The Mother of Broken Quests (aka the Cloister)

[Buzztr0n]

I'm in a desperate state trying to fix this bugged main quest in the cloister. I'll try to keep it spoiler-free as possible, but I assume anyone reading this has gotten to this point anyway (so be warned).

I've finished the quest in the cloister the violent way (dealing with that one person) after "waking up" once I accused him and he decided to pay me a visit.

Now I'm supposed to go to the swamps, but I can't get my gear back! Apparently when I'm grabbing my gear its considered stealing it. And I'm still getting quest updates for my daily duties in the cloister. So that makes me think I have to talk someone inside to get my belongings back? And I can't seem to talk to anybody to get it back.

So... halp?? :(

[Siameasy]

it was buggy beyond belief, i did however manage to finish it by not killing him,

I spoke with antonius and told him i was looking for pious, he then poisons you and then talks to you, i agreed to help him, got the blood and key, met him upstairs after evening mass and we left together, outside the monastery i told him i was taking him to the bailiff.

I dont know if it matters but i also did the three other quests that are available while your in there: find the ten pages, find out whats happening in the cellar and steal the forbidden book.

After all this i got my gear back and it wasnt flagged as stolen, every other way i did it (apart from just killing him) resulted in all my gear being flagged as stolen.

(edit: also, i just finished the game and i was still getting messages telling me what duty i was supposed to be doing in the church lol)

[GinMaou]

well if you gear considered stolen and you can't be stuffed to redo everything. dump it on your horse and time skip a few days and should be free :P

[Buzztr0n]

Ah okay, thanks for your answers guys :) Since I am still getting the "daily duties" quest updates after being done with the quest, I'll try reloading and then using that "suicide jump" trick to just kill him right away.

I really appriciate the detail they put into the whole quest and it was interesting to explore inside the cloister, its a shame that it ended up being to buggy and killing the fun at some point. And I can't understand how such an important part of the main questline can end up being broken to this level.

[GinMaou]

oh finding antonius. i slaughered people after i got that same stolen gear thing lol. reloaded and decided to slaughter

[Bobby Bee]

Maybe a month too late but for anyone who cares to clear this quest from their log, FYI:

If you return to the location of this quest, inside the building, after being gone for a while one of the punishers should notice you, kick you out permenantly, and fail the quest which will remove it from your active quests.

[bewest169]

I skipped this quest by going to the church under construction climbed the ladders to the top overlooking the court yard Pious is always in the garden in the morning killed him with a bow

[staleyaliveaic]

Is there A way to get your items back before you finish this quest. I already had the book, and a few of the pages on me before I started this quest. Or will I be unable to finish all the monastery quest?

[darkphoenix77]

Originally posted by staleyaliveaic:

Is there A way to get your items back before you finish this quest. I already had the book, and a few of the pages on me before I started this quest. Or will I be unable to finish all the monastery quest?

Same boat here, I already took the medical book while doing the Necronomicon quest and took a page because I saw it sitting there on a table while snooping around. When starting this quest they get removed from your inventory, which I am assuming makes those quests unfinishable. The only time quest items should be removed from your inventory is when you finish the quests they are tied to and oddly enough they normally will not be removed then which over time clutters your inventory with quest items that have already served thier function. I mean really.....must I carry the masonry stone that killed the monastery construction worker til the end of time as an example?

[Oggy]

Originally posted by staleyaliveaic:

Is there A way to get your items back before you finish this quest. I already had the book, and a few of the pages on me before I started this quest. Or will I be unable to finish all the monastery quest?

sneak out of the cloister and look in the chest at the gate house (where you got the monk robe).
all your stuff is still there including the quest items.

[darkphoenix77]

Originally posted by KMala:

Originally posted by staleyaliveaic:

Is there A way to get your items back before you finish this quest. I already had the book, and a few of the pages on me before I started this quest. Or will I be unable to finish all the monastery quest?

sneak out of the cloister and look in the chest at the gate house (where you got the monk robe).
all your stuff is still there including the quest items.

Ah thanks...good advice...also you can find a lockpick in the main chapel where everyone prays....it is on the middle altar at the front of the room on the backside of the table behind the artsy religious painted panels. Saves you from having to raid their food stores or create a bevy of potions just so you can trade for lockpicks from Brother Crellius.