Encountered the same issue. Have done pretty much anything on Driftwood area aside from butchering the whole area. Tarquin never arrives on the boat. Did the All in the family quest line too. What happened different from my last playthrough, is that he started fighting with one of Ryker servants. Not that i have any idea if it could start this bug.
Larian devs, please fix this! I've hit the same issue: All in the Family completed, Tarquin remains at the graveyard saying he just needs a few extra ingredients, only option End, but proceeding to Nameless Isle leaves him behind.
Tarquin bugged for me as well stucvk saying "let me think. A sprinkle of skulldust. A vial of do's drool. Dried Illweed. A few more odds and ends, and I can get back to the shit. and I am ready to get off this rock for christ sakes
Same here ... he already has the two parts ! even was looking for that "ingredients" for him ... but as expected , not in the game ... even I have some side quests open !
Same issue for me . He got the two parts, the quests is not anymore in the log book and when I try to depart from the island, got the mesasge thta someone is still missing on the boat. He is also hanging around the cemetary, commenting on some ingredients and the dialog options are to end the conversation. I don't want to go to the next lsland without this character and I need this sword :p
This may not be fixed for awhile. Reading the Larian News in an interview with Swen Vincke on October 9, he said the team is on holiday after completing patch 3. No telling when they'll be back. It'd be nice if there's at least a skeleton crew who can fix this problem. I've cleared absolutely everything I can find and at a dead stop because I can't leave for the Nameless Isle without Tarquin, still broken.
I'm having this same issue, "All in the Family" is completed, but he just stays at the gates of the graveyard muttering about this and that ("let me think. A sprinkle of skulldust. A vial of do's drool. Dried Illweed...").
I thought LARIAN is reading all and still NO REACTION ... a joke, at least some comment why the last patch, which should have solved it, hasn't done it and WHEN we could really get a workaround or solution ...
at LEAST give us the console command to move that npc on the ship !
Teleport to Lady Use the BOAT to go to the main land. Then use the same BOAT to boat the lady. Tarquin should be right there with you when you back on lady.
I had tried it and still did not work :( I went on without tarquin and its blade Too bad as I am quite a completionist and do my best to get the quests done and if I miss a quest I don't mind , it will be done on the next run but if I don't get the completion of a quest because of a bug, I feel fustrated, as something not being right :'( I hope on my next run, a small patch fixing this would have been applied.