Stop turning in quest items the hard way

[Bixby]

I never understood why people complained about quest item turn-in being clunky until I realized there was a Hard Mode, and if you're using a gamepad, that's the only one the game tells you about.

Here's what you're presented with:


If you're using a mouse, maybe you're trying to find & select the item out of your inventory. And all those icons are the same. If you're using a gamepad, it tells you to press the confirm button (mine's a 360 controller, if you're using a PS3/4 controller, that green A is the X button icon). If you do that, this is what you get:


Same thing as the mouse. You've got to find the right one and click it if you do that.

Don't do that. Instead, in the Item Request window, either right-click (for mouse users) or press the Square/Map/Subcommand button (for gamepad users) on the item to be turned in. Then you get this:


The item you need to turn in is selected, it's the only one selected, and you just click and go, no choosing. If an HQ item is what's needed, and you have NQ, it picks the HQ. If you can turn in either HQ or NQ (e.g., a leve), you can pick either one.


Edit: And from posts further on, if you end up in the inventory window anyway (after spamming Confirm on the controller), you can Cancel once to get back to the Item Request window and do it this way from there. So it's spam X until window changes, Circle Square X X. That's still faster for me because by the time I'm doing these quests my inventory is generally a mess. XD

[StouterTaru]

Never knew this, gonna have to try it

[Zuellni]

Omg! Gonna try this when I get home!

[NozomiKei]

I found this out on accident after months of doing it the hard way.

[Freyt]

This was honestly one of the first things I ever tried to do. It really is easy mode for turning in items.

And they've made a lot of advancements on it. It used to be so easy to turn in the wrong item, like a piece of materia slotted gear when you really wanted to keep that.

[Violyre]

If I had found this before I capped all my DoH, life would've been so grand.

At least I still have quests that require items to do! I have to give you a Like because there is not a Love button.

[Bixby]

Just going to give this a little bump because I posted it at kind of an odd time last night, and now the East Coast is at work and bored. >.>

This was honestly one of the first things I ever tried to do.

Yep, me too. I don't even remember "discovering" this, just always thinking "It's just two clicks, why is this a big deal?" anytime I saw a complaint about item turn-in. Took so long to post because I never even thought about the hard way existing. o.o

[PandaPause]

Never stops amazing me when I learn new things for a game I play daily for over a year. Thank you for this, it will come in handy for the beastman turn ins.

[FreakinZMartin]

Surprised people don't know about this already but oh well we all find new things out nearly everyday.

[Zooters]

Yay! A useful topic in the forums! Thank you, this is helpful indeed.