I seem to have lost the key instructions

[D a R i U z Z]

Early in my playthrough i talked to Snake and convinced him to discuss the cellar gate with me, giving me the instructions, as i couldn't use them i placed them in the chest at the foot of the bed which i use for important things, some time later i finally got around to talking to the astrologer and got the key, but i cannot find the instructions anymore, not in that chest, not in any other container i have built anywhere.

¿Am i really softlocked after 30 hours of playing?

[Fargel_Linellar]

The key instructions are not possible to destroy. Only to be used on the study table.

You can't drop them on the ground either (once you have picked them up).

So they must be in a chest somewhere or you already studied the key and have an active key somewhere.

They key is not consumed, only the instructions. So even if you have the "inactive" key, the active key may be somewhere that you forgot about.

[D a R i U z Z]

Originally posted by Fargel_Linellar:

The key instructions are not possible to destroy. Only to be used on the study table.

You can't drop them on the ground either (once you have picked them up).

So they must be in a chest somewhere or you already studied the key and have an active key somewhere.

They key is not consumed, only the instructions. So even if you have the "inactive" key, the active key may be somewhere that you forgot about.

i do not have an active key, i returned to home from talking to the astrologer with the pre-research key and began looking for the instructions, they are not in the garden, not in the work yard, not in the graveyard nor in the church, they are not in the cliff with the cremation pyres and not in the cellar, not in the laboratory under the church and not in the chests at home. im 99% sure im just ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

While looking for info on this i found several dozen people at least who had issues with the game breaking if you don't do things in a particular order, i can only assume this is what has happened to me, i've spent a couple hours going over each container in the game, there is nothing.

[D a R i U z Z]

Ok i found the issue, it seems that time i got the instructions i reloaded the game for whatever reason and had yet to convince snake to talk, but the prompt to do so was only appearing when actively holding 5 faith on me rather than just displaying as a red dialog option to indicate that was a pending request from him. i can continue advancing now.

[Sheepy]

Originally posted by D a R i U z Z:

Ok i found the issue, it seems that time i got the instructions i reloaded the game for whatever reason and had yet to convince snake to talk, but the prompt to do so was only appearing when actively holding 5 faith on me rather than just displaying as a red dialog option to indicate that was a pending request from him. i can continue advancing now.

Great, good luck in GK!

[D a R i U z Z]

thanks