Buried Treasure Jonny bug

[gipsy]

I keep running into the same bug at the same point in the mission after restarting the game several times.

When first entering vault 79, I speak with Meg and listen to the full dialogue and the next prompt in the mission is to regroup with Jonny. But every time I do, he stands at the entrance to the vault and does not move. I can interact with Jonny, but it is always the same few pointless lines of dialogue and the mission does not advance any further.

I have read online a few people saying to go up the elevator and go back down tends to fix the issue, but I have tried it more than a dozen times now and still facing the same issue every time I attempt to complete the mission.

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on how to fix this bug? It is becoming increasingly annoying and I am losing the motivation to keep playing this game as it is riddled with bugs. However, this one seems to be the most persistent and unsolvable.

[Eriskumma]

It's an old bug, Wastelanders quests are notoriously buggy and that's one of the most common ones. When Wastelanders was released I sent a ticket about these bugs and Beth's "official reply" was to verify the game files, have done that every time I've had issues with the quests and it has worked 100% so I'd try that.

[gipsy]

Originally posted by Eriskumma:

It's an old bug, Wastelanders quests are notoriously buggy and that's one of the most common ones. When Wastelanders was released I sent a ticket about these bugs and Beth's "official reply" was to verify the game files, have done that every time I've had issues with the quests and it has worked 100% so I'd try that.

Perfect, I'll give this a try. Thanks mate

[Eriskumma]

Originally posted by gipsy:

Perfect, I'll give this a try. Thanks mate

Well, you're welcome, but don't thank before you've tried if it works. :D Verify the files is Beth's standard BS reply and I still don't trust it's the actual solution but somehow it has worked for me. :D

[gipsy]

Originally posted by Eriskumma:

Originally posted by gipsy:

Perfect, I'll give this a try. Thanks mate

Well, you're welcome, but don't thank before you've tried if it works. :D Verify the files is Beth's standard BS reply and I still don't trust it's the actual solution but somehow it has worked for me. :D

I guess the thanks was a little premature :D it doesn't seem to have made a difference :(

[Eriskumma]

Originally posted by gipsy:

I guess the thanks was a little premature :D it doesn't seem to have made a difference :(

Dang. :( Yeah, have always suspected it was a BS reply. What I remember people have just server hopped until it works so I guess it's the only solution, I've just been lucky and managed to hit a working server after verifying the files. :P

[gipsy]

Originally posted by Eriskumma:

Originally posted by gipsy:

I guess the thanks was a little premature :D it doesn't seem to have made a difference :(

Dang. :( Yeah, have always suspected it was a BS reply. What I remember people have just server hopped until it works so I guess it's the only solution, I've just been lucky and managed to hit a working server after verifying the files. :P

Quick update, I managed to solve the issue. I had to destroy the turrets and eyebots before Meg's dialogue ended as soon as the vault door had come down.
I ran into another bug where there was an invisible door, but going up the escalator and coming back down managed to fix the issue. All in all, this took about 46hrs to figure out. Such a ballache. Hopefully people who run into this issue find this discussion thread and it helps them.

[Eriskumma]

Originally posted by gipsy:

Quick update, I managed to solve the issue. I had to destroy the turrets and eyebots before Meg's dialogue ended as soon as the vault door had come down.
I ran into another bug where there was an invisible door, but going up the escalator and coming back down managed to fix the issue. All in all, this took about 46hrs to figure out. Such a ballache. Hopefully people who run into this issue find this discussion thread and it helps them.

Awesome that you got it working. And don't worry, it took me that long too to get through Ra-Ra's quest on my first Wastelanders playthrough. :P Doors, bot pods and Ra-Ra kept glitching and nearly lost my mind with it. :P

[Yayayiyou974]

Hi everyone, I also had this bug. Stuck in front of the intercom with Johnny who was no longer reacting. I left Vault 79 by going back outside with the elevator and coming back after loading it worked

[Makimera]

this mision is seriusly pissing me off, so buggy :/

[󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡]

you must only kill all enemys and go bavk ower the lift to apelacia, than go back to johnny and there is no bug :) thank me later :)

[Skooma]

Same problem here

[Scroto_Baggins]

I followed the previous poster's recommendations (verify install file integrity, fast travel to the same spot, etc.) and I still have the same problem too.

I get to the first intercom in Vault 79, and the NPCs just gather around it with a "This character is busy" message when I try to interact with them.

It turns out (at least for me) that I have to do this process twice for it to work.

[Hazo]

I reached out to the Bethesda support team for a solution. This is their method of "fixing" the quest. It worked for me.

1 - Progress through the quest as usual, until you reach the bugged objective
2 - Return to the elevator that you enter the instance from
3 - Use the elevator to return to Appalachia
4 - After the loading screen, do NOT leave the elevator
5 - Use the elevator again, and return to the instance for Vault 79
Johnny will now be in the correct place and the quest should continue as intended.

https://positivelyhazo.com/bug-report/cannot-progress-fallout-76-buried-treasure-quest-fixed/

[Kondor70]

I had this very same problem ; the way I unlocked was advamcing and finding a terminal to unlock the next door , then Johnny started moving. Ahead it will happen again , then you will find a terminal downstairs to unlock a sliding door that appears to be open but it's not , then the group will move again.

[迪亚哥]

Fortunately, I chose to stay with the Foundation.