Dangerous Archaeology II quest - stuck

[Nimzomitch]

I can only find 2/3 of the Serpent Keys...although I have found 3 Serpent Ruins.
One ruin is marked on the map after finding it, "Serpent Ruin" near the center of the question mark/circle of the quest highlight. Another marked Serpent Ruin is near the coast, N.N.E. of the first one. The third Serpent Ruin is not far from the first one, in a W.N.W. direction, only this Serpent Ruin doesn't get a mark on the map when I found it, and is shaped differently from the others.

After flying around a long time, and clicking on these things, they all say "ruin explored", but I still only have two keys. Maybe I'm missing the third proper ruin somewhere? I feel like I've looked everywhere

Otherwise am really loving the game! The art style, music, and story all are great and tie together nicely, and I love that it's laid back and I can take it at my own pace

[Wintrow]

Starting at The Glassworks, The Glass works is in the center of a circle shaped mountain. There is a Settlement on the north edge of the circle. A line of mountain goes north from there, follow that to its end. It has a field of cotton. Look left and right.

Looking right, you should see a serpent ruin nearby, hidden in the side of 2 mounatins with a bridge between them.

Looking left, you see a mountain with a tower shaped serpent ruin on its south side, a Forest and Ore deposit on top.

For the 3rd one. The north of the desert continent has a big bay of water, go to the middle of that and look west. You should see the serpent ruin against a cliffside on the coast.

[Nimzomitch]

I appreciate your reply...

Those are the towers I've found too. Thought it was strange only 2 of them appear on the map after finding them.

Just went back to make sure, and all 3 say Ruin Explored and yet I only have 2 of the 3 needed keys.

I'm guessing maybe I found the one tower before I got the quest. Idk

[Zachulon]

Originally posted by Nimzomitch:

I appreciate your reply...

Those are the towers I've found too. Thought it was strange only 2 of them appear on the map after finding them.

Just went back to make sure, and all 3 say Ruin Explored and yet I only have 2 of the 3 needed keys.

I'm guessing maybe I found the one tower before I got the quest. Idk

Yeah, I think you probably found one of them before the quest. I will look into cleaning that flow up.

[michael_kuerbis]

I too was stuck on this quest for a long time. It was the quest I struggled most with. My opinion that there is some design flaw here.

It is of course easy to argue that the search area circle is far too large, covering the entire peninsula and the bay. But putting the bay into the circle is also a hint to go there - and perhaps catch a glimpse of the bayside serpent ruin.

Except that the bayside serpent ruin is different from the other two. The two southwest ruins have this green glow at night, which makes them stand out. The eastern bayside ruin does not and is easily overlooked. I spent so much time trying to complete a pattern with the glow that did not actually exist.

So please developers: either make the bayside serpent ruin glow as well, which would combine very well with the hint to look from the bay. Or shrink this ridiculously large search circle. Perhaps shrink it gradually when finding serpent ruins.

[Zachulon]

Originally posted by michael_kuerbis:

I too was stuck on this quest for a long time. It was the quest I struggled most with. My opinion that there is some design flaw here.

It is of course easy to argue that the search area circle is far too large, covering the entire peninsula and the bay. But putting the bay into the circle is also a hint to go there - and perhaps catch a glimpse of the bayside serpent ruin.

Except that the bayside serpent ruin is different from the other two. The two southwest ruins have this green glow at night, which makes them stand out. The eastern bayside ruin does not and is easily overlooked. I spent so much time trying to complete a pattern with the glow that did not actually exist.

So please developers: either make the bayside serpent ruin glow as well, which would combine very well with the hint to look from the bay. Or shrink this ridiculously large search circle. Perhaps shrink it gradually when finding serpent ruins.

Yeah, I am wondering if that quest should just be 3 separate circles, one for each ruin, rather than one giant circle... thanks for the feedback, we will adjust it in some way to make this better.

[Dyn]

worst quest so far. plz just insert 3 separate circles :D