Gowry quest bugged? Can't find him to turn in unalloyed needle

[Pozzy Vibes GGHF :)]

So i went back to do his quest after beating the game, he was still there telling me to go into the swaps to find the unalloyed needle, so I ride around and do the encounter and get the quest item. However before talking to him again, I unlocked Sellia by lighting the three fires. I then riding through the unlocked entrance and keep exploring till I find millicent. I try to go back to Gowry and he's no where to be seen. I tried reloading the game, going to another bonfire, passing time etc. He's just disappeared and Millicent is stuck on her one dialogue phrase telling me to go away.

Is the quest bugged? Or did me doing things out of order brick the quest?

[Mepho]

I think you skipped a step?
If I remember correctly once you bring the needle to Gowry he sends you to Millicent. You hand the needle to her and she passes out. She will then leave for Gowry's shack and find him dead (I think).

Didn't you have the option to give her the needle?

[Pozzy Vibes GGHF :)]

Originally posted by Mepho:

I think you skipped a step?
If I remember correctly once you bring the needle to Gowry he sends you to Millicent. You hand the needle to her and she passes out. She will then leave for Gowry's shack and find him dead (I think).

Didn't you have the option to give her the needle?

I had no options. I got the unalloyed thing, but went to unlock Sellia first before even meeting him. I explored all the way to the church of plague where Millicent is and talked to her until she told me to go away. THEN I went back to Gowry's shack and he has not appeared even after reloads. So no.

[Mepho]

Originally posted by Pozzy Vibes GGHF :):

I had no options. I got the unalloyed thing, but went to unlock Sellia first before even meeting him. I explored all the way to the church of plague where Millicent is and talked to her until she told me to go away. THEN I went back to Gowry's shack and he has not appeared even after reloads. So no.

Checked the wiki, Gowry's supposed to "fix" the needle before you give it to Millicent.
Reading here he shouldn't be gone before you give the needle to Milli as I remembered tho.

May it be the case that he was killed by the dog nearby? Did you ever fight near his shack?

[Pozzy Vibes GGHF :)]

Yeah I fought near his shack, but I always killed the dog before going into the shack. I looked up bugs for this quest, and people only complain about the latter phases of the quest, and not where I'm at.

I'm betting this is related to me opening the sellia gate without him telling me, maybe that's a trigger for him going away and not speaking with him first.

Oh well.

[Peanutch]

Have you tried getting absolution at the church of vows and see if he comes back? I opened the Sellia gate at that same point and the quest continued as normal

[Mepho]

Originally posted by Pozzy Vibes GGHF :):

Yeah I fought near his shack, but I always killed the dog before going into the shack. I looked up bugs for this quest, and people only complain about the latter phases of the quest, and not where I'm at.

I'm betting this is related to me opening the sellia gate without him telling me, maybe that's a trigger for him going away and not speaking with him first.

Oh well.

Hey, kinda late on the answer but I had opened Sellia myself as well before even finding Gowry (I came from the opposite side and found him on my way leaving) so that can't be it.

If you fought near the shack I think you might have just been unlucky and had some attack clip through the walls and hit him.
It almost happened to me once, the dog shoved his mutt through the backwall right next to Gowry as I was speaking to him. With all the noise the dog makes I think it may be very easy to not notice the sound of Gowry die during combat.

Maybe absoution? I'm not clear if it can resurrect NPCs or not...

[Pozzy Vibes GGHF :)]

Update, I started the game the next day, did some other stuff in the capital catacombs, came back and he was there again and I can proceed with the quest. Very strange.

[Nerevar]

you cannot kill him aslong as milicent is alive actually. neither can the dog outside. that was patched. he always respawns on reload when he is killed by other means. the only way to get him into his killable state to either end milicents questline or kill her.

the sellia gates have actually nothing to do with the quest. they are just a bonus info for players who dont check around or never look up.