Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) Technical Problems Chieftain's Son

Hi, I'm having problems with the Chieftain's Son...I've saved him from the cave and the Chieftain says thanks for saving his son but hes not outside the Chieftain's house. I've talked to Altoflix about the frogs and my quest log says I sould talk to the Chieftain about it. But all he says is thanks for saving his son. I figured I have to escort his son or something...but I can't cross the lava passage. I have version 1.47 installed...any help would be appreciated.

I just looked at a walkthrough and it says I was suppose to rescue two imps but I didn't and found the path by luck...and I'm in the village now and I can't cross the lava...

Hello there, I had *exactly* the same problem! I don't know how much you did around the imp-village already, but you can try to teleport back to the jail-citadel section via hex-editing. I found this thread very helpful for that purpose (thanks Raze!)and explained in a way that even I got how to do it (without breaking anything, hehe). <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I rescued the second imp, they led me over the lava, but unfortunately the next cut-scene got stuck (I am not sure why, I assume because I have killed a monster that I shouldn't have already) so I had to start over again - but that does not necessarily have to happen to you! *crosses fingers*

Hope that helps! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

When did you install the patch? IIRC the crossing the lava too early (before rescuing both imps) bug was fixed with this patch... but if you applied the patch and just played on, it might not have taken effect => you would have to save and reload before proceeding.

Even if you could go back and save the other imp now, you may still have hanging cutscenes and story problems later in the game.... Safest thing to do here is reload an earlier save...

Actually, the bug being able to cross the lava on your own was fixed in one of the earlier patches.

If you hex teleport yourself back to the island to get the other imp, there will be a cut scene as you leave the intended way. If that doesn't cause any problems, try entering the fire forest east of the village (the entrance is east of the merchant's house). There will be another cut scene when you get a little ways in, which was a problem with some people who found the lava path on their own. If that one is ok, then return to the village and explore there, or do one of the easier areas first (like the north west mushroom forest).

In any case, when you try to leave the village for the first time you will be summoned by a necromancer for a quest, after which you will be returned to the village. Hex teleporting to the island, or into the prison, may also trigger this.

I got back over the lava path by entering/leaving the battlefield and saved the son. But I talked to Altoflix and the death-knight about the frogs before I saved him, so I can't talk to the son about the frogs and can't re-activate that scene with Altoflix again. Is there anything I can do besides restart? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" />

You can re-activate the scene with Altoflix by replacing the two story.* files in the saved game folder. This may cause problems with other quests in the village that you have partly done already, but would still be preferable to starting over.
Some quest information can be stored in the data.000 file (which keeps track of your characters' stats and all NPC's status and location), which can not really be swapped or reset. Hopefully (most likely) just resetting the story files will be enough to eliminate any problems from crossing the lava too early.


[*] Copy the 2 story.* files from my save (at the beginning of the imp village) into your latest save (maybe make a copy of that folder first, just in case).
[*] Talk to Altoflix in the north of the village, then the chieftain's son to get the quest to find the alchemist, talk to the alchemist once (or leave that until later).
[*] Continue with the game.

Complete all other quests before giving the ingredients to the alchemist.