diff --git a/tools/editor/main.cpp b/tools/editor/main.cpp
index 56882d95..eb12198e 100644
--- a/tools/editor/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/editor/main.cpp
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ static void printUsage(const char* argv0) {
     std::printf("                         One-shot validate + creature/object/quest counts and exit\n");
     std::printf("  --export-zone-summary-md <zoneDir> [out.md]\n");
     std::printf("                         Render a markdown documentation page for a zone (manifest + content)\n");
+    std::printf("  --export-quest-graph <zoneDir> [out.dot]\n");
+    std::printf("                         Render quest-chain DAG as Graphviz DOT (pipe to `dot -Tpng -o quests.png`)\n");
     std::printf("  --info <wom-base> [--json]\n");
     std::printf("                         Print WOM file metadata (version, counts) and exit\n");
     std::printf("  --info-batches <wom-base> [--json]\n");
@@ -582,7 +584,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         "--unpack-wcp", "--pack-wcp",
         "--validate", "--validate-wom", "--validate-wob", "--validate-woc",
         "--validate-whm", "--validate-all", "--zone-summary",
-        "--export-zone-summary-md",
+        "--export-zone-summary-md", "--export-quest-graph",
         "--scaffold-zone", "--add-tile", "--remove-tile", "--list-tiles",
         "--for-each-zone", "--zone-stats", "--list-zone-deps",
         "--check-zone-refs",
@@ -2762,6 +2764,101 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                         zm.mapName.c_str(), zm.tiles.size(), sp.spawnCount(),
                         op.getObjects().size(), qe.questCount());
             return 0;
+        } else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--export-quest-graph") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {
+            // Render quest chains as a Graphviz DOT graph. Visualizing
+            // quest dependencies in plain text rapidly becomes unreadable
+            // past ~10 quests; piping this through 'dot -Tpng -o q.png'
+            // makes complex chains immediately legible.
+            //
+            //   wowee_editor --export-quest-graph custom_zones/MyZone
+            //   dot -Tpng custom_zones/MyZone/quests.dot -o quests.png
+            std::string zoneDir = argv[++i];
+            std::string outPath;
+            if (i + 1 < argc && argv[i + 1][0] != '-') {
+                outPath = argv[++i];
+            }
+            std::string path = zoneDir + "/quests.json";
+            if (!std::filesystem::exists(path)) {
+                std::fprintf(stderr,
+                    "export-quest-graph: %s not found\n", path.c_str());
+                return 1;
+            }
+            if (outPath.empty()) outPath = zoneDir + "/quests.dot";
+            wowee::editor::QuestEditor qe;
+            if (!qe.loadFromFile(path)) {
+                std::fprintf(stderr,
+                    "export-quest-graph: failed to parse %s\n", path.c_str());
+                return 1;
+            }
+            std::ofstream out(outPath);
+            if (!out) {
+                std::fprintf(stderr,
+                    "export-quest-graph: cannot write %s\n", outPath.c_str());
+                return 1;
+            }
+            // DOT-escape strings (just quotes and backslashes) — quest
+            // titles can include arbitrary punctuation that breaks DOT
+            // parsing if not escaped.
+            auto dotEsc = [](const std::string& s) {
+                std::string out;
+                for (char c : s) {
+                    if (c == '"' || c == '\\') out += '\\';
+                    out += c;
+                }
+                return out;
+            };
+            const auto& quests = qe.getQuests();
+            // Build an index of valid quest IDs so dangling chain
+            // pointers can be styled differently (red, dashed).
+            std::unordered_set<uint32_t> validIds;
+            for (const auto& q : quests) validIds.insert(q.id);
+            out << "digraph QuestChains {\n";
+            out << "  // Generated by wowee_editor --export-quest-graph\n";
+            out << "  rankdir=LR;\n";
+            out << "  node [shape=box, style=filled, fontname=\"sans-serif\"];\n";
+            // Nodes: one per quest, colored by completion-readiness:
+            //   green = has objectives + reward + valid NPCs
+            //   yellow = missing some non-fatal field (description, etc.)
+            //   gray = no objectives (won't actually complete in-game)
+            for (const auto& q : quests) {
+                bool hasObjs = !q.objectives.empty();
+                bool hasReward = (q.reward.xp > 0 || !q.reward.itemRewards.empty());
+                std::string color = hasObjs ? (hasReward ? "lightgreen" : "lightyellow")
+                                             : "lightgray";
+                std::string label = "[" + std::to_string(q.id) + "] " + dotEsc(q.title);
+                if (q.requiredLevel > 1) {
+                    label += "\\nlvl " + std::to_string(q.requiredLevel);
+                }
+                if (q.reward.xp > 0) {
+                    label += "  " + std::to_string(q.reward.xp) + " XP";
+                }
+                out << "  q" << q.id << " [label=\"" << label
+                    << "\", fillcolor=" << color << "];\n";
+            }
+            // Edges: quest -> nextQuestId. Style chain-pointers to
+            // missing quests differently so they stand out visually.
+            int chainEdges = 0, brokenEdges = 0;
+            for (const auto& q : quests) {
+                if (q.nextQuestId == 0) continue;
+                if (validIds.count(q.nextQuestId) == 0) {
+                    out << "  q" << q.id << " -> q" << q.nextQuestId
+                        << " [color=red, style=dashed, label=\"missing\"];\n";
+                    out << "  q" << q.nextQuestId
+                        << " [label=\"<missing> [" << q.nextQuestId
+                        << "]\", fillcolor=mistyrose, style=\"filled,dashed\"];\n";
+                    brokenEdges++;
+                } else {
+                    out << "  q" << q.id << " -> q" << q.nextQuestId << ";\n";
+                    chainEdges++;
+                }
+            }
+            out << "}\n";
+            out.close();
+            std::printf("Wrote %s\n", outPath.c_str());
+            std::printf("  %zu quests, %d chain edges, %d broken (red/dashed)\n",
+                        quests.size(), chainEdges, brokenEdges);
+            std::printf("  next: dot -Tpng %s -o quests.png\n", outPath.c_str());
+            return 0;
         } else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--validate") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {
             std::string zoneDir = argv[++i];
             // Optional --json after the dir for machine-readable output