Reaping the Seeds first tree how?!

[Boomscleby]

Ok, let me preface this by saying, is it just me, am I missing something, or is this game's plotline/quests/etc TERRIBLY signposted?
It's not even a "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ why can't they walk me directly to each obstacle", I played Baldur's Gate, I /love/ games where you have to think and figure out the next step and I love that most of these quests really do that. "Ohey, a guy needs help translating ancient runes...how do I do that then?" there's no 'tips' or guides, you're left to figure it out.

But when it comes to the important stuff it seems to utterly drop the ball, after completing the Maxos temple I read the dragon book /repeatedly/, and did the logical thing...I went to the mines. I went to every single ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dungeon and plundered it in an effort to find the sigil, because the book said he hid it in a mountain under Lovis protection (which the game has previously explained was Broken Valley, and it's Broken because he failed to protect it.), and the logbook provides a 'hint' that maybe the miners have done some work for me.

Nope, nope. Not at all. It's not until I've done EVERYTHING in Broken Valley (which, incidentally it seems you're /supposed/ to do before going to the Maxos temple, because after every single quest Talana tells you to stop faffing and get to the temple...something I've already done, so what, is that the opposite? too much handholding to the point of bullying you into rushing through the main quest?) I give up and go to the Orobas Fyords...and oh hey, there's no hunting at all, it's right in front of your face...only, outside Broken Valley, outside the area we're told is protected by Lovis, and where the miners haven't even touched.


So anyway, onto my question, I'm on 'reaping the seeds', and I can see one of the trees, but I can't reach it. In frustration I wikia the quest and discover for one of the seeds I need to 'turn into a dragon and kill some wyverns'. Now this brings up my second worry, that I'm stuck /swimming/ these huge distances in the Fyord when I was sort of expecting to find a boat.

...have I somehow missed the bit where I can become a dragon? and if so where the heck was it?

[Raze_Larian]

For the runes, you should have met an NPC who has knowledge of ancient languages (near Maxos temple), and will be able to ask him about the language used.

When you first entered the quarry area there was a cutscene with them blowing up the entrance, to seal something inside. You need to become a full dragon knight before you can get into the quarry tower, and get the key you need to use another entrance to the mine (that you can not reach if you can't fly).

The initial area in the fjords is blocked off until you can transform into a dragon and disable the barrier.

In Maxos temple, after you defeat Amdusius a forcefield blocking access to one of the corridors was dropped, allowing you access to a teleporter, which (after an encounter with Damian) brings you to Sentinel Island, where you will eventually be able to transform into a dragon (complete everything else there and in Broken Valley before finishing that, though, except one quest in each area that you need to be able to fly to do).
From the Maxos temple Crypt Shrine, facing the library it is the corridor to your left (opposite the chamber that had the bedrooms upstairs) that you need to take.


BTW, your first encounter on Sentinel Island you can mindread to go up a level, so the higher level you are (I made it to 22 in the fjords) the more of an experience bonus that will be. You don't need to get to a high level, but it would be better if you got to a new level before entering, to get a full level bonus (equip anything you have with a Wisdom boost).

[Jammy]

tl;dr; cant find the story, run around killing and talking to everything until i progress. makes me happy.