Hermit Quest Bugged

[Juan Cena]

Hello everyone, Im currently in the quest with the Hermit where I have to get his sword back to the Blacksmith. Although whenever I go to the Hermit he is immediately hostile towards me and I cant talk to him. I have done all the other objectives, talked to everyone more than once to make sure and for some reason my hermit reputation is really bad. is there a way to fix it maybe? could it be that?

[joxertm22]

Pass the time a bit away from his hut and he should eventually turn nonhostile while sitting in his home.
If that never happens, kill him and find his diary hidden under sacks upstairs then read that diary.

I don't think there is a bug, he is hostile for a reason and I don't think he can become nonhostile if you stople something from him.

[Seiko]

Originally posted by Juan Cena:

Hello everyone, Im currently in the quest with the Hermit where I have to get his sword back to the Blacksmith. Although whenever I go to the Hermit he is immediately hostile towards me and I cant talk to him. I have done all the other objectives, talked to everyone more than once to make sure and for some reason my hermit reputation is really bad. is there a way to fix it maybe? could it be that?

Originally posted by joxertm22:

Pass the time a bit away from his hut and he should eventually turn nonhostile while sitting in his home.
If that never happens, kill him and find his diary hidden under sacks upstairs then read that diary.

I don't think there is a bug, he is hostile for a reason and I don't think he can become nonhostile if you stople something from him.

Yep I had a similar issue but I ended up killing him but followed all the clues and still found the sword.

[Sylvaa]

Or just stab him with it and keep it.

[joxertm22]

There are two "stabbable" guys with it in the game, but Hermit is not one of them. 😝

[RoyaleJoons]

If you approach the hermit when he's outside his hut he will be angry and tell you to go away but you can still talk to him and continue without killing him, if you go to close he will turn hostile so keep your distance

[BigChern]

Originally posted by Juan Cena:

Hello everyone, Im currently in the quest with the Hermit where I have to get his sword back to the Blacksmith. Although whenever I go to the Hermit he is immediately hostile towards me and I cant talk to him. I have done all the other objectives, talked to everyone more than once to make sure and for some reason my hermit reputation is really bad. is there a way to fix it maybe? could it be that?

His aggro status can be very finicky. Pretty much after talking with the inquisitors outside his ravine, you need to be VERY CAUTIOUS. When you first enter the ravine and he yells at you to stop and leave. Stop immediately and don't move at all. You will now have the option to talk with him and tell him that you aren't his enemy. He will then say okay and tell you to approach but you have to wait for his dialogue to completely end(He says a Latin prayer or something of the sort) or he will aggro on you.

[Greg]

Bad quest design. I ended up killing the hermit reading the journal for the grave location then reloaded to an earlier point and just went straight to the grave. I never encountered any inquisitors.

[Drakkar]

Its Buggy Mess, for me he have 2 times a BANDIT sleeping in his house that just ran outside when i want to talk with him and he immidatly fight me instead of talking..best is..Join the Inqui guys and tell him you help and just let him do all the fight..boring but..if you fight with him he aways get hostile after fight ends..reallly annoyiing

[White Knight]

Originally posted by Greg:

Bad quest design. I ended up killing the hermit reading the journal for the grave location then reloaded to an earlier point and just went straight to the grave. I never encountered any inquisitors.

That is sad:(
I spent the rest of the game wearing the stuff I looted from those inquisitors. The shield, waffenrock and hood let you be the Dark Crusader.

[Leviathan]

I had the same problem. I went back to the village to see if I missed anything and there was one dialogue option with the innkeeper I missed. When I went back I was able to talk to him. So the solution is when you ask the innkeeper about him go through every single dialogue option she has about him and then do the two witnesses. Kinda dumb but 🤷🏻‍♂️