Why people call content unlock quests "blue" ?

I have come with the term "Blue Unlock Quests" when surfing the net .
Why exactly they are called blue when the quest marker is yellow (gold) ?
I really do not see the reason other then to create confusion.
Cheers,

Because the quest markers over npc heads that unlock things have blue in them.

Main story quests have the meteor icon, and regular quests have nothing special.


There should be no confusion, since calling them blue quests is accurate.

Beware that not all of them unlock content. I found 2 or 3 that didn't gave me any return...and found some yellow ones that helped a lot with world building.
Maybe you want to follow this link: https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Content_Unlock
Or this one if it's your first time: https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/G...Locked_Content
Still, i wish we had a "Journey Guide" in-game.

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Originally Posted by Elissar

Beware that not all of them unlock content. I found 2 or 3 that didn't gave me any return...and found some yellow ones that helped a lot with world building.
Maybe you want to follow this link: https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Content_Unlock
Or this one if it's your first time: https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/G...Locked_Content
Still, i wish we had a "Journey Guide" in-game.

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They don't all unlock content, but they all unlock something

I call them + quests since the + is the main part of it and for the blue you need magnifying glass

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Originally Posted by Elissar

Beware that not all of them unlock content. I found 2 or 3 that didn't gave me any return...and found some yellow ones that helped a lot with world building.

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They all unlock something, or lead to another quest that does. Even if it's just an important bit of story or aether current they all lead to something meaningful.

Isn't always.
I'll remember her name and link here.
https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/The_Honest_Truth You can follow this chain
or look for similar cases https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...nything_as_of/

Just like we have blue quests that don't unlock anything, we have yellow quests that gives you an emote (https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Feature_Quests).
I found a yellow in Stormblood near to a village with a chain that told me a sad story about a couple that was separated from each other when the Empire arrived. He died in the war, she died because of solitude waiting for him. Both was buried next to each other. This quest was special because the way you get it done had an minigame included, you had to look at pictures and locate the place.

We need a "journey guide" as a feature.

But the quest "The Honest Truth" does unlock something.

It is part of a questchain that you need to complete, for unlocking a beast tribe.

From "The Honest Truth" --> "The Rose Blooms Twice" --> "Brooding Broodmother". "Brooding Broodmother" unlocks daily quest with the Ananta.

Cause the quest icon is.... blue?

All blue quests will lead at some point to an unlock. They may not be the quest that unlocks the thing but the first in a chain that does so. The blue in the icon is to signify that interacting with this quest or quest series will lead to the unlock.