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[Samurai]

Okay, so in the level 44 quest "Relic collection," I have to follow the archaeologist and escort him and whatnot. Unfortunately, I can never seem to get past step 3. After the archaeologist examines the second site, the quest should move onto step 4, but for some reason, the quest marker points back to the second site and I am stuck on step 3. The archaeologist then stops right after the bridge and doesn't go inside the tomb and stays there indefinitely (i've waited like 10-15 minutes.)

 

One time I ran this quest and it glitched so that the archaeologist went backwards (and said all his lines while going back) and I think that may have messed u my script. Since I can't reset the quest, I was hoping a Dev could reset my quest for fix the bug. If there are any screenshots or specific logs needed I can post them as well.

 

Character name: Samurai

[Oops]

have you tried logging out in spot you need him to go to next then logging back in that might work

[Samurai]

If you log out or even walk out of the main room/cavern, the entire instance disappears and you have to start at the start of the cave to do it again. I did that  a few times, and the same error happened at the same place.  

[Unlucker]

One thing I've noticed with archaeologist is that he also spawns when you leave Rumble Grotto's dungeon, entrance is in the same "room" as quests you mentioned. You could try teaming up with someone, so you are able to enter RG, then leave immediately and that guy should spawn.

This trick should save you some time running all the way back from start.

[Samurai]

Well though that saves time, the quest itself is still bugged (probably due to me running around too fast or not killing those beetles the first time around.) Now he won't walk past the damn bridge and I can't complete these quests.

[Samurai]

Also, is it possible to reset quests by the player?

[Zeeba]

I have the same problem. He gets to the last room and just freezes. People have told me there are beetles that are supposed to be there but I haven't seen them. I've seen 2 other people have the same issue. There's clearly a programming bug.

[3kings]

I have had the same bug and tried to complete it 18 different times. I have gotten all the way to the last room and the beetles spawned, but they just kept spawning and spawning [it said possibly to inspect the beetle which i did and still didn't go]. This quest is COMPLETELY bugged.

[Kendiosa]

It is a pain to do the quest but it is possible. I did it about 3 weeks ago. First you need to get the archaeologist to the place at the end where the aggro beetles spawn. Easiest way to do this is to run there yourself, find a safe spot and log out. The archeologist stops to fight the Kaur and any other mobs so you will always lose him on the way.
Once you log back in he will respawn with you. Then you need to kill the aggro bugs until you get a quest drop. It took me 30 or more to get the drop - I was there for about 30 mins I think. I killed them from a fairly safe spot at the far end of the room away from the bridge. This seemed to keep the archeologist safe too which is essential to complete the quest I think.
Once you get the drop it is back to the start, so you can leave the archeologist behind again.

Edited by Kendiosa, 29 January 2015 - 18:44.

[Irradiated]

Just did the quest 30 seconds ago on US server, and it went fine.  The last stage was a fun challenge.

 

Ran directly to 2nd floor.  The archeologist followed.  If he doesn't follow, try Ken's suggestion of logging off and back in.

 

Killed my way to the three spots.

 

When I got to the last, I examined the crystal and nothing seemed to happen.  As I was debating whether to try another server the beetles appeared.  Just had to wait a couple of minutes or so after examining.

 

Killed beetles until the item eventually dropped.  You can let the archeologist die now, he's served his purpose.   Ran back ASAP.

[Mournelithe]

It's plenty bugged for me.  Getting him past the second waypoint is a crap shoot in and of itself with him standing in place in combat mode indefinitely even after a  fight has passed or him disappearing after you "lose sight" of him.  But, even if you can get past that, he still never fully enters the last room for me; he stops either on the bridge or just past it prior to the entryway. Also, despite the previous suggestions, ANY TIME you log out/in or exit/enter the lower caves portion of the Crystal Caves, it resets the quest to the 1st part of needing to escort the guy to the camp area by the boars.

 

I guess after six months of this being an issue me and the select few others are simply unlucky and must wait longer.  Here's to hoping it'll be fixed before year two.

[KeS]

 

PLEASE FIX IT DX

 

Note: this happened to me on the us server

[KeS]

yep could be just the US server

[Kendiosa]

I've ran my method on 2 alts on eu server and it worked fine. Would be worth trying a different server

[KeS]

I've ran my method on 2 alts on eu server and it worked fine. Would be worth trying a different server

That's what I did

[Wiivja]

I did it like week or two ago on us server no problems

[KeS]

I did it like week or two ago on us server no problems

That's because the game likes you

[Wiivja]

That's because the game likes you

Game dont like me or I would have won the max haste essence in ASV today:P

[Soumeisa]

I was having similar issues with him getting stuck right after getting across the bridge.  I'd first started the quest on OC and eventually moved on to other quests.  I was somewhere at level 40-42 when I did this.  Only once did he update appropriately and the beetles began spawning.  Because I wasn't geared very well, I became dinner for the beetles.  Thus, it went back to being "buggy" for me.

Last night (7Apr15), I began again on US after I'd made 47 and was going through some of the quests I'd skipped over.  He got stuck a couple of times and I logged out, logged back into US and still no fix.  Then I tried going to EU and, oddly enough, I was able to get him to update appropriately.  After the beetles began spawning, I pulled 1-2 at a time and defeated as many as were needed to get the Carapace. 

I'm not sure if it was switching the servers that worked for me or just simple perseverance. 

[KeS]

It could be the US server......it wouldn't be the 1st time the US server had issues before