I started playing again in this new save and ran into a similar issue, this time with the
"A Bump in the Path" quest. Sometimes it bugs out and the character you’re supposed to rescue doesn’t load at all, or he load but won’t come down from his spot after you defeat the enemies, leaving the quest stuck.
The only solution I’ve found is to load a save from before entering the cave, so it reloads everything from scratch and avoids the problem. Of course, this means not saving inside the cave. I recommend doing everything you need in that area in one go: collect all the chest items and complete the quest in the first attempt so you don’t have to go back.
Given how strange this bug is, I’m starting to think it’s a good idea to always save before any quest that requires entering a cave, just to prevent it from freezing or bugging out.
Questions :
- Have you experienced something similar in this quest or in other cave-related quests?
- Do you think the bug is caused by a map loading issue or a character spawning problem?
- Have you found a more efficient solution than reloading a previous save?
- Do you recommend any habits or patterns to avoid these kinds of cave-related bugs?