Killing one NPC to get gear isn’t a mini task...it’s the point of MD
In my view, a mini task is something where you need to do a few steps.
Such as:
Kill Lynis
Take heart from corpse of lynis (wow it’s small)
Give heart to heimdall
Hiemdall cries at the loss of friend.
Kick Hiemdall in the Junk while he is distraught
Hiemdall keels over and drop BAMF seal
Take seal and stamp cows in Indel with the “Bad Ass Milk Farmer” seal of approval.
Get free steak for next hour from Old MacDonald.
That is a form of mini task.
I’m not sure all the details for some weapons, such as the slimey stalictite, I think that is just room syntax. Same with the singing dagger in Indel, although most newbies would not know how to enter that area, which is part of a quest task.