Main Quest bug?

[Meatball]

Hey,

I'm in the middle of a quest called "An Ounce of Prevention" I've replaced the T fuse and put the blood sample into the machine and now I have to analyse it - that is according to my quest log, but the machine won't allow me to analyse it because apparently it's not there?

I've tried changing servers, I've exited the game already. I've even tried to go back and see if I can get another sample and yet to no avail.

According to forums I've read, this has been a bug for years? Anyone know of a bypass or a way to restart the quest?

Would be much appreciated!

Thank you

[Klakson]

I did this quest 4 times already and it never was bugged for me. Do you have all samples? (ghouls, wolfs and smth else if i remember correctly)

[Meatball]

That might be it, my quest hasn't indicated other blood samples. It's just saying analyse the ghoul sample I've collected. I'll try that now :P

[Klakson]

I think it was T fuse, blood of wolf and blood of ghoul. Not sure if anything else

[Meatball]

Found a mole rat and I'm unable to extract their samples. I'm guessing it's bugged :/

[Meatball]

OK, found a fix. I had to join a private lobby for it to work. I'm assuming it was a server problem!

Thanks for you help :P

[Klakson]

No probs :)

[smallce]

Just encounter this exact problem myself (on my new toons - this is my 5th character doing this quest)

I guess it's due to the fact that instead of "making it smoother" as Update 21 Patch Note per said, they f*k it up:

Here's quote from latest release note:

Quests and Events

• An Ounce of Prevention: We’ve simplified the “Collect Blood Samples: 0/3” to only require a single Blood Sample from a Feral Ghoul.
  This quest step frequently caused some confusion for new players and had a bug that could sometimes block progression. This change should make An Ounce of Prevention a smoother experience for everyone.

I'll try to swap server at different time and see if that solve my problem.

[Lyle Lanley]

I'm having the same problem right now. I exited the game (among other things) and restarted and still get the "load blood sample" message. Maybe I got right back on to the same server.How do you know if you get on to a different server?

[Meatball]

I'm not sure, I just joined a friends private server and it just worked. My bet it's to do with public servers

Originally posted by Elgin Miller:

I'm having the same problem right now. I exited the game (among other things) and restarted and still get the "load blood sample" message. Maybe I got right back on to the same server.How do you know if you get on to a different server?

[smallce]

During submitting a bug report, I found this article[help.bethesda.net] in Bethesda support knowledge base


We are aware and investigating an issue where the terminal is not recognizing the blood sample being inserted after the update on August 4th, 2020.

If you are experiencing this issue, doing the following may resolve the issue:


Put the T-Type fuse in before the blood sample
Log out and join a different world and try again.



So here's how I solve it -

1. Leave server & go back to main screen

2. Join adventure mode (public server) again (now both quest goals "(1) install Type-T Fuse (2) Analyze Blood Sample" appear again

3. Go to AVR medical center and install Type-T Fuse (quest goal remain "Analyze Blood Sample"

4. Close game

5. Start FO76 again and join adventure mode (public server) (both quest goal are back again)

6. Go to AVR medical center and Install Type-T Fuse once again

7. Hit terminal with Analyze Blood Sample - it works now.

[StrangeAK47]

Originally posted by smallce:

So here's how I solve it -

1. Leave server & go back to main screen

2. Join adventure mode (public server) again (now both quest goals "(1) install Type-T Fuse (2) Analyze Blood Sample" appear again

3. Go to AVR medical center and install Type-T Fuse (quest goal remain "Analyze Blood Sample"

4. Close game

5. Start FO76 again and join adventure mode (public server) (both quest goal are back again)

6. Go to AVR medical center and Install Type-T Fuse once again

7. Hit terminal with Analyze Blood Sample - it works now.

^this^ (but i fast travelled to the wayward before closing the game)
thanks for the fix