[BUG] Lacuna Region Pioneering Quests

[Abyss]

Apparently there is a bug that causes for the Pioneering Quests that unlock the Anvil, Crystal Flower and Mana Spreader to not become available, and so I cannot complete the Pioneering Efforts of this area.

The only thing I've neglected the entire game are "Normal" quests, but from what I read online these are not related to Pioneering Quests.

Please fix this bug, I wanted to 100% the game......

A summary of my current status:

• My Main quest is "Lacuna Castle".
  
• 100% on all Pioneering Efforts on all regions.
  Except Lacuna, which is at 91% cause I can't place the three missing items.
  
• 90%+ on Investigation Rate on all regions.
  
• All Character quests have also been completed.
  
• I've only accepted and completed all Normal Quests in Lacuna Region (Except Resurrected Scenery).
  For all other regions I haven't even touched a single NPC.

UPDATE

As it turns out in my case specifically this was not a bug afterall, just a somewhat obscure/illogical progression. I will overshare abundant information below in hopes of it being useful to anyone else, if this doesn't "fix" it for you then you have an actual bug that does need to be patched and I highly encourage you to reach out to koei's support using the link below.
https://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/support/
Edit: if the link seems "shady" then follow these steps on the steam desktop app:
help > steam support > games, software, etc > atelier yumia > gameplay or technical issue > I'm having another problem > contact game support > customer support website

It's also worth noting I realized that "Synthesis Skill V" was completely missing from my Skill Tree at this point too, I mention it in case it helps you assess if you are the same.

What I did next

• Beat the game and continued on a "Cleared Save".
  
• 100% Investigation Rate on all regions.
  
• Completed all Normal Quests in Ligneus Region.
  This includes all the ones that pop directly after completing the previous one WITHOUT PASSING TIME (More on this later).
  
• Started doing the Normal Quests in Sivash Region almost in this exact order:
  Rare Beast Chase, Reaching an Impasse, Recycling Business.

That last point regarding the Sivash Region is especially interesting since, as you can guess, I was intending to do all Normal Quests in that region at that point, but at some point of visiting the Survey Base for the quests all of a sudden I received the quests below at the same time:

• Information on the Harvest Project.
  This then continued into "The Fake Harvest Project".
  
• Relaxation Center Improvement Plan.
  This one continued into "Hot Springs Revival".
  This one is interesting cause I had already made the first Relaxation Center a while back so it seems the rest of the questline was tied to something else other than that first step.

Pioneering the Capital

• Towards the end of "Information on the Harvest Project".
  
• Now, at this point I continued all Normal Quests in all regions before continuing with Pioneering, I doubt its relevant but I'd rather be safe sharing.

Tracking

• The last quest of this thread didn't pop immediately after Pioneering despite the characters talking about the questline with more urgency than it turned out to have.
  
• The quest unlocked after completing the Pioneering Effort in Lacuna Region now that I had managed to do the Quests that let me craft the missing items.
  
• At this point I managed to finish 100% of the Achievements before even completing this quest.

Passage of Time

• One last thing worth mentioning, is that some Normal Quest chains needed for me to advance time by resting for the next part to pop (such as Courier 4). A bit counter intuitive when compared to other Atelier games where you are working with a deadline.
  
• I didn't pass the time during the bullet points above and only did so after completing everything I possibly could on the map every single time. But then again I don't know if enough time passed while I was roaming around completing things.

[Ryuukaze]

Yeah, I posted about this yesterday, and I've seen the same complaint on Reddit as well. Hopefully this is on their list.

I have 100% on the map in all regions, and 100% in the Pioneering Quests in all regions except Lacuna. I've done all the ! (exclamation point) quests on the map.

[Abyss]

Originally posted by Ryuukaze:

Yeah, I posted about this yesterday, and I've seen the same complaint on Reddit as well. Hopefully this is on their list.

I have 100% on the map in all regions, and 100% in the Pioneering Quests in all regions except Lacuna. I've done all the ! (exclamation point) quests on the map.

I highly suggest you report it to their support site if we want any chance of it being fixed.
https://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/support/

[Abyss]

Originally posted by エマいいえネバーラン:

I can only confirm the error and wish I'd looked for this thread sooner—it would have saved me a lot of hassle. Not only are the Pioneer quests bugged, but the achievement for all simple synthesis recipes also doesn't seem to work. According to a friend who plays on PS5, I'm missing a water tool case, and I have no idea how to get it. There's only one exclamation mark quest left, and I can't complete it because I need to have 100% research completed to place the desired wall.

I figured out what was happening on my case and can confirm FOR ME it was not a bug.

I'll be updating this thread shortly with all the information i find relevant in hopes to help everyone.

[Abyss]

Originally posted by エマいいえネバーラン:

I'm excited to hear what you have to say. I have:

– Completed 100% of the pioneering on previous Maps; the last map was around 89% - I have to install the game again to check this more closely
– Explored 100% of all region investigations
– Completed all exclamation mark quests on the previous maps
– Repeated every question mark quest on all maps multiple times
– Searched the maps piece by piece multiple times, even hiding all other unhelpful icons
– Defeated the final boss
– Defeated the final boss again on the hardest difficulty

I couldn't find the quests.

You are somewhat different from me but I suggest you read it all and decide what can help.

UPDATE: Ok we updated at the same time, what I can tell you about those two quests is that they poped "randomly" at the Sivash Region Survey Base after the bullet points in order I listed.

