A Trace of Metal mission bug – No Walker Sentinels spawning

[L]

Hi everyone,

I am experiencing a bug in the A Trace of Metal mission. I reached the part where I need to obtain a Pristine Brain from a Walker Sentinel, but no Walkers are spawning, even when I reach a Level 5 alert.

What I have tried so far:

Attacking Sentinel Pillars in three different locations.
Going to planets with high Sentinel activity.
Engaging Sentinels until reaching Level 5 alert.
Traveling to a different system and returning.
Restarting the game.

Despite all this, no Walker Sentinels appear. Is there any workaround for this issue? Also, is it possible to trade a Pristine Brain with other players?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[ignis]

Walkers are currently bugged and tend to not spawn.

[Idaho]

Use a save editor and give yourself the brain. only way at the moment.

[Shadow Strider]

walkers are currently bugged...
You can get a walker brain as a random drop from suspicious goods (not tech or arms), which you can buy in outlaw systems. The drop rate is pretty low though, so you may need to open a few dozen packets to get one...

[AmberAnvil]

The Pristine Walker Brain is found on a special Walker that the mission directs you to, normally on your Settlement planet. Can't get it from any other Walker.

[Mephisto]

Im trying to get this braind for a week...even the location is unknown

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by AmberAnvil:

The Pristine Walker Brain is found on a special Walker that the mission directs you to, normally on your Settlement planet. Can't get it from any other Walker.

Ah, I forgot about that. If that's the case, then the mission is not possible to complete until walker bug gets patched...

[icepurple]

Originally posted by Idaho:

Use a save editor and give yourself the brain. only way at the moment.

Missions at Nexus ( Anomaly ) often have walker brain as reward.

[Ozwald]

Originally posted by icepurple:

Originally posted by Idaho:

Use a save editor and give yourself the brain. only way at the moment.

Missions at Nexus ( Anomaly ) often have walker brain as reward.

Apparently it has to be a specific one, or else yeah, there's a few places to get them. I've never bothered with the settlement questline that far, so I don't have first hand knowledge of it.

[aelfhe1m]

I just did Trace of Metal earlier today on my latest save. It spawned the "special" walker for me without a problem. I'm playing on PC using the experimental branch.

[L]

walker brains are common, i have loads of them, the mission requires a prsitine brain, not a walker brain

[Rekrah Ttocs]

Same issue. After 4th level sentinels deactivate. Got 2 from suspicious packets.

[SharkPlush]

someone give me a brain so I can duplicate a kajillion of them. I'll hang around the anomaly and hand them out. It may not help you, but they're a component of the Conflict Scanner.

I didn't keep any in storage at a certain point since grabbing one became trivial.

[SharkPlush]

Originally posted by Rekrah Ttocs:

Same issue. After 4th level sentinels deactivate. Got 2 from suspicious packets.

Same, multiple times on different planets, conquered or otherwise.