What order should the quest packs be played?

[Naniyue]

Quest 0 of the Pulse ones is now my first quest, then the NA The Trial after that. Seems to play more fairly this way, while still making you earn your treausure.

[Naniyue]

After a break of a couple of months, I'm back to playing. I'm starting from scratch, and am curious if anyone's opinion has changed, or if the official order has done so, especially with Delthrak available for preorder.

[Naniyue]

I want to play the new First Light quests, but I feel compelled to play the original ones again first. I know I can play quests 1 and 2, so that Sir Ragnar will be rescued before attempting number 1 of First Light. Beyond that, has anyone figured out how to fit the First Light quests in with the originals, or are they truly, so to speak, part of an alternate universe?

EDIT: To clarify, I want to use the same party. If this isn't feasible, then I will have two parties, one for First Light, and the other for just about everything else.

[wallydubbs]

The only way First Light works with the Game System is with an alternate group. You'd have to change up the message from Mentor otherwise. Plus most of the Artifacts would be dished out twice. But said artifacts shine more if the group only has 1 Borin's Armor or 1 Spell Ring.

It somewhat makes sense that Mentor wouldn't put all his eggs in the same basket and have more then 1 team.

Do you have any of the newer heroes or are you trying to leave it all us to the original 4?
There's nothing wrong with separating them into 2 or more groups. After the Game System you could send those heroes out to rescue the King in Keller's Keep. This other group could run Spirit Queen's Torment at the same time. Or you can split up the groups with other unused heroes, whomever walked away from the Game System with Talisman of Lore has to go save himself from Melar and runs Prophecy of Telor while another group goes to save the King. Once that is done you can split the groups again, who wants to handle the Witch Lord and why wants to save the Spirit Queen?

It seems reasonable that Zargon would be hatching multiple schemes at once and the Empire needs more then 1 group of heroes. Heaven forbid one of them dies. They lost the Barbarian, what are you going to do? The King assigns a Guardian Knight to take his place among the champions.

[Kurgan]

Ah, I see you wear the fabled Borin's Armor... very impression! But have you gotten a look at Dorin's Armor? Very fashionable this year...

I want to say that Legacy of Sorasil had a second Talisman of Lore. Did I remember that correctly?

Incidentally, if HeroQuest and Talisman ever do a crossover the title of the pack should be easy to guess.

[SirRick]

Both quest packs are happening at the same time with different heroes, not an alternate universe. The story ties itself nicely to the events we know about and sheds light on things we had little knowledge of before, like Kessandria the Witch Queen.

It gives you another chance to start new heroes in the same world your previous heroes are in. Then, you can mix and match them later if you wish. I’ve been doing something similar already on my play through using the app. I have one of each hero, and the group changes with each quest pack, pulling from the same pool of different heroes. Now after playing First Light, I have another of each of the base heroes to mix into the larger gang.

The story in First Light possibly hints at the other heroes by mentioning the other warriors that always seem to be hanging around Mentor during the story sequences. They could very well be knights or the army of the king, but the fact it seems to take awhile for Sir Ragnar to deliver a particular item to Prince Magnus seems to suggest Mentor’s place is separate from the castle. This is just my speculation at this point

Also when I do encounter doubles of certain artifacts that were previously found by other heroes, I just rename them. For example my original Dwarf has a suit of Armor of Earth from the Spirit Queen’s Torment quest pack. But yes, you could also go with Dorin’s Armor, Forin’s Armor, Gorin’s Armor, etc.

[Naniyue]

Thank you for the responses. So, yes, I'll have two different groups, then. One of the reasons I wanted just one group, though, was that the game felt more intense, at least the way I play it. Mentor had only one group, one chance, and that's it! If a character dies, oh crap! But with all the new classes, having more than one group makes sense, and adds replay value anyway.

[wallydubbs]

When running the Game System there are a lot of single quests that don't seem to have anything to do with each other. Melar's Maze and the Fire Mage don't necessarily need the same group. The only ones that are connected are Lair of the Orc Warlord and Legacy of the Orc Warlord (The Party that saves Ragnar doesn't necessarily have to be the same party that kills Ulag) and the last 3 with the Witch Lord. So I ran most of these quests with separate groups, each hero gaining little rewards here and there so by the time the quests are all complete some heroes might have an artifact or piece of equipment.
Only when running First Light would that group need to be the same.
But next comes Keller's Keep and this needs to be played by the same group as they're running through Mountain caverns to get to the King. So after they finish Keller's Keep we should have one group potentially maxed out. While all this is going on the hero who has the Talisman of Lore can take another group to run through Prophecy of Telor. While yet a third and possibly 4th group could run through Spirit Queen's Torment and Return of the Witch Lord.
These first 4 expansions are the easier then the later ones like Against the Ogre Horde or Frozen Horror. So you don't necessarily need fully equipped heroes to run KK, PoT, SQT or RotWL. But upon finishing each with different groups you should have 5 groups (Counting First Light) maxed out.

Then all the heroes rejoin the hero pool and I drew a new group to run Against the Ogre Horde. My group was the Berserker, Elf, Knight & Warlock, this was extremely memorable as there was no Dwarf to disarm traps and Pits of Darkness are brutal with a Knight. But the Warlock's Fear spell worked wonders against Ogres as she was able to ignore pit traps too, while the Elf's Time spells were a great help.

From there I did 5 heroes in Frozen Horror when the Explorer tragically lost his life.

So you're totally within your right if the players want to change up heroes from quest pack to quest pack. I'd actually suggest using a 5-hero crew for Frozen Horror & Mage of the Mirror.

[Kurgan]

So what next? Are we thinking Crypt of Perpetual Darkness... then "Dread on the Horizon" ... and THEN Wizards of Morcar?

