Is my playthrough just... ended?

[igor140]

I'm going to try to avoid spoilers here...

I'm in Act 2, trying to get to the Moonrise towers. I watched the dude with the lantern go by, and I hid.

It gave me a quest to "ambush some dudes"... but I couldn't figure out how to do it, so I just continued to the Inn.

There was no one there to talk to about an ambush, so I did some cutscenes... then some other stuff... then some more cutscenes...

And as I was leaving the Inn after all that, a guy stopped me and was like, "Oh, you need to ambush some dudes."

So I said, "I already saw them go by. I guess I missed my opportunity."

And the guy at the bridge goes, "Oh. Well, good luck, then."

So I tried to back to the ambush location (it's marked on my map), and there's still no way to ambush anyone.

I tried going back to the inn to find that guy to see if he could give me more details... and he's gone. Like, he's not anywhere to be found at the inn.

Sooo... is my playthrough just broken? Have I invested 70 hours into this game just to NOT be able to proceed...?

[Vellichor]

I haven't got to this part so idk, but have you tried loading to a previous save?

[igor140]

Well, I don't have one from THAT far back.

I'm also not sure how far back "that far" is... I'm not sure what's supposed to happen.

I assumed that the dude at the inn who mentioned setting an ambush was the guy to talk to... but I never had a dialogue option to actually coordinate it. He just said I had missed my chance, and walked off.

I guess I'm going in without a lantern... this seems like a terrible idea.

[Korgz]

There are multiple solutions to this problem. Just keep playing.

[karmazyn1]

Always save periodically. Be a save savvy

[Easson]

The Underdark is your answer. For your enjoyment, I will say no more.

[Lunar Shower]

I could be wrong, but I think there's a way to get one from Isobel? Not sure though. There's also some you can get INSIDE Moonrise Towers, but that obviously requires getting there.

What's supposed to happen though, and it seems you did it in reverse order by stumbling upon the ambush spot first without taking your chance to do so, losing out on the driders lantern, is you're supposed to first arrive at Last Light Inn, progress there till you get the ambush quest, talk to the guy on the bridge, then go out and intimidate or kill the drider for his lantern.

If you still have Mintharas Spider Lyre or whatever it is, you might be able to play it and summon the drider to take you to Moonrise, or just kill him for it there. Really, not sure how you're supposed to get there as the only ways I know how to get the lantern you've seemingly stumbled upon, and simply missed your opportunity.

I have read places that Isobel can give you one in passing, though no dedicated sources on that and not sure how you could go about doing that really.

Edit: Grymforge/Underdark if you haven't done it will have one for you as well, probably. Might be past the point of no return on that one, but assuming you can still progress it after reaching act 2, you can get a functioning, or a broken one there depending upon how you handle things.

[igor140]

Originally posted by Korgz:

There are multiple solutions to this problem. Just keep playing.

That is the least helpful answer possible. I wouldn't have posted about this-- much less bumped six times-- if I had any options that I could see. I had been running back and forth from every nearby zone for two hours before posting at all.

Originally posted by karmazyn1:

Always save periodically. Be a save savvy

I have multiple dozens of saves. But as I said, I'm not sure what or when this is supposed to happen. If it's when I first enter this zone, that happened over seven hours ago, before I went "back" the other route to clear that content as well... I'm not redoing that much content because of a bug.

Originally posted by Sleep:

The Underdark is your answer. For your enjoyment, I will say no more.

I explored every possible nook and cranny of the Underdark-- include all quests and events at the forge-- before coming to this area at all.

Originally posted by Lunar Shower:

I could be wrong, but I think there's a way to get one from Isobel? Not sure though. There's also some you can get INSIDE Moonrise Towers, but that obviously requires getting there.

What's supposed to happen though, and it seems you did it in reverse order by stumbling upon the ambush spot first without taking your chance to do so, losing out on the driders lantern, is you're supposed to first arrive at Last Light Inn, progress there till you get the ambush quest, talk to the guy on the bridge, then go out and intimidate or kill the drider for his lantern.

If you still have Mintharas Spider Lyre or whatever it is, you might be able to play it and summon the drider to take you to Moonrise, or just kill him for it there. Really, not sure how you're supposed to get there as the only ways I know how to get the lantern you've seemingly stumbled upon, and simply missed your opportunity.

I have read places that Isobel can give you one in passing, though no dedicated sources on that and not sure how you could go about doing that really.

Edit: Grymforge/Underdark if you haven't done it will have one for you as well, probably. Might be past the point of no return on that one, but assuming you can still progress it after reaching act 2, you can get a functioning, or a broken one there depending upon how you handle things.

Thank you.

I actually do have the Spite Lute, but I'm not sure what to do with it... I tried playing it, but I'm bad at it, so it didn't help much... I also just picked it up off her corpse, so if there are any dialogue/ quests flags related to how to actually use it, I don't have those.

Also, I did find the Moonlantern in the Underdark (in fact, I found two)... but they're both old and broken. The guy I'm supposed to ambush is the only functional one I've come across in the game.

I'll just start heading various places and play the lute... but I also found an article by a guy who said it's possible to just power through, and spend a small fortune on healing. But that once you get to the Tower, you can just fast travel back and forth... so I guess that's what I'll do.

Thanks again!

[igor140]

I tried the lute at the place where I would have come in, at the ambush site, and at several other sites around the map. No lantern dude.

I exhausted all conversation possibilities with Isobel. She doesn't offer a lamp.

She had already given me a blessing so that I don't have to worry about the "light" curse, but it doens't help with the "heavy" curse.

Looks like I'm running.

[Farsha]

As was already said, go to the cursed map from underdark (grym forge) entrence.
You will end up in different entry point to act2 and there is a bad guy camp there. If you missed the ambush with harpers. The spider guy with lantern should be there hopefully or some other npc that might help ya.

[RealCabbage]

Do you mind spoilers?

If you go to the nigthsong and free it, it will reduce the heavy shadows to be navigated with just the blessing or standard lights

[igor140]

Alright... turns out it wasn't that far. I watched a short clip of a video to see the optimal path, and I ended up only taking ~10 points of damage per person.

Not sure how I'll explore the parts I skipped by... but that's an issue for a couple hours from now.

[Edstyles]

Dont be afraid of the dark

[TheBasementGuy]

I've got the same problem, the lantern I've got from Kar'niss corpse went broken when I've choose the option to keep it.

I've made a video with workaround: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx15Vk3eseQ