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+**Global configurations** are intended to be used in place of
+**quest-specific configurations**. This helps reduce repetition across
+your configuration as you copy common elements from quest to quest, and
+also allows you to quickly propagate edits across quests.
+
+## Global task configuration
+
+A global task configuration will add configuration values to all tasks
+of a specified type.
+
+For example (in `config.yml`),
+
+``` yaml
+...
+global-task-configuration:
+  types:
+    inventory:
+      update-progress: true
+...
+```
+
+This will add to *all* tasks configurations with `type: inventory`
+across *all* quests the following: `update-progress: true`. *'Note that
+any errors coming from here will appear as if they are coming from
+individual quests.*
+
+Quest-level configurations will override anything set here. To change
+this behaviour, modify the [global task configuration
+override](Basic_options#Global_task_configuration_override "wikilink").
+
+## Global quest display configuration
+
+A global quest display configuration adds text to the display items of
+items in the GUI.
+
+By default, this is already configured:
+
+``` yaml
+global-quest-display:
+  lore:
+    append-not-started:
+      - ""
+      - "&eLeft Click &7to start this quest."
+    append-started:
+      - ""
+      - "&aYou have started this quest."
+      - "&eMiddle Click &7to track this quest."
+      - "&eRight Click &7to cancel this quest."
+    append-tracked:
+      - ""
+      - "&aYou are &etracking &athis quest."
+      - "&eMiddle Click &7to stop tracking this quest."
+      - "&eRight Click &7to cancel this quest."
+```
+
+<https://i.imgur.com/l0FI5Ma.png>
+
+If you do not want this, simply remove the section.
+
+## Global macros
+
+Global macros are designed to help you reduce repetition across your
+configuration files by centralizing values in your config.yml. Think of
+them as your own variables/placeholders which you can use in your quest
+files.
+
+To explain this feature, an example is more appropriate.
+
+In your config.yml, you can add a macro under the `global-macros`
+section:
+
+    global-macros:
+      ...
+      # <name of macro>: <string value of macro>
+      top-bar: "&6---&7---&6---"
+
+To use these in your quests, simply reference it by using
+`<$m name-of-macro $m>`. Macro names **cannot have spaces**.
+
+For example, to use the `top-bar` macro in `example-quest.yml`:
+
+``` yaml
+tasks:
+  ...
+display:
+  ...
+  lore-normal:
+    - "<$m top-bar $>"
+    - "..."
+  ...
+```