7 Most Brutal Side Quests That Hardly Anyone Finished

Dodge 200 lightning bolts! Shoot 200 pigeons! Collect some number of perfect animal skins! Consider these seven most excruciating side quests that we’re sure nobody finished and let us know if we’re wrong and you did finish one of these in the comments. Then subscribe for more videos like this from Outside Xbox!

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[storytellingchampion]

I can't believe those stupid gems in Skyrim didn't make the list. I can't think of a more grueling and not worth it quest

[WinglesDragon]

The last time I did the 200 lightning bolts I decided that counting them was giving me anxiety so I just dodged until I got hit and I ended up dodging 498 in a row.

[Bub]

I did the Lightning Dodge for FF X but I feel like the chocobo race thing with the birds and balloons to receive a time of 0 was way harder. Also, the trophy for 1, 000 consecutive jump ropes in FF IX was just evil in my opinion and considerably harder. But that’s just my opinion.

[tpphill]

I completed the 200 lightning dodges once for Lulu's weapon Once. Never ever again. The other frustrating side-quest in FFX was the chocobo racing for Tidus' weapon. The birds are nearly uncontrollable, the balloons have to be lined up JUST right, and the trainer you're racing needs to have a bad run on top of it all.

[chrishutter]

Getting all of the animals in RDR2 was indeed tough, but honestly, it was worth it to see Abigail come up with increasingly convoluted ways of getting it off of the mantel.

[heatheryyy]

John's "It's... art." is still SO FUNNY.

[cterjesen]

As a few people have already pointed out, you get more than just a bronze trophy for dodging the lightning. You get an item required for Lulu's ultimate weapon. It also allows Shiva to break damage limit, as Aeons are tied to specific characters for that. And honestly, Final Fantasy X could easily have had multiple entries on this list if ultimate weapons are not worth it. God damn butterfly minigame. And chocobo racing. And some would say the same about blitzball, but I enjoyed that one personally.

[joelrobinson]

The taxidermied squirrel could be an allegory for as you said it "the doomed cowboy" you can run, scamper and scurry, but in the end, you're always going to be brought back home

[alexvdl]

I absolutely love the idea of the wife hating the squirrel so much she hikes up a mountain.

[LemonyGemony]

As someone who has 100% red dead redemption 2. I can say from my experience the worst side quest was find all the dinosaur bones - just for the old gal to show you the monstrosity she's put together in a shed.

[mystmistmonorea]

I learned how to play Hollow Knight so much better after doing the delicate flower quest. Can pretty much do it every time without fail nowadays so it was a good learning experience.

[Grymmwalker]

Completed the FFX lightning bolt challenge a couple of times. Trick is to find a spot where the lightning rhythm is predictable (guides can be found online) and pause the game after every 20 lightning dodges or so to rest your hands.

Also, correction: this task is required to unlock Lulu's ultimate weapon.

[TrinixDMorrison]

Back in high school I totally did do the 200 lightning bolt challenge in FF-X because the reward was necessary for unlocking Lulu’s ultimate weapon 😅

[AlAustin]

The worst part about dodging the lightning bolts is that you need to do it for one of two upgrade items to fully unlock lulu’s ultimate weapon. Even if you make your own identical weapon, it won’t be as good as the games fully unlocked ultimate weapon.

[matthewskipper]

The robotics club in lost judgement is actually not that bad. It LOOKS tedious and annoying, but it's honestly one of the easier parts of the school story in that game. Instead of positioning blocks like splatoon, if you just make a path directly for the enemy's base, you instantly win every match

[InfamousAtom]

Shadow of the Colossus would be perfect for this list. You could hunt down 79 obscurely placed, barely visible coins throughout the game, spread through a sprawling but mostly empty map, that when finally collected unlocked some secret weapon, but by that point there was hardly any use for it.

[petersimpson]

Spider-Man is pretty well known for losing backpacks, as they can get stolen or left miles away while he's busy with hero duties. As someone who frequently ruins his backpacks (including the Spider-Man backpack I used in third grade), I can easily relate.

[numbercapper]

I honestly thought the Path of Pain would be on the list. THAT is harder than the flower quest if you ask me.

[bobsmith]

The key to the delicate flower quest is that not all fast travel is banned. While you can’t ride on the bug taxi, you CAN ride the train. It’s still hard but significantly less so.

[azuarc]

I love how OX emphasizes sawblades in the delicate flower quest like people think they need to complete the Path of Pain with the flower in their inventory.