Some quest ideas for future updates:
1) Kill 5-10 random zombies during the night.
Overall it would be interesting to add some bonuses for completing quests during the night (more experience + additional item)
2) Defend a POI.
When you activate the quest, a horde + 1 screamer would spawn. Higher tiers of quest would spawn more zombies. (optional): there could be a short time interval (countdown) before the spawn, so you can fortify the POI, place junk turrets, etc.
3) Demolish a POI / Clear the infestation.
Marked POI has become an infestation which needs to be cleared:
Option 1) There is a zombie count modifier x3 in the POI which means you have to defeat more zombies that the default count - influenced by your game stage
Option 2) You have to demolish at least 75% of the POI blocks (by explosives or other means) to clear the infestation.
* If not cleared Tier 1 infestation with spawn a small horde or a screamer near your base. If infestation tier 4 or 5 is not cleared in some time interval it would spawn a blood moon horde. This would add certain time pressure to the quest. Or extra challenge if you want it.
4) Defend a Trader
When the trader gives you the quest, there is a countdown when the horde will attack the trader (due to a trader's continuos activity and heatmap). When the horde spawns, the indestructible blocks turn destructible and zombies can damage the trader's base. When the horde attack is over, the blocks turn back to be indestructible but the trader will not be open until the base is fully repaired. This would take some time (a couple of days) and/or you could speed up the repairs if you give trader some building materials (stone, iron, forged iron, etc.)
If you didn't help to defend the base (accept the quest) it would take some default damage with every attack and would be destroyed after a couple of attacks. No more trader and trading post.
5) Salvage a military truck
The trader gives you a quest to salvage a military truck and to bring back a specific truck part. When activating the quest, fallen soldier zombies appear.
6) Find/create a full set of armor
A trader would like to get a whole set of armor (Army, Hazmat, Steel, etc.) You deliver it, you receive a high-level item.
7) Delivering packages from traders.
Take a package from one trader to another.
8) Weaken the roaming horde
The trader informs you about the big approaching horde. When you activate the quest, you have to kill at least 20 zombies from a horde to complete the quest.
9) Rebuild a specific POI
You have to rebuild/repair a specific industrial POI for a trader. This can include repairing a certain mechanical block with a certain amount of materials and intellect perk or building / placing some special blocks at designated spots at the POI.
10) Cook / find a special meal for a trader
Hobo/Meat/Vegetable stew etc.
When NPCs will be introduced
1) Find/produce a set of weapons
Bring a set of weapons to a settlement (example 2 bows, 2 pistols, spear, a shotgun, etc). This leads to an upgraded settlement that would provide some regulars provisions for you (food, ammo, etc). 1st settlement level up could also be a set of materials to strengthen the defenses.
2) Escort / defend a group of survivors traveling from one location to another.
Escort the group and fight several waves of attacking zombies.
3) Find a missing NPC survivor in a specific POI
4) Attack a bandit convoy/camp
5) Scout a specific region/town.
A trader sends you to scout for other people in the region. You have to drive to a specific spot and find settlement / POI with people (bandits or neutrals) living there.
