Prerequisites for the Kettle Quest?

[Captain Canard]

My farmer lady keeps saying how nice it would be to have a kettle, but she has yet to offer the quest to find her kettle. I've done all her other quests, so I'm only offered crafting when I talk to her. Is there a prerequisite that I don't know about to unlock this quest? If so, what is it? I really want to unlock some advanced food, please!

[Silent Warrior]

You need to progress the other NPC's questline. Most likely the kettle quest will appear after you finished the blacksmith's quest "Crucible needed for a smelter". Another requirement is to have the first 5 craftspeople, this includes alchemist, hunter and carpenter.

[The Big Brzezinski]

Note that physically getting the kettle only requires a second tier flame to let you survive the shroud. You can just go grab the thing.

[Captain Canard]

Originally posted by Silent Warrior:

Most likely the kettle quest will appear after you finished the blacksmith's quest "Crucible needed for a smelter".

That did it! Though I had to exit the game and reload to get the farmer to offer the quest.

I feel this is an area the devs could tweak a bit. The crafts people give hints to quests that are not yet available, be it their "word bubbles" or the listed things they _should_ be able to craft but cannot. Personally I think these should not be shown until they are ready to offer the quest that actually unlocks these things, if not after. Most recipes, for example, are not shown until they are unlocked. I don't feel like I'm missing something if I don't see it in the list to begin with, but when it's in the list and I have no idea how to acquire something like this kettle (which was locked behind a totally unrelated quest from another character), that has me spinning in circles trying to figure out what to do. Just a friendly tip to the devs.