Quests on UberEats (Update) - EVERYTHING You MUST Know!!

Uber just changed how Quests work… and at first glance it looks like you can earn more.

But there’s a catch nobody is talking about.

This seems like it can be beneficial for some people, but honestly… I doubt I would ever pursue it myself.

So in this article, We are talking about:

• EVERYTHING You MUST Know about the New Quests on UberEats

• How it ACTUALLY is for Drivers on the platform

• Everything in between!

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I also want to be clear that everything we are going to go over is very market dependent, and what applies to me and my market may not apply to you.

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We’re launching a new way to earn more with Quests. Now, you can earn extra by completing trips and staying under a maximum number of rejects.

Here’s how it works:

1. Choose your Quest

Each week, you can select a weekday and/or weekend Quest that fits your schedule. There are multiple versions to choose from, so scroll down to see all.

So they seem to break it down based on how many trips you think you can complete. You can go as little as 10 or as much as 100. Some markets will break it down differently as well so keep that in mind. 

But either way, and they eluded to this already, the real change is this:

2. Complete trips and keep rejects low

Complete your trip goal and stay under the reject limit to unlock your Quest reward. You must be in the city of your Quest to begin. Cancellations count as rejects.

Yeah, that seems to be the main goal of all of this is to get acceptance rates higher, but honestly I am not seeing the value in that personally. This is why I will be staying away, I have no intention of accepting unprofitable orders for the sake of a quest. 

And while we are on the subject, I am not going to wait over an hour for an order that should have taken a few minutes and instead of workers doing their jobs, they decided to put your order on such a back burner that the drive thru can be empty and no one else is working. 

It is irresponsible to allow restaurants to treat you poorly for the sake a “quest”.

These bonuses should be icing on the cake, not the cake itself. I have made many videos talking about how more orders isn’t the same as good orders. 

3. Track your progress

Visit the Quests screen in the app anytime to see:

• Trips completed

• How many rejects you have left

The tracker is pretty straightforward. They go over each metric and which markets this quest applies to so make sure you read that over in your app.

4. Get paid

You’ll earn your Quest payout when you complete the required trips and stay under the reject limit. If either requirement isn’t met, you won’t receive the payout.

Open the app to see available Quests and choose the one that works best for you.

Again you have a lot to choose from but also keep in mind a lot of these programs seem to have a throttling function. 

Where they will not send you more orders as you approach the finish line, and then suddenly after the time is up or after you are no longer able to complete the quest realistically, they will rush a bunch of orders to you.

Imagine doing everything you can, putting in the extra hours of getting as many orders done within the time frame set by the company, even taking some poor ones because the HUGE payout at the end seems to make it worth it and then getting stuck with one left to go and crickets. 

A lot of companies do this with their challenges, quests and guaranteed earnings programs so this isn’t new. 

What This Really Changes

Uber along with many other companies have been implementing ways to incentivise people into accepting more orders, not necessarily good orders. 

Before this update, you could cherry-pick freely without worrying about a reject ceiling attached to a payout. Now? Every decline isn’t just a decline — it’s a step closer to losing a lump-sum bonus.

That matters psychologically. The closer you get to completing the Quest, the more emotionally invested you become. And that’s where the trap can happen.

Because now you’re not evaluating an order based on:

• Dollars per mile

• Time per order

• Wear and tear

• Opportunity cost

You’re evaluating it based on: “Will this keep me under the reject limit?”

That’s a completely different decision-making framework.

Once your decision-making shifts from profit-per-order to goal-completion, you’re playing their game — not yours.

Before deciding on whether or not you want to pursue these opportunities, you need to ask yourself this. Are you willing to trade:

• Flexibility for structure.

• Selective acceptance for consistency.

• Autonomy for conditional reward.

And if that trade-off works for you and in your market? Great.

But if you find yourself taking orders you would normally decline just to protect a Quest payout — that’s when you need to step back.

Because remember:

Bonuses should be icing on the cake, not the cake itself.

When Would This Actually Make Sense?

Now to be fair — this isn’t automatically bad.

This could make sense if:

• You’re in a high-volume market

• You already accept most offers anyway

• You’re stacking this on top of a profitable base strategy

• Or you’re running a flat-rate system where your margins are predictable

If you were already going to take 80–90% of orders, and this just adds extra on top? That’s bonus money. 

The problem only starts when the Quest changes how you evaluate orders.

That’s the difference.

Moving Out of Your Market

There really is only one other point I need to make and that is I have been working all week, and because my phone number originates in NY and my account was started out there, and as someone now living in Florida, my orders don’t even apply to the Quest at all, accepted or declined. 

So keep that in mind if you decide to move someplace, the way your market is now is not the same as the way your market would be when you move elsewhere.

Final Thoughts

Look, I am not telling anyone to go for or not go for these quests. If you think they would be valuable to you, or even might be worth it if you are partial to their flat rate system, because they don’t seem to punish you for that. 

Personally, I think it may not be worth the additional expenses on your vehicle but that is just my view. 

This is also not the first time I have made a video talking about quests either, so make sure you check out our other video talking about this because what was said in that video may still be relevant here. 

In any case, the real money isn’t in chasing bonuses — it’s in controlling your strategy.

That means having a diversified gig portfolio of gig apps in your market. 

• Are you on other delivery apps?

• Are you on Catering platforms?

• Are you trying your hand at last mile delivery platforms?

That means developing an exit strategy, remember the gig economy is an income bridge to what would be a long term goal and not the goal. 

Are you investing your money into a business?

Whether that means starting from the ground up or buying into some kind of franchise. 

Are you learning new skills to make more per unit/offer?

Mobile notary public? Courier work outside of gig apps? Digital marketing or digital asset development?

How about income producing assets?

Stocks? ETF’s? Some kind of Crypto? Real estate?

Completely up to you, but remember in order to get out of the rat race, you need to find a way to make money independently of your activity.

All in all, don’t depend on these companies to look out for your financial interests, because no one is looking out for you better than you.

If you would like to add some other perspective to Quests on UberEats, feel free to email me: drivenwyld@gmail.com and who knows? Maybe your email or perspective and be featured in a post as well!