Diode is missing from his workshop at the Slag Heap in "The Price Goes Up" quest?

[Sape79]

I did all I had to do in that quest (talked to Diode, gathered stuff in Nestor's workshop etc.) and now I have to talk to Diode again to present the keycard to him, except he is not in his workshop. Instead he is shown on the minimap as if he was standing in the middle of some irradiated heap.

Is this a bug or is he supposed to be there and come back to his workshop after some time? Im kinda stuck here.

EDIT, 23.12.2024: A possible fix found. Please see conversation below. Will close thread when confirmed that it works for more people.
EDIT, 24.12.2024: Most likely an universal fix found. Im closing thread. Merry Christmas guys!
EDIT, 27.12.2024: Fix doesn't work as it should. So no fix for now...

[xxxMADNESSxxx]

Hey Bro, I stuck as well. After i got Key card, Diode is standing in east side of slag heap. Also when i go there to meet him, He is missing at that main quest pin location.......

[p!p]

same here. Questmaker says hes a little south of the heap but when i go there he is neither at the marker nor at his shop

[Yaka]

Same here, the marker on the map points to something 24 meters above ground for some strange reason.
Diode however is missing during this quest, stuck, cant finish, broken game.

[Sape79]

Originally posted by Yaka:

Same here, the marker on the map points to something 24 meters above ground for some strange reason.
Diode however is missing during this quest, stuck, cant finish, broken game.

So we are having the same issue...
I hope that if a patch comes out it fixes the quest without us having to redo the whole game up to that point. I found some pretty dope loot that I would'nt bother to seek for again ;)

[MansLaughter]

Is there someone sitting at his workbench in the slag heap you can talk to?

[Sape79]

Originally posted by MansLaughter:

Is there someone sitting at his workbench in the slag heap you can talk to?

Not in my case. There's no one inside or next to his workshop that has any special dialogue (other than "How's the Zone" etc.)

Im waiting for a new update (Patch 1.1.3) to install and I will give feedback here, mybe something will change.

[p!p]

Originally posted by MansLaughter:

Is there someone sitting at his workbench in the slag heap you can talk to?

nope, his room is completely empty

[Sape79]

Originally posted by Sape79:

Originally posted by MansLaughter:

Is there someone sitting at his workbench in the slag heap you can talk to?

Not in my case. There's no one inside or next to his workshop that has any special dialogue (other than "How's the Zone" etc.)

Im waiting for a new update (Patch 1.1.3) to install and I will give feedback here, mybe something will change.

I submitted a ticket to GSC highlighting the problem, also, I will be starting the game now and I'll try to see if anything changed.

[vvilku]

Originally posted by p!p:

Originally posted by MansLaughter:

Is there someone sitting at his workbench in the slag heap you can talk to?

nope, his room is completely empty

Have you met and talked to The Ward guys who took over slag heap?

[Sape79]

Originally posted by vvilku:

Originally posted by p!p:

nope, his room is completely empty

Have you met and talked to The Ward guys who took over slag heap?

No one took over the Heap in my run, is it supposed to happen?

[vvilku]

Originally posted by Sape79:

Originally posted by vvilku:

Have you met and talked to The Ward guys who took over slag heap?

No one took over the Heap in my run, is it supposed to happen?

Ah no, I messed up. Sorry. In Price goes up he should be sitting there on his chair.

[Serpiko82]

Story events will make Diode go temporarily missing from his room, but he'll be back. Just progress a little more, go somewhere else, and when you come back to Slag Heap he'll be there again.

Edit: unless I'm talking about a different mission (I don't really take note of mission names).

[Sape79]

Originally posted by Serpiko82:

Story events will make Diode go temporarily missing from his room, but he'll be back. Just progress a little more, go somewhere else, and when you come back to Slag Heap he'll be there again.

Edit: unless I'm talking about a different mission (I don't really take note of mission names).

Im talking about "The Price Goes Up". It is about going to Nestor's workshop and bringing a keycard back to Diode.
In walkthroughs I saw that Diode was still there when it came to bringing back the keycard.

Note: I play in Polish so I had to find OG quest names to adress them correctly. This may create info disruption between us if someone plays on localized version too.

[FranбушекTemp]

try to sleep and go back, this fix some bugs

[Sape79]

Originally posted by temp:

try to sleep and go back, this fix some bugs

Sleeping in Slag Heap or generally any other spot?