Where are the safeboxes in Artaeum?

MAOofDC · March 10

I'm working on the new safebox looter achievement one of the zones you need to open a box in is Artaeum. Is the lone merchant in the zone the only place the boxes spawn?

ZOS_Kevin · March 10

Just noting this before you put a bit of time into the achievement. We found out that it is bugged and that some of the zones will not get properly tracked. We noted it here in our known issues list: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/674243/fallen-banners-and-update-45-known-issues#latest

Just wanted to pass that along before you got going in the achievement hunt. We are working on investigating now.

MAOofDC · March 10

Noted. I will slow down my hunt for this achievement then. But it didn't answer the question is the line merchant the only place a safe is will spawn? I don't think I have ever seen a safebox in Artaeum.

MAOofDC · March 10

@ZOS_Kevin I was going through the list alphabetically and so far I have found Northern Elsweyr safeboxes don't give credit. I hope this helps you track down the issue.

I will give you an update as I find them if that would be helpful.

I still haven't found a safebox in Artaeum...

MAOofDC · March 10

@ZOS_Kevin I just got credit for completing the achievement but as you can see I have not finished looting the boxes.

Highlor3 · March 10

MAOofDC wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin I just got credit for completing the achievement but as you can see I have not finished looting the boxes.

You looted all those safeboxes from the list, even the ones not updated on the UI, and got the achievement, correct?

Hugie · March 10

It's acknowledged in the Known Issues pinned thread. You currently need only 34/40 of the listed zones to "complete" the achievement. The two that are broken are Wrothgar and Northern Elsweyr (won't give credit when you loot); then, separately, Artaeum has no safeboxes.

Yudo · March 10

I frequent Artaeum a lot, and would bet the area does not have safeboxes, and this has nothing to do with the new update.
There is no banker, mages guild, fighters guild, or other common areas where these usually are placed.
There is one merchant but it has a node and heavy sack allocated around it.
Besides the entire area does not have a justice system. There is nothing to do wrong, let alone pick a box.
Artaeum often counts as part of Summerset for achievements, wonder if this should be removed from this list.

MAOofDC · March 10

Highlor3 wrote: »

MAOofDC wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin I just got credit for completing the achievement but as you can see I have not finished looting the boxes.

You looted all those safeboxes from the list, even the ones not updated on the UI, and got the achievement, correct?

No I was doing them in alphabetical order as they're listed on the map. Most of the way through I realized I missed Murkmire and doubled back. So the only one that I looted a box and didn't get credit for it was Northern Elsweyr.

Yudo · March 11

I'v also noticed you don't always get credit even in zones where it should work. You have to loot the full box.
I also stopped trying to force pick it.

GretchenRPH · March 15

Yudo wrote: »

I'v also noticed you don't always get credit even in zones where it should work. You have to loot the full box.
I also stopped trying to force pick it.

I've been going down the list and force picking and the list has been updating. I picked a couple in Wrothgar and didn't get credit, and was also wondering about Artaeum, so I'm glad I googled and found this thread.

It's a BIT frustrating that the zones on the achievement are NOT in alphabetical order

tomofhyrule · March 15

MAOofDC wrote: »

Highlor3 wrote: »

MAOofDC wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin I just got credit for completing the achievement but as you can see I have not finished looting the boxes.

You looted all those safeboxes from the list, even the ones not updated on the UI, and got the achievement, correct?

No I was doing them in alphabetical order as they're listed on the map. Most of the way through I realized I missed Murkmire and doubled back. So the only one that I looted a box and didn't get credit for it was Northern Elsweyr.

GretchenRPH wrote: »

Yudo wrote: »

I'v also noticed you don't always get credit even in zones where it should work. You have to loot the full box.
I also stopped trying to force pick it.

I've been going down the list and force picking and the list has been updating. I picked a couple in Wrothgar and didn't get credit, and was also wondering about Artaeum, so I'm glad I googled and found this thread.

It's a BIT frustrating that the zones on the achievement are NOT in alphabetical order

It's in the Known Issues thread above that:

Artaeum doesn't have safeboxes
Northern Elsweyr is not counting properly and will not give credit
Wrothgar is not counting properly and will not give credit

You also only need 34/40 (techinally 34/37 since three are impossible) to get the achieve right now though.

tom6143346 · March 18

Auridon will not count for me no matter what

SilverBride · March 18

tom6143346 wrote: »

Auridon will not count for me no matter what

Are you completely looting the safebox? Also try picking the lock rather than breaking the lock.

Carcamongus · March 18

SilverBride wrote: »

tom6143346 wrote: »

Auridon will not count for me no matter what

Are you completely looting the safebox? Also try picking the lock rather than breaking the lock.

I broke the lock in Auridon and it counted for me. On the other hand, the folks at the Fightes Guild were not very happy.

@ZOS_Kevin , what will happen to those of us who ended up getting the achievement before looting all the safe boxes when this issue is eventually resolved? Will we keep the achievement, have to complete the previously bugged entries to acquire it again, start over...?

joergino · March 19

Carcamongus wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

tom6143346 wrote: »

Auridon will not count for me no matter what

Are you completely looting the safebox? Also try picking the lock rather than breaking the lock.

I broke the lock in Auridon and it counted for me. On the other hand, the folks at the Fightes Guild were not very happy.

@ZOS_Kevin , what will happen to those of us who ended up getting the achievement before looting all the safe boxes when this issue is eventually resolved? Will we keep the achievement, have to complete the previously bugged entries to acquire it again, start over...?

I believe this can be considered the answer to that question:

"Due to the complexity involved in addressing the issues, this achievement will be fixed in a future update. In the meantime you will still be able to get the associated dye, the “10-Year Anniversary Gold Leaf” if you are able to trigger the achievement, and progress will be carried over in the future when the achievement will be fixed."

(from the stickied thread)

M0ntie · March 23

I looted several safeboxes in Wrothgar and it isn't ticked off my list. I looted all the contents and am using force lock - but I'm doing that for all the locations and it is working fine.
Thanks for the thread!

LadyLethalla · March 23

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Just noting this before you put a bit of time into the achievement. We found out that it is bugged and that some of the zones will not get properly tracked. We noted it here in our known issues list: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/674243/fallen-banners-and-update-45-known-issues#latest

Just wanted to pass that along before you got going in the achievement hunt. We are working on investigating now.

@ZOS_Kevin I also note that the Mundus anniversary achievement should have auto completed; my main character found all of them years ago. And the safebox achievement should be almost done as well.

jle30303 · March 24

So.

Have the safeboxes of Wrothgar and North Elsweyr been fixed for this achievement yet?

And has Artaeum been *removed* from this achievement yet, or any safeboxes added to Artaeum to loot?

Cosmo_Nova · March 24

Still not fixed after today's patch, but it is currently possible to get the achievement (and the dye) as the bug where you only need to open 34 safeboxes is still present.

Grega · March 28

On XBOX NA, so far … I have tried 20 different zones, few safe boxes each in variation of unlocking and force unlocking and completely looting - and 0 are triggering. @ZOS_Kevin was this achievement just flat out disabled for consoles?