MCA: Quests

[1.2.0] - August 20th, 2026

A major update focused on better family quests, easier quest tracking, MCA: Reputation integration, and several quest-targeting fixes.

MCA: Reputation Integration

• Added a View Deeds link to village entries in the Journal when MCA: Reputation is installed.
• The link opens that village directly in Reputation's Standing screen.
• Reputation data is refreshed before the screen opens.
• The link is hidden when MCA: Reputation is not installed.
• Requires MCA: Reputation 0.2+.

Family Quests Now Target Real Villagers

Family quests now point to an actual MCA villager instead of only mentioning a relative in dialogue.

• The exact relative is chosen when the quest is accepted.
• Quest dialogue, objectives, highlighting, and completion now stay focused on the same villager.
• Family deliveries must be handed to the specific relative named by the quest.
• Existing quests from older saves update automatically with no save migration required.

Updated family quests include:

• A Family Feast
• In Loving Memory
• Mind the Apprentice
• Guest of Honour
• Meeting the Family
• A Parent's Plea
• Search the Old Tunnels
• Bring Them Home

Quest Target Highlighting

• Active quest targets can now be outlined through walls while nearby.
• The outline is visible only to the player who owns the quest.
• Quests without a specific target highlight the quest giver instead.
• Target highlighting can be controlled with highlightQuestTargets.
• The older shared Glowing-effect behavior can be restored with highlightUsesGlowingEffect.

New Direction Tracker

The quest HUD can now point you toward the villager you need.

It shows:

• The target's name.
• Distance in blocks.
• A simple direction such as ahead, behind, left, or right.

If the villager is too far away to be loaded, the tracker can point toward their last known home instead.

The direction hint disappears once the quest is ready to turn in.

This can be disabled with:

showQuestTargetDirection = false

Missing Relatives Can Now Be Found

Added a new find_missing_relative objective.

Certain quests can now involve family members who are genuinely missing from the world.

When found:

• The original relative is restored as a real villager.
• Their name, identity, profession, and family relationships are preserved.
• They immediately become the quest target.
• They cannot accidentally appear more than once.
• Villagers who are simply unloaded are no longer mistaken for missing.

Once a missing relative is found, they remain in the world permanently, even if the quest is later abandoned or failed.

Family Quest Improvements

• Added support for grandparents as family quest targets.
• Family conditions can now properly target any relative.
• The Sickness Among Us and While They Gather Flowers now only appear when the required family member actually exists.
• Search and delivery dialogue has been updated to match the new family-target system.
• Brazilian Portuguese translations have been updated for all new content.

Fixed

• Fixed any family conditions being ignored.
• Fixed living villagers outside render distance being treated as missing.
• Fixed filler family-tree characters being mistaken for real missing relatives.
• Fixed protection quests failing because a different relative died somewhere else.
• Fixed the quest log, HUD, and highlight sometimes pointing to different villagers.
• Fixed village titles being shared between villages in different dimensions when they happened to use the same numeric ID.

Multiplayer Improvements

Quest highlights are now handled separately for each player.

Previously, Minecraft's normal Glowing effect could make one player's quest target visible to everyone on the server and sometimes show up through minimaps or shaders.

The new system keeps quest markers private by default.

Configuration

Added:

• highlightUsesGlowingEffect

  • Default: false
  • Restores the old shared Glowing-effect highlighting.

• showQuestTargetDirection

  • Default: true
  • Controls the new HUD direction guide.

Compatibility

• MCA: Reputation integration now requires MCA: Reputation 0.2+.
• Existing world saves remain compatible.
• Client and server must both use MCA: Quests 1.2.0.
• Add-ons that directly implement MCA: Quests' VillagerTargeted API will need a small update.
• The network protocol has been updated from 8 to 9.