Hero Merit Rewards

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	00011 11 Reward Merits	Clockwork Circle of Thorns Vahzilok	Doc Buzzsaw	5 Door Missions, 2 Talks
Dam Heroes	Positron	00015 15 Reward Merits	Clockwork Circle of Thorns Vahzilok	Cortex Rollister Dr. Vahzilok	5 Door Missions, 2 Talks
The Fall of the Clockwork King	Synapse	00058 58 Reward Merits	Clockwork	Clockwork Lord Babbage (Zone Ambush) Clockwork King	10 Door Missions (5 Defeat All), 2 Talks
A Clamor for the People	Penelope Yin	00020 20 Reward Merits	Freakshow	Clamor	5 Door Missions
Citadel's Children	Citadel	00040 40 Reward Merits	Council	Bulwark Vandal	9 Door Missions (4 Defeat All), 2 Talk, 1 Patrol
Following Countess Crey	Manticore	00032 32 Reward Merits	Crey	Hopkins	7 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Talk, 2 Hunt
Numina Task Force	Numina	00036 36 Reward Merits	Devouring Earth Freakshow	Jurassik	6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk, 16 Multi-Zone Hunts
Statesman Task Force	Statesman	00037 37 Reward Merits OR Synthetic Hami O	Arachnos Rogue Isles Villains 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	00020 20 Reward Merits	5th Column Arachnos 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	00122 122 Reward Merits	Crey Arachnos Rikti Soldiers of Rularuu		19 Door Missions (7 Defeat All)
The Legend of Ruladak	Sara Moore	00064 64 Reward Merits	Soldiers of Rularuu Nemesis Circle of Thorns	Ruladak the Strong	13 Door Missions (7 Defeat All), 2 Hunts
The Saga of Faathim	Justin Augustine	00042 42 Reward Merits	Soldiers of Rularuu Circle of Thorns		5 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 8 Hunts
Faathim the Kind Task Force	Faathim the Kind	00073 73 Reward Merits	Soldiers of Rularuu Nemesis Rikti Circle of Thorns Malta Operatives Knives of Artemis Lanaruu	Malaise Mother Mayhem Nemesis? Baphomet Lanaru the Mad	13 Door Missions (5 Defeat All), 1 Zone Patrol
The Kheldian War	Moonfire	00032 32 Reward Merits	Council	Arakhn	7 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 2 Hunts, 2 Talks
The Mech Man Cometh	Ernesto Hess	00019 19 Reward Merits	Council	Archon Burkholder	9 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
A Tangled Plot	Katie Hannon	00009 9 Reward Merits	Red Caps The Cabal	Mary MacComber x10	4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
The Heart of the Hollows	Karsis	00008 8 Reward Merits	Circle of Thorns Minions of Igneous	Koago	1 Door Mission. The final mission can be failed.
Eden Trial	Woodsman	00007 7 Reward Merits OR Titan O	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	00029 29 Reward Merits OR Hydra O	Hydra Rikti		1 Door Mission, 1 Hunt. The final mission can be failed.
First Respec Trial	Jane Hallaway	00028 28 Reward Merits OR Respec	Sky Raiders		2 Door Missions, 1 Talk, 1 Hunt. The final mission can be failed.
Second Respec Trial	Captain James Harlan	00020 20 Reward Merits OR Respec	Freakshow		3 Door Missions
Third Respec Trial	Major Richard Flagg	00020 20 Reward Merits OR Respec	Rikti		3 Door Missions. The final mission can be failed.
Smoke and Mirrors	Twilight's Son	00007 7 Reward Merits	Circle of Thorns	Baron Zoria	4 Door Missions
The 5th Column Overthrow	Mender Lazarus	00010 10 Reward Merits	5th Column	Nosferatu Col. Burkholder Vandal Maestro Requiem	4 Door Missions
Trading Places	Mender Silos	00014 14 Reward Merits	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
Reason to Fight	2	Aaron Thiery	1 Door Missions, 4 Hunts (1 Blinkie Hunt), 1 Talk (EX level 7)
What Was Lost	2	Matthew Habashy	3 Door Missions, 2 Hunts, 1 Talk (EX level 7)
No More Fears	0	Officer Fields	1 Door Missions, 2 Hunts, 3 Talks (EX level 7)
Lay Down Your Burdens	0	Sondra Costel	1 Door Missions, 3 Hunts (1 Blinkie Hunt, 1 Rescue), 3 Talk (EX level 7)
The Shining Stars - A New Day Dawning (Shining Star Badge)	2[B]	Twinshot	3 Door Missions, 1 Hunts, 6 Talks (EX level 9)
The Shining Stars - Big Leagues (Brightest Sun Badge)	2[B]	Twinshot	4 Door Missions, 2 Hunts, 2 Talks
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 New Recruits (Positron's Ally Badge)	40	Positron	11 Door Missions (5 Defeat All), 5 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 (1 Defeat All) (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)
Clamor and Destruction (Sister Psyche's Comrade Badge)	40	Sister Psyche	11 Door Missions (4 Defeat All), 2 Talks
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)	3 [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)
A Mind in Danger	8	Calvin Scott	5 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 4 Hunts, 3 Talks, 1 Patrol, 1 AV (Malaise)
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 (4 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 Epic	21	Maria Jenkins	13 Door Missions, 3 Talks, 13 AVs (Chimera, Shadowhunter, Nightstar, Siege, Bobcat, Neuron, Battle Maiden, Black Swan, Malaise, Mother Mayhem, Diabolique, Infernal, Dominatrix, Marauder, Olympian Guard)
A Hero's Hero	36	Maria Jenkins	13 Door Missions (4 Defeat All), 3 Talks, 14 AVs (Chimera, Nightstar, 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	Banished Pantheon Council Empire 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	00002 2 Reward Merits	Arachnos Council		2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Defeat Snaptooth (Spring Event)	DJ Zero	00000 0 Reward Merits	Arachnos Red Caps	Snaptooth	2 Door Missions
Rescue Baby New Year (Winter Event)	Father Time	00000 0 Reward Merits	Red Caps Tuatha de Dannan Winter Horde	Snaptooth	1 Door Mission

See Also

• Merit Rewards
• Villain Merit Rewards
• Cooperative Merit Rewards
• Miscellaneous Merit Rewards