Help, please. Assist Mikhaila Ilyushin - I can't find Mikhaila's medicine in her office.

[Berghain]

I can't find Mikhaila's medicine in her office. I looked at a video on youtube showing where it is, but there is nothing in my game. Is this quest bugged because I looted the area before I had the quest?

[Semipalmated Plover]

For me It was in her little square cabinet thing that was free-floating around in the zero-G, so i had to loot the container. I'm not sure if it is bugged or not, sorry.

[Berghain]

Thank you, Plover. It should indeed be there, only in my game, it's not!
Appreciate it anyway =)

[Misha]

That sounds super weird. The quest went well for me as well. If you did loot the area before then it probably confused the hell out of the game. Tried leaving and reentering the area? Sometimes it fixes things.
Bugged quests are always the worst, best of luck.

[Warc1]

If you looted the area before the quest started, the medicine should still be in your inventory which should allow you to complete the mission. Have you tried going back to Mikhaila to see if she acknowledges that you have the medicine?

I've looted numerous items that were subsequently necessary for later missions and it's never broken the game. The items go into inventory and the game protects them from inadvertant recylcling until needed. I haven't done it with this specific item, but I know I did it wtih the turret fabrication plans needed for the Cargo Bay main mission and the satellite part needed for the Nightmare side mission.

[Breach]

Originally posted by Warc1:

If you looted the area before the quest started, the medicine should still be in your inventory which should allow you to complete the mission. Have you tried going back to Mikhaila to see if she acknowledges that you have the medicine?

I've looted numerous items that were subsequently necessary for later missions and it's never broken the game. The items go into inventory and the game protects them from inadvertant recylcling until needed. I haven't done it with this specific item, but I know I did it wtih the turret fabrication plans needed for the Cargo Bay main mission and the satellite part needed for the Nightmare side mission.

Normally yes, but I repaired the moon door in advance and never got this side-quest as a result on my first play-through...

[Warc1]

That's not my experience. On both of my playthoughs, I repaired the moon door and acquired the satellite part near the begining of the game, before accessing Dr. Calveno's lab. The Nightmare side misson was initiated much later in the game, recognized that I already had the necessary part and only required that I install it.