Swamp Rescuer Bugged

mApplinator · February 2019

I've been trying to chip away at this achievement and it *felt* bugged. Today I snagged some evidence. Basically the NPCs are spawning and not counting towards their respective 'ticks'. Not sure if they're mis-labelled or just not counting at all.

My achievement progress before the encounter (with the encounter in the background)

The NPC name (clearly "Root-House")

My achievement afterwards (Root-House still not ticked)

It's frustrating enough trying to get these RNG achievements when they're working correctly. ZOS please help!

Jaimeh · February 2019

I haven't done this achievement yet, gonna check if it bugs out when next in Murkmire--hope it gets sorted for you @mApplinator.

ListerJMC · February 2019

I can confirm this happened to me as well. I saved a Bright-Throat villager and got credited for a Miredancer villager on one of my characters.

kenyoni · March 2019

I am seeing this also. I know I have done several of these, but the only one recorded in my journal is "Root-House Villager" from a couple months ago. I just "rescued Miredancer Villager" but it is still greyed-out in my journal.

I'm betting this is related to this bug:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/452267/choixth-surreptitiously-shadowed-bug-rare

The same thing happens, I get the encounter with Choixth, but it's not logged in my journal so every time is always the "first time".

Absentia · June 2019

Still bugged...

Lylith · June 2019

Absentia wrote: »

Still bugged...

indeed it is.

big_ear_midget · November 2019

Apparently 9 months later this hasnt been fixed? We are trying to do this achievement. Found a villager, rescued them, doesnt show ticked off in my achievements. just an update...

thanks...

Draxys · March 2020

Guess what's still broken?

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_KaiSchober @ZOS_SarahHecker

I don't know who needs to know, but it's been literally years and this is still not fixed. Clearly not game breaking, but not cool.

katanagirl1 · March 2020

I FINALLY got the last one during the Murkmire event, and I started playing the day that DLC came out.

They spawn infrequently enough to make this achievement frustrating on its own, but to have it bugged is so much worse.

JamuThatsWho · March 2020

Yep, still bugged. Rescued the Dead-Water villagers and didn't get credit.

@ZOS_GinaBruno any word on this?

Hans_58 · April 2020

still bugged I can't even find the characters

ListerJMC · April 2020

Coming back to say this happened to me again. Saved a couple of Bright-Throat villagers but was credited with Dead-Water villagers.

Munkfist · May 2020

Figured I'd toss a refresher in here since I've been running into this issue all week. I've saved the Root-House villager 6 times now, regardless that he's been named after other tribes. Very frustrating and never a response from Zos. Even an acknowledgement would be nice.

Lost track of exactly how long I've been working on this achievement, but it's been months in the works.

Linwen · May 2020

I'm having the same issue.

I wonder maybe ZOS (@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_KaiSchober @ZOS_SarahHecker) are really busy with the next chapter for now and will work on this once it's out. But, anyway, it's a pity they do seem like still haven't even noticed this thread.

Looking forward to finally resolving it and gaining the achievement!

Munkfist · May 2020

So, after hours upon hours, day after day, something clicked and it accepted the proper tribes. Hopefully it works out for you guys too!

CristiC · May 2020

At least some you manage to find them even if they're bugged. I've been stuck with the same progression as the initial post for 2 months now. The only things I find at the spawn locations are swamp musk and ambush chests. In my opinion, this achievement, with the elder orcs in Orsinium and the argonian in Summerset are the worst type of content. Please zos, never do this again

deleted210809-001958 · August 2020

still bugged. just saved "moss-skin" and it didn't count

deleted210809-001958 · August 2020

UPDATE: looks like they are actually counting, you just can't see it in the list. Just saved argoninas with 3 missing points in the list, but still got the achivement

gliant · December 2021

for record

virtus753 · December 2021

gliant wrote: »

for record

Could you clarify where the bug is in your screenshot?

The achievement is for ticking off villagers from four tribes. You rescued them from four different tribes. They got ticked off on the achievement. After that the achievement will stop ticking off additional villagers, just like after you complete 3 daily or 1 weekly endeavor the rest will stop counting even if you fulfill the requirements.

LadyLethalla · June 2022

This quest is STILL bugged. I saved the Moss Skin villagers yesterday, and it does not show complete. Prior to that I saved another and it counted as a different one, and before that it didn't record another one - unfortunately I don't remember which in those two cases.
These damn "rare encounter" quests are annoying enough without bugs like this.

On a good note, I did finish the Choixth one, Surreptitiously Shadowed.

Edit: I just found the Copper Eyes, which I already had ticked off, but I saved them anyway in case it gave me one of the three I was missing, and it awarded me the achievement.

tyrfing666 · January 2023

This has just happened to me as well. Rescued the Copper-Eyes two days ago and the Root-House yesterday. Neither were checked off. I had two others (not sure which ones as I'm not in the game) but it did not give the the achievement.

CoronHR · March 2023

i just had this happen. ran into choixtl for the first time, spoke, finished. no achievement. i tried to talk to her again and my game crashed. pc eu

Necrotech_Master · March 2023

CoronHR wrote: »

i just had this happen. ran into choixtl for the first time, spoke, finished. no achievement. i tried to talk to her again and my game crashed. pc eu

i think this is a new issue, someone brought that up here https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/628762/achievements-surreptitiously-followed-murkmuire-with-choixth-bugged#latest

S_Northman · March 2023

This other achievement in Murkmuire is bugged as well

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/628762/achievements-surreptitiously-followed-murkmuire-with-choixth-bugged

S_Northman · March 2023

I was able to complete this achievement.

Note that the description of the achivement presents 6 possible encounters with tribes

In fact only 4 among 6 are needed

I didn't notice any bug for this one. Just painful and time consuming

virtus753 · March 2023

S_Northman wrote: »

I was able to complete this achievement.

Note that the description of the achivement presents 6 possible encounters with tribes

In fact only 4 among 6 are needed

I didn't notice any bug for this one. Just painful and time consuming

The description also clearly says "four."