Help with Land of Opportunity

[Xalaron]

So the wiki and some guides I have read say you can speak with fournival to buy the land instead of dealing with the 3 residents. However no matter what stage of this quest I am on, speaking with fournival at any time only prompts me with the buy/sell/nevermind options. How do I get the option to buy the land?

Just to clarify I do know how to do the quest via speaking with the 3 people, but I have recently started a new character and would like to complete the quest the other way.

[Level 9 Hamslayer]

I've heard from someone that you talk to the father, then the wife and child then go back to Fournival.

[Huggles the Cat]

After speaking with Fornval, you must seap with the father first, then speak wit hte mother and child (in any order after the father and no need to wait the 2 days for the wife's decsion or catch the boy). Then speak to Fornival and you can buy the land for 80,000 gold.

[Huggles the Cat]

If at any time during all of that, you speak to anyone other than the father first, you will be locked out of buying the land (it's an old and odd glitch).

[Xalaron]

Ah ty guys it worked. Now I don't have to feel like an asshat for evicting people.

[LiedHuhn]

Oh, you will feel like an asshat either way..............<_<

[Tiberius]

Dont buy the land if you want to see most of em later. Just evict them

[Huggles the Cat]

Originally posted by HARAMBE BOY:

Dont buy the land if you want to see most of em later. Just evict them

I don't see how it's worth it. You just end up saving the mother and father in the post game. While if you buy the land the father gives you an antique panoply (rare upgrade material). I'd say that's better than a little extra NPC dioloague in post game.

[cdarklock]

Originally posted by Mr.Huggles:

If at any time during all of that, you speak to anyone other than the father first, you will be locked out of buying the land (it's an old and odd glitch).

Not true. I've always bought the land, and only once have I ever spoken to Jasper first. You need to speak to all three of the family - Sarah, Pip, and Jasper - but you do not need to convince anyone or speak to them in any particular order. You can literally leave Fournival's side, talk to all three family members, and go back to buy the land from him in a matter of minutes.

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by Mr.Huggles:

Originally posted by HARAMBE BOY:

Dont buy the land if you want to see most of em later. Just evict them

I don't see how it's worth it. You just end up saving the mother and father in the post game. While if you buy the land the father gives you an antique panoply (rare upgrade material). I'd say that's better than a little extra NPC dioloague in post game.

it's an upgrade material for a useless coat. The money you make from evicting them can buy you a much better item than all of the items you get from buying out the house

[Huggles the Cat]

Originally posted by cdarklock:

Originally posted by Mr.Huggles:

If at any time during all of that, you speak to anyone other than the father first, you will be locked out of buying the land (it's an old and odd glitch).

Not true. I've always bought the land, and only once have I ever spoken to Jasper first. You need to speak to all three of the family - Sarah, Pip, and Jasper - but you do not need to convince anyone or speak to them in any particular order. You can literally leave Fournival's side, talk to all three family members, and go back to buy the land from him in a matter of minutes.

I've tested it in all possible ways on one of my older accounts. If you talk to the mother and child and complete their portions of the quest before speaking with jasper, you are locked out because jasper skips his dialogue about needing to get the approval from his wife and child. Once that dialogue is initiated it locks fornaval out of offering to sell you the land. It's best to just speak to jasper first.

[cdarklock]

Originally posted by Mr.Huggles:

I've tested it in all possible ways on one of my older accounts.

I've tested it in half a dozen different ways in the past three weeks. In every case except one, Jasper did not even appear on the street until I had spoken to his wife or child, if not both. So no, you do NOT need to speak to Jasper FIRST. You simply need to speak to Jasper before speaking to Fournival.

I am not 100% certain that I have obtained consent from both the wife and son before speaking to Jasper. I know I've obtained consent before speaking to Fournival, but I don't recall whether I spoke to Jasper between getting everyone's consent and speaking to Fournival. I will test this in my next playthrough.

[Gloomseeker]

I've just been through this in my current game, I talked to the father last and was able to buy the land. I did get the wife's consent but didn't bother climbing after the kid (I talked to him first).

[cdarklock]

Originally posted by Gloomseeker:

I've just been through this in my current game, I talked to the father last and was able to buy the land. I did get the wife's consent but didn't bother climbing after the kid (I talked to him first).

Same for me this game, except I didn't wait for the wife's consent. I talked to Sarah, then talked to Pip, then talked to Jasper, then bought the land from Fournival. All in the span of about two minutes.

I occasionally wonder if you can just wait a few days, not talk to anyone, and go buy the land from Fournival. I'd really rather not distress the family by playing enforcer to the rich jerk.

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by cdarklock:

I'd really rather not distress the family by playing enforcer to the rich jerk.

if you evict them, the kid will thank you later in the post game. For spoiler reason, i will not tell you the reason. The reward for evicting them is also much better than wasting 80k on their ugly house

[cdarklock]

Originally posted by HARAMBE BOY:

For spoiler reason, i will not tell you the reason.

I know what happens when you DON'T evict them, so it's not difficult to connect the dots.

The reward for evicting them is also much better than wasting 80k on their ugly house

I have wasted ten times that bribing myself out of the dungeon because I kept kicking Symone down the stairs over and over again. Seriously, 80k is not even on my radar.