Equal Opportunity quest bug breaks the game

[MarvinTheRobot]

I accidentally killed the archer instead of recruiting him, and even though I reloaded from an earlier save before the I got this quest from Barnabas and then recruited the archer and made him a Lt on the ship, the quest is frozen because Barnabas won't say anything, which means I cannot continue the main quest line and have to start the game over?

[Blk_Widow9]

Hey Marvin,
Are you trying to speak to Barnabas on the Adestria? Which island did you recruit him from?

[MarvinTheRobot]

Originally posted by Blk_Widow9:

Hey Marvin,
Are you trying to speak to Barnabas on the Adestria? Which island did you recruit him from?

Blk_Widow9, yes, I am trying to speak to Barnabas on the ship. I dock the ship, sneak in and kill the two guards, knock the archer out, recruit him, make him a Lt. on the ship, then I go back to find Barnabas on the ship but he won’t speak. And I tried this several times.

Also, the little Island doesn’t have a name on the map, but it’s called the “Marooned Bandit Camp” when I get there.

[MarvinTheRobot]

Originally posted by Blk_Widow9:

Hey Marvin,
Are you trying to speak to Barnabas on the Adestria? Which island did you recruit him from?

I just went thru the whole thing again but this time started from a save from before I even saved Barnabas and got an invite to use his ship, but the same thing happened. He will not speak to me after I've recruited the archer.

[MarvinTheRobot]

I created another character and ran thru the levels on the first island, then I did the quest to recruit the archer (PERFECTLY this time), but Barnabas won't talk to my new character either.

So my question now is: CAN YOU PLAY THIS GAME WITH A BROKEN MAIN QUEST LINE? I got off the newbie island and have access to a boat. Is that enough, or is there more that the main quest line is required to unlock??

[Basementlivingnerdsareagitated]

i'd say , if you have the main quest to go to athena or to meet the wolf, it's ok. the archer is just for unlock the arrows for the boat i think.

othewise, remove all mods if you have and make integrity check of the game files.

[MarvinTheRobot]

Originally posted by Theokoles:

i'd say , if you have the main quest to go to athena or to meet the wolf, it's ok. the archer is just for unlock the arrows for the boat i think.

othewise, remove all mods if you have and make integrity check of the game files.

Thanks for the advice. I ran the check and the files were ok, then I went back onto the Island for the thousandth time and saw something I'd never seen before. There is a SECOND archer standing on a tower! So I recruited him and Barnabas continued the quest. It's strange that I'd even looked down on the island several times using the eagle but never saw this guy.

Anyway, thanks again. Mystery solved.

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Glad to see this was resolved!

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