Bug: Summon familiar(Scratch) skill is gone

[Flea_market]

Just talked to the dog lady at the courier service. Told her I found Scratch, but that I'm not giving him up. I also convinced her to leave.

Now I've however lost my ability to summon him. He is still in camp though.

So this both seems like a bug and a crime towards humanity. No more Scratch is just too much to take.

[Zaphkiel]

Same issue here.

[Trideen]

Same issue. I noticed right after I did the interaction fortunately, so I was able to load back before it with no loss of Scratch thankfully. I hope this is fixed though, as I would like to be able to do this and make sure the boy is put in charge instead that bully. :p

[Mexxy Dragon]

I had the same issue. so the skill you gain from having the ball that scratch gives to you in your inventory. I did the same things as you and the exact same happened, so my guess is that the game realized that I did not have the ball in my inventory and just updated my bar (since this quest has an outcome where scratch leaves you if let it happen). once I picked up the ball from my traveler's chest, I got the skill back.

[Nesharim]

there seems to be no way to distinguish the right ball ... I think i just sold mine ...

[lowercase_donkey]

Originally posted by Nesharim:

there seems to be no way to distinguish the right ball ... I think i just sold mine ...

This seems to be my issue as well. I think I sold the ball because it seemed like any other, but somehow the game is keying on that.

I was also never able to play "fetch" and get the chievo, I assume you need HIS ball for that too?

Edit: but I do very much still have him in camp, so it's keying off something different.

[collaide_scarecrow]

Originally posted by Mexxy Dragon:

I had the same issue. so the skill you gain from having the ball that scratch gives to you in your inventory. I did the same things as you and the exact same happened, so my guess is that the game realized that I did not have the ball in my inventory and just updated my bar (since this quest has an outcome where scratch leaves you if let it happen). once I picked up the ball from my traveler's chest, I got the skill back.

i picked up the right ball, i'm 100% sure I have the right ball. but i didn't get the spell back.

EDIT: I got it back!!! I didn't notice when, but it's back!

Originally posted by Inwoods:

I was also never able to play "fetch" and get the chievo, I assume you need HIS ball for that too?

I think so. Scratch only fetches the "scratch ball" and not the others I have.

[FishEyeSquirrel]

Also, lost the skill, however when in camp i threw the ball, got the achievement for playing fetch without having to do the convo, AND gained the summon scratch skill

[Pitagora]

Any console command to get it back?

[Dimossa]

Still bugged...-(

[Mannarox]

same (

[Jonci]

I lost the ability after the kennel scene, too. But once I grabbed the ball out of camp storage and threw it near Scratch, the ability returned.
Keep in mind the object is just called "Ball". I did find some "Scratch's Ball" balls that do nothing.

[Tematsu]

ball that you need for summon scratch have action point on it (green point down the item window). that is how i found it when sell it to merchant.

[Windryn]

Originally posted by Mexxy Dragon:

I had the same issue. so the skill you gain from having the ball that scratch gives to you in your inventory. I did the same things as you and the exact same happened, so my guess is that the game realized that I did not have the ball in my inventory and just updated my bar (since this quest has an outcome where scratch leaves you if let it happen). once I picked up the ball from my traveler's chest, I got the skill back.

Thank you

[Vard]

I gave the ball to a different party member and had them throw it. They got the ability when Scratch retrieved the ball. but my Tav cannot seem to get it back.

Oh well. Shadowheart pets him a lot, so its fitting she summon him! :)