Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your QST file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert QST to another file type
To convert QST Files to another format, you need Zelda Classic or other Game software.
Convert a file to QST
To convert other file formats to the "Quest Data File" file type, you need software like Zelda Classic or a similar tool.
About QST files
The .qst file extension is primarily used for Game Quest Data or Test Question Banks. In gaming, it stores custom quests for Zelda Classic, or mission data for RPGs like The Witcher and Diablo IV. In education, it functions as a quiz database for Airen Software MyTestX. These files are heavily fragmented and proprietary. A Zelda Classic .qst file is entirely different from a MyTestX .qst file or an LED sign message from Q-SYS. Most are proprietary, compiled, or encrypted binary formats. You cannot easily extract the text, logic, or assets using standard editors. Attempting to force-open them usually results in gibberish. You need the specific game engine or test suite, many of which are obsolete, proprietary, or require expensive licenses. Converting a .qst game file directly into a playable format for a different game is impossible. However, test data can sometimes be parsed to TXT, CSV, or XML. Because this file format is highly specific and difficult to open, standard online converters fail. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your QST file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert QST file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Zelda Classic or similar software from the "Game Quests & Question Banks" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to QST, try Zelda Classic or another comparable tool in the "Game Quests & Question Banks" category.
The QST Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our QST converter.