[SOLVED] Quest "Finer Things in Battle"

[Rayffe]

Update:

The support team has become aware of the bug.

This bug is now on the list of known issues to be fixed, I recommend that all players who are experiencing this bug continue to send their bug reports to support in order to help the team find a solution.

I've been facing this issue on both Xbox and PC, and I have friends who are playing on Steam and are facing the same issue.

I'll try to explain it in a simple way:

Basically, the trigger to start the "Finer Things in Battle" sidequest is to defeat the Ogre Thallas and then Speak with the Apothecarist during the An Untimely End.

The bug most likely happens if the player has upgraded weapons and armor. In my case, I explored the entire Map and only then proceeded to the main quest, and this bug has affected my progression by 100%;

The issue is that this sidequest is required for the "Pentiment" achievement, so the developers have a few options: Fix this bug and somehow release an update for those who haven't started the sidequest, or simply remove the "Finer Things in Battle" sidequest from the requirements for the "Pentiment" achievement, that would be the easiest and quickest solution.

I'm still waiting for a resolution to this issue, I've done everything possible on the map and I need them to fix it so I can progress in my game. In the meantime I'll play Starfield, but I'm looking forward to returning to Avowed and continuing to support Obidian.

Edited Friday at 07:48 AM by Rayffe

[Punda Bar]

I've had a hard time trying to figure out what causes the quest to break, as I've had saves where it worked, then after playing 2 or so minutes, the quest fails to appear, even with the exact same equipment on both saves.
I've tried engaging in combat with some other blue (fine) quality enemy before Thallia, and all other sorts of things to try and find out what prevents it from triggering correctly, but I haven't had much luck in trying to find an exact trigger just yet. Whatever the case, it's not limited to just already having fine quality gear, or even high enough ranking gear.
At the very least I think it shouldn't be counted toward the completed all sidequest achievement, as at the very least, it's unpredictable as to if you can even get that quest based on unknown factors (beyond just already having good gear)

[Rayffe]

1 hour ago, Punda Bar said:

I've had a hard time trying to figure out what causes the quest to break, as I've had saves where it worked, then after playing 2 or so minutes, the quest fails to appear, even with the exact same equipment on both saves.
I've tried engaging in combat with some other blue (fine) quality enemy before Thallia, and all other sorts of things to try and find out what prevents it from triggering correctly, but I haven't had much luck in trying to find an exact trigger just yet. Whatever the case, it's not limited to just already having fine quality gear, or even high enough ranking gear.
At the very least I think it shouldn't be counted toward the completed all sidequest achievement, as at the very least, it's unpredictable as to if you can even get that quest based on unknown factors (beyond just already having good gear)

I've been reporting this bug to Obsidian's support team for a few days now. Yesterday, I received an email response informing me that the support team has finally confirmed they were able to reproduce the bug during testing and are investigating the cause to fix it. If the player doesn't complete this sidequest, it will be impossible to unlock the 'Pentiment' Achievement. I believe we should have a solution in one or two updates.

[Rayffe]

To all interested: The support team is aware of the bug and is investigating the case, I hope they fix it as soon as possible, I can't wait to return to Avowed

[Rayffe]

I can confirm that today, the game has been updated, and the sidequest has appeared on my list of completed quests. Now I can go back to Eora and continue my progress. Thank you to everyone who submitted reports and especially the support team who gave us so much support.