Apiarian Phantom witcher contract is bugged

[Luqin]

I took the contract while ago then decided to go there.

1) First i ecountered the house with the cellar, there were no clues appearing in witcher sense mode
2) i looted the building, cellar was locked for me
3) i went to the manor, no red highlighted clues were showing up for me, not even on the frozen ground
4) i started conversation with the guest-giver, Geralt told him he already saw the clues, when conversation ended i got 2 guest markers one to talk to the quest giver (which i already did) another pointing to the cellar door
5) cannot talk to the guest giver, in cellar i can open only one half of the double-door and when i get in it doesnt make quest marker disappear and there is nothing in the cellar.. no clues no monsters

[Planeforger]

Hmm...you shouldn't be able to get into the cellar until one of the quest-givers hands you the key - and that only happens in a cutscene when you try to open the locked cellar. Also, the clues aren't at the manor - they're at the lake.

So I don't really know what to say. I looted the house and tried to get into the cellar before doing the quest, and everything worked fine for me.

[Sheytanaslan]

All the quests are borked.

[Mrsandman70]

Same thing here. Bugged in the same way. Saw people on PS4 are also having the bug while searching forums for a solution. seems like it is busted and no known fix

[Panda]

The door to the cellar has a weird bug where you can only open it from a specific place and angle. I had to walk into the door while moving my mouse around and spamming "E". It's somewhere on the left side of the door for me. You'll get it pretty quickly then.

Once you activate the door, you'll get a cutscene where you bang on it since it's locked and the guy will come over and unlock it for you.

[MACIORELLA]

Not bugged did it -> after conversation about the key, use telekinetic to open gates, then monster inside will even run away or stay inside, use fire on it and it will die fast.

[Cuy]

Just updated to 1.05. I still have this quest bugged in the same state as OP.

[kaos94]

Originally posted by Panda:

The door to the cellar has a weird bug where you can only open it from a specific place and angle. I had to walk into the door while moving my mouse around and spamming "E". It's somewhere on the left side of the door for me. You'll get it pretty quickly then.

Once you activate the door, you'll get a cutscene where you bang on it since it's locked and the guy will come over and unlock it for you.

No I just did this quest yesterday. ^This guy is on the money. Look towards the left side of the door for "locked" to display then press E then the cutscene plays with the halfling that will give you the key. Open the door and chase the wild hunt hound until it stops to fight you and deal with it.

[mentalgearedsnake]

In my case, the halfling did give me the key but the door still did not open. I walked towards the hole the "phantom" used to get into the house/barn then it suddenly burst out of the door.

[Mutare]

AM using a razor mouse and have the key, looking for the spot to open it is not working still though.

[Mutare]

OK moving the mouse around and spamming that door did finally start the mission.

[Threemoons]

Yeah, you have to get close and jump around and mash "E" and eventually the darn door opens. Forgot to loot the honeycombs. Oh well, may go back for em....

[UrbanRambler]

I've just been stopped by this problem and, after trying various approaches, it appears that it's necessary to access ALL of the 'examine' dialogues when tracking away from the beehive. Once I did that it all worked out.

[Ash]

Originally posted by UrbanRambler:

I've just been stopped by this problem and, after trying various approaches, it appears that it's necessary to access ALL of the 'examine' dialogues when tracking away from the beehive. Once I did that it all worked out.

Thank you!! After ultimately giving up and admitting defeat i thought i'd never finish this quest.
Had a quick reload of the game in prep for the blood and wine DLC and saw your comment.

Turns out i'd missed the frost covered beehive and somehow the mission had skipped to the final room. A quick examine of the beehive continued the mission and finally completed it along with the achievement for completing the witcher contracts.

[Derek]

Originally posted by UrbanRambler:

I've just been stopped by this problem and, after trying various approaches, it appears that it's necessary to access ALL of the 'examine' dialogues when tracking away from the beehive. Once I did that it all worked out.

Same problem here. Reloaded the game in expectation of B&W and saw your post. Thanks!

[Daywalker]

Cant get the door to trigger just says the door is locked, doesnt matter how many time i reload or make sure i do the steps or mash the interact button, ive tried back tracking, No one mentions a key and the Cut scene wont trigger for me