PS4 Darkshade Cavern bugged

HebrewHatchet · January 2016

This morning I tried several times to finish the skill point quest for Darkshade Caverns and Veteran Darkshade Caverns. Every time I reached the point where I had to talk to the NPC in the Hive Lord area, I would see the quest marker, but I could not interact with the NPC in any way that progressed the story. In the veteran mode, I was not able to interact with the NPC (which I believe was on the floor in a pile of dead bugs) and in the normal mode I was able to talk to the NPC in that room, but it did not progress the story, instead she just said something about murdering me.

Every attempt was in a Group Finder formed group

In Veteran Darkshade Caverns, we could not interact with Grobul after our first wipe. We had to disband.

All group members doing the quests confirmed that this was happening to them as well.

Hope499 · January 2016

Heard some people on Xbox NA say the same.

Worked fine for me, but I am hearing odd things about it bugging out.

GazHilarant · January 2016

Yes, there is a bug in both of them.

1. Non-Veteran Darkshade Caverns - in the middle room where Foreman Llothan spawns, after you defeat him the NPC comes and jumps off a wooden rampart, she is angry about what you have done. Your quest marker will point to this NPC however you will not be able to progress the quest at this time.

Resolution: Play through the dungeon as normal, as if you are completing the quest anyway. When you reach the end and kill the Sentinel of Rkugamz you will notice the original quest giver is trying to access the door you use on the Veteran version of this dungeon to access the Engine Guardian, kill him. this should complete the task outlined in the quest and allow you to resolve it.

2. Veteran Darkshade Caverns: Super buggy, quest markers point to invisible NPCs and NPCs will not speak to you.

Resolution: Do not abandon this quest, I ran the dungeon 4 times with the quest active and slowly was able to fulfill the tasks required to complete the quest.

Hope this helps.

swiftmoney09 · January 2016

I had this happen as well, but once we completed the dungeon It allowed me to turn in the quest anyway. They know about this bug as it was in the last PC patch notes. They just have not fixed it on consoles yet.

Refuse2GrowUp · January 2016

This tends to happen in vet Dark Shade if you try to run past the first set of adds and the first boss to get the the Hive Lord. It is almost as if the NPC gets help up behind the adds and boss. Kill everything up to the Hive Lord and see if it resolves the issue

Brrrofski · January 2016

I haven't run this dungeon fully for ages. Hide behind crates and send first mob out the door, then rub/streak/mist to the transmuted hive lord, die, and everything resets.

We can do Darkshade in like 20 minutes now

ZOS_GinaBruno · January 2016

Just want to confirm that this will be fixed on consoles with the next incremental patch, scheduled for later this month.

imnotanother · January 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Just want to confirm that this will be fixed on consoles with the next incremental patch, scheduled for later this month.

Thank Trinimac! I've been waiting to finally receive my skill point for beating this back in July.