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* ''[[DragonQuest Dragon Warrior IV]]'' requires the player to collect 6 Broad Swords and 6 suits of Half Plate Armor in the third chapter. At least the random drop rate is a bit higher than usual. It's actually possible to buy the items in stores (from a different town) instead, but this takes at least as long.

* In ''[=~Pokémon~=] [=FireRed=]'' and ''[=LeafGreen=]'', you must find 2 tinymushrooms or 1 big mushroom from catching (or using thief/trick) Paras(ect) to use the forgotten move tutor. However, this isn't necessary to complete the game. Similarly, Chanseys in the Safari Zone, being incredibly rare to even find, has an [[RandomlyDrops 8% chance to have a Lucky Egg when caught]]. Of course, when found, it will flee immediately, and is already hard to catch in the first place (~5.882% chance without rocks/bait). To add on, you can't use thief or trick to take its item if you find one, nor can you use a trapping move or status move on it. And finding a lucky egg, while not necessary for continuing the game, would save you time (supposing you get one in reasonable time).

* Averted in ''BaldursGate'': every bandit you kill drops a scalp, even before you get the quest, and every ankheg you kill drops a carapace, every dragon drops scales...

* {{Borderlands}}: ''Every single quest'' is one of these. Bonus points for [[spoiler: Zombie T.K.]] quests. First, 10 items, then 25, then 50, then 100, then ''250''. The icing of the cake? The item can be obtained only by killing the mobs with ''critical'' headshots.

* {{Borderlands}}: ''Every single quest'' is one of these. Bonus points for [[spoiler: Zombie T.K.]] quests. First, 10 items, then 25, then 50, then 100, then ''250''. The icing of the cake? The item can be obtained only by killing the mobs with headshots.

* As the page quote suggests, several of the early solo quests in ''AgeOfConan'' revolve around this sort of thing, usually with a dialog tree attached to the NPC.

* {{Borderlands}}: ''Every single quest'' is one of these. Bonus points for [[spoiler: Zombie T.K.]] quests. First, 10 [[zombie brains]], then 25, then 50, then 100, then ''250''. The icing of the cake? The item can be obtained only by killing [[the zombies]] with headshots.

* {{Borderlands}}: ''Every single quest'' is one of these.

* Infamous in ''{{Xenosaga}} Episode II'', essentially an orgasm of examples of how ''not'' to design RPG sidequests. This is how they turned an essentially 4-hour game into a 30-hour game.

** Awakenings, however, will have you running all over creation to find the items to make the best weapons and armor in the game.

* ''TheElderScrolls IV: Oblivion'' has some.

* Ever since outfit addons have been introduced, {{Tibia}} has been like this. Apparently, very few wolves have paws, as they are exceedingly rare. The wolves that DO carry paws carry no more than one at a time.
* Averted in BaldursGate: every bandit you kill drops a scalp, even before you get the quest, and every ankheg you kill drops a carapace, every dragon drops scales...
* ''TheLegendOfZelda'': ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]] requires Link at one point to trade twenty Joy Pendants with a teacher to get an island which holds a [[XenSyndrome Triforce map]]. This example isn't too bad compared to most, though, since Joy Pendants are very easy to get and you'll likely have far more than enough before you need to make the trade.
* In ''[=~Pokemon~=]'' Fire Red and Leaf Green, you must find 2 tinymushrooms or 1 big mushroom from catching (or using thief/trick) Paras(ect) to use the forgotten move tutor. However, this isn't necessary to complete the game. Similarly, Chanseys in the Safari Zone, being incredibly rare to even find, has an [[RandomlyDrops 8% chance to have a Lucky Egg when caught]]. Of course, when found, it will flee immediately, and is already hard to catch in the first place (~5.882% chance without rocks/bait). To add on, you can't use thief or trick to take its item if you find one, nor can you use a trapping move or status move on it. And finding a lucky egg, while not necessary for continuing the game, would save you time (supposing you get one in reasonable time).

*** Probably the purest example from the level 12 sidequests is the dirty theiving brigands from the Themthar Hills. Although even then you're not taking PlotCoupons, you're taking currency.

