Uttely stuck at confirmed at least 13 inert stones followed guide for all 16 and confused about portals at end of time

[Fistful of Groovy]

This game has given me this weird concoction of pure enjoyment and complete frustration like some needle filled popsicle... ANYWAYS I am at the door to the source temple the bastard says I havent gathered enough stones so I backtracked and confirmed 9 or 10 looked up a guide then went and found at Least 2 more I am pretty sure I found all 16 that can be confirmed I got 12 inert stones in my invintory... so I don't know where to find any more of those ♥♥♥♥ing things.... and people keep talking about having all the portals at the end of time and all i have is 3. one of them is called forbidden zone and I can click on it does nothing.... I know I should have paid more attention, but I played this game for 2 strait days without sleep thats how ♥♥♥♥ing addicted I was and I skimmed over too much of the dialouge like the idiot I am....HELP !!!!!!

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by Fistful of Groovy:

I skimmed over too much of the dialouge

Big mistake. Skimming Divinity.

This isn't Omerta: City of Gangsters or XCOM.

You can't skim Divinity. No matter how short your attention span is, no matter what game you pre-ordered and can't wait to play next. You need to be thorough in your exploration, questing and reading.

[Fistful of Groovy]

Yeah well I have 13 inert stones for sure now and I am hunting down the rest... Wish they would have put voice acting in this ♥♥♥♥....I didn't skim over enough to get this lost I know enough to know this is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ joke and something must be wrong, but this ♥♥♥♥ is getting ridiculous with having to RE-hunt down every stone. I just got the one from marandino's secret lab I missed. and that was the only 1 I could find that I missed

[Fistful of Groovy]

I might have a bug I found as many stones as I could (follwed a guide to find like 15 or 16) and theres no more portals opening at the end of time and I can't get into the source temple... I don't know what the ♥♥♥♥ to do I have retraced my steps looked up guides and got all the stones I could and did almost Everything in this game my little brain would let me do I think after 95 hours I am going to take a break from the mind bending ♥♥♥♥

[Rykari]

I don't get what alll the fuss is about doode

I googled divinity inert stones, clicked second link, found this:

http://guides.gamepressure.com/divinityoriginalsin/guide.asp?ID=25142

qq less pls

[Rykari]

His name is JONNY!!!

He looks like a BRO NIEEEE!!!

He sucks at playing GAMES

He is the king of RAGE

His name is JONNY!!!!

P

*Sings to himself*

[Rykari]

What do you have to say for yourself you ♥♥♥♥ing l♥ver of br♥nies

[Fistful of Groovy]

lol thanks for the laugh... Yeah I followed that list... and another list that had 16 then I followed a video on youtube and retraced and made sure I found them and I am still stuck I Swear I found like 14-16 stones (13 inert for sure).... and I am still stuck I think I might be bugged or something... Hopefully I won't get too raged and ill keep reading a figure this ♥♥♥♥ out. What really is upsetting is my team is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome and I don't have any problem with the fights at all... just with these STONES

[RestarttGaming]

Originally posted by Fistful of Groovy:

and people keep talking about having all the portals at the end of time and all i have is 3.

You need WAY more than three. you need to unlock more portals at the end of time. The only portal that should not be unlocked in the forbidden zone, everything else should be unlocked, including all elemental portals. If you've found enough star stones, which it sounds like you have, search in this forum for how exactly to make the rest unlock.

I dont recall everything, but a short list would be:
Make sure homestead isn't under attack from meteors.
Make sure the imp doesn't have a special dialog queued for you (talk to him)
Make sure he's idling around and not waiting by a platform.
Go into the last portal opened, talk to everyone inside, and exit by the same entrance, then talk to the imp.
make sure the loom weaver doesn't have any discussions for you.
Leave the end of time and re-enter the end of time after every unlock.

[callipygous_tp]

Bloodstones I have been holding onto. The inert stones I've been selling at random vendors. Figured if they were sellable I didn't need to keep them. Guess my first play through is going to be a bit fubar'd.

[RestarttGaming]

Originally posted by callipygous_tp:

Bloodstones I have been holding onto. The inert stones I've been selling at random vendors. Figured if they were sellable I didn't need to keep them. Guess my first play through is going to be a bit fubar'd.

No it's not. you do not need any inert stones, you can throw them away or sell them as soon as you get them, they do nothing. The only thing that matters is how many rooms are unlocked.

Pro tip - if you find yourself short on unlocked rooms, using a blood stone will turn it into a star stone, which will instantly become inert and unlock a room.

[darkflemish]

Did you enter every unlocked room in Homestead and went back to the main hall afterwards?
Your Homestead isn't under attack?

Success

[Dorok]

Right the real trigger element is to open all portals in Homestead and visit them all at least once, and for that you need have used 12 blood stones (or 13? I think 12 is the right number). It's not about carrying or using inert stones, and if you have blood stones, either you wait some quests offer you the opportunity to use them either you use them like a consumable. And each Blood Stone used will open a portal in Homestead, and then become inert, and then you don't need keep the inert stone.

One event and quest will block and delay the mechanism of portals in Homestead, it's Homestead Attack that you need achieve to unlock opening or portals in Homestead. Another important point is you must not only open portals in Homestead but also visit each at least once.

EDIT: The last portal opened in Homestead is the Chapel. So if you have visit it in Homestead then you are good for the final.

You can also break the door if you have a lot of patience, ctrl click the door, never tried but it seems using a Tenebrium Crossbow will allow do it faster because Tenebrium will do more damages and Crossbow will exploit a game glitch allowing chain very fast Crossbow attacks in exploration mode.

[Fistful of Groovy]

OK Fellas, my homestead is still under attack and I never resolved that which is preventing the portals from opening and is stopping me from getting into the source temple... I just woke up this morning and I am gonna try and figure out this ♥♥♥♥ and will let u good people know what happens THANKS FOR THE INFO AND HELP, FINGERS CROSSED

[RestarttGaming]

Originally posted by Fistful of Groovy:

OK Fellas, my homestead is still under attack and I never resolved that which is preventing the portals from opening and is stopping me from getting into the source temple... I just woke up this morning and I am gonna try and figure out this ♥♥♥♥ and will let u good people know what happens THANKS FOR THE INFO AND HELP, FINGERS CROSSED

When your homestead came under attack the imp came to you and talked to you. Since you probably skimmed that, you might not know where to go. these spoilers tell you how to solve that. i've done them all as separate mouseovers so you can only spoil as much as you want

Location to go to: Northwest of lucilla forest (past the sandstorms and goblin village, talking far corner)

What to do: sneak or run past the invincible demons and get to the crystal, then destroy it using a tenebrium weapon. Elemental damage heals it, and normal damage does nothing, so it should be a weapon that has tenebrium damage, can have normal, but doesn't have elemental damage.

easy ways to do it: The far left path, where you pass through two camps of immaculates, just has a very easy to sneak through group of dogs. detach one person, sneak them through the dogs (even with 0 sneak it's easy), then kill the crystal with no one the wiser.

Alternatively, use tornado to clear the lava on the far right for another easy path.

[Fistful of Groovy]

Yeah I just got done doing that thanks for the writeup, but I already had it done :) the portals started opening 1 by 1 after... I have to travel back and fourth between another area and there to get them to open no biggie though. Yeah future tips to any travelers of divinity, get your sleep and read Everything... I skimmed late nights when I was Very tired and got lost for a few hours Easily. luckily I didn't get as lost as some others I read about. I hope after this the source temple door opens up and I can progress. I am taking a break for some coffee and the new "Half in the Bag" so will try that later :)