diff --git a/src/do.c b/src/do.c
index 26485069c..cacab11c7 100644
--- a/src/do.c
+++ b/src/do.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	do.c	$NHDT-Date: 1737287889 2025/01/19 03:58:09 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.399 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	do.c	$NHDT-Date: 1774269965 2026/03/23 04:46:05 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.404 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Derek S. Ray, 2015. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1942,8 +1942,18 @@ goto_level(
     if (new) {
         char dloc[QBUFSZ];
         /* Astral is excluded as a major event here because entry to it
-           is already one due to that being an achievement */
-        boolean major = In_endgame(&u.uz) && !Is_astralevel(&u.uz);
+           is already one such due to that being an achievement;
+           for the quest, listing the start, locate, and goal levels would
+           seem reasonable but all quest levels are included for simplicity--
+           level 2 (or 3 if hero level teleports after obtaining permission
+           to enter) is useful to show since it indicates that hero has
+           actually entered the quest rather than just received permission
+           to do so, and listing the goal level could be used to figure out
+           whether level 5 is the end or there's another level (ESP reveals
+           the same thing, but is part of normal game play as opposed to
+           #chronicle leaking information that hero hasn't discovered yet) */
+        boolean major = ((In_endgame(&u.uz) && !Is_astralevel(&u.uz))
+                         || In_quest(&u.uz));
 
         (void) describe_level(dloc, 2);
         livelog_printf(major ? LL_ACHIEVE : LL_DEBUG, "entered %s", dloc);
diff --git a/src/quest.c b/src/quest.c
index a436e2787..2b54baa86 100644
--- a/src/quest.c
+++ b/src/quest.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	quest.c	$NHDT-Date: 1687036547 2023/06/17 21:15:47 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.38 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	quest.c	$NHDT-Date: 1774269965 2026/03/23 04:46:05 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.46 $ */
 /*      Copyright 1991, M. Stephenson             */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -339,6 +339,12 @@ chat_with_leader(struct monst *mtmp)
                 com_pager("banished");
                 Qstat(pissed_off) = TRUE;
                 expulsion(FALSE);
+
+                /* being expelled is hardly an achievement but none of the
+                   other livelog classifications fit */
+                livelog_printf(LL_ACHIEVE,
+                               "%s has expelled you from the quest",
+                               noit_mon_nam(mtmp));
             }
         } else if (purity == 0) {
             qt_pager("badalign");
@@ -349,6 +355,14 @@ chat_with_leader(struct monst *mtmp)
             qt_pager("assignquest");
             exercise(A_WIS, TRUE);
             Qstat(got_quest) = TRUE;
+
+            /* phrasing is a bit clumsy but allows #chronicle to provide a
+               clue to players who are reaching the quest for first time;
+               matters most for Home 1 that has stairs down which aren't
+               easily found */
+            livelog_printf(LL_ACHIEVE,
+                     "%s has granted access to proceed deeper into the quest",
+                           noit_mon_nam(mtmp));
         }
     }
 }