Bakbattal Research Lab and prison guards keeps attacking me, am I softlocked ?

[Glodin]

I've been visiting Bakbattal for hours now, without any issue. I've got my Residence Permit and the guards in town never attacked me before.
I'm at the point where I have to meet with Ambrosius in the Magic Research Lab for the "New godsway" quest now, but the guards in there keeps attacking me at sight and I can't manage to talk to the man, being constantly stuck in combat mode.
Also, I've tried to visit the prison after a guard asked me to go see Hugo, but as soon as I've walked 10 feets in the first prison corridor, all the guards there keeps jumping at me until I leave the place.
Have I done something wrong ? Is it a bug ? Is there any way to get a Battali guard set of armor perhaps ?

[Usagi-chan]

It's strange. I've read in game that the Residence Permit given by Manella let you enter the research lab. I've also heard of infiltrating it by disguising as a researcher but I never find the robe (the mask is sold by many vendors).

[Glodin]

Thanks, I'll try getting the mask then.
But things are getting worse, now I can visit any vendor without any problem, BUT Isaac the potion vendor is now slapping my face as soon as he sees me for no f***** reason too, and as a result every living soul in town starts aggroing me too ?! Now I've got to take a detour going from the armor and weapon vendors to the class guild.
What the **** have I done to these people ?!

[Mehermagerk]

Had this happen on the thief quest in the prison had to murder everyone then resurrect them with eternal wakestone to get them to stop.

[Nathaniel]

Try to take off your disguise (Bandit Mask etc. The thingies you can equip on your head additional to a helmet).

I had the same problem and this helped.

[Glodin]

Yeah I already tried to go there naked, didn't work.
I can get the Eternal wakestone by killing the sphinx right ? I wanted to solve its riddles.
If all of this is just a glitch, I may wait for a patch then...

[them4pples]

go in there from the back entrance. one of the paths near the dye area leads there. you cross a bridge into the research lab

[Glodin]

Thanks for the help, going to the lab through the back entrance unlocked me, I managed to reach Ambrosius.
Half the city still hates me for absolutely no f****** reason though, Hugo's quest is still softlocked for me and Isaac still wants to slap the hell out of me everytime he sees me.

[SadPlatty©]

Originally posted by Nathaniel:

Try to take off your disguise (Bandit Mask etc. The thingies you can equip on your head additional to a helmet).

I had the same problem and this helped.

Will need to try that for the Goal quest - am a beast, and unequipped my weapon, made sure to put keys into my storage, and bought the house in town, but I still couldn't go into the Goal for that Coral Snakes quest-line after talking to the guard (and I have yet to break a law).

Only thing beyond this I could think of, was if party composition mattered any (even though they don't go in, and as a beast I got through the Magister quest without any problems).

[1CMF]

I thought the gaol guards were buggy for me too as I was trying to help the kid in jail find a better path they kept attacking me. The city guards would also comment "what are you doing here?". As I walked around the city.

I know you said you already had the city pass from the bar outside of town, but after I got that, everything changed and they stopped attacking me. I also didn't push into the gaol or attack any guards originally. As soon as they attacked me, I quit and reloaded. So not sure if there is some negative faction you gained from originally trouble shooting it.

On my game play I entered the area early, before I got the permit for the gate and full explored the zone, which online said this can bug you, so thought I messed up my game, but as mentioned getting the city pass fixed it for me.

Did you help escort that diplomat in the carriage and attack the mercenary? Or did you attack the guards? I wonder if that changes your faction with either city.

[Glodin]

Originally posted by SadPlatty©:

Originally posted by Nathaniel:

Try to take off your disguise (Bandit Mask etc. The thingies you can equip on your head additional to a helmet).

I had the same problem and this helped.

Will need to try that for the Goal quest - am a beast, and unequipped my weapon, made sure to put keys into my storage, and bought the house in town, but I still couldn't go into the Goal for that Coral Snakes quest-line after talking to the guard (and I have yet to break a law).

Only thing beyond this I could think of, was if party composition mattered any (even though they don't go in, and as a beast I got through the Magister quest without any problems).

Wait, not keeping the keys in your inventory is a thing now ?
Is it just me or the "bounty" system in DD2 is at best cryptic as hell, not to say totally random and glitched ?

Originally posted by 1CMF:

I thought the gaol guards were buggy for me too as I was trying to help the kid in jail find a better path they kept attacking me. The city guards would also comment "what are you doing here?". As I walked around the city.

I know you said you already had the city pass from the bar outside of town, but after I got that, everything changed and they stopped attacking me. I also didn't push into the gaol or attack any guards originally. As soon as they attacked me, I quit and reloaded. So not sure if there is some negative faction you gained from originally trouble shooting it.

On my game play I entered the area early, before I got the permit for the gate and full explored the zone, which online said this can bug you, so thought I messed up my game, but as mentioned getting the city pass fixed it for me.

Did you help escort that diplomat in the carriage and attack the mercenary? Or did you attack the guards? I wonder if that changes your faction with either city.

Oooooh, I did escort the diplomat and attack the guards !
But like you did, I entered the area early and looted the entire city including the lab (without being aggroed by the guards then), but I didn't attack anyone in town as far as I remember. I finally got the city pass hours after that. It seems the pass only made things worse in my save.

[TeddyofBears]

I had a similar issue. I had a pawn lead me to Battahl and they took me through a side path. I had no idea I was supposed to come through the checkpoint town for a good amount of time, I was just exploring the place and doing side quests.

Eventually figured this out, went back and triggered the cutscene at the gate and did the coral snake bandit quest. They then gave me the "off the pilfered path" quest and I was getting attacked every time I went to talk to Hugo.

Later found out that my quest "Nation of the Lambent Flame" that I was stumped on (because it lead me to the bar with a gold circle but I couldn't find anything there) had been fixed. Went back to the bar and triggered a cutscene with Menella and got the resident pass.

With the resident pass the guards down there no longer attack me.
Might not help you, but this is for anyone else that shows up here like me having the issue trying to visit Hugo. Residence pass fixed it.

[Eisenholz]

Originally posted by TeddyofBears:

I had a similar issue. I had a pawn lead me to Battahl and they took me through a side path. I had no idea I was supposed to come through the checkpoint town for a good amount of time, I was just exploring the place and doing side quests.

Eventually figured this out, went back and triggered the cutscene at the gate and did the coral snake bandit quest. They then gave me the "off the pilfered path" quest and I was getting attacked every time I went to talk to Hugo.

Later found out that my quest "Nation of the Lambent Flame" that I was stumped on (because it lead me to the bar with a gold circle but I couldn't find anything there) had been fixed. Went back to the bar and triggered a cutscene with Menella and got the resident pass.

With the resident pass the guards down there no longer attack me.
Might not help you, but this is for anyone else that shows up here like me having the issue trying to visit Hugo. Residence pass fixed it.

Thank you, that's what I needed and was looking for, it was the (residence permit). No matter where I looked for a solution, there was always talk of a pass, I had spoken to Menella in the tavern but didn't get permission. Now that I've got much further, I got the permission using a cheat and lo and behold, I'm not attacked in the temple, the lab or the prison. So thank you for the tip.

PS: To everyone who has or had the same problem, the passes you can get from Captain Brant in Vernworth have nothing to do with the residence permit you can get from Menella in Battahl. So you need the residence permit to be able to move around Battahl unhindered.

Please excuse the bad English, the text was created with Google Translate.