Mana & QuickCast
Stay hydrated, stay sharp. Your Mana bar depends on it.
What Is Mana?
In traditional RPGs, Mana is the resource that powers your spells. In MainQuest, Mana represents your hydration level. Every time you drink water, you log it in the app and your character's Mana bar fills up.
It is a simple system with a simple goal: drink enough water throughout the day to keep your Mana bar full. Hydration is one of the most impactful yet most neglected health habits, and the Mana system turns it into something you can actually see and track.
Logging Water Intake
Open the Mana screen and log each glass, bottle, or cup of water as you drink it. Each log entry adds to your daily total and visually fills your character's Mana bar.
Best practices for logging:
The Mana bar resets daily at the 3 AM day boundary, the same boundary used for habit streaks and the daily XP cap. Read more about how the day boundary works in the Daily Rhythm guide.
The Mana Bar
Your character has a visible Mana bar alongside their HP bar and XP progress. As you log water throughout the day, the Mana bar fills up, giving you a clear visual representation of your hydration status.
Visual Feedback
The Mana bar serves as an at-a-glance indicator of how well you are hydrating. A full bar means you have hit your target for the day. A low bar is a gentle reminder to drink more water. The visual feedback loop makes hydration feel like an active part of your gameplay rather than something you forget about.
What Is QuickCast?
QuickCast is your action bar — a set of 4 equipped slots that hold your most-used custom actions. Think of it like equipping spells in an RPG: you choose which actions to keep at the ready, and they become accessible with a single tap from your main screen.
QuickCast actions are custom actions you define yourself. They can represent anything you do frequently — logging a meal, starting a focus session, recording a mood check, or any other action relevant to your routine.
Setting Up QuickCast Slots
To configure QuickCast, open the QuickCast settings and assign an action to each of the 4 slots. You can change which actions are equipped at any time — swap them out as your daily routine evolves.
Example QuickCast setups:
Choose actions that you use multiple times per day. The whole point of QuickCast is speed — one tap instead of navigating through menus.
Daily Limits
QuickCast actions have daily limits to prevent overuse. Each action can only be triggered a set number of times per day. Once you hit the limit for a specific action, it becomes unavailable until the next day.
Why Daily Limits?
Daily limits exist to keep the system meaningful. Without limits, actions could be spammed for trivial benefit. The limits ensure that each use of a QuickCast action represents a genuine activity, not repetitive tapping. Limits reset at the 3 AM day boundary.
Mana and QuickCast in Your Daily Routine
Mana and QuickCast work best when integrated into your natural daily flow. Many players equip a Log Water action in one of their QuickCast slots, making hydration tracking a one-tap action from the main screen.
Throughout the day, the rhythm looks like this: drink water, tap QuickCast to log it, watch your Mana bar fill. Use the other three slots for whatever other frequent actions fit your routine. The combination of Mana tracking and QuickCast shortcuts means the most repetitive parts of your day are handled with minimal friction.
Pair these systems with your daily habits and Shards to build a comprehensive productivity loop. Mana keeps you physically fueled, QuickCast keeps your actions fast, and habits and Shards keep you progressing. Explore the full system in the Getting Started guide.