Kill Alpha Infected Quest Bugged

[Spectre]

Every time a swarm starts, the countdown begins on returning the alpha infected sample to her. I haven't killed an alpha and even when I do I don't get a sample. What am I supposed to do here?

[Nordil(Hun)]

I think you are supposed to kill the very first alpha, elsewise it bugs. (or used to)

[Hank Hazard]

I can confirm it's bugged. I'm experiencing the same issue. Even before killing the Alpha, the countdown starts, and when I do kill the Alpha, it does not drop the samples. Locking the quest up

[TonyMax.Fr]

Because it's the main quest, can we say that the game is broken now?

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by TonyMax.Fr:

Because it's the main quest, can we say that the game is broken now?

Technically it is not yet a published product though.
So the appropriate term would be the current build is bugged.
(I know it is a technicality:P)

[ThadiusQBurbank]

Same here. This bug has never happened to me before, 1000+ hours. New update probably did it.

Its happened twice in this game im playing now. First time, an alpha showed up with a swarm, i killed them all, but the alpha didnt drop the goods, and none of my squads had it on them, and it wasnt in my warehouse/base.

Second time just happened so i came here. This time, there was no alpha anywhere, the mission just switched from KILL ALPHA INFECTED to BRING SAMPLE TO THE LAB. Nobody killed an alpha.

[ThadiusQBurbank]

Yo, so 5th time it worked. Devs, ask me questions here if u like. The only thing i did different this time was i happened to have 8 squads right next to me base, in vehicles with loads of guns. The Alpha didnt get to attack a building, it started chasing the squads and they gunned it down. The item appeared as normal.

[Rider]

Hard to say what happened. Always make sure to check you squads' and warehouse inventories to make sure the sample didn't get lost, picked up, or brought to the storage automatically. If not, we'd appreciate bug reports.

[Fey Warrior]

Originally posted by ThadiusQBurbank:

Yo, so 5th time it worked. Devs, ask me questions here if u like. The only thing i did different this time was i happened to have 8 squads right next to me base, in vehicles with loads of guns. The Alpha didnt get to attack a building, it started chasing the squads and they gunned it down. The item appeared as normal.

I'm seeing the same issue.

I'll keep trying just in case the Alpha Sample item drops on the 3rd, 4th or 5th try...

[Why do we even have that lever]

Originally posted by Rider:

Hard to say what happened. Always make sure to check you squads' and warehouse inventories to make sure the sample didn't get lost, picked up, or brought to the storage automatically. If not, we'd appreciate bug reports.

I check all of them, nothing, I even kill it with a single squad to check if they pick it up, nothing, all squads with empty slots sent to kill it, nothing. warehouse empty as well

[Professor Plum]

Bug reported in-game. Same thing happened for the second time on a different map. No sample left on ground, found in the squads' inventories, or in the warehouses. 😧

Overall, very happy with the game, though! Unfortunately, the bugged quest objectives make me want to turn off story mode.

[Fey Warrior]

Originally posted by Fey Warrior:

Originally posted by ThadiusQBurbank:

Yo, so 5th time it worked. Devs, ask me questions here if u like. The only thing i did different this time was i happened to have 8 squads right next to me base, in vehicles with loads of guns. The Alpha didnt get to attack a building, it started chasing the squads and they gunned it down. The item appeared as normal.

I'm seeing the same issue.

I'll keep trying just in case the Alpha Sample item drops on the 3rd, 4th or 5th try...

Yay! It worked after about the 5th or 6th swarm.

I think the key was the swam had crept up to my base from the east, since I'd not sent patrols that way for a day or so. Detecting the swarm in the exploration areas may have triggered the bug where the quest time triggered early possibly?

Hope this helps!

[basvw9]

i just now solved it by first letting the timer of the alpha samples mission run out by letting the alpha hide during daytime (or running it around with your squad) and restart the alpha hunter mission before killing it when the mission restarts kill the alpha and the samples drop (at least for me)

[Fu-Lao]

I done "Alpha Infected Quest" 3 update before & befor geting the quest kill alfa befor, maybe that bag hapen when you squad deliver semplse from alfa on HQ? And they gone like vacine? May be need spawind alfa semplse from all alfa befor quest will be ended.

[Fu-Lao]

Originally posted by Rider:

Hard to say what happened. Always make sure to check you squads' and warehouse inventories to make sure the sample didn't get lost, picked up, or brought to the storage automatically. If not, we'd appreciate bug reports.

Я нашел тригер бага с квэстами. Это Save\load. Почти все квэсты где нужно найти особый предмет багаются после загрузки, когда нужно выполнить такой квэст нужно пройти его с первого раза, сохранятся можно только на предшествующем.
Получил квэст найти кейс в лаборатории с 4мя ордами. можно сохранится на моменте когда нужно доехать на место, если загружатся в момент когда нужно убивать сами орды из лаборатории то загрузка сломает квэст и чемодан не найдется, с органом Альфы таже иконка и тот же баг.

I found a bug trigger with quests. This is Save\load. Almost all quests where you need to find a special item are bugged after loading, when you need to complete such a quest you need to complete it the first time, you can only save on the previous one.
I got a quest to find a case in a lab with 4 hordes. You can save at the moment when you need to get to the place, if you load at the moment when you need to kill the hordes themselves from the lab, then loading will break the quest and the suitcase will not be found, with the Alpha organ, the same icon and the same bug.

[Fu-Lao]

Нет, тригер в том что этап квэста с убийством Альфы пропускается, Игра чтитает что квэст выполнен в 2х случаях
1. Момент когда Альфа попадает на зону 9 клеток.(после убийства нет образца даже если добить Альфу в здании, не пробывал оружие ближнего боя)
2. Момент убийства Альфы в зоне экспидиций. (не падает образец)
Если изменить свойства что квыст будет выполнен в момент подбора образцев то это должно решить проблему. Либо добавить объекту возможность падения в зонах экспидиции.

No, the trigger is that the quest stage with killing Alpha is skipped, the game considers that the quest is completed in 2 cases
1. The moment when Alpha gets to the 9-cell zone. (after the kill there is no sample even if you finish off Alpha in the building, I have not tried melee weapons)
2. The moment of killing Alpha in the expedition zone. (the sample does not drop)
If you change the properties so that the quest will be completed at the moment of sample collection, this should solve the problem. Or add the ability to drop in expedition zones to the object.