Unable to find Artemis to turn in Mind Arc

[dmeister]

I am completely stuck on The First Traveler trying to "find Artemis" after building the Mind-Arc.

- I have built the Mind-Arc, it's in my Exosuit general inventory
- The mission icon sends me to my home system and tells me to use the teleporter in the space station there to "return to Artemis".
- The only place I can teleport to which has the corresponding mission icon is my home base.
- I teleport to my home base and it tells me I need to use the teleporter in my home base to teleport to the space station I just teleported from.
etc. Infinite loop


Some other notes:
- I do not see any option to reset this quest. Unlike the side quests there's nothing on the Log screen about abandoning or resetting this mission. Some posts mentioned "hold the middle button on the quest" (?) which does nothing. (I also typically play with an XBox controller and tried various buttons on that.)

- I tried going to a different system and warping my ship back to the home system to see if that gave me a new location icon to go to. It didn't, it directed me to the teleporter on the same space station with the same instructions above.

- I am not on any multiplayer missions for Nexus. Nor do I have the multiplayer option turned on.

- I tried using a Holographic Communicator I found in a different system in case that forced NULL or Artemis to communicate with me there. No luck.

- No I do not have a Save Editor. And yes, this is a brand new game after the Beyond update.


I'm honestly at my wits end with this quest, I'm not sure what else to try. It seems hopelessly bugged, which is frustrating since for the most part I haven't encountered any other major bugs in this Beyond update.

[japp_02]

Your point 2 is wrong, you misunderstand: you must return in the system where the mission takes place yes, and then activate the mission in the log which will give you the waypoint to follow in that system.
Maybe once you leave space station into space you must scan to get that waypoint. By always following the onscreen instructions (instead of simply reading what's in the log) you can never fail any mission, believe me. And if in doubt: reactivate the mission and read onscreen after leaving the log menu.

[dmeister]

Originally posted by japp_02:

Your point 2 is wrong, you misunderstand: you must return in the system where the mission takes place yes, and then activate the mission in the log which will give you the waypoint to follow in that system.
Maybe once you leave space station into space you must scan to get that waypoint. By always following the onscreen instructions (instead of simply reading what's in the log) you can never fail any mission, believe me. And if in doubt: reactivate the mission and read onscreen after leaving the log menu.

No, my point 2 is correct. I am literally following the on-screen instructions and am constantly activating and reactivating that particular mission in the log. The onscreen instructions are literally sending me to the teleporter on the space station in my home system. I have tried scanning the system after leaving the station, have tried scanning from my ship outside my base in that system, and in my galactic map there is only one system, my home system, with that icon for that quest.

So yes, it is definitely possible to not be able to continue this mission even when following the on-screen instructions.

[japp_02]

That's what you need to do:
- Teleport in the system with the mission icon;
- Go to space and look for the mission icon; if not there, then scan.
- If still no go, re-activate mission in the log and follow instructions.

And this doesn't work? c'mon...

If really it doesn't work, then something went terribly wrong. Go through a black hole and reset the mission, this will spawn new waypoints. I did this mission 3 times already in 3 different starts, impossible to do it wrong. The entire storyline is crystal clear, my dog could do it...

[dmeister]

Dude, just because you and your dog did the mission doesn't mean it's not bugged. I'm not the only person who has posted about being stuck on this particular mission. And to reiterate, the mission icon isn't "missing", it's in the space station at the teleporter. When I use the teleporter the instructions on the teleporter say to go to my home base. When I teleport to my home base the icon is literally back on teleporter on the space station in the same system. The icon never disappears, it's not missing. Scanning doesn't change where the icon is.

I also haven't reached a black hole yet so going through a black hole isn't currently an option. Nor should it be if the mission wasn't bugged, right?

[dmeister]

Heck, if I could figure out how to post screenshots in this thread I would happily post them.

[japp_02]

Ok, I don't know what you did to get in this damn situation, but:
Go to space anomaly, go to Polo, ask for black hole, go through black hole, reset the mission. Do it in that current system.

[dmeister]

Originally posted by japp_02:

Ok, I don't know what you did to get in this damn situation, but:
Go to space anomaly, go to Polo, ask for black hole, go through black hole, reset the mission. Do it in that current system.

I do have a guess how I'm in this situation - when I went through the breach to visit Atlas and he dumped me on the planet where you meet Null to make the Mind-Arc, I used the Space Anomoly to leave that system rather than use that system's space station or my ship to warp out. That means though that that particular system was never locked in the list of places I can teleport back to. If this mission is meant to teleport me back to THAT system then it's broken because it's instead trying to send me to my original home system now.

Of course that's just a guess, I have no idea if the mission is intended to have me teleport back to the planet I got dumped on when I went through the breach to Atlas. But it is I believe the only system that I didn't either use a space station in or build a base with a teleporter on to teleport back to it.

[Bob Loblaw]

Black holes don't reset it. (edit- yes they do.)
Getting into the situation is quite easy, as the player has just been told the anomaly will teleport them home from anywhere, some players try exactly that, leaving Artemis half a galaxy away with no way to return. Terrible quest design.

Here's a thread discussing solutions. It was easiest for me to reload a save and then not leave the system, but there are other solutions.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/2/1471967615881926942/?tscn=1566946670

[japp_02]

Originally posted by Bob Loblaw:

Black holes don't reset it.

Damn it... But then for what is this reset feature if it doesn't work...

[japp_02]

I would reset the mission with NMS Save Editor, else the entire storyline will be blocked.
If you are interested OP, then tell me, I'll explain here.

[dmeister]

Quick update, going through a black hole then reset did work here. Resetting after the black hole forced it to set a new waypoint for the quest and I finally got an actual waypoint for a holographic communicator, picked up Artemis and was able to continue from there.

As far as how it happens, I think Bob's post above is essentially it. I used the Anomoly to teleport back to my home base and had no way to get back to where it expected me to return. Really what the quest should do is simply send you to ANY holographic communicator once you have the arc, not that particular one in that particular system. That would resolve the bug.

[japp_02]

I always chose to remain in the mission system when I go for the mission reward in the anomaly. My tests with the anomaly teleporter - with no Nexus mission running - is: they work like space station teleporters, there's no difference. But this was in 2.09.4 and 2.11. I don't know for 2.12.

[slick_rick3715]

I've been stuck in this same situation. After I go through a black hole, how would I go about resetting the mission?

[japp_02]

Originally posted by slick_rick3715:

I've been stuck in this same situation. After I go through a black hole, how would I go about resetting the mission?

In your log you chose the mission and use the middle mouse button, keep it pressed. This will reset the mission and spawn new waypoints in the current system. At least it should.

[slick_rick3715]

Originally posted by japp_02:

Originally posted by slick_rick3715:

I've been stuck in this same situation. After I go through a black hole, how would I go about resetting the mission?

In your log you chose the mission and use the middle mouse button, keep it pressed. This will reset the mission and spawn new waypoints in the current system. At least it should.

I'm playing in VR--using the Valve Index--so no mouse usage. Just before closing down the game for tonight, I went through a black hole and just landed on a planet so I could save. When I log back in tomorrow, I'll see if I can load up my game without VR--even though I've previously been playing exclusively in VR--just to see if the mouse reset works.