How to complete Weeds quest. Broken or you can actually do it?

[Big_E']

I know this game is insanely buggy but I only have a handful of hours played. Quest said to pick all the thistle, nettle, and dandelions up in a small garden area. Just wondering if it's a broken quest I should just skip or if there is a workaround to the bug so I don't waste my time. Thanks.

[DargonBlak]

iirc, when it seemed buggy to me, i was either missing something in the garden bed (need to pick everything ?), or i needed to let time pass a bit before i could interact again.

[Big_E']

Originally posted by DargonBlak:

iirc, when it seemed buggy to me, i was either missing something in the garden bed (need to pick everything ?), or i needed to let time pass a bit before i could interact again.

Yeah i went over the bed for 20 minutes with 3 people watching in discord stream and there are no weeds left to gather. Dunno why time would matter cause the quest just says to pick the weeds. Ill do something else and see if it progresses.

[Wasted]

Originally posted by Big_E':

I know this game is insanely buggy but I only have a handful of hours played. Quest said to pick all the thistle, nettle, and dandelions up in a small garden area. Just wondering if it's a broken quest I should just skip or if there is a workaround to the bug so I don't waste my time. Thanks.

You have to clean the garden from 3 types of weeds and left the good ones. It's not that hard but tricky since Mint weed can be spawned too close to others. You get some money and herbalism XP from that quest, so if you do it wrong, you just get less money but can finish that quest

[Apocalypse]

I might be misunderstandign what you mean, but you have to talk to Nicedemus again if you think you are done and let him check it. But I think the best result is that he says that its almost perfect or something like that. Then he will have another herb quest for you

[Big_E']

Originally posted by Apocalypse:

I might be misunderstandign what you mean, but you have to talk to Nicedemus again if you think you are done and let him check it. But I think the best result is that he says that its almost perfect or something like that. Then he will have another herb quest for you

That's incredibly stupid because the quest markers have updated and moved on every quest before then. Hate when they change the rules all of a sudden. I'll try that next time i log on thanks.

[Big_E']

Originally posted by Wasted:

Originally posted by Big_E':

I know this game is insanely buggy but I only have a handful of hours played. Quest said to pick all the thistle, nettle, and dandelions up in a small garden area. Just wondering if it's a broken quest I should just skip or if there is a workaround to the bug so I don't waste my time. Thanks.

You have to clean the garden from 3 types of weeds and left the good ones. It's not that hard but tricky since Mint weed can be spawned too close to others. You get some money and herbalism XP from that quest, so if you do it wrong, you just get less money but can finish that quest

Yeah i know how to do the quest i already cleared the garden of everything. So it's either bugged and the herb is spawned underneath the terrain or another item... or like another person commented... the quest doesn't update and I just have to find the original person and talk to him again. Thanks.

[Wasted]

Originally posted by Big_E':

Originally posted by Wasted:

You have to clean the garden from 3 types of weeds and left the good ones. It's not that hard but tricky since Mint weed can be spawned too close to others. You get some money and herbalism XP from that quest, so if you do it wrong, you just get less money but can finish that quest

Yeah i know how to do the quest i already cleared the garden of everything. So it's either bugged and the herb is spawned underneath the terrain or another item... or like another person commented... the quest doesn't update and I just have to find the original person and talk to him again. Thanks.

I completed this quest as it's supposed to be in my second run without any issues, you clear the garden from bad weeds and talk to Brother Nicodemus, he'll check your work and gives you money.

[Big_E']

Originally posted by Wasted:

Originally posted by Big_E':

Yeah i know how to do the quest i already cleared the garden of everything. So it's either bugged and the herb is spawned underneath the terrain or another item... or like another person commented... the quest doesn't update and I just have to find the original person and talk to him again. Thanks.

I completed this quest as it's supposed to be in my second run without any issues, you clear the garden from bad weeds and talk to Brother Nicodemus, he'll check your work and gives you money.

Ok so from what both of you are saying... you have to go back to the guy. In every other quest I've done (pretty sure) .. let's say the blue "B" marker is at the weed location... from my experience with the other quests.. the "B" should now move to the quest giver on the map. It hasn't on this quest which is either an oversight or bug. But it doesn't matter now I guess I am logging in now i will try it thanks guys.

[Apocalypse]

Arguably an imperfect way of designing the quest yeah, but on the other hand the quest can be failed or done suboptimally by picking too much herbs which is probably why they choose to do is this way, That would never happen of course if the game told you all were picked. It does sort of fit their no hand holding way of going about things,
It's always a good idea to check the quest logs when doubting something, it does say to return to our brother in robe and the weed picking is tagged as optional there. Kind of fuzzy with that I agree,
But hey, most importantly the quest is finished now

[Big_E']

Originally posted by Apocalypse:

Arguably an imperfect way of designing the quest yeah, but on the other hand the quest can be failed or done suboptimally by picking too much herbs which is probably why they choose to do is this way, That would never happen of course if the game told you all were picked. It does sort of fit their no hand holding way of going about things,
It's always a good idea to check the quest logs when doubting something, it does say to return to our brother in robe and the weed picking is tagged as optional there. Kind of fuzzy with that I agree,
But hey, most importantly the quest is finished now

Yeah I love no hand holding. Elex is one of my favorite games and they do similar non-handholding. The key is that if a game conditions you by always changing the quest marker and then all of a sudden breaks that tradition.. you are conditioned to not expect that but it's just a small issue. The game is pretty unreal i can't wait to finish it and play the 2nd one whenever it drops.

[swamppisser]

you have to smoke it

[CloudSeeker]

The quest is rather buggy. It does in fact actually count the weeds on the other side of the wall as well. So unless you pick them up, you will not be perfect. At least that is what I have found.

[Apocalypse]

Sidenote: The quest is best done with high herbalism skill. You pick a large part of a field in one pick and automatically only the good ones and leave the others.
If you of course click on a right one to start with lol

[Ninacius]

I had no bugs with this quest, the monk was impressed and said something like that I did a perfect job.
I didn't pick any herbs (weed or not) outside the marked area.
I had high herbalism (like 14?) and made sure to only pick the herbs listed and not the mints or eyebrights.

I've had plenty of bugs with other quests though.

[danilo.schoeneberg]

This quest is not buggy at all, but you'll have a hard time if you play it on a low herbalism setting. Since I usually clean up Skalitz completely for starter money, I never played it at anything below 20 Herbalism and in that case it is ridiculously easy as you only have to pick 6 or 7 times to clean up the entire area.

Downside of it: If you accidentally click on Mints or eyebrights, you'll remove half of them with a single pick and fail the task.