**SPOILERS** something weird just happened

[=LHRP= Ghost]

I just recently found the naked body of Jake Finch infront of Saugus Ironworks AFTER the deal with the Forged (quest) that I rescued him (he was in the farm and all.... safe and sound), and somehow he is now dead in this location.... and with the holotape in his body.

[lakupupu]

in underwear or completely nude without any clothes lol
he prolly died on his way out, never done the quest

[=LHRP= Ghost]

Originally posted by fortnite allnite:

in underwear or completely nude without any clothes lol
he prolly died on his way out, never done the quest

No.... he was in the farm after i did the quest..... but now he disappeared and found dead here

[EolSunder]

not positive but i think i remember that he isn't essential or marked unkillable at any point. I think ive found him just "gone" from the farm when visiting later in the game, and teleporting to his location i find his dead body away from the area, he might wander off, or chase a foe away and just die out in the wild.

plus i remember him just being buggy anyway with his quest, actions, dialogue, etc. Who knows.

[raubrey]

I'd google and see if it's been reported before. I've had the quest mess up but not that much. Usually I have trouble with hostility settings if I do have problems. If you're modding it may be unfixable, otherwise, I've redone the quest when it bugs out and it worked OK, usually.

[raubrey]

Originally posted by EolSunder:

not positive but i think i remember that he isn't essential or marked unkillable at any point. I think ive found him just "gone" from the farm when visiting later in the game, and teleporting to his location i find his dead body away from the area, he might wander off, or chase a foe away and just die out in the wild.

plus i remember him just being buggy anyway with his quest, actions, dialogue, etc. Who knows.

Originally posted by Ghost:

Originally posted by fortnite allnite:

in underwear or completely nude without any clothes lol
he prolly died on his way out, never done the quest

No.... he was in the farm after i did the quest..... but now he disappeared and found dead here

Oh, if that's the case, I'd probably not bother redoing the quest unless it happens right after the event.

[=EGC= kansasterry]

You will find that sometimes the settlers will go after hostiles that get within their agro range I have had many times where a supply line would drag something hostile in behind them the settlers would take off after it then agg on some other nearby hostile.

It could be some hostile brought him out far enough that he then went after the hostiles at the ironworks when they respawned.

I see it a lot at the slog as they go after that nearby group everytime a merchant drags some hostile close enough to bring the settlers in range of the place they kill it then go after the next one in range of detection This could have happened to jake while at the farm.

Edit here is a picture of the ones at the slog doing just that.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/951846497510167604/6DF8872485563CE5ED1A0C0106471E849CC3ADAD/

[=LHRP= Ghost]

Here is the pic

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/964231063355221908/A72D84971E1E1504AF463F6B98598C66A260DBF7/

[Jo]

Originally posted by Ghost:

No.... he was in the farm after i did the quest..... but now he disappeared and found dead here

Settlers DO sometimes wander out of the settlement to investigate stuff or whatever. He probably got caught in a fight with someone at the Forge - the raiders there tend to respawn after a while and are often on the roof sniping.

[Jurassic Fart 1]

I once found Jack Cabot fighting robots almost half a klick northwest of his house. Don't know what the Hell he was doing there, but since he's essential, he wasn't in danger of dying…yet.

I've found other named settlers dead, and wondered, "Aw, fəck…wonder what side mission died with her…."

[Jo]

I once found the Vault-Tec Sales guy dead just outside Starlight Drive Inn (where I'd sent him from Goodneighbor). lol. It was pretty bad luck he'd got accosted literally 20 metres from the settlement after that long hike..

So I resurrected him using the console. As much as he's a pain in the backside he wasn't a bad guy. And he made a good trader for me.

[raubrey]

Originally posted by Jurassic Fart 1:

I once found Jack Cabot fighting robots almost half a klick northwest of his house. Don't know what the Hell he was doing there, but since he's essential, he wasn't in danger of dying…yet.

I've found other named settlers dead, and wondered, "Aw, fəck…wonder what side mission died with her…."

That's pretty funny, I've not heard of that one. I like Jack, even though I usually side with his father anymore out of greed.