A Dusty Trip Car Quest: Schedule, Start Times & Next Countdown

Car Quest is one of the recurring events in A Dusty Trip, the survival road-trip game that keeps around about 22,000 players on the road at any given moment and has drawn more than about 2,600,000,000 visits over its lifetime. When Car Quest comes around, a traveling fisherman turns up looking for help, and clearing the full run of tasks he sets earns you a brand-new vehicle you can’t pick up any other way.

This isn’t a one-off drop. Car Quest has run 8 times so far and keeps coming back on a steady rhythm — every ~21 days — so there is always another chance to earn the reward if you miss a cycle. The next run is expected around Sunday, September 20 at 7:48 AM ET, and that next start time plus the usual windows are on the card below.

Next occurrence

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Car Quest

Sep 20, 7:48 AM ET

Next in 23h 51m

Projected from its usual rhythm — we confirm the exact time once the developer posts it.

Usual times

• Sundays, 12:25 AM ET
• Sundays, 1:20 AM ET
• Sundays, 1:35 AM ET
• Sundays, 2:00 AM ET
• Sundays, 2:10 AM ET
• Sundays, 3:00 AM ET
• Sundays, 4:00 AM ET
• Sundays, 6:30 AM ET

Runs every ~21 days.

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How often Car Quest runs

Car Quest returns every ~21 days — roughly once every three weeks — and it has consistently gone live on a Sunday in the early hours Eastern Time. Because A Dusty Trip has a worldwide player base, the event has kicked off across a spread of Sunday-morning ET slots rather than one fixed moment, so players in very different parts of the world can each find a start that lands at a workable hour locally. The next date shown, Sunday, September 20 at 7:48 AM ET, is our best estimate from that three-week cadence; we confirm it here once the developer locks in the schedule.

Here are the Sunday start windows in Eastern Time, with the equivalents in several major regions:

What happens in Car Quest

The event centers on a fisherman who arrives at your convoy with a list of jobs to work through. Complete every task he hands you and he rewards you with a new car — the headline prize and the main reason to make time for the run. Recent Car Quest cycles have bundled more alongside the questline itself:

• A new drivable vehicle unlocked by finishing the fisherman’s full questline
• Fishing improvements that tie into the event’s theme
• Fresh items to gather along the way
• A batch of quality-of-life fixes and smaller additions

Tips for catching Car Quest

• Pick the window that lands at a convenient hour for you from the table above, then set a reminder the night before.
• Start the questline early in your chosen window — clearing all of the fisherman’s tasks takes time, so give yourself room.
• There’s no need to panic if you miss it. The car reward returns with the next cycle roughly three weeks later.
• Check the card above for the next start time before you plan, since a projected date firms up once the developer posts it.

How Car Quest fits A Dusty Trip’s event schedule

A Dusty Trip cycles through a steady lineup of events rather than leaning on a single one. Alongside Car Quest, the game currently runs limited events like Werewolf, and the team has a Next Update on the way. Earlier additions such as New Car Crate, New Biome, and New Classes show the pattern at work: fresh content rotates in on a regular basis, and Car Quest is the reliable every-few-weeks anchor that reappears among them.

Car Quest FAQ

What time is the A Dusty Trip Car Quest event in my timezone?

Car Quest goes live on Sundays in the early hours Eastern Time. The earliest slot, 12:25 AM ET, works out to 5:25 AM in the UK, 9:55 AM in India, 1:25 PM in Japan, and 2:25 PM on Australia’s east coast; later slots run through to 6:30 AM ET. The full spread across regions is in the table above.

How often is the A Dusty Trip Car Quest event?

Car Quest runs every ~21 days — about once every three weeks. It has appeared 8 times so far.

When is the next A Dusty Trip Car Quest event?

The next Car Quest is expected around Sunday, September 20 at 7:48 AM ET, based on its roughly three-week rhythm; the exact date is confirmed once the developer posts it. The next start time and the usual windows are on the card above.

What do you do in A Dusty Trip Car Quest?

You help a visiting fisherman by completing a series of tasks he sets, and finishing them all rewards you with a new vehicle. Recent runs have also added fishing improvements, new items to collect, and a round of quality-of-life changes.