It is highly speculated in some circles that these kinds of quests are the {{MMORPG}} equivalent of {{Filler}}; [[FakeLongevity cheap ways to pad the length of the game]] without having to put more effort into more complicated quests. As such, they're barely a step above blatant and [[ForcedLevelGrinding forced]] LevelGrinding as an MMO activity. ButThouMust slog through it anyway.

** Made bizarre when you need to kill mobs for their vital organs and they apparently don't have them. I figured it must be a plague that kept the bears in Silverpine from having hearts. Only possibly justified by the organs needed being damaged in the fight to kill the mob or the character having botched the removal of said organ. If this is the case, "You accidentally destroyed the organ" would be an infuriating message that we're probably better off without.

* Not really averted in ''{{EVE Online}}''. While the standard missions avoid it (mostly), the less common "[=COSMOS=]" missions play it straight, requiring you to gather ''x'' number of the local space bear ass variant.

*** Partially averted, in that any 20 pelts will do, and every merchant of a certain type usually has one in stock.

* ''[[MabinogiFantasyLife Mabinogi]]'' has a large number of these, with the requisite random drop rate. Subverted in that the vast majority are optional; and are typically used as a way to gain a bit of extra money/experience/useful items that aren't available any other way. The few that are mandatory are mostly "gathering" quests with 100% drop rates; and are part of the [[ForcedTutorial newbie quest chain]].

** Subverted in that playing through the chapter normally and not selling the armours and swords you find will get you six of each LONG before you need them, meaning you really don't need to farm or grind them. In fact you will likely end up with extras by the time you do need them, and THOSE can be sold for money.

** The second part of the two-part sequel to Rag and Bone Man fits this trope best -- the drops aren't 100% and SHOULD BE (dragon tailbone? Not 100% from a DRAGON?). Maybe almost justified by the whole 'need these in one piece' thing.

* Partially subverted in ''WarhammerOnline''. While the game does have its share of this type of quest, the [[MacGuffin requested item]] always has a 100% chance to drop throughout the game.
** And they are automatically picked up, making it more "Kill x Elves" rather than "Collect x Elf Scrotums". However, they often have to be a very specifically named mob - "Hammerstriker Doombeard" dwarves not having eyeballs, whereas "Hammerstriker Doomaxe" dwarves do.

** Lampshaded as she say at one point that she'll leave it to our imaginatition why she needed such items. Also justified as it become clear as you play the game that Elizabeth is a bit... special. And also because as you complete her requests, [[spoiler: you realize she is testing your potential.]]

* Semi-example from DwarfFortress; it's theoretically possible to mod in ways to use specific body parts in "reactions" if you really want to; tossing a bar of steel, the severed hand of a dead goblin and [[NoodleImplements a bunch of other random stuff]] into a crucible to produce a gauntlet of {{Unobtanium}}, for example. However, unless a warrior armed with a slashing weapon happens to cut off the correct part -and this is totally random- slain enemies will drop only a corpse that rots away to a variable number of generic "bones". Skulls have a 100% drop-rate, however.
** Unless someone happens to lop off the enemy's head, since it will leave generic bones (rather than a skull) when it rots away.
* StarOceanTheLastHope features items created solely for these sort of missions (Wolf Oil, Peryton Droppings, Giant Bird Feather). Some of them are usable in low-level recipes at the very least.
* {{Jet Force Gemini}} requires you to collect Drone Heads to activate "cheats", which are just gimmicks really. 100 Drone Heads give you Rainbow Blood, 200 give you Jet Force Kids (younger-looking versions of the main characters), and 300 give you... wait for it... Ants As Pants! Yes, {{Rareware}}'s mascot Mr Pants replaces all the regular Blue Ant Drones. However, you have to kill the drones in the correct way, or you can't collect their heads. You must either shoot their heads clean off with a weapon such as the Pistol, Machine Gun or even the Shurikens, or blow them to bits with explosives (which has the added bonus of making blood and body parts fly EVERYWHERE, making it somewhat hard to see where the head has gone if it bounces off the top of the screen while many other limbs and splashes of blood are flying around).
* Though a StrategyGame, and therefore usually not prone to giving fetch quests, AgeOfEmpires 2 has one in the Genghis Khan scenario: the Kereyids will join you if you bring them 20 sheep. It's a little strange to be Genghis Khan and running after sheep.
* [[InglouriousBasterds "Each and every man under my command owes me one hundred Nazzy scalps!"]]