Game Bug? Stuck At The Stilshrine of Miriam!

[JD]

So... Right at the beginning of the Stilshrine of Miriam, you need to touch the waystone (Pedestal of the Dawn) at the rear of the Ward of Measure Area, right past the entrance to proceed to the rest of the area and progress the story. From what I remember during my PS2 days, and now I've confirmed by checking multiple walkthroughs, is that you need to equip one of your characters with the Dawn Shard and then touch the waystone. I also know that if you touch the waystone without having the Dawn Shard equipped that zombies will appear and attack you.

Neither of these things is happening for me. I'm playing my first time through this game via Steam and the game just gives me a message that there's no response and it remains asleep. I've used several different characters (including Ashe, as she would seem the most appropriate to use story-wise) and re-loaded the game with no luck either time.

Has anyone else had this happen to them? Or is there a different way you're supposed to proceed here in the Steam version?

[Filana]

The pedestal you have to interact with is not actually at the far end of the room, but close to the front. The waystone you are talking about only functions as a teleport once activated (I believe from the pedestal).

[JD]

Originally posted by Filana:

The pedestal you have to interact with is not actually at the far end of the room, but close to the front. The waystone you are talking about only functions as a teleport once activated (I believe from the pedestal).

D'oh! Thanks for the tip, I feel like an idiot for not checking the area more thoroughly first! It's been so long since I've replayed this one.

[JD]

😂 you want to know why I effed this up? The brain / muscle memory from getting blood darkened bones in the PS2 version. You had to use the waystone to access the area that you fight Zeromus in. Gil farming is soooooo much easier in this version.