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Riddles of the Dragon bugged

SaucyMcSauceface
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Has anyone else had an issue with the Gold Road dragon challenge? I killed multiple world bosses, and won multiple tales of tribute matches, but the quest didnt recognise them. It logged the first boss I killed, and was fine with the creatures killed and the cyrodil one, but the tales of tribute didnt register at all, and the attempt to finish the world bosses one was also fruitless.
Edited by ZOS_Icy on 29 August 2025 16:26
  • EdjeSwift
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    So.. to be clear.

    You got the Riddle of Battle done.
    ONE World Boss
    You got the Riddle of the Hunt done.
    You got the Riddle of War done.

    You chose 3 of the 6 to complete, the quest is done isn't it?
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  • smnlvr
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    I have same issue with Tale of Tribute wins not being recognised by the quest. I just did one of the other challenges but it is annoying
  • GrafDresche
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    I have a similar problem.

    I cannot solve the Riddle of War.

    I have been in all three Cyrodiil Delves, defeated bosses and mobs, but I can never interact with the books, the "Heartlands Mindpuzzles" I am supposed to pick up to solve the riddle.

    They are laying on the ground, surrounded by a swirl, but there is nothing I can do.

    EDIT: I saw in my quest item inventory that I already picked up one of the Heartlands Mindpuzzles. However, they are stil higlighted on the ground in the delves, and the quest does not progress.

    EDIT 2: I found out that you can just do any of the other "riddles" that are offered in the solutions book under quest items. So, even though, the riddle of war never seemed to have progressed, the overall quest has done so by doing other stuff, like picking up the flowers in the monastery in Reapers March.

    TLDR:
    Even though "riddle of war" does not indicate that it has been solved, you can continue with other riddles in order to progress. It would help if the descriptions were clearer, and if there was an indication given when you progressed instead of pointing to the delves only. Especially for the Cyrodiil part, because I really went to all three delves which was a risky waste of time.
    Edited by GrafDresche on 18 June 2024 03:35
  • ESO_player123
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    If I remember correctly, the ToT against a player did not count for me either. So, I won a match against an NPC. That counted.
    Edited by ESO_player123 on 18 June 2024 04:07
  • SeaGtGruff
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    ^^^ My experience, too-- NPC matches count. I didn't try against another player.

    The only riddle that acted buggy for me was the one for three delves in Cyrodiil. I went to the first delve, killed the bosses and a lot of mobs, but it didn't count. I went to the second delve and there was a quest item in a glowing circle that had a quest pointer to help you find it, and looting that worked. I assume the first delve had something like that in it, too, but I didn't see it.

    The wording makes it sound like you need to complete the three delves in the riddle, or kill all six world bosses, etc., but you only need to do one to get credit.
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  • DragonRacer
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    I recognized the Riddle of the Game being ToT right away, queued a ranked match won, did not count.

    Guess I will try to find an NPC in Reaper’s March to play…
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  • virtus753
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    I recognized the Riddle of the Game being ToT right away, queued a ranked match won, did not count.

    Guess I will try to find an NPC in Reaper’s March to play…

    The Proficient one in Rawl’kha counted for me.
  • NeoniKa
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    Oh! So, it's bugged... Ok.

    I've been trying the Riddle of the Game, I read that the idea is to win a Tales of Tribute match, but it doesn't say anywhere how many times. Meanwhile I already won more than 6 matches both in casual and ranked and nothing happens.

    So, I guess it's better to just cancel the Drangon quests for now and move on to Gryphon.
  • ESO_player123
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    NeoniKa wrote: »
    Oh! So, it's bugged... Ok.

    I've been trying the Riddle of the Game, I read that the idea is to win a Tales of Tribute match, but it doesn't say anywhere how many times. Meanwhile I already won more than 6 matches both in casual and ranked and nothing happens.

    So, I guess it's better to just cancel the Drangon quests for now and move on to Gryphon.

    Play against an NPC and it should count.
  • MoonPile
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    Something is still bugged with this quest in July 2025. It's a shame the quest markers and journal are totally unhelpful: they only point to the Scholarium and I can't see what's missing.
    1. Riddle of the Hunt - kill 15 (non-humanoid) enemies in Reaper's March - done
    2. Riddle of the Moon - gather four Bent Dance Bloom flowers at Moonmont (warning: several sites have incorrectly stated this objective is at Do'Krin Monastery, but the flowers are definitively at Moonmont). - done
    3. Riddle of the Rich - steal from Luminary's Safeboxes in two of the Reaper's March cities (Dune, Rawl'kha, or Arenthia). - done - This is probably the one that's bugged. Did not work at all on my other character. Don't bother with this, you only need 1 World Boss in RM.
    The completion message came up on screen for each one and the objectives / quest markers don't come up again if I tried more enemies, other locations, etc. But quest still says 2/3.
    Edited by MoonPile on 12 July 2025 20:06
  • scrappy1342
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    this was super helpful. read the notes at the bottom. there's wb's that count as 2 for 1. one of the riddles has the wrong text.

    https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_Wing_of_the_Dragon

    i went with battle (did the waterdancer falls wb), hunt (killed some mudcrabs outside of my house there), and rich. the ONLY place i could find a lock box in any of the 3 locations was at one of the merchant's tents in rawl'kha. and to be clear, it is quest lockboxes you are looking for, not the regular lockboxes anybody can get. saw the one at the tent and grabbed it. ran all over town. could not find another. went all over the other 2 towns. could not find any. went back to rawlkha and that same one had respawned. they seem to be personal loot, also. there was another player there when i got the second one and they were able to get it after i got mine. at first i thought the others were all looted, but i think they are bugged and not appearing.
  • Punches_Below_Belt
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    The Arenthia riddle lockbox is in the Fighter’s Guild behind the corner of the counter.
  • JeroenB
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    Odd, I completed Riddle of the Game yesterday, and there was some in-game text description (tooltip? quest log text? I forget) which explicitly stated I needed to play a game againt a 'tavern patron or a grand master', or something close to that. In other words it was clear that only matches against NPCs counted.

    Grizzbeorn wrote: »
    MoonPile wrote: »
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    Riddle of the Rich is NOT bugged. I did it earlier today and it worked fine. No problem whatsoever.
    I successfully completed Riddles of the Rich as well, Rawl'kha and Dune. Note you need the special quest safeboxes, not just any random safebox in those locations.
    Edited by JeroenB on 13 July 2025 18:01
  • Grizzbeorn
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    MoonPile wrote: »
    [*] Riddle of the Rich - steal from Luminary's Safeboxes in two of the Reaper's March cities (Dune, Rawl'kha, or Arenthia). - done - This is probably the one that's bugged. Did not work at all on my other character. Don't bother with this, you only need 1 World Boss in RM.
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    Riddle of the Rich is NOT bugged. I did it earlier today and it worked fine. No problem whatsoever.
    Edited by Grizzbeorn on 13 July 2025 17:17
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    • whitecrow
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      The Arenthia riddle lockbox is in the Fighter’s Guild behind the corner of the counter.

      Thanks! There was a pointer to the one in Rawl'Ka but not in Arenthia.

      I didn't expect pointers at all, but having one and not another is definitely a bug.
    • ZOS_Icy
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      Greetings,

      We have gone ahead and closed this thread down since it is rather old. Please keep in mind that sometimes it is better to create a new topic, instead of replying in one that was posted a while ago.

      Thank you for your understanding.
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