Shooting down a branch from the church - bugged?

[Crowley]

Hey there, I´m here for an advice.. I've come through the entire game without any major bug, but this drives me insane.. I need to shoot a branch from the church wall and it's simply impossible.. I know I need to shoot it, I saw a few videos of "how to do it" but nothing works for me.. I tried to shot at different places, different angles, many types and amounts of arrows (even 40 arrows with no effect) and that damn branch never fell.. game restart didn't help.. please help me find a solution for this one :-/

[Philippe_at_bay]

It's not bugged. There's a trick to it, but I can't remember if it involves shooting or pushing a button. It might involve aiming at a part of the branch you wouldn't naturally expect to aim at.

It's been a while, but I remember wasting a couple of arrows on it, stepping back and taking a deep breathe, and then realizing what I needed to do. I remember that it was easy, and my archery skills were pretty sketchy at that point in the game.

The mechanic feels similar to the one involved in shooting nests, and I've always suspected that shooting nests out of trees is much easier than it should be (and that's probably why you don't get experience for doing it).

[Crowley]

I get it but like I said I even watched few videos with exact spots to shoot (one shot and done) and no matter how hard I try nothing happens.. and believe me that I made a hole to every single inch of that f*****n tree and I was shooting from different ranges and angles :-D .. well, I'm gonna give it a few hundred tries tomorrow after work :-)

[Timbermaw]

Did you climb all the way upstairs and shoot it? I got it on my first try.

[Noeat]

Originally posted by Crowley:

I get it but like I said I even watched few videos with exact spots to shoot (one shot and done) and no matter how hard I try nothing happens.. and believe me that I made a hole to every single inch of that f*****n tree and I was shooting from different ranges and angles :-D .. well, I'm gonna give it a few hundred tries tomorrow after work :-)

i had the samee issue like u in my first playthru.. but then i realize i already made that by first or second shot and then i try find that branch on the road ..in night.. damn :-D

[Crowley]

Originally posted by Timbermaw:

Did you climb all the way upstairs and shoot it? I got it on my first try.

yes, I'm shooting from the top from about 1m distance

[Crowley]

Originally posted by Noeat:

Originally posted by Crowley:

I get it but like I said I even watched few videos with exact spots to shoot (one shot and done) and no matter how hard I try nothing happens.. and believe me that I made a hole to every single inch of that f*****n tree and I was shooting from different ranges and angles :-D .. well, I'm gonna give it a few hundred tries tomorrow after work :-)

i had the samee issue like u in my first playthru.. but then i realize i already made that by first or second shot and then i try find that branch on the road ..in night.. damn :-D

hmm.. branch already shot down and quest log not updating? That wouldn't be much news in the game :-D I'll give it a try tomorrow, maybe you're right

[Noeat]

Originally posted by Crowley:

Originally posted by Noeat:

i had the samee issue like u in my first playthru.. but then i realize i already made that by first or second shot and then i try find that branch on the road ..in night.. damn :-D

hmm.. branch already shot down and quest log not updating? That wouldn't be much news in the game :-D I'll give it a try tomorrow, maybe you're right

u need pick up that
its long ago.. but i know i have similar issue like u
i already shoot that, but then i realize i need find that and pick

[Crowley]

Originally posted by Noeat:

Originally posted by Crowley:

hmm.. branch already shot down and quest log not updating? That wouldn't be much news in the game :-D I'll give it a try tomorrow, maybe you're right

u need pick up that
its long ago.. but i know i have similar issue like u
i already shoot that, but then i realize i need find that and pick

I got it but I never saw anything falling down except broken arrows and in those walkthrough videos I saw when I was desperate the quest log always updates after succesful shot (something like "go and collect it") .. I gotta go to work now but I'll try that tomorrow and make an update here.. thank all of you for now :-)

[Crowley]

well, as you said.. I gave it a few shots and come down, my quest log didn't update at all and when I came down, I found it dropped down in that trench near the main door.. :-) so thank you all, I think we solved this :)

[Noeat]

Originally posted by Crowley:

well, as you said.. I gave it a few shots and come down, my quest log didn't update at all and when I came down, I found it dropped down in that trench near the main door.. :-) so thank you all, I think we solved this :)

glad to help u :)