Start the tutorial from your quest log, and talk to one of the NPCs in Windurst, San d'Oria, Bastok or Adoulin. You receive 300 sparks and 300 experience as a reward.
This unlocks five types of record quests:
Tutorial
- Vanquish one enemy (100/500)
- Undertake a FoV regime (100/500)
- Heal without using magic (100/500)
Combat (Wide Area)
- General - Kill enemies, do damage, heal, level sync
- Spoils - Get x crystals
Combat (Region)
- Kill 10 enemies in a specific zone
Harvesting
- General - 100 total harvests (2k sparks, 6k exp)
- Area - Five harvests, or one harvest of a specific material
Content
- Lair Reives (5)
- Colonization Reives (5)
- Wildskeeper Reives (1)
- Monstrosity - 100 kills
There are multiple tiers for a lot of these. I'm assuming completing early tiers gets access to higher up ones
The times for the timed records are:
Spoiler: show