SPOILER: Talk to Jack Cabbot about the artifact

[PolterGijs]

Hi there,

I have got a quest that i need to talk to Jack Cabbot, i have killed their crazy family member.
When go to his house, the game doesn't let me start a conversation, i can only make him say a few lines like 'hi, how are you' or 'hey it's you'

I can't go back to a former save, because i have done way to much to go back.
How can i fix this?

[Yhwach]

Save before doing this, wait about 2 - 3 days at another interior, not the outside world and it has to be a place far away from there; then come back.

[PolterGijs]

Thanks, i'll try it

[danconnors]

I just killed the family member in the basement of the nuthouse. Jack Cabot told me to come back in a week or so, and he might have something more for me. So, I'm going to wait at least seven days before going back.

[Solomon Hawk]

I set his father free. He had some "unfinished business" with that parasite family of his.

[casualsailor]

Originally posted by Tempest Stormcaller:

I set his father free. He had some "unfinished business" with that parasite family of his.

This is what I always do, the reward from Jack's father is far better than siding with Jack.

[danconnors]

What's his reward? I picked up 7 of the "mysterious serums" that are supposed to be great in survival mode.

[BlazeD]

You will get a misc quest line to go talk to jack when he is ready. It takes a week of game time.

[PolterGijs]

Originally posted by BlazeD:

You will get a misc quest line to go talk to jack when he is ready. It takes a week of game time.

I already have the misc quest line though, but i'll try waiting in an other interior for a 2-3 days, i'll keep you guys in touch, thanks for the advice everyone!

[Solomon Hawk]

Originally posted by casualsailor:

Originally posted by Tempest Stormcaller:

I set his father free. He had some "unfinished business" with that parasite family of his.

This is what I always do, the reward from Jack's father is far better than siding with Jack.

Yeah, not only that .. he gives you his serum for free.

[PolterGijs]

Originally posted by Tempest Stormcaller:

Originally posted by casualsailor:

This is what I always do, the reward from Jack's father is far better than siding with Jack.

Yeah, not only that .. he gives you his serum for free.

But what is it good for? What will happen when you let him go?

[Archmage MC]

Originally posted by Geert Wilders:

Originally posted by Tempest Stormcaller:

Yeah, not only that .. he gives you his serum for free.

But what is it good for? What will happen when you let him go?

Its a super rad away that also gives you +2 or +3 strength.

[SBGaming]

The Mysterious Serum gives +5 Strength, +50 Damage Resistance, and -10 Radiation for 3600 seconds (or one hour).

I had this issue in my game. I wrapped up Cabot House, went off to Far Harbor. Weeks later I had to return back to the Commonwealth because Nick fell in combat and because of Survival Mode, decided to return home back to Diamond City...

After returning back to the Commonwealth, I stopped off at Parson's, but even though a few weeks have gone by (most of those in Far Harbor) Jack still refuses to speak about the Artifact, even though I have the quest objective.

Can anyone confirm if spending time in Far Harbor causes an issue where the game doesn't count the time spent there when determining if Jack is ready to talk?

I also had an issue with the Emogene Cabot mission where I had gone off to the Amphitheatre before heading to Good Neighbor, talking to Brother Thomas, only to find that he wanted me to follow him to the back room to talk, and I subsequently left deciding to return back to Good Neighbor to progress through the quest normally. When I returned back to the Amphitheatre, I finished off the rest of that dialog, convinced Thomas that I wasn't worth his time, and then asked about Emogene. When the back door was opened, Emogene wasn't there, and instead it pointed back to Cabot House, where she happened to be in the locked up part of Cabot House, that doesn't open up until after you complete that quest... Needless to say, a few console commands later and we're back on track.

The odd thing is, I've come across more bugs this time around than I did back when the game was released and playing my first time through...

[PolterGijs]

I can't confirm it, but i also went to Far Harbor after i did this quest