Kill Goblin Leaders Quest bug

[Apex]

Minor spoilers for Act I ahead

So after entering the goblin camp and killing all the three leaders, the game does not seem to register the death of the last leader I kill, the quest doesn't finish and it keeps pointing to the body of the last leader killed. I've tried killing them in different order, tried killing them with and without Halsin in the party, as well as inside and outside combat (At least with Minthara and the other Goblin, as you can destroy the bridge while they walk), and also tried tossing their bodies on a pit. Nothing worked, and Halsin also doesn't register that they are dead.

Has anyone experienced that before? I know people had a lot of trouble with Halsin getting stuck at the goblin camp after the quest, but the quest glitch seems new to me.

Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this? Do you think waiting for a hotfix is worth it or should I just move on and ignore the quest?


The game is amazing, but I've been experiencing quite a few bugs recently

[ElseFour]

Having the same bug rn had a patch when I turned on my computer can’t help but think the patch caused. When I googled this, yours is the only other complaint I found. Hopefully they fix it before I get off work tomorrow.

[rservello]

Guess I was lucky. Did you free the bear druid first or after killing them?

[ElseFour]

After for me

[Syrin]

I have a different issue. When I kill the last boss (doesn't matter which order), I get labeled as killing a guard. When I return to the city EVERYONE attacks me including Haslin even though he praised me for freeing the city of the goblin threat.

[Georgio]

I'm having the same issue - I've killed the three leaders, but the game won't acknowledge it. I have Halsin with me and he refuses to leave even though all three leaders are dead. My journals say that the leaders are dead, but the three relevant NPCs (Halsin, Kagha, Zevlor) will not acknowledge it. I've reported the bug, but I don't know if there's anything I can do currently.

[Apex]

Originally posted by rservello:

Guess I was lucky. Did you free the bear druid first or after killing them?

Tried freeing him before and after killing them, no change :(

[Apex]

Originally posted by ElseFour:

Having the same bug rn had a patch when I turned on my computer can’t help but think the patch caused. When I googled this, yours is the only other complaint I found. Hopefully they fix it before I get off work tomorrow.

Yeah I believe the new patch caused it. I already reported it so hopefully they'll address it soon

[Feels]

im surprised how broken is this quest still, even after being in ea for 3 years.
If you take the quest to help the goblins attack the grove it asks you to camp first, but if you leave the area and come back (which requeres you to camp) the quest breaks, the attack sort of begins ie they send 2 goblins to the gates, but the goblin leader is nowhere to be found and the scene doesnt play, tieflings are lying dead in front of the village path and thats it.

[LeSirNick]

So I killed 3 leaders before finding the druid and I got this "Kill the leaders" request bugged, coz I already killed them.

Fixed it by throwing one of the bodies into the hole or whatever it's called. The marker was now gone from the map, since the body was gone as well. Quicksaved after this. Tried to dump other bodies, but they were too heavy and I had to reload. The druid completed the quest after this quicksave reload. I guess, fixing that 1 quest marker was enough for the game to go on with the scripts.

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

Originally posted by LeSirNick:

So I killed 3 leaders before finding the druid and I got this "Kill the leaders" request bugged, coz I already killed them.

Fixed it by throwing one of the bodies into the hole or whatever it's called. The marked was now gone from the map, since the body was gone as well. Quicksaved after this. Tried to dump other bodies, but they were too heavy and I had to reload. The druid completed the quest after this quicksave reload. I guess, fixing that 1 quest marker was enough for the game to go on with the scripts.

this is good troubleshooting advice that will probably work for other such bugs in the future. Often times all you need to do is get the game to interact with that flag via a check, usually changing locations or loading the game again. I wonder if you cast speak with dead on their bodies if that would make it re-check to see if they are dead.

[wahtique]

Got the same issue : killed all three of them but the quest wouldnt advance. Solved it by going to Gut's chambers. She was there, not happy because I was trespassing. Then she flees thru the crack on the way to the temple. Followed her using enlarg or something similar, killed her and the quest advanced.

[Hink Van Der Stok]

Killed the Goblin in the cage and the issue was solved for me.

[Apex]

Guys I was able to fix it by talking to all the leaders before I started killing them (as I entered the camp pacifically). This somehow fixed the issue for me.

[synthwave_dragon]

Having this bug too

[synthwave_dragon]

I loaded it up again today and all the grunt enemies are still dead but two of the leaders have respawned alive and attack on sight now... this quest is a huge mess