Crows are downright impossible to talk to

[BenieTheDragon]

I've seen earlier playthroughs of people walking around, and the crow doesn't fly away (and you can talk to it). Yet everytime I approach (I even try to just casually walk up to it), it flies away.
I finally found the yellow gem it wants, hold it in my hands (thinking if it sees it, it'll stay on the ground) and it still flies away.

What is the trick to befriending a Crow? I have been able to catch and hold a crow, but I cannot talk to it in that way. I have to let it go, only for it to fly away again.
I'm thinking the only way is to make a box with no exits (or a deep mine), grab a crow and throw it in there (and quickly block any exits), and make it accept the gem.

[BTHR Zero X]

Get out the discovery tool, walk close to the crow, one you are around 6 studs away put the tool away and mash the talk to button. took me a good hour to get one.

[BenieTheDragon]

I have tried that. I was right ontop of the crow, put the tool away and it took off before the Talk To option came up.
Some are saying crows are bugged.

[Ahzru'kahn]

It's not impossibal, it's just really really hard. I just got it through doing a block quest where someone wanted 10 animals around them. The crow actually flew within the circle and was kinda locked in persay. Even with the crow in the circle I had a tough time getting close enough before he'd fly away from me. Eventually tho I got it and gave him a blue gem to discover him.

[IQ82]

You have to switch to the scarecrow. Then the crows linger around you a bit. Time enough to pound them or talk to and give the correct gem. Make sure you've got some gems in inventory.

[LackingOxygen]

Originally posted by IQ82:

You have to switch to the scarecrow. Then the crows linger around you a bit. Time enough to pound them or talk to and give the correct gem. Make sure you've got some gems in inventory.

It's kinda dumb that they have that feature and yet, don't tell anyone about it.

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by Tyaipitu:

Originally posted by IQ82:

You have to switch to the scarecrow. Then the crows linger around you a bit. Time enough to pound them or talk to and give the correct gem. Make sure you've got some gems in inventory.

It's kinda dumb that they have that feature and yet, don't tell anyone about it.

LW documentation in a nutshell...

[Olweyr]

Paint some water under the crows' feet so they can't fly away.

Check my video here.

[vassilevb]

I somehow managed to walk by one crow and it didn't flew away (I wasn't the scarecrow). I immediately pressed E to give it a gem. It immediately flew away. Then I wondered around a bit, and, even though the crow was nowhere near for me to be able to see it, I suddenly threw the gem away automatically (the giving of the gem animation triggered with a big delay). After that I was able to discover some other crow.

Conclusion - probably the intended way to get to crows is to be the scarecrow, otherwise it's pretty buggy/exploity.

[A Turbosquid 24]

well i just walked up behind it, well that's for me because it wasn't looking where i was moving