Hel Ra Citadel Achievement broken?

TochTom · January 2021

Hi,

I'm an achievement hunter with currently 44 335 achievement points on my main character, a magsorc called Salty Sorcerer.

But there is one achievement that I've done a lot of times that has never been rewarded to me. I'm talking about the achievement for blowing the War Horn located near the 2 chests on the final trash pack before the last boss. I've been trying to get this one since the Harrowstorm patch, which is close to a year ago and the achievement is still bugged and I hear this from multiple people who are experiencing the same issue.

Atleast once or twice a week I go and do vHRC with a pug and we always blow the horn, never has anyone in my party received the achievement, including myself. This achievement is a thorn in my eye because I really want to get 100% achievement completion on this game, but it is made impossible due to a bug.

And I know this year has been a hectic one, with the sudden switch to working at home, but please could you include a fix for this in the new update. Because if you won't fix this bug it will be a year since I first brought it to your attention via the in-game report feature and we absolutely do not want to repeat the "Sanctum Ophidia: Feeding Pit" fiasco where that achievement was bugged for 2 years, if it's not longer.

TheTuSiK · January 2021

I was wondering why I didn't get it and now I know why.
Having every difficult (or time consuming) achievement in the game but not a roleplay one, from the oldest trial in the game, worth 5 points must be a terrible feeling. There was a bug with the witch world boss in Markarth but it was doable by reseting the boss. There was a bug with the ice atronach boss in Frostvault where after wiping/reseting the atro was stuck under ground and that prevented from getting Cold Potato achievement but it was doable by just getting it in the 1st try. I assume that since you go vHRC at least once or twice a week there is no way to make it work.
@ZOS_GinaBruno I'm getting closer to also having every achievement in the game (on one character) but I'm also missing War Horn. It can't be that difficult to fix. Please save us.

PushtheDeeps · January 2021

I did it when I started playing almost 2 years ago, by almost getting kicked from a pug group for using it. I guess I did the right choice, since now I wouldn't be able to obtain it...

I feel for you. I hope this gets addressed as soon as possible.
Fix this ZOS!!

ZOS_Adrikoth · January 2021

Hey there @TochTom thank you for providing this report.

We wanted to let you know that we are aware of this issue and investigating a fix.

TochTom · January 2021

@ZOS_Adrikoth

Hey, thanks for communicating and sharing the knowledge with us that you also know something is wrong in there. Is there already some sort of ETA or is that yet unknown?

Thanks in advance!

TochTom · January 2021

@ZOS_Adrikoth @ZOS_GinaBruno

Nice PTS Patch Notes, but I still see that there is no mention of the War Horn Achievements in Hel Ra Citadel. Will a fix be included in U29 or do I have to wait yet another full update cycle to finally be able to reach 100% achievement points?

Thanks in advance.

twisterior · February 2021

I am also waiting since an eternity for this achievement to be available again

. Guess it is time to weekly spam reports

Rittings · February 2021

They've probably been aware and investigating for about 12 months now... that was the last time I saw this reported - and as far as I can recall, it's not worked for much longer than that too.

redspecter23 · February 2021

This seems like a very odd achievement to be bugged for so long. Shouldn't it just do a check to see if X was done, then award the achievement? I get that bugs happen, but for something so seemingly simple to be bugged for so long feels very weird.

TochTom · February 2021

twisterior wrote: »

I am also waiting since an eternity for this achievement to be available again . Guess it is time to weekly spam reports

Yes, I've been trying to do a run a week, blow the horn and submit a report afterwards. Still nothing has happened.

Rittings wrote: »

They've probably been aware and investigating for about 12 months now... that was the last time I saw this reported - and as far as I can recall, it's not worked for much longer than that too.

That sounds about right, I've had issues with it for like 10 months now, so I'd say that Harrowstorm patch, which released around a year ago, might have been the culprit.

redspecter23 wrote: »

This seems like a very odd achievement to be bugged for so long. Shouldn't it just do a check to see if X was done, then award the achievement? I get that bugs happen, but for something so seemingly simple to be bugged for so long feels very weird.

It is indeed a very odd achievement to bug out, but so far it has been bugged for not only me, but also others in my group. Since the achievement requires the person to blow the horn I also asked others in my tests if they could do it, but they couldn't either. So unless all of our characters (12 characters from 12 different players) are bugged and can't get it while meeting the requirements I'm sticking with that the achievement is bugged.

TochTom · February 2021

Hey @ZOS_Adrikoth & @ZOS_GinaBruno ,

Here I am again, the guy that keeps asking when the War Horn will be fixed. I am currently 5 points away from reaching the maximum amount reachable in the game and the only thing in my way is this achievement. Is there not some way for you guys to make it so I can earn it again, by either patching what is wrong or being able to grant me the achievement? I can prove you with various videos that I have blown the horn and defeated the warriors that follow after it. It's such a small thing, but would mean the world to me.

Thanks in advance,

A desperate achievement hunter on the verge of giving up.

twisterior · March 2021

Any updates on this topic yet? Yeah, I know the Wrothgar Relic Hunter has higher priority and is still bugged - but are there some news on this topic?

