Astrologer 2nd Quest Possible Bug

[The Tim Allen Grunt]

Hey guys!

Really enjoying the game but have unfortunately run up against a bug with the Astrologer after finishing the 1st quest (gave him a skull).

When I try and talk to him about the going home the only option I have is 'leave' and I was never given any items or told what to do next.

If anyone could help out how I get around this as its stopping me from progressing any further with him or Snake.

Unfortunately I had to look up on the wiki how to get the key Snake wants for the Dungeon as the game doesn't save the information he tells you up front anywhere (more in depth quest/journal screen would be nice in the future?).

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

[Unicornthreads]

Under the NPC list in the game menu, is there any additional quest listed under the astrology?
If you want to know the next quest:
The 2nd quest from the astrologer will require you to retrieve a diary from underneath the church to him.

[The Tim Allen Grunt]

The issue is that he never gave me the key or even started that 2nd quest you are refering to. In my NPC screen there is no quest listed underneath his name whatsoever.

Feelin' pretty bummed because I was really enjoying this game and now i'm stuck!

[ナマケモノ]

The bug did not happen if you take the skull after taking instructions and bring it.

[vVincent.pe]

the book is where the Snake npc waiting the locked door. to convince him you need to open church. after that you can take the book and give back to Astronomer. which currently i cant able to do that because Bishop bug

[ナマケモノ]

I also had a bug in the same place.
With that data we can not try to manage that bug any longer.
Avoid that bug with new game data.
I experienced this bug three times ...

[The Tim Allen Grunt]

Yeah I was able to convince Snake and he then asked me to find the key to open the dungeon. The part that seems to be bugged is that when I go to do the Astrologer part of this quest he isn't even giving me anything to assist in making the key.

Sorry to hear you guys have your own game breaking bugs.. I've already put around 8 hours into this save so i'm not willing to start again at this stage.

Anyone know much about save editing? I would be willing to try that if someone has some knowledge on the subject

[幽霊船永久停泊]

same here. Never gave me a second quest

[Wopfi]

Same thing happened to me but I didn't realize till now. I gave the Astrologer the Skull and after that I got no 2nd quest. The only options when talking to him are "Trade" and "Leave". I'm already 14 hours into this game and just got the instructions from Snake for which I need the Keeper's Key. I don't want to start over with a new save. Is there anything I can do to get the 2nd quest from the Astrologer to continue with the Snake quest?

[+Elektrik Barbrella+]

You have to restart your game, cause it wont come up again. I played for about 10 to 15 hrs after that error and other NPCs started to bug out in the same way. You have to go slowly through each npc's directions/talk and even then it doesnt guarantee it wont happen again.

[The Tim Allen Grunt]

Hey guys I figured out a fix on my game. Hopefully it works for any of you who have replied so far.

After you finish the first Astrologer's quest the key figure is Barry! After you've given him a beer ask him about how to get home and he will tell you about the Astrologer.

This triggers the Astrologer's second quest and should allow you to finally enter the dungeon.

Let me know if this works!

[Wopfi]

I gave the beer to Gerry (i assume you meant him) before I brought the Skull to the Astrologer. So I can't do that again...

I think, I better stop playing till a few more patches are out. The risk is too high that some important quest is skipped due to a bug in early gameplay and I don't notice it until hours later. Also it may be possible the devs integrate some patching of existing saves so you don't have to start over because of bugged quests.

I would look through the saves myself but unfortunately they're in some proprietary binary format with only some labels that look like game events in readable text. At least I couldn't figure out which format it is.

[The Tim Allen Grunt]

Yeah I did mean Gerry. Did you double check if you can still ask him about the Astrologer though?

It really sucks if you have to do it in the specific order of Astrologer 1st Quest > THEN give the beer to Gerry > Back to Astrologer. Unfortunately that seemed to work for me.

[Wopfi]

Last thing I did was give Gerry the wine. After that he told me he is depressed now and since then I only have the "Leave" option when talking to him.

[The Tim Allen Grunt]

Sounds like thats the issue and the bug then. You can't continue the quest if you give him the Wine too 'early'.

What a drag! Might post this into the bug report thread

[Neko Mimi]

Should't it be impossible to speak to the astrologer until you speak about him with gerry?

Mh do you have spoken with the poet about the astrologer, but not with gerry and then it was possible to speak to the astrologer? This could be the problem.
The poet is the trigger for the trade option, maybe it unlocks also the possibility to speak with him.

This could be intentionally.

(only this with the wine...the same problem with the ink-paper quest and the trade option of the astrologer)
Can you confirm that it is impossible to ask gerry about the astrologer after you give him the wine?