Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Rescue the duke quest doesn't trigger.

So in my current playthrough I reached Wuakeen's Rest Inn, in the High Roads, after the party at the end of the Druid's Lair/Goblin Camp quest line.

No barricade blocking the ingress to the inn, when my Tav talked with the Flaming Fist soldier no hints about the kidnapping only stupor and mourning.

I still haven't reached the hideout with the leader of the ones with the chest to deliver (by the way this time after I killed the gnolls the two adventures talkeò with my party and gave the password for the hideout).

If you get close enough to Waukeen's Rest the fire events timer automatically triggers - no talking needed. If you then leave, the next time you go there, the inn is burned up and the councilor and her soldiers have left. Benryn (the trapped man) is also dead. Essentially, the building starts its burn progression just by being close, but you only get the quest if you talk to the guards.

So you do it in one run or the quest goes away.

Is it possible you got too close first?

Maybe. Well what's done is done. I remember that in the hideout there were a dialogue that cited the duke so maybe I can still activate it. If not whatever will be will be.