BUG: 'Shortcut' Treasure Quest. Nothing at Icon Location.
Issue: Arriving at the Undiscovered Location icon located by the lake NE of Urskar village on Undvik, Skellige, there is nothing there. The icon does not change to Guarded Treasure in proximity.
System: PC Steam Version Patch 1.07
Details: Arriving at the location there is nothing. See attached image of the location. This is after completion of the Main Storyline and in fact the last Undiscovered Location marker in the whole game on land for me.
Reading online it should be part of the 'Shortcut' treasure hunt, a boat with some Pirate NPCs. On the boat a pouch glimmering to loot the quest items to start the quest.
I checked but could not see the chest either in the lake. Nothing glowing except a boat further to the E by a building but no message when interacting.
I see other players with issues if the chest is looted however I don;t even see a chest and have not looted anything here. The boat and pirates are simply not spawned.
I have tried Meditating, leaving, saving, quitting game and reloading. Still the same.
EDIT - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
I took the time and went through my previous manual saves going all the way back through my playthrough.
It appears that the quest boat, pirates, item and change to Guarded Treasure in proximity was there up to the save BEFORE commencing On Thin Ice (speaking to Avallach on the boat in Kaer Trolde docks.
The very next save which was arriving on Undvik for On Thin Ice at Marlin Coast village just before the fight AFTER accepting On Thin Ice it had all despawned (boat, pirates, loot item, chest) and the Undiscovered Location icon remained the same not changing to Guarded Treasure in proximity anymore.
This is shown in these two images of Just before accepting On Thin Ice (before talking to Avallach);
and just after and arriving on Undvik.
One thing to note. It appears that the Wraith from the nearby small cave to the east had at sometime entered into combat with the priates around the boat and this seems to have continued for a long time before the quest items despawned on accepting On Thin Ice. As the Wraith or the pirates aggro each other but do not actually attack leading to infinite interaction perhaps this impacted the quest scripting. However, it seemed more likely that it was due to the scripted changes to Undvik that occur before On Thin Ice and after starting it and arriving on Undvik (there are the fireball attacks etc.)
Conclusion: It appears that if the Shortcut treasure quest is not started before commencing On Thin Ice and the changes to Undvik then the quest becomes unavailable., at least on my play through with Patch 1.07 (all saves were 1.07)
Solution: Ensure to find the Shortcut treasure quest location BEFORE commencing On Thin Ice and subsequent changes to Undvik.
It may be that finding it but not completing it beforehand may still allow the chest to be opened.
It is separate from the issue when looting the chest first before finding the boat and pouch with items for quest trigger.
Issue: Arriving at the Undiscovered Location icon located by the lake NE of Urskar village on Undvik, Skellige, there is nothing there. The icon does not change to Guarded Treasure in proximity.
System: PC Steam Version Patch 1.07
Details: Arriving at the location there is nothing. See attached image of the location. This is after completion of the Main Storyline and in fact the last Undiscovered Location marker in the whole game on land for me.
Reading online it should be part of the 'Shortcut' treasure hunt, a boat with some Pirate NPCs. On the boat a pouch glimmering to loot the quest items to start the quest.
I checked but could not see the chest either in the lake. Nothing glowing except a boat further to the E by a building but no message when interacting.
I see other players with issues if the chest is looted however I don;t even see a chest and have not looted anything here. The boat and pirates are simply not spawned.
I have tried Meditating, leaving, saving, quitting game and reloading. Still the same.
EDIT - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
I took the time and went through my previous manual saves going all the way back through my playthrough.
It appears that the quest boat, pirates, item and change to Guarded Treasure in proximity was there up to the save BEFORE commencing On Thin Ice (speaking to Avallach on the boat in Kaer Trolde docks.
The very next save which was arriving on Undvik for On Thin Ice at Marlin Coast village just before the fight AFTER accepting On Thin Ice it had all despawned (boat, pirates, loot item, chest) and the Undiscovered Location icon remained the same not changing to Guarded Treasure in proximity anymore.
This is shown in these two images of Just before accepting On Thin Ice (before talking to Avallach);
and just after and arriving on Undvik.
One thing to note. It appears that the Wraith from the nearby small cave to the east had at sometime entered into combat with the priates around the boat and this seems to have continued for a long time before the quest items despawned on accepting On Thin Ice. As the Wraith or the pirates aggro each other but do not actually attack leading to infinite interaction perhaps this impacted the quest scripting. However, it seemed more likely that it was due to the scripted changes to Undvik that occur before On Thin Ice and after starting it and arriving on Undvik (there are the fireball attacks etc.)
Conclusion: It appears that if the Shortcut treasure quest is not started before commencing On Thin Ice and the changes to Undvik then the quest becomes unavailable., at least on my play through with Patch 1.07 (all saves were 1.07)
Solution: Ensure to find the Shortcut treasure quest location BEFORE commencing On Thin Ice and subsequent changes to Undvik.
It may be that finding it but not completing it beforehand may still allow the chest to be opened.
It is separate from the issue when looting the chest first before finding the boat and pouch with items for quest trigger.
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