The Squire's Daydream The Ideal and the Real

The Squire's Daydream is a Dark and Darker quest assigned by the Squire merchant, part of the The Ideal and the Real quest line. There are 2 objectives to complete: Explore Guardpost; Explore Ice Cave Altar. All progress requires a successful extraction — items retrieved or kills made during a failed run do not count toward quest completion. Once every objective is fulfilled, return to Squire in the lobby to turn in the quest and receive the reward. This quest requires completing The Squire's Failure before it becomes available from Squire. Completing The Squire's Daydream rewards 🪙 50, Random Rare Weapon, 75 XP. The quest is completed in Ice Cavern. Merchant quests in Dark and Darker are one of the most consistent gold and experience sources in the game, independent of loot luck on the Trading Post. Completing the full Squire quest chain unlocks higher reward tiers and increases merchant affinity, which can affect prices and open additional quest tiers in future seasons. The The Ideal and the Real chain provides a structured progression path through the Squire quest tree, and finishing each quest in order is the fastest route to the higher value objectives later in the line. Use the MetaBot Dark and Darker quest tracker to check all open objectives across every active merchant before extracting, so you can turn in multiple quests from a single run and get the most value out of each session.