Bug or missing a step?

[FantiSci]

I'm on the Make It Bloom quest; the meter filled, but nothing triggered. I have 13/13 in the Rocky Shoreline, 4/4 at Sweet Home, 8/10 in the Valley, and 7/8 in the Wetlands. After running around in circles for ages, it seems all other growth points are currently inaccessible.

I gave up and watched a walkthrough, but their quest ended when they had fewer complete plantings than I have. Their worlds also seem to be a lot greener - even after ensuring maximum health for the plants, I still have a lot of grey on the map. I also don't have any markers showing up on the compass.

Am I missing something crucial, or is this a bug? I play on a Steam Deck at the moment, which I know can throw things off a bit.

[Zentrick]

Hello FantiSci. This indeed sounds strange and we haven't gotten any other reports of this particular issue. If I may ask, what is the current listed quest objective? Is it still the "Revitalize more of Rocky Shoreline, Marshy Fields, and Cliff Paths" part of "Make It Bloom"?

[FantiSci]

Hi there! Yes, it's still got the "revitalize more of Rocky Shoreline etc." box up. On the map, Hills and Home are "restored", Base and Valley are "revitalized". The bar around the compass turned red, then went back to blue with nothing else happening. Right now, it's blue with about a 1/7 gap on it after filling the map to this point.

[Sapie]

I have an issue with the 'Make it bloom' quest as well. It didn't start at all. After the Science quest nothing hapened and I can't trigger it otherwise. So the game is stuck and I can't continue the story :(

[Manders]

I'm stuck on the same quest also. Good to know it is a bug. Guess I'll start the game over.

I also had the game freeze on me when doing certain things.

Like talking to the cooking guy again by accident right after I completed the quest for Reis and it got stuck.

[pepperonzi]

Bummer. I am stuck in the exact same place. Must've spent over an hour running circles making sure nothing was missed. Pretty major game breaking bug

[fairytopia]

also running into this bug months later ): very bummed out. ran around the available areas for over an hour trying to figure out what i was doing wrong and nothing was popping up. so i guess as of september this bug still isn’t fixed :/

[Zentrick]

Originally posted by fairytopia:

also running into this bug months later ): very bummed out. ran around the available areas for over an hour trying to figure out what i was doing wrong and nothing was popping up. so i guess as of september this bug still isn’t fixed :/

Hello Fairytopia, could I ask for some clarification regarding your experience with this issue? Is the issue that the bug is still present on the save file in question or did you run into the issue again on a new save file?

[WillowRayne17]

Originally posted by Zentrick:

Originally posted by fairytopia:

also running into this bug months later ): very bummed out. ran around the available areas for over an hour trying to figure out what i was doing wrong and nothing was popping up. so i guess as of september this bug still isn’t fixed :/

Hello Fairytopia, could I ask for some clarification regarding your experience with this issue? Is the issue that the bug is still present on the save file in question or did you run into the issue again on a new save file?

I'm personally having a similar issue with the quest "more blooming". Both areas it's telling me to revitalize, I've completed but for some reason the quest won't complete?

[Zentrick]

Originally posted by WillowRayne17:

I'm personally having a similar issue with the quest "more blooming". Both areas it's telling me to revitalize, I've completed but for some reason the quest won't complete?

Hi there and thank you for notifying us. If I may ask, did you encounter this issue before or after applying the most recent patch?

[WillowRayne17]

Originally posted by Zentrick:

Originally posted by WillowRayne17:

I'm personally having a similar issue with the quest "more blooming". Both areas it's telling me to revitalize, I've completed but for some reason the quest won't complete?

Hi there and thank you for notifying us. If I may ask, did you encounter this issue before or after applying the most recent patch?

It was after the patch; it was the same day I posted the comment.

[Zentrick]

Understood, thank you for confirming this WillowRayne17. Our most recent patch included safety measures for quest triggers malfunctioning in certain cases but given the recent reports from you and Fairytopia, it seems this is still not entirely solved.

In terms of a temporary solution until we can take another look at the issue, we can assist in getting you or anyone else affected un-stuck by replacing your save files in the %localappdata%\HomeGrown\Saved\SaveGames folder with one from our save file repository, which can be accessed through the following link: https://kindabrave.sharepoint.com/:u:/r/sites/ExternalSharing/Shared%20Documents/Ember%20Trail%20-%20Externals/Distant%20Bloom%20Saves/Distant%20Bloom%20-%20Save%20File%20Repository.zip?csf=1&web=1&e=xdCFd9

The save files are sorted based on quest name so in case you are interested, there should be ones available both before and after completing the "more blooming" quest.

[Vennishier]

I'm having this issue currently. I bought the game a couple days ago. None of the planting spots are empty/unhealthy the quest just won't complete. I've been running around the map for a while now.

[Mushroom]

Have you spoken to the ascended? I needed to have a conversation to mark one of the quests complete with one of the npcs too.

[khershey]

I’m having a similar issue! I got my multitool, I’ve revitalized base and the shorelines but I never got the quest line. I’ve wondered around trying to solve this problem more than actually playing the game atp. Am I doing something wrong or is it just a bug??