Clockwork City Grand Adventurer unobtainable due to The Precursor quest bug

Jacozilla

Anyone else upset or just OCD about never being able to complete this achievement, like ever?

Can google threads about The Precursor quest unable to be picked up (even after supposed fix) so will skip details and cut to chase - Clockwork City Grand Adventurer (50 points) achievement requires all 24 main+side quests completed.

However, with The Precursor bugged with one theory being if you picked up precursor items before ever knowing about the quest, you never get the quest from either bulletin board or Assoc. Zanon. However it happened, I'm affected and have 23/24 quests complete.

Was able to earn the Precursor achievement by turning in all the items, including the precursor combat dummy reward, but since quest was never offered, it doesn't count for the CCGA achievement.

TLDR - my main char created in beta 2014 who I chase all achievements on, is forever locked out of 50 points + never completing fully the Clockwork DLC because there's no retroactive way to obtain and turn in The Precursor quest. Anyone else in same boat?

@ZOS_GinaBruno - in old googled threads, I found comments saying zos had fixed this in patch, but obviously it's not fully fixed. A patch to provide credit for The Precursor to anyone who has completed The Oscillating Son would be nice (the quest that comes after The Precursor and which REQUIRES the completion of the previous quest, yet is offered anyways despite The Precursor bugged quest never being offered - hence if you have completed this 2nd stage quest after The Precursor, you ought to get full credit for the prior bugged quest)

ruff

How is it possible to not pick up items before starting quest? They are in start zones and quest is in DLC.
But will see, I've completed it on main (and got CCGA) now started collecting precursor items on alt and planning to get the quest once i collect. If there are any problems will second the motion

Jacozilla

Well, here's bullet point saga of how I collected and even turned in some precursor items before starting much less even knowing this quest existed - keep in mind is at the time I didn't know what I was doing, only later after encountered issue and googled/researched and then in hindsight pieced together what happened.

1- Have ESO+, never bought any DLC - Clockwork was available whenever came out but like many was still catching up other areas so ignored CWC for awhile - accepted starter quest to go find CWC but sat ignored

2. Randomly puttering around Alikir delve, saw a shiny, clicked on shiny. Didn't know then, now know part of Precursor items. Found (3) precursor items this way but at time was mysterious misc thingy in my misc inventory tab

3. Fast forward some months, finally started CWC quest, got there, saw skyshard in the skybridge area, wanted skyshard, stumbled around trying to get up to that bridge. Found myself in what I now know is Assoc Zanon workshop.

4. In Assoc Zanon workshop, not knowing it is tied to The Precusor quest, saw cool looking clickable statue - I now know it was clickable because had (3) precursor items in my inventory - didn't know jack atm, just appeared clickable, so clicked - doesn't seem very controversial a player clicks on a clickable statue.

5. Whoosh - something happened. No idea at time - but now know the (3) unknown thingys I'd collected were taken and installed. Congrats player, you just skipped doing The Precursor quest and started the achievement hunt for installing all pieces and got credit for installing 3 of them

I want to say I am not -sure- this is what bugs it out. All I DO know is The Precursor is not obtainable a) at bulletin board spot, b) talking w. Assoc Zanon, or c) some skull that is supposed to be in Assoc Zanon workshop because it is no there.

Wanting to see if some way to get past this, went and completed all pieces of precursor achievement - handing them all in got me the combat dummy reward - great - AND offered the 2nd stage quest after The Precursor ---> The Oscillating Son.

Long story short, have completed every quest in zone, 23/24, including the 2nd stage quest that requires completion of the previous quest (The Precursor) but whether it was the before-quest actions or some other bug, however it happened, I'm stuck forever locked out from completing the DLC + the 50pt CCGA acheivement

lardvader

Jacozilla wrote: »

4. In Assoc Zanon workshop, not knowing it is tied to The Precusor quest, saw cool looking clickable statue - I now know it was clickable because had (3) precursor items in my inventory - didn't know jack atm, just appeared clickable, so clicked - doesn't seem very controversial a player clicks on a clickable statue.

Ok so this seems like the step that bugs it out. I have completed this quest many times and always collected several parts before getting the quest. I have never tried to mount them to the frame however before accepting it.

TechnoDreamVision

Check out this website, https://lovelynorth.com/precursor-target-dummy/

Are you missing the Integral of Reason in the Machine District inside Brass Fortress?

Note: In order to enter the Machine District you must complete the story-line Clockwork City quests list below:

To the Clockwork City
In Search of a Sponsor
The Strangeness of Seht
Deepening Shadows
Lost in the Gloam – up to the point “Observe the Knight of Marrow’s Recitation”

Jacozilla

TechnoDreamVision wrote: »

Check out this website, https://lovelynorth.com/precursor-target-dummy/

Are you missing the Integral of Reason in the Machine District inside Brass Fortress?

Note: In order to enter the Machine District you must complete the story-line Clockwork City quests list below:

To the Clockwork City
In Search of a Sponsor
The Strangeness of Seht
Deepening Shadows
Lost in the Gloam – up to the point “Observe the Knight of Marrow’s Recitation”

Nope - I collected that piece (after the ^^ mentioned turning in 3 pieces before even knowing about quest). I've turned in every piece, which got me the achievement for collecting all pieces + reward of housing item precursor target dummy.

Bascally I've gotten the dummy for finishing the Precursor quest but not quest-credit for finishing it since was never offered or obtainable. As stated, I've finished every story quest + every side quest (23/24) except the aforementioned The Precursor.

ruff

Oh yes, it is a part to start assembling precursor without taking quest which bugged it out i presume. In my case I've read about the shiny pieces in my bag before as i was unable to offload them anywhere and was a bit nervous to destroy. So I came to the office all prepared demanding my piece of quest and a place to dump all those oily/rusty/shiny cogs and gears.

slackergirl

This same thing, step for step, is exactly what happened to me. I was going crazy trying to figure out which quest I "missed." I was glad it was fixed enough so that I could actually get the Precursor at least, but it would sure be nice to get the achievement!

EternalDiva

Go thru the quest list step by step to make sure you did not miss one. I thought as you did because I had parts before I got the quest. but that was not an issue. I had over looked a tiny little quest out by the Pavilion of Artifice. You pick up/read Durlocs handbook and then turn around and get her sword to return to her family in Ravenspire. Your mileage may vary.

List of all 25 quests
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Clockwork_City_Grand_Adventurer

One by the Pavilion of Artifice that I missed: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_Merchant's_Heirloom

Jacozilla

CWC GA achievement isn't about overlooking one quest, not in the way meant above.

My OP was re: the point that CWC, unlike later DLC zones, is so narrowly made that you can't miss a single quest - you literally must complete every single available quest with no room for extra available n order to get the GA achievement. (later DLC have some completion achievements that are more generous, e.g. more quests available than # needed to get achievement)

Hence why for some people, like me, the early bug with Precursor quest being able to be turned in before the quest was activated, means stuck with no way to complete the achievement.

This WAS fixed for later players, AND fixed such that you still get the housing dummy reward long as you collect all the parts even if quest credit isn't given. What isn't fixed is giving retroactive credit for prior (1) quest completed if you turned in all the precursor parts while it was bugged.