Still can't get this either on series x. Have a save where I mapped and completed the entire first zone and have fine gear before helping the apothecary and it doesn't load the quest. Loaded and older save from before the bear where I have no fine gear but a common weapon plus 3 and ran right to the apothecary and still nothing.
Would prefer to keep my first save and still get this quest to actually load up. Being punished for exploring the map and gearing up just feels wrong. Not playing more until this is fixed even though I was really enjoying it.
