What is the least tedious way to complete this quest? I have a list of all the locations and even mapped out a route I'll use to get to all of them, but is there a better/more interesting way?
so if I go through a few streets and dont find a ghost, is it assumed that there are no ghosts in those streets and i dont need to keep going back and looking through the same streets again?
Even with the locations mapped out, I found this quest tedious. If I were doing it again, I'd try to do it with a group -- or with some noble soul who previously completed the quest and has the Faded Heart (which acts as a ghost detector).
It took me about 3 attempts of going through the list to find all my ghosts. The first time I was sort of speeding through, so it's possible I ran right past some of them. The second time I double checked some darker areas and found all but one, like so many other people.
I finally decided to go through the list slowly and match up with the screenshots and found my last one in Ilmenskie Caverns.
It actually took me 4 trips through the list of ghost locations to finally find the 7th ghost. Last trip I did use "c" camera mode to make sure I didn't miss any area on the streets and found my last ghost on Simpele Slip in Bortola but it wasn't on the beaten path!
All the streets listed in wiiki have ghosts on them but you will only see the 7 intended for you until you complete the quest. Once you receive your heart you will be able to use it to find the ghosts on all the listed streets.
1. many people (including me) believe they found their 7th ghost somewhere they had already looked. I don't know if we just missed it, or if the 7th is in a particular place and will only appear in sequence.
2. I found the quest a lot more enjoyable when it wasn't my primary objective. I'd maybe go to the ghost sites in one area while doing something else like mining or gathering. That way, if I saw them, woohoo! if I didn't, I still got the other thing I came for.