[Rogar-Grognak]

Edited by HispaZargon: due to topic similarity, all posts from new thread "HeroQuest Campaign/Quest chronology?" have been moved to this older thread. Post subjects have been re-titled accordingly.

Is this a complete HeroQuest Campaign/Quest chronology?

Apologies if this has been asked before - I'm new here

**HEROQUEST MASTER CAMPAIGN CHRONOLOGY**
*Including official, semi-official, and regional content*
*Compiled March 2026*
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**MAIN CAMPAIGN**
1. HeroQuest First Light *(10-quest campaign)*
2. New Beginnings *(single quest — free download)*
3. Rogar's Hall *(single quest — free download)*
4. The Maze *(single quest — 1989 UK First Edition only)*
5. HeroQuest Game System *(14-quest campaign)*
6. *Japanese Edition Campaign (14-quest campaign — Rise of the Chaos God — English translation required)* (C*)
7. Forsaken Tunnels of Xor-Xel *(single quest — free download)*
8. Commander of the Guardian Knights *(single quest — Hero Pack)*
9. Kellar's Keep *(10-quest campaign)*
10. Prophecy of Telor *(13-quest campaign)*
11. Spirit Queen's Torment *(14-quest campaign)*
12. Return of the Witch Lord *(10-quest campaign)*
13. *A Plague of Zombies (single quest — Adventure Design Kit, 1990)* (C*)
14. *The Halls of Durrag-Dol (3-quest campaign — White Dwarf #134, Feb 1991)* (C*)
15. *Return of the Weatherman (single quest — Marvel Winter Special, 1991)* (C*)
16. *The Eyes of Chaos (single quest — White Dwarf #145, Dec 1991)* (C*)
17. *The Slave City (Brazilian) (5-quest campaign — Dragão Brasil #4, 1995)* (C*)
18. *The Rescue (Brazilian) (3-quest campaign — Dragão Brasil #6, ~1995)* (C*)
19. *Attack on the Sleeping Mage (Brazilian) (3-quest campaign — Dragão Brasil #8, ~1995)* (C*)
20. *The Rescue of the Princess (Brazilian) (single quest — Dragão Dourado Annual 2, #5, date unverified)* (C*)
21. *Creature Hunt (Brazilian) (3-quest campaign — Só Aventuras #1, date unknown)* (C*)
22. *The Inn of Chaos (single quest — Adventures Unlimited Magazine #5, 1996)* (C*)
23. Into the Northlands *(single quest — free download)*
24. The Dark Company *(13-stage continuous dungeon)*
25. The Frozen Horror *(10-quest campaign)*
26. *In the Night Season (single quest — solo, Dave Morris novel, 1991)* (C*)
27. *A Growl of Thunder (single quest — solo, Dave Morris novel, 1993)* (C*)
28. The Rogue Heir of Elethorn *(single quest — Hero Pack)*
29. Mage of the Mirror *(10-quest campaign)*
30. *Running the Gauntlet (single quest — solo, Dave Morris novel, 1992)* (C*)
31. Knight Fall *(single quest — free download)*
32. Rise of the Dread Moon *(11-quest campaign)*
33. Dread on the Horizon *(single quest — free download, Gen Con 2025 physical giveaway)*
34. Path of the Wandering Monk *(single quest — Hero Pack)*
35. Against the Ogre Horde *(10-quest campaign)*
36. Wizards of Morcar *(10-quest campaign — 2026 release)*
37. Jungles of Delthrak *(16-quest campaign)*
38. The Crypt of Perpetual Darkness *(10-quest campaign)*
*(C*) Classic content with no modern equivalent. These entries have not been remade or rereleased by Avalon Hill and exist only in their original published form.*
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**UNCONFIRMED — FINAL STATUS**
*Unconfirmed quests/campaign — suggested by AI – Possible hallucinations:*
- The Amulet of the Fire Mage
- Wizards of Zargon as an official product
- Die Bastion des Chaos
- Les Sorciers de la Montagne Noire
- The Dark Mage of Melar (White Dwarf #161)
- Halls of the Dead (White Dwarf #135)
- Tower of Erdan / HeroQuest News Italian magazine
- The Fellowship of Four as a GW promotional quest
- A second bonus quest in the Adventure Design Kit
- Eyes of Chaos Part 1 in White Dwarf #115 as a playable quest
*Possible but unconfirmed — no titles or archived copies could be found:*
- Promo / catalogue / retailer demo quest sheets
- Convention tournament maps
*Confirmed real fan adaptation:*
- Rise of the Chaos God — English adaptation of the Japanese Edition by bastianbux; see entry 6 above
*Confirmed real — not a quest:*
- Dragão Brasil #12 — hero stats supplement containing Minotaur, Fairy, Amazon and Centaur character classes; not a quest pack
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**ADVANCED HEROQUEST — SEPARATE GAME**
*A different rules system, not directly compatible with standard HeroQuest without conversion*
- The Quest for Sonneklinge — White Dwarf #121 (1990)
- The Priests of Pleasure — White Dwarf #122 (1990)
- The Dark Beneath the World — White Dwarf #125 (1990) *(features Gotrek & Felix)*
- The Trollslayer's Oath — White Dwarf #134 (1991)
- Henchmen rules expansion — White Dwarf #138 (1991)
- The Eyes of Chaos AHQ version — White Dwarf #145 (1992) *(standard HeroQuest version also in this issue — see entry 16)*
- The Changing Faces of Tzeentch — White Dwarf #150 (1992)
- Rivers of Blood — White Dwarf #159 (1993)
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*This chronology was compiled using primary sources including Ye Olde Inn, Elvyler's Game Room, BoardGameGeek, HeroQuest Interactive Wiki, HeroScribe White Dwarf index, and the HeroQuest FAQ.*