Mysterious Gem

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

I've seen people talk about this being glitchy, but I've never gotten any concrete answers from googling and searching.

I did the first 3 mysterious gems for the mysterious key. I've gotten past the research lab, to the point of being at Old Town. I've gone back to the research place, and the outside of the secret lair with the werewolf corpse. The gems just did not drop at all. They did on my other character though. I tried it before getting to old town, but then that npc that spawns an ink portal sold me that treasure map. I decided to buy it and then try again, but they're still not there. Werewolf corpse is no longer lootable, and it never dropped it. It's not at the research lab either. Even if it's at the 3rd place, it won't matter if I only have 1. Please tell me this is fixable

[RyerStar]

I am having the same problem just I am missing the gem that should be dropping with the treasure from the treasure map. I got the other 2 gems but not this one. I tried reloading the game and looked again but nothing. I only have this one toon so I couldn't try with a different toon.
I don't know if that is fixable but I think it's not.

[datguy13]

After you reach certain checkpoints in the game, usually changing Chapters, some hidden content becomes disabled. So likely, you waited too long or advanced too far into the game to be able to receive the item.

There were issues back in 2013 concerning the Mysterious Gems in Van Helsing 1, but there have not been any reported problems with the gems dropping in Final Cut. I've been able to complete the tasks associated with these items 15 specific times, so cannot confirm the possibility of a bug. Your best bet is to Verify the Local files through Steam, then try getting the gems on a second character. If it fails to drop a second time, then it's much more likely that there is an issue.

EDIT: You should also be aware that if you're using a Modded game, NeocoreGames can't help with tech support. The mods affect many item files and drop values, which could possibly have an effect on these items which the developer is not aware of, or which the mod author did not intend.

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

Originally posted by datguy13:

After you reach certain checkpoints in the game, usually changing Chapters, some hidden content becomes disabled. So likely, you waited too long or advanced too far into the game to be able to receive the item.

There were issues back in 2013 concerning the Mysterious Gems in Van Helsing 1, but there have not been any reported problems with the gems dropping in Final Cut. I've been able to complete the tasks associated with these items 15 specific times, so cannot confirm the possibility of a bug. Your best bet is to Verify the Local files through Steam, then try getting the gems on a second character. If it fails to drop a second time, then it's much more likely that there is an issue.

EDIT: You should also be aware that if you're using a Modded game, NeocoreGames can't help with tech support. The mods affect many item files and drop values, which could possibly have an effect on these items which the developer is not aware of, or which the mod author did not intend.

Thanks for the help. I wasn't using a modded game when I created this topic. I'm using ILL's mod now, since I felt like starting over anyway. Thought making the new character would take away a little bit of the sting

[RyerStar]

Originally posted by datguy13:

After you reach certain checkpoints in the game, usually changing Chapters, some hidden content becomes disabled. So likely, you waited too long or advanced too far into the game to be able to receive the item.

I was still in chapter 2 when I went to collect the treasure after purchasing the treasure map so no, I haven't progressed beyond the point of no return (and that 3rd gem is supposed to be at that same place as the treasure). But I got tired of having to try to get that gem and just abandoned the quest.

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

Originally posted by RyerStar:

Originally posted by datguy13:

After you reach certain checkpoints in the game, usually changing Chapters, some hidden content becomes disabled. So likely, you waited too long or advanced too far into the game to be able to receive the item.

I was still in chapter 2 when I went to collect the treasure after purchasing the treasure map so no, I haven't progressed beyond the point of no return (and that 3rd gem is supposed to be at that same place as the treasure). But I got tired of having to try to get that gem and just abandoned the quest.

So, we're in the exact same position? I was trying to find them exactly after the treasure map too, and also gave up and just started a new character. It's comforting that it's not just happening to me, but discomforting that we can't fix it

[datguy13]

The third gem is part of the treasure. Once you loot the crate that appears in the Industrial Port after purchasing the map, it automatically places a gem in your Quest Item inventory along with an Epic Trophy, a randomly determined Rare and awards a couple of thousand gold.

As for checkpoints: not all of them are end-of-Chapter based, I just used that as an example of where a checkpoint might be based. There are often at least two or three points within each Chapter that are also considered checkpoints. In this case, leaving Dreadworks for the second time after finding Borislav the Engineer is probably where you lost access to the gem located on the vrikolak corpse. In the case of the Treasure Map, you probably got that gem, but missed one of the others. Either that, or you have all three sitting in your inventory and simply hadn't realized it because the hidden treasure one never appears on the map...

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

The thing is, I went through the places the mysterious gems were supposed to be when you first encountered them. The research place, the werewolf corpse right before you get to the secret lair too. I had never gotten them. I had assumed I needed to get past a certain point, so i constantly kept going back after a mission or two but no luck