Sadal's Final Defeat - Sadal doesn't spawn

Huggernaut · May 2015

Not sure if I'm just being stupid or if it's really bugged, but I seem to be stuck.

I've tried relogging, I've tried reloading the ui. I've tried abandoning the quest, etc. Nothing I do seems to get this guy to actually spawn so I can start the final fight. I just go through the portal with the 3 guys, we walk down the lava, I hear the little VO speech and .... nothing. I don't see any interactable objects, I can't talk to anyone, am I missing something? or is it bugged?

Huggernaut · May 2015

Ok I got this fixed, I had to reset the quest like 200x lol but it eventually worked.

fromtesonlineb16_ESO · May 2015

It glitched, luckily for me just once, in the same way.

Kas · June 2015

stuck there right now. damn that is annoying

GaldorP · June 2015

I just had the same problem on the PC version (EU server; AD character in VR 1 Stonefalls; June 29th 2015).

This is an old bug that seems to have reappeared
(see these threads:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/168858/sadals-final-defeat-sadal-doesnt-spawn
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/159765/progression-blocked-lifting-the-veil-in-auridon/p2).

Sadal doesn't spawn and when you leave, cancel the quest or even relog, the quest instance doesn't reset (the portal that allows you to enter the instance stays there even if you've cancelled the quest).

The only way I've been able to reset the instance is by logging in with another character first, then log back in with the character that had the blocked progress. That reset the instance for me even though the portal to enter the instance was still there before I retook the quest so I was able start "Sadal's Final Defeat" from the beginning again (before I logged in with another character the NPCs in the instance were still at the location where Sadal was supposed to spawn; after resetting the instance properly, they spawned with me at the portal again when I entered the instance).

Other things that might help (if Sadal still doesn't spawn after you've reset the instance by logging in with another character):
- Disable pets.
- Don't use abilities that might increase the movement speed of the NPCs like Rapid Maneuver.
- Always stay close to the NPCs when they move to their final location; stay near them until Sadal spawns.

jessew625ub17_ESO · August 2015

Logging to another and disabling pet did it, not sure which but did both.

HebrewHatchet · March 2016

Still a problem

HawkFest · March 2022

Year 2022: still a problem

ZOS_Bill · March 2022

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