Quest Bugs? Learn the Sacred Quest Dance Ritual!

[DaveBot of Despair]

Recently there has been a large number of people /ting me about quest problems where the Quest NPC completely ignores the player after telling the player to speak a certain keyword.

The cause of this bug as far as i can tell, is when you say the words out of order (eg. saying the keyword before the NPC asks for it), which happens quite often for repeatable quests, especially quests like Admiral Jayman's where most people leave before the quest is actually finished.


The best solution to this problem is unfortunately... something that sounds utterly absurd and I have been openly derided for suggesting it because players think I'm mocking them.

Simply put, this is the best solution:
1) Walk out of the NPC's room
2) Relog twice
3) Walk in and out of the room twice.
4) Walk into the room again.
5) Start the quest from scratch, starting with the word "quests". (or whatever word shows up in /quests if u're midway through, or the word u're supposed to say if /quests doesnt show it)

THIS IS NOT A JOKE. THIS REALLY IS THE SOLUTION.


P.s. if you don't believe me, you can try it out, this bug is easily reproduced. Just try doing a quest (like one of the repeatable ones) and saying the words out of order. The NPC will almost certainly ignore you, at which point DO THE SACRED QUEST DANCE RITUAL! And watch as the NPC miraculously pays attention to you again.

[zanzoken]

I can vouch for the legitimacy of this. Worked for me!

[Anubis]

walking out of the room and then in and starting with "quest" again, always worked for me.. none of that dancing bullshit

[DaveBot of Despair]

yes, the full thing isn't always necessary, but I found some cases where simply walking in and out once doesn't work, so just do the full thing for better results.

[Vorhoth]

These exact steps fixed my Airship timer.

[tango]

So if we see people randomly relogging twice, we know what it is.