Smokepowder Satchel vs Nere's rocks

[Fluffy_Yeti]

I have reloaded this stupid interaction 8 times. The smokepowder can't be placed by right clicking the rocks. OK? drop it. Cool. Set it on fire with a spell, Yay. EXCEPT IT DOESN'T FINISH THE ROCKS. What the f*** is the point of this specific item if not to completely destroy this obstacle? Whatever, i have a smokepowder bomb i can......WHY THE F*** ARE THEY GOING BACK TO THE ROCKS. Yeah this is bugged to ♥♥♥♥ and back. so fix it.

[Popsicles]

There are multiple items you can use to blow up the rocks. Some do not cause enough damage to break the rocks and require two attempts. You can see the HP of the rocks at the top of them.

Only the rune powder will work without hurting any npcs. You get it from an npc, I forget her name...

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

If you use anything besides the runepowder barrel you'll need multiples of it to do enough damage in one go.

[Popsicles]

Originally posted by Fluffy_Yeti:

it's not rune powder it's what's in the title. Smokepowder satchel. It didn't kill the rocks the first 3 times. And each time, they would scurry back over before i could select a smokepowder bomb to finish it off. the 4th time it actually did kill the rocks meaning IT'S MEANT TO DO SO. Yet it's bugged for some reason. Furthermore, i had to reload 8 times, not 4 because 3 more attempts yielded at least 1 of my dudes spawning INSIDE the lava after the cutscene. This entire "Nere's trapped" scenario is just bugged beyond measure.

You must of missed the sentence - "Some do not cause enough damage and require two attempts...'

[Ghost]

Yeah, runepowder and smokepowder are not the same thing. Much simpler to retrieve the runepowder from the gnome 'thief'.
IIRC it's force damage that's needed to break the rocks, so you could also try spamming eldritch blast or something.

[Kryldost]

or use multiple items lol, bombs, barrels, satchel :P be creative

[KalDrax]

usually 1 barrel of smoke powder works fine

[Popsicles]

It isn't any sort of 'bug' as the OP has claimed. There are just many ways to accomplish this task, but with varying results.

Rune powder is also the only one that will not harm gnome slaves or duegar. If you damage anyone while blowing open the rocks, then the fight becomes more challenging. Winnable, but a lot harder than just using the Rune powder.

You place the rune powder and everyone runs away waiting for it to blow.

If you do manage to do it by other means, which I have, you also run the risk of damaging Nere with surface effects, which triggers the same problem...

Go get the rune powder from the gnome. She is back by the docks where you first land.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Larian sure loves their explosive barrels. 🙄