Burying the Past Question [Gareth's Parents]

[treuhander]

How do I find Gareth's parents dead? Every time I head to their parent's house, they're cowering behind the cart, hiding from the Voidwoken. What triggers Gareth to show up digging his parents' graves?

Things I've tried doing:
Head immediately to Gareth's parents' house after entering Reaper's Coast.
Head immediately to Gareth and Jonathan's little burning house, and stop Gareth from finishing off Jonathan.
Enter Reaper's Coast, do some quests/keep the game running for some time and then doing both of the above.

Any tips and suggestions are appreciated.

[Fazl]

All you need to do, is head over to the house and convince Gareth not to kill jonathan. That is it.

Ive done it so many times Ive lost count for a .. certain item, but if your running with mods or anything there might be a conflict.

Since they cant be Order 66'd without Jonathan alive.. he must live. Isnt much else to it im afraid.

I can only think of mods ruining that progress, as nothing else springs to mind.

[Chaoslink]

They're always dead for me, but I'm usually level 14 or later by the time I get there.

[DarkFire]

The condition they're in depends entirely on how quickly you get to them after reaching Act 2 i.e. Driftwood. If you come across them fairly quickly they're alive and you can then convince Gareth not to kill Jonathan. If you get there much later in Act 2 then they'll be dead, which is very unfortunate and can have far reaching consequences.

I'm not sure to be honest if it's time or player character level that trips the alive / dead condition for his parents.

[treuhander]

Thanks for everyone's comments. I finally managed to find Gareth's parents dead by going to his parents' house without accessing the Meadows and Paladin Checkpoint. I found that if you go there via the Stonegarden Graveyard, Gareth shows up burying his parents even when you do this right after arriving at Reaper's Coast.

[DarkFire]

Originally posted by treuhander:

Thanks for everyone's comments. I finally managed to find Gareth's parents dead by going to his parents' house without accessing the Meadows and Paladin Checkpoint. I found that if you go there via the Stonegarden Graveyard, Gareth shows up burying his parents even when you do this right after arriving at Reaper's Coast.

Interesting, thanks for the information. So it's how you get there that makes the difference and not the time taken.