How to fix the perma combat bug in KCD2 (Goatskin respawn bug)

[Devorta]

Hi,
This post is mostly to help anyone stuck, like me, in combat forever.

Disclaimer: I'm an exhausted French person writing this at 5AM, so there might be some spelling and grammar issues, I'm sorry about that.

also, very minor spoilers

How do I know if I've this bug ?

If you already found, knocked or killed Goatskin, your game is prone to having this bug.

If after the events linked to Goatskins, from time to time when you get into Kuttenberg you get the Running Rabbit alert with no one actually running at you, no matter how much time you wait, you are in the GOATSKIN ZONE

Please IDC about the how or why, how can I fix it ?
There are two ways to fix this :

First, the "easy" way. Run to this location this location[gyazo.com]in Kuttenberg. Once you get in the alley marked in red, Goatskin should drop either from the sky at your left or from the roof at your right. Kill him agan, and go back to what you were doing.

Second, the "hard" way, or the console command way:

- Go to your stream librairy, then KCD2, proprieties, and add -devmode to the launch options.

- Now go back in game, once you are in, pause it just to make sure you have enough time to do everything.

- You can open the console command whenever you want, but I find it less stressfull to do it withouth anything going on. Just press "~" (the button left to the "1", above tab; "²" for AZERTY keyboards) to open the console command

- In here, type "wh_rpg_getlocation". You should get a table. We don't care about the table, note on a notepad or smth else the coordinates appearing on top of it (e.g.: 2973.99 674.09 60.12). Don't mix up the coordinates inside the table, a bit to the right and the actual important coordinates on top of it, on the left. The coordinates on tope should have number after the units (XXXX.XX YYY.YY ZZ.ZZ)

- Once it's done, type "goto 3208.86 855.80 52.17". This is very close to Goatskin: just go forward and then turn right as soon as you can. Goatskin should by down the street.

- Kill him. Don't try to surrender, it doesn't work. This NPC is broken.

- Once it's done, open the console command, type "goto" and then the coordinates you noted earlier. It should bring you back to where you were.

GG !

A few notes before leaving :
- Even killing Goatskin sometimes doesn't work. Just try to kill him with a weapon, so he dies instantly. Don't knock him out and then kill him, it multiples the risks of bugs.
- If Goatskin doesn't spawn, he might be in the original place, behind the baths. Go there and look for him.
- If you can't find Goatskin at either those place, I can't help you: he could have spawned in a location I don't know about (check answer to this post if anyone found him) or the Goatskin bug might not be your issue... or he spawned in a wall.

Why and How ??
Goatskin is a bugged quest NPC. Some quest NPCs are invicible, other die and never respawn (so your actions have meaning). Goatskin is the only NPC that's neither : he's a quest NPC that can respawn (like bandits in some camps, or guards. But those aren't named NPCs). This might create a conflit in its codding, resulting in a NPC that remembers you, and never clears aggro when dying. When he respawns, he keeps aggroing you but as he can't find you, he's stuck in strange spawn location and can't move forward unless you are close to him. This behaviour might come from the way you are supposed to meet him, has you need him to ambush you when you do his quest. Perhaps the way the quest works is that Goatskin can ONLY spawn if you are close, or he can ONLY move if you are close.

What are we doing with the console command ? We are simply asking the game for our coordinates first with "wh_rpg_getlocation" and then teleporting to the locations we need to. It's not a "hard" cheat, it's just a way to get around this mess. I hate using consol commands, but sometimes you just have to.

THIS IS A BIG MESS WARHORSE PLEASE FIX AAAAAA

[❄❄❄❄☭oƃuoqʎǝl∀♿ ♡ ❄❄❄❄]

Thank you

[OxyVille]

Similar issue found with Blacksmith Zdimir at Grund. I did the forge the competition sword, but the NPC stuck and I cannot [E] Talk to him.

[20GS09]

thank you so much unknown stranger

[julian]

I found a third location for Goatskin. I think he spawns in the Jewish quater near OPs marked location after a certain point in the main story. Unfourtoaunetly this part of the map is not accessible without using the console command. Follow OPs instructions, but type "goto 3236.69 869.28 50.98". This teleports you to a staircase. Go down the stairs and open the door, behind which Goatskin should be located.

[Clutchard]

Thanks bro!

[Hazelnut]

wow thank you I

[Screwed]

Originally posted by julian:

I found a third location for Goatskin. I think he spawns in the Jewish quater near OPs marked location after a certain point in the main story. Unfourtoaunetly this part of the map is not accessible without using the console command. Follow OPs instructions, but type "goto 3236.69 869.28 50.98". This teleports you to a staircase. Go down the stairs and open the door, behind which Goatskin should be located.

Thank you so much this worked but it was with Moses instead if that helps anyone!

[Spiskatten]

Originally posted by julian:

I found a third location for Goatskin. I think he spawns in the Jewish quater near OPs marked location after a certain point in the main story. Unfourtoaunetly this part of the map is not accessible without using the console command. Follow OPs instructions, but type "goto 3236.69 869.28 50.98". This teleports you to a staircase. Go down the stairs and open the door, behind which Goatskin should be located.

This REALLY helps!

I got stuck between a pair of planks in the underground tunnels while carrying a mining guild member on my back. Teleported to the above position, dropped off the miner, looted his pockets and realized I had ended up in the jewish quarters after Sigismunds attack. The only way out was to climb up on a roof and jump over the inner wall (and break my ankle). Which of course was hilarious, because now the stuck up miner is forever imprisoned near the synagogue. Game of the year, confirmed!

[WRMD_llamatoast]

YOU ARE A LEGEND

[AfterBurne]

I had finished the goatskin quest and had to travel back to the Trotsky region and back and it went away.