Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Problems at Grymforge and Nere

Hey guys! Thought I'll post here since Reddit didn't help.

I'm on my 2nd playthrough, my durge reached Grymforge. First of all, I saw the boat was ON the platform next to the cages and the spiders. I thought "ok maybe it's a small bug nvm"
But then I never got the message from Nere.
Which means there was no time limit, I left and returned to Grymforge, long rested a lot, nothing changed. The gnomes and Duergar were still there.
This actually really ruins my game since I wanted to play an indifferent MC who doesn't care about others, as opposed to my first Paladin playthrough.
Has someone encountered this? Can I check any logs or use console commands?

P.S: I did have mods, but all of them were cosmetic only.
Disabled them all and the problem still persists.

Please help

@Ardeus I have not seen this one before. Can you include a screen cap of the boat?

Also aye, normally the Nere message plays after the first long rest once you have established the objective in your journal. Did you long rest 'at' Grymforge?

As for mods, normally if you have them at all, a concern will get dismissed by many as your bug being related to those without any further investigation. So make sure you've done all the stuff to remove them, make certain you've done everything below:

- Use ModManager to remove them from the load listing
- Make sure the mods themselves are removed from the Mods folder, that folder should be empty
- %LocalAppData%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Mods (That is the folder that should be empty)

Next, need to address some leftover mod data just in case:

If the launcher is still giving a data mismatch warning, there should be a log file that shows any files in the installation folder that are not expected, as well as anything still in the mods folder. In order to check this, go here:

%LocalAppData%\Larian Studios\Launcher\Cache

Then search for a text file called steam_<VersionNumber>_alteredFiles.txt (or if it's GOG, starting with 'galaxy_', for the GOG version). Get rid of any files it says are mismatched (save a copy of the files however in case that deletion causes some type of breakage in the application or you'll have to completely reinstall the game).

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Finally, check here:

\SteamApps\common\Baldurs Gate 3\Data

Delete the following:

- Mods Folder
- Public Folder
- modsettings.lsx file

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Restart the game, make sure the mismatch warning is gone if it isn't already, and post here if the problem persists.

Well, this is how it looks:
[img]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3045407779[/img]

I did the first steps you've mentioned, however I have a LOT of altered files apparently (I think maybe it's because I've downloaded the mods which enhance the texture quality) so the only option I can think of is reinstalling unless you have a better idea

@Ardeus. That's a mess alright. Aye, painful as it is, uninstall, purge everything mod related, and then once the mod stuff is removed entirely, reinstall. Be careful not to jettison prior saves in this process.

@Vegor This is stupidly hilarious, the bug still persists after reinstallation! Thing is, I tried to check out even my previous character save in this area, and it's exactly the same situation! If it was just my current character I would believe the campaign itself is corrupted, but now I'm starting to think it's a patch 3 bug since I loaded up my previous character and I've never encountered this in previous gameplays. Is there a log I can send to Larian?

My boat is also up on the deck after patch 3, I didn't check if Nere was on a timer or not as I just expected him to be so.

I made an account just to say that the same thing is happening to me! I�m on ps5 so it definitely isn�t caused by mods.

@Ardeus I hate that you had to waste time on that exercise. With newer bugs it's easier to rule things out and use what's left as a root cause. I would say based on this evidence and others who are posting here and on reddit, aye it's probably a prescient patch issue and not linked to a trigger event in anyone's playthrough. PS5 and PC/MAC users have reported this, modded and unmodded (with PS5 obviously so). Most unfortunate. For giggles (as a PC user) I went back 70 saves or so and found the same issue in Grymforge even though I didn't when I went through initially.

Hotfix 9# didn't fix it, does anyone know if Larian knows of this bug?

I sent a bug report but unfortunately haven�t heard anything back yet. I�m not really sure how widespread it is, since I don�t really see anyone talking about it.

So If you haven�t already sent a bug report, please do!

@Vanilllite Have you got any reply?

No

The Boat Stuff is actually in the Wrong Place Since 3.0 came out i already made 7 runs of this game i can confirmed it..
but this bug yu told i never saw.....
yu try get closer to the Rock to even see if he will interact with yu asking for help ?
becouse theres a scene showing the inside if yu conect with the tadpole but the way yu told i never saw this bug like he was never there.. weird.
Or just Try to Force it out Blow up the Thing and see if he will show up anyway..
if yu dont have the powder yu can get at least 10 barrils of black powder in goblin camp but i advice cleaning up the place before its easy to find then all.
yu can find 2 of then easy outside the Shars stuff next to the elevator for act 2 just find the door and go to the end of the hallway yu will have to pass a check to find the secret room inside have 2 or 3 of the small black powder..

oh wow ok, @Thorvic your advice was great!
This is still a bug, since it doesn't trigger when you arrive to Grymforge, BUT if you interact with the rubble and you speak with Nere through the tadpole, the timer starts and if you leave him there he eventually dies
It's still a bug since it's supposed to trigger anyway, and it makes no sense advancing to act 2 with the gnomes still there