Cannot complete "Associate Field Agent" for dig site 2. cannot locate digsite 2. All digsite auto completed as well

[DokPockets]

While playing with a friend I found I was able to claim all the dig site milestones in all the phases. I was unable to ever see digsite 2 and I am unable to complete the "associate field agent" milestone. I have restarted multiple times, verified game integrity, waited for an update, and played both solo and with another friend. I have gone to the dig site 2 and walked around and nothing pops up or completes. again I am trying to "collect a complete fossil for the Galactic Palaeology Society (and I have so many fossils, easily 3 or 4 full dinos). I hope someone has had this and fixed this or knows a way to help. Thanks

[smurfy]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/601900047372716165/

Originally posted by smurfy:

{snip} RNGeebus may not be playing kindly with you.
Each set requires 5 parts

1. Skull
   
2. Torso (ribs)
   
3. Forelimbs/Arms/Wings
   
4. Hindlimbs/Legs
   
5. Tail

I haven't paid close enough attention to know whether the limbs are interchangeable, and you just need 2 sets of limbs, or whether there are some limbs that only fit in one or the other slot.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3453479071
On screen tells you what you have and what's missing.

I should also point out that the bones need to be in an open inventory (Suit/Active Ship) to be counted. Inactive Starship, Base Storage Containers, Nutrient Processor's ingredient store, Personal Refiner input all "hide" them from the mission counter.
Full collection:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3453484342
Dig Site marked (this is the bit that I don't know whether it will work in the auto-completed Dig Site scenario):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3453484391

[DokPockets]

no help, but thanks. I have all the bones in my suits inventory, i have over 1 of each required part. Once i got all the parts it says it does not then show me where to turn it in. I am given no coordinates or locations to turn in. I have gone to the place where my friend turned his in and it wont work for me. very annoying

[smurfy]

Originally posted by DokPockets:

no help, but thanks. I have all the bones in my suits inventory, i have over 1 of each required part. Once i got all the parts it says it does not then show me where to turn it in. I am given no coordinates or locations to turn in. I have gone to the place where my friend turned his in and it wont work for me. very annoying

As I just posted in the other ongoing topic...
I had my doubts that it would just work so simply.

This is a similar scenario to Exp 17 when these autocompleted milestones also happened. HG applied a patch back then to supposedly help out in those situations but as far as I know, nobody reported that it successfully fixed the issue for them.
There is a brute force workaround that involves manually setting those milestones to Optional so the Expedition Phase can be completed without them, but I'd rather explore all options before recommending it this time.

Your post seems to validate my multiplayer theory that may be able to replicate the issue, so I'm going to try that later today and see if I can get a save file with the problem so I can do some troubleshooting myself.

[MegaManNeoX]

Same issue...

[smurfy]

Here is the current state of play on this issue from extensive testing after replication of the issue:

Originally posted by smurfy:

Yes, that is the bug. Auto-completion of The Dig (reach the site) milestone(s). For some players, it marks off all 5, for others it's just been one or two. For you it was only #5.
It started last expedition and HG tried to fix it but to the best of my knowledge, the fix didn't work for most...
https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/727997490786230711/

Experimental Branch 20/02

• Fixed an issue that prevent completion of the Chronicle expedition milestones if the Rendezvous milestones autocomplete.

https://www.nomanssky.com/2025/03/worlds-part-ii-5-58/

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevents completion of the Chronicle expedition milestones if the Rendezvous milestones autocomplete.

This is why I tend to end up recommending the "set milestone(s) to optional" workaround, because I really don't have confidence that HG will be able to fix it.

{snip}

Originally posted by smurfy:

Installed the Goatfungus save editor for the first time as nothing I tried in-game would help get around this issue.

Even manually reverting the auto-completed Dig Site milestones to not completed in the raw JSON with the save editor did not fix this issue. They all reverted back to auto-completed every time I re-loaded the edited save(s).

The only way I could get past it was to manually set all the affected subsequent Bone Collection milestones to completed.
That allowed me to claim their rewards when I loaded the save, as opposed to the isOptional method which makes those rewards unobtainable.

It's an option for players with the issue, but it's not one I particularly like to recommend.

Originally posted by smurfy:

The 2nd milestones do not require talking to the Gek, you just need to get back to the Dig Site, but if your Dig Site milestones autocompleted, then getting to the right site will not help.

You will have a few options:
1. Leave the Expedition open and hope HG come up with a working patch.
2. If the Expedition is being run as a brand new save, just delete it and start again (turn MP off to hopefully avoid this bug). If it is an existing save, return to the main save and refer to option #1.
3. Implement a manual workaround to make the bugged milestone(s) optional and complete the Expedition. See reply 13 on page 1 here.
4. Use a save editor to mark the hand-in milestones as completed (see reply #22 above)

[JackaSpades]

Same problem. Reported the bug. Frustrated that there is no Expedition Route to follow to get to the next dig site once it has been marked complete :P