TochTom · March 2021

@twisterior Unfortunately there has been no update yet, I however have send Adrikoth a direct message after which I got a reply that the team is still investigating a fix and working out where the issue is. All we can do is sit back and hope it will get fixed.

FantasticFreddie · March 2021

Omg same, I've blown the horn many times and never gotten the dang achievement

TochTom · March 2021

FantasticFreddie wrote: »

Omg same, I've blown the horn many times and never gotten the dang achievement

Welcome to the club! On a side note, this achievement has been broken since U25, as you can see by my signature. Reason why I believe and think it is broken since then is because there has been no entry from 24th of February 2020 or later on ESO-Armory, a site where people can track their achievements.https://eso-armory.com/achievements/870/hel-ra-citadel-the-war-horn

As you can see via the link I gave the last time (most recent completion date) it has been uploaded to the ESO-Armory database is the 19th of February 2020, 5 days before the Harrowstorm (Update 25) patch.

TochTom · March 2021

Also here is my character again, missing 105 achievement points. 100 points from unreleases motifs and 5 points from this dang Horn achievement. Please fix it.

MorganaBlue · March 2021

ZOS_Adrikoth wrote: »

Hey there thank you for providing this report.

We wanted to let you know that we are aware of this issue and investigating a fix.

uhm...this bug has existed for well over a year, I'm pretty sure it's been reported many times.

I got the achievement two years ago so doesn't affect me, but thanks for finally fixing on behalf of the many players I raided with who blew their lungs out on that horn and always came away disappointed.

Edited to remove username tag

MagiiC_One · March 2021

waiting for my achievement fix since june 2020. i still hope they will fix it right after corona ends

TochTom · March 2021

MagiiC_One wrote: »

waiting for my achievement fix since june 2020. i still hope they will fix it right after corona ends

Yes I've seen your thread aswell @MagiiC_One. It's so stupid how these bugs are just going around at any given time. It's the same stuff as people getting locked out of their Dro-m'Athra Destroyer or even their Sunspire Dragonbreak achievement, missing the title and in the Sunspire part even the mount. I don't know if they are just trying to get some intern to fix it or are just waiting and waiting and waiting until players eventually drop the issue.

Either way, I hope all issues like this get fixed before or with the next update (Chapter, U30) because otherwise it's just a joke.

TochTom · April 2021

Bumping this thread to revive it from the depths of the bug reports and to bring it under the attention of the developers again.

Avoranti · April 2021

I am on PS4 NA and this is bugged.

Septimus_Magna · April 2021

I really dont understand why such a simple achievement is broken, if a player activates the horn and all enemies are defeated you should meet all requirements. Its not like there is an elaborate string of events that needs to happen in order to meet the requirements for the achievement.

TochTom · April 2021

Septimus_Magna wrote: »

I really dont understand why such a simple achievement is broken, if a player activates the horn and all enemies are defeated you should meet all requirements. Its not like there is an elaborate string of events that needs to happen in order to meet the requirements for the achievement.

I suppose it gets put on a list that will get worked down when they don't have anything else to do (or to test the capabilities of a new intern maybe)

UtopianWarrior88 · April 2021

ZOS: Let's introduce features we've not heard anybody ask about like companions!

also ZOS: Let's ignore a relatively simple trigger marker that adds achievement points.

*slow claps*

Radka · April 2021

You know, the Hel Ra war horn achievement has been bugged for years. I have it on my main from the times long passed when it could be finished in normal HRC but havent been able to completed it on my alts in vet. I just kinda gave up on it...

TochTom · April 2021

Radka wrote: »

You know, the Hel Ra war horn achievement has been bugged for years. I have it on my main from the times long passed when it could be finished in normal HRC but havent been able to completed it on my alts in vet. I just kinda gave up on it...

Yea, if you click the link in the signature of my profile you can see a link towards a page where you can track achievements. The last time it was earned by a player was on the 19th of February 2020, exactly 14 months ago. There is still no fix and it still feels like the developers don't care enough to check this small thing.

So here I am again @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_Adrikoth asking you once again, will a fix for this finally be added with the coming patch? Will I finally be able to also join the 100% club or will I stay those 5 points behind all the others?

TochTom · April 2021

@ZOS_Adrikoth I saw that the patch notes just got released and I see that multiple achievements have been fixed or have been played with, but unfortunately there is still no fix in sight for this one. Can we please get an update on this? It's starting to look like a joke now.

twisterior · May 2021

Still no fix, even with U30

- keeping this thread alive

allhailskippy · May 2021

TochTom wrote: »

@ZOS_Adrikoth I saw that the patch notes just got released and I see that multiple achievements have been fixed or have been played with, but unfortunately there is still no fix in sight for this one. Can we please get an update on this? It's starting to look like a joke now.

Whole game is starting to feel that way. Hope this gets fixed for you.

OutLaw_Nynx · May 2021

Huh, was wondering why I didn’t get the achievement for that🙃

Ishtarknows · May 2021

Any update on this? Will this be fixed with Blackwood please?

@ZOS_BillE @ZOS_GinaBruno