BUG? Strange ox in Act 3 isn't appearing

[Caerbannog]

I go to the barn, open the door, and my active character mentions "it's that strange ox again" but there's no ox in sight. I used see invisible just in case, and it wasn't invisible.

I know this is the right barn since I met the ox in a previous playthru in this same place. I'm assuming this is a bug, but in this first playthru i met the strange ox the same day, whereas i went looking for the strange ox the second time after a few days had passed. I don't know if it matters, but my character shouldn't exclaim "its the ox" when there's no ox.

The first playthru was before patch #1.

[Erials]

Same here, my hero said the phrase, but there's no ox.

[SOI Sweeeet]

same here

[Amara2021]

Same my characters keep mentioning the ox but it's not there

[justusdaniel1998]

Same here

[mark.sparhawk]

Same here - most up to date version loaded

[[CPC] Wabash]

Same after patch 3

[Yum Cha]

Have the latest patch, went back after being in act 3 for a few days. My PC says the see it, but there is no ox to interact with.

Please patch this, I've been keen to find out the story for this

[LadyLiddell]

Same thing here, but I've been in the Lower City already so maybe the ox vanishes if you don't talk to him first before entering the city for the first time?

[Pinstripeowl]

Latest version and this is happening for me too - I've been to the city already

[Caerbannog]

Originally posted by Pinstripeowl:

Latest version and this is happening for me too - I've been to the city already

**internal screaming**

[realjayoyo121]

For everyone asking: This is still a current bug which happens when you visit the Lower City before going to the barn. Your character will still say "the strange ox" Even though he is not there. Following these steps will make the ox return and follow up until he turns into an apple, but unfortunately there is no way of completing the quest.

Close the game (just in case)

Download the script console extender by Norbite
https://github.com/Norbyte/bg3se/releases/download/updater-v2/BG3SE-Updater-wConsole-v2.zip And unzip and put the files in your baldurs gate/bin folder.

Run the game, a console should appear below the game, in this console we are going to paste a command very soon, do not close it.

Load your game, go to Rivington (for loreful reason go to the OX barn)

Now tab and go in the console, past and run the following command `Osi.TeleportTo("49eb5b4b-c6ed-4d37-8f68-97b1128b7d56", GetHostCharacter())`

Go back in the game and the OX should be there, beside your character. NB: I interacted with the ox without the ability to speak with animals, closed the conversation and went and drunk a potion and then the OX stopped answering, re-running the command fixed it.

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profit

[wolfA4]

Originally posted by realjayoyo121:

For everyone asking: This is still a current bug which happens when you visit the Lower City before going to the barn. Your character will still say "the strange ox" Even though he is not there. Following these steps will make the ox return and follow up until he turns into an apple, but unfortunately there is no way of completing the quest.

Close the game (just in case)

Download the script console extender by Norbite
https://github.com/Norbyte/bg3se/releases/download/updater-v2/BG3SE-Updater-wConsole-v2.zip And unzip and put the files in your baldurs gate/bin folder.

Run the game, a console should appear below the game, in this console we are going to paste a command very soon, do not close it.

Load your game, go to Rivington (for loreful reason go to the OX barn)

Now tab and go in the console, past and run the following command `Osi.TeleportTo("49eb5b4b-c6ed-4d37-8f68-97b1128b7d56", GetHostCharacter())`

Go back in the game and the OX should be there, beside your character. NB: I interacted with the ox without the ability to speak with animals, closed the conversation and went and drunk a potion and then the OX stopped answering, re-running the command fixed it.

...

profit

That will give you access to the NPC, and let you acquire the quest item but unfortunately you don't get the actual quest and complete it by doing that.

[thattallgeek]

As of 10.31.2024 it's still bugged where you can't actually see the ox even if your character acknowledges them. It seems if you don't meet the ox immediately upon setting foot in Rivington and try and come back later it bugs

[Astrylan]

Did you kill it in act 2?