Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Water...but not the right stuff

The thirsty prisoner keeps begging me for water, and despite that fact I have bottles of it, cups of it, and even a bucket of water, I can't give it to him. I read that it's in the kitchen, but I drank that myself in a 'let's see if this messes with my stats' drinking binge (I chucked up!). Please tell me it's NOT keyed to just a single special bottle. Alternatively is there another way of getting that skill book from him. Pickpocket level 3 doesn't seem to work.

Thanks

I just grabbed random water from the kitchen, one bottle, one cup, etc. And when I returned there was a menu option to give the prisoner water. I highly doubt there was a specific cup required and I got lucky enough to pick it up! Grab a few more and try again <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Kassiah

Nope I totally drank the kitchen dry. I was encumbered and had just fought a group of guys so I figured what the heck, maybe this will do something. I drank everything, beer, ale, and water....and then threw up. I only get two options, I will find water and Find your own water. I got more water in the battle fields but I don't get the 3rd option.

Thats not good... I can't think of anything else I did differently. This is a wild guess, but do you have your main character selected and not your DK when talking to him? I have no idea if that matters, but I do recall the DK being an [nocando] about getting him water or something <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Good luck, maybe someone else here has a brilliant idea.

I think it does have to be that one specific bottle of water from the kitchen, alas. I had also drunk that water when I got to the prisoner, and when I found that he refused all the nice mugs of water I had, I reloaded an earlier save (thanks Larian for the 5 quick save slots! Way to go! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> ) and went back and got that specific bottle. That worked.

Yeah, quests shouldn't be designed that way; if you need one particular thing, it should have a special name ("Extra Wet Water" or whatever). Better, it should accept any water. So I guess this is a <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/down.gif" alt="" /> to balance that <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> . <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Yes it needs to be a specific bottle, dont ask me why

Just pick up every "Bottle of water" in the kitchen on that same level.

http://beyond.divinedivinity.net/help/act1_citadel01.htm

-Its #14 on that map

With version 1.4 this is how this quest worked for me:

When talking to the thirsty guy no quest as such appeared in the quest log.. he just said he was thirsty and I agreed to find some water.

Then, when picking up the bottle of water that is on the table in the middle of the kitchen, suddenly my quest-log flashed and was updated with the quest. After that happened I was able to give the water to the guy.

So to sum it up: It's the bottle of water on the table in the middle of the kitchen.. and for some reason I only got the quest when picking it up *after* talking to the guy. It might also work if you already picked it up though.

- Telemachos

it does work the other way round with 1.4 => I was to lazy to walk twice. I had the water first and then went to the prisoner.