a random Flower or Seed	8, 16, 24, or 32 of a random Dye
4	Barnabee	Hey, hotshot! Say - are you busy? Got a real doozy from the Professor and I just can't seem to solve it! You wouldn't mind taking a shot would you? You'll get a kick out of it, I swear!	A random bee species with a climate other than what it naturally spawns with	1, 2, or 3 of a random Frame
5	Merchant	Fancy doing a fella a solid, stranger? No discounts, mind...	1, 2, or 3 of a random Bottled Liquid	A random Music Track
6+	One of the above NPCs but in the same order, i.e. 6 is Beetrix, 7 is Bobbee etc	Same as above	Same as above	Save as above

The Merchant's quests are a great way to get tracks for cheap, as bottles are usually a lot cheaper / easier to produce, however the tracks are random and ignore if you have already received that track before.

Captains Orders

Set by Skipper, these quests ask for increasingly higher quantities of Apicola. Based on the amount of Apicola handed in the player is give an equal amount of Mainlander Money which sells for the most out of all items in the game. By making Apicola and handing it in through these quests the player can easily make a lot of money

Quest No.	Set By	Dialogue	Requirement	Reward
1	Skipper	All hands on deck, {PLAYER}! Got a business proposition fer yah - see, our secrets out and the Mainlanders have caught wind of Apicola. What say you and I show ‘em what a legend tastes like, eh? Ho ho ho!	1	1
2	Skipper	Oh boy, oh boy, that batch went down a treat. A proper shot across the bows to that Mainland dishwater they call Apicola! How abouts we make a lil more, eh?	3	3
3	Skipper	{PLAYER}! Yer famous matey! Mainland's been a'buzzin with talk of the new Brewmaster - that's you, mind. Fancy doing me a few barrels this time? Don't tell yah Nana.	5	5
4	Skipper	Neptune's beard matey, that last batch - hic! - knocked seven bells out of me... them! What else you got up your sleeve?	1	1
5	Skipper	Right, {PLAYER}, no mucking about this time - let's make some waves. Mainlanders are having their annual fete, and we've been asked to provide the provisions - let's show ‘em what Apicola is made of!	3	3
6+	Skipper	Ho ho ho! I like the cut of your jib, {PLAYER}! It's time for the real challenge; Apicola enough to satiate the Krakenbee - if she even exists! Just t'warn yah though matey, there's no end to this one and yer doing it fer the joy of it.	1-5 of a random type of Bottled Liquids	A matching amount of

Trivia

• Quests in the book used to originally give XP that would level up the player. XP was also gained from breeding new bees and was used to unlock items in the shop before it was changed to use the number of bees discovered for gating items.
• Originally Apicola was called Mead, but was changed to avoid a mature rating from the ESRB board
• Skipper's dialogue makes it questionable if the Apicola actually reaches the mainland or not