Dark Talisman bug ? (maybe, i'm not sure)

[ineige]

Hello everyone, it's my first time posting here, so idk if i'm in the right place, and sorry if I don't do it right !
I have a problem with the Dark Talisman, I had the cutscene with the Wizard at the railroad, I got his letter, and I went in the Mutant Bug Lair to get the Dark Talisman. When I clicked on the chest, I got the text "You found the Talisman !", but the chest was still there with a "black boot" on it... I looked in my wallet and there is no dark talisman. I was confused, so I left the Mutant Bug Lair, and went to the green statue at the railroad : nothing happened... I went to bed, and the next day, I went back in the Mutant Bug Lair, I clicked again on the chest, which was still opened with this "black boot" on, and it disappeared ! But still nothing in my wallet, I tried again at the green statue at the railroad, still nothing.
I don't have any mods, I played Windowed, I finished the community center, I have 10 hearts with the Wizard. I searched on the web, but most of the advices I saw was to check the wallet.
Did it happened to anyone ? Is it a bug ? My game has been pretty laggy for some time, so I don't know if it's related...
Thank you for your answers, I'm sorry for my bad english, it's not my first language :)

[dubesor]

I have never seen that bug and I got 550+ hrs on 5 different savefiles.

However you could try this:
Go to %AppData% (Drive:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\StardewValley\Saves) open your savefile folder (there is 1 folder for each savefile), and first do a copy/backup of your savefile (Name_numbers).
After you have made a backup of it, open your savefile with an editor (such as Notepad, Notepad++). Open the search (CTRL+F) and search for "talisman".
You will find an entry like this <hasDarkTalisman>false</hasDarkTalisman> change it to <hasDarkTalisman>true</hasDarkTalisman> and save the file.
Now test if your wallet has the talisman and if you can continue the questline. If you accidentally broke anything you always have the backup made earlier.

[ineige]

Originally posted by dubesor:

I have never seen that bug and I got 550+ hrs on 5 different savefiles.

However you could try this:
Go to %AppData% (Drive:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\StardewValley\Saves) open your savefile folder (there is 1 folder for each savefile), and first do a copy/backup of your savefile (Name_numbers).
After you have made a backup of it, open your savefile with an editor (such as Notepad, Notepad++). Open the search (CTRL+F) and search for "talisman".
You will find an entry like this <hasDarkTalisman>false</hasDarkTalisman> change it to <hasDarkTalisman>true</hasDarkTalisman> and save the file.
Now test if your wallet has the talisman and if you can continue the questline. If you accidentally broke anything you always have the backup made earlier.

It worked ! Thank you so much, I really have no idea what happened, I never had any problem with this game !
Have a good day ! :)
Inès

[dubesor]

Great to hear. Then you can mark the post as answered (hover over post, right arrowdown) in case someone in the future encounters the same bug.