diff --git a/psoutils/src/quest.rs b/psoutils/src/quest.rs
index 6728a00..61a26f6 100644
--- a/psoutils/src/quest.rs
+++ b/psoutils/src/quest.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::quest::bin::{QuestBin, QuestBinError};
 use crate::quest::dat::{QuestDat, QuestDatError};
+use crate::quest::qst::{QuestQst, QuestQstError};
+use crate::text::Language;
+use byteorder::WriteBytesExt;
 
 pub mod bin;
 pub mod dat;
@@ -19,6 +22,9 @@ pub enum QuestError {
 
     #[error("Error processing quest dat")]
     QuestDatError(#[from] QuestDatError),
+
+    #[error("Error processing quest qst")]
+    QuestQstError(#[from] QuestQstError),
 }
 
 pub struct Quest {
@@ -27,20 +33,191 @@ pub struct Quest {
 }
 
 impl Quest {
-    pub fn from_compressed_bindat(bin_path: &Path, dat_path: &Path) -> Result<Quest, QuestError> {
-        let bin = QuestBin::from_compressed_file(bin_path)?;
-        let dat = QuestDat::from_compressed_file(dat_path)?;
+    pub fn from_bindat_files(bin_path: &Path, dat_path: &Path) -> Result<Quest, QuestError> {
+        // try to load bin and dat files each as compressed files first as that is the normal
+        // format that these are stored as. if that fails, then try one more time for each one
+        // to load as an uncompressed file. if that fails too, return the error
+
+        let bin = match QuestBin::from_compressed_file(bin_path) {
+            Err(QuestBinError::PrsCompressionError(_)) => {
+                QuestBin::from_uncompressed_file(bin_path)?
+            }
+            Err(e) => return Err(QuestError::QuestBinError(e)),
+            Ok(bin) => bin,
+        };
+
+        let dat = match QuestDat::from_compressed_file(dat_path) {
+            Err(QuestDatError::PrsCompressionError(_)) => {
+                QuestDat::from_uncompressed_file(dat_path)?
+            }
+            Err(e) => return Err(QuestError::QuestDatError(e)),
+            Ok(dat) => dat,
+        };
 
         Ok(Quest { bin, dat })
     }
 
-    pub fn from_uncompressed_bindat(bin_path: &Path, dat_path: &Path) -> Result<Quest, QuestError> {
-        let bin = QuestBin::from_uncompressed_file(bin_path)?;
-        let dat = QuestDat::from_uncompressed_file(dat_path)?;
+    pub fn from_qst_file(path: &Path) -> Result<Quest, QuestError> {
+        let qst = QuestQst::from_file(path)?;
+        Self::from_qst(qst)
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_qst(qst: QuestQst) -> Result<Quest, QuestError> {
+        let bin = qst.extract_bin()?;
+        let dat = qst.extract_dat()?;
 
         Ok(Quest { bin, dat })
     }
+
+    pub fn as_qst(&self) -> Result<QuestQst, QuestError> {
+        Ok(QuestQst::from_bindat(&self.bin, &self.dat)?)
+    }
+
+    pub fn write_as_qst_bytes<T: WriteBytesExt>(&self, writer: &mut T) -> Result<(), QuestError> {
+        let qst = self.as_qst()?;
+        Ok(qst.write_bytes(writer)?)
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_qst_file(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<(), QuestError> {
+        let qst = QuestQst::from_bindat(&self.bin, &self.dat)?;
+        Ok(qst.to_file(path)?)
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_compressed_bindat_files(
+        &self,
+        bin_path: &Path,
+        dat_path: &Path,
+    ) -> Result<(), QuestError> {
+        self.bin.to_compressed_file(bin_path)?;
+        self.dat.to_compressed_file(dat_path)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_uncompressed_bindat_files(
+        &self,
+        bin_path: &Path,
+        dat_path: &Path,
+    ) -> Result<(), QuestError> {
+        self.bin.to_uncompressed_file(bin_path)?;
+        self.dat.to_uncompressed_file(dat_path)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &String {
+        &self.bin.header.name
+    }
+
+    pub fn short_description(&self) -> &String {
+        &self.bin.header.short_description
+    }
+
+    pub fn long_description(&self) -> &String {
+        &self.bin.header.long_description
+    }
+
+    pub fn language(&self) -> Language {
+        self.bin.header.language
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_download(&self) -> bool {
+        self.bin.header.is_download
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_is_download(&mut self, value: bool) {
+        self.bin.header.is_download = value
+    }
+
+    pub fn quest_number(&self) -> u8 {
+        self.bin.header.quest_number()
+    }
+
+    pub fn quest_number_u16(&self) -> u16 {
+        self.bin.header.quest_number_u16()
+    }
+
+    pub fn episode(&self) -> u8 {
+        self.bin.header.episode()
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {}
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use claim::*;
+    use tempfile::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn can_load_from_compressed_bindat_files() {
+        let bin_path = Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.bin");
+        let dat_path = Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.dat");
+        assert_ok!(Quest::from_bindat_files(bin_path, dat_path));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn can_load_from_uncompressed_bindat_files() {
+        let bin_path = Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.uncompressed.bin");
+        let dat_path = Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.uncompressed.dat");
+        assert_ok!(Quest::from_bindat_files(bin_path, dat_path));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn can_load_from_offline_qst_file() {
+        let path = Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.offline.qst");
+        assert_ok!(Quest::from_qst_file(path));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn can_load_from_online_qst_file() {
+        let path = Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.online.qst");
+        assert_ok!(Quest::from_qst_file(path));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn can_create_from_qst_struct() {
+        let qst = QuestQst::from_file(Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.online.qst")).unwrap();
+        assert_ok!(Quest::from_qst(qst));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn can_save_to_compressed_bindat_files() -> Result<(), QuestError> {
+        let quest = Quest::from_bindat_files(
+            Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.bin"),
+            Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.dat"),
+        )?;
+        let tmp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
+        let bin_save_path = tmp_dir.path().join("quest58.bin");
+        let dat_save_path = tmp_dir.path().join("quest58.dat");
+        assert_ok!(quest.to_compressed_bindat_files(&bin_save_path, &dat_save_path));
+        assert_ok!(QuestBin::from_compressed_file(&bin_save_path));
+        assert_ok!(QuestDat::from_compressed_file(&dat_save_path));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn can_save_to_uncompressed_bindat_files() -> Result<(), QuestError> {
+        let quest = Quest::from_bindat_files(
+            Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.bin"),
+            Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.dat"),
+        )?;
+        let tmp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
+        let bin_save_path = tmp_dir.path().join("quest58.bin");
+        let dat_save_path = tmp_dir.path().join("quest58.dat");
+        assert_ok!(quest.to_uncompressed_bindat_files(&bin_save_path, &dat_save_path));
+        assert_ok!(QuestBin::from_uncompressed_file(&bin_save_path));
+        assert_ok!(QuestDat::from_uncompressed_file(&dat_save_path));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn can_save_to_qst_file() -> Result<(), QuestError> {
+        let quest = Quest::from_bindat_files(
+            Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.bin"),
+            Path::new("test-assets/q058-ret-gc.dat"),
+        )?;
+        let tmp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
+        let qst_save_path = tmp_dir.path().join("quest58.qst");
+        assert_ok!(quest.to_qst_file(&qst_save_path));
+        assert_ok!(QuestQst::from_file(&qst_save_path));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}