The Neverending Quest "An Uninvited Guest" (Bug)

[chegers]

I started the quest normally just fine and everything seemed to go smoothly. I was about to catch the thief when he was running towards the exit. I actually managed to catch him but it seemed to be at the EXACT moment he was leaving and I was carrying nothing (Visually. It still said I caught the thief and I was over encumbered from picking him up).

When I spoke to Pablo he speaks to me like I failed the quest. Also, my quest log updates with "The thief escaped" after speaking with him. He says this every time I speak with him along with my quest log updating, completely blocking me from using the inn and its services while also not allowing me to finish the quest. Reloading the area also did not seem to work.

Would there be any way of finishing the quest with a console command perhaps? If those even exist in this game.

[Davoodinator]

you know the little crossroads in front of othe inn. just park yourself there and wait.

all of the flavour npcs are cleared out for this quest. so you can cheat with an area effect spell.

i personally got him on my 2nd play thorugh with stone forest on my MK.

i just timed it for when he was running into the crossroads area. he follows a pattern.

[chegers]

Read the body of this post please

[Karathrax]

I believe the quest didn't complete because the game didn't register the snatch. Instead, he went out the gate.

Did you attempt to catch him again, catch him and the game didn't register a catch more than once? That isn't clear from the information you've given. The quest will let you try again for as long as it takes to catch Pike since it's intended to teach the player about grappling.

[Davoodinator]

Originally posted by spherical_josh:

Read the body of this post please

I did.

I'm just saying try again using a different tactic.

If you belive it is a repeatable technical issue you should just post on that forum.

[chegers]

I am aware you can keep trying to catch Pike (because I've done it 2 times and failed), but I never got the option to do it again because when I speak to Pablo he talks to me like I failed the quest and then my quest log updates with the "The thief escaped" EVERY time I speak with him. Honestly though, if there isn't a fix to this I think I'll just have to deal with it taking up space in my quest log.

[Davoodinator]

Oh that is weird sorry.

Definately a bug

Did you try resting for 7 days to reset some stuff

I dunno.

[Karathrax]

Hmn. Once you get to a particular point in the main quest, it will automatically fail out of your quest log and ultimately vanish from the journal once you go into NG+. But, if you're a completionist, it's one of the quests needed to complete the Hero achievement.

Since the quest doesn't update correctly after you catch him, have you tried verifying your game files through Steam? Sometimes that needs to be done more than once, from what I've read when that's been used to fix other minor file corruptions.

Pablo's default dialog always has the quest line as the uppermost response if you return to him after "The Thief Escaped," which allows you to repeat the catch. He is supposed to be offering his regular services in dialog located underneath the line related to the quest. You're saying that's missing?