So passing time and going there to see if it pops is the way to go assuming everything else I did is the same for you. If its not the difference lies somewhere there.

[Abyss]

Originally posted by エマいいえネバーラン:

Sorry, I just didn't want to start a new post, so I just updated.

There's currently no Information on the Harvest Project, but I'm currently reinstalling the game and will see if your tips help. I hope so, and thank you in advance.

Any time, if reinstall is not enough try and do everything in my bullet points in order that you have missing, remember some quests are part of chains that need time to pass.

You may have a real bug, but I hope its just some obscure requirement we haven't pinpointed.

[Ryuukaze]

Hm, in Savash, after sleeping a few days, I see a "Recycling Business 2" quest that I'm sure wasn't there before, because I removed all map markers except the (!) ones. I'll be working on that quest line, and resting, and see what happens.

Thanks for at least giving me something to try! :D

[Ryuukaze]

Hmm, nope. That doesn't seem to unlocked anything else, even after sleeping for like 3 days.

Can you look in the quest list and determine exactly which quest says it gave you the items? I'd like to know the name and check on my quest list for it and see if it says it unlocked anything.

Fake Harvest Project unlocked the Anvil for me, and Hot Springs Revival says it didn't unlock anything. They're all completed already.

My "Pioneering the Capital" quest says it's done and unlocked nothing, if that's the one that should have unlocked the Mana Spreader and Crystal Flower.

Edit: Haha, and then I saved, loaded and slept again, and got Recycling Business 3. Ugh. Still going, I guess.

Edit 2: Sleeping 4 days got a me a new Recycling Business 4. Nothing after that, though. :(

[Abyss]

Originally posted by Ryuukaze:

Hmm, nope. That doesn't seem to unlocked anything else, even after sleeping for like 3 days.

Can you look in the quest list and determine exactly which quest says it gave you the items? I'd like to know the name and check on my quest list for it and see if it says it unlocked anything.

Fake Harvest Project unlocked the Anvil for me, and Hot Springs Revival says it didn't unlock anything. They're all completed already.

My "Pioneering the Capital" quest says it's done and unlocked nothing, if that's the one that should have unlocked the Mana Spreader and Crystal Flower.

Edit: Haha, and then I saved, loaded and slept again, and got Recycling Business 3. Ugh. Still going, I guess.

Anvil - The Fake Harvesting Project
Crystal Flower - Homunculus Documents
Mana Spreader - Suspecting Licht

All three of these are part of the questline that starts with "Information on the Harvest Project"

Also, three days may be too little, for this Dog sidequest I had to sleep for like a week for the 3rd one to show up.

[Ryuukaze]

Originally posted by Abyss:

Anvil - The Fake Harvesting Project
Crystal Flower - Homunculus Documents
Mana Spreader - Suspecting Licht

All three of these are part of the questline that starts with "Information on the Harvest Project"

Also, three days may be too little, for this Dog sidequest I had to sleep for like a week for the 3rd one to show up.

I'm not seeing those 2 quests in my list. And I've slept for a few more days again with no changes now. :/

[Abyss]

Originally posted by Ryuukaze:

Originally posted by Abyss:

Anvil - The Fake Harvesting Project
Crystal Flower - Homunculus Documents
Mana Spreader - Suspecting Licht

All three of these are part of the questline that starts with "Information on the Harvest Project"

Also, three days may be too little, for this Dog sidequest I had to sleep for like a week for the 3rd one to show up.

I'm not seeing those 2 quests in my list. And I've slept for a few more days again with no changes now. :/

At this point I'd say sink or swim... do literally everything else (except Random Quests) and hope for the best ???

[Ryuukaze]

Originally posted by Abyss:

At this point I'd say sink or swim... do literally everything else (except Random Quests) and hope for the best ???

I have! :D There's nothing left except 1 (!) that's locked behind the missing objects, and (?) quests. I've even beat the game and loaded that save. I even did a bunch of random quests. :D

I've been working on really good gear and I'm going to do a New Game + and be working on that while I wait for a patch. I don't think there's a lot of hope this'll be in the first patch anyhow.

[Abyss]

Originally posted by Ryuukaze:

Originally posted by Abyss:

At this point I'd say sink or swim... do literally everything else (except Random Quests) and hope for the best ???

I have! :D There's nothing left except 1 (!) that's locked behind the missing objects, and (?) quests. I've even beat the game and loaded that save. I even did a bunch of random quests. :D

I've been working on really good gear and I'm going to do a New Game + and be working on that while I wait for a patch. I don't think there's a lot of hope this'll be in the first patch anyhow.

Well if it helps those things you are missing are useful but not vital.

Make sure to report to koei support, I linked it on the original post.

[Shura]

I didn't see it above, but you unlock "Synthesis Skill V" by loading a clear save...
It took me an hour to figure out why the last achivement didn't want to pop...

[koriania]

as a note, after finding this thread, I used the information and was able to trigger the questline from sivash (starting with "Information on the Harvest Project") just by going and talking to Erhardt IN sivash - without starting a new save, and despite the fact that it didn't look like he had any quests for me.

From there, I was able to follow all the questlines and unlock my missing things.

This was just before the big battle at the end, but after doing all the other quests.

[Ryuukaze]

The latest bugfix says it fixes this bug. I've loaded up my save with all quests done, but I can't figure out how to trigger the next quest, still. Has anyone had any luck?

(I saw the post before mine, and talking to Erhardt in Sivash, and every other region, didn't work for me.)