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Re: Unable to finish The Mercenary Fortress

My husband has this bug as well. He and I are at the same point in the main storyline. He's done more of the quests in the Hinterlands than I. For him, there are no outlaws around in southwestern Hinterlands, the quest does not update when standing at the entrance of the fortress, and the fortress is empty.

We suspect that completing Varric's personal quest in Valamarr before going to the fortress bugs the quest.

Oddly, he can jump off the top of the fortress into the water, and some outlaws spawn near the bridge. No other outlaws spawn. Unfortunately that doesn't trigger the quest to update.

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pixlweaver
11 years ago
Ok, I can confirm that completing Varric's personal quest in Valamarr breaks the Mercenary Fortress quest.
pixlweaver
11 years ago
This is NOT solved, it should not be marked as such.
Anonymous
11 years ago
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This is not solved, what is the solution? I also have this problem, please find a solution for it.
pixlweaver
11 years ago
There isn't a solution or workaround that I know of ☹️ I really don't like having quests that I can't complete either.
Anonymous
11 years ago
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Please, this is NOT a solution - I have the same problem. This is a hell of a bugged game, isn't it? ☹️
Anonymous
11 years ago
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Come on it's been months. Please solve this bug Bioware.
Anonymous
7 years ago
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Still not solved. This is my 2nd playthrough and now I'm stuck with this bug.
WesRew82
Newcomer
3 months ago
2026 and it's still bugged.
holger1405
Hero+
3 months ago
This is an old thread that's been inactive for over 5 years, I am going to lock it to prevent more necro-posting.

As said before, the last patch for DAI was released in 2015, there is no fix coming from Bioware.
Some bugs will never be fixed, not in this game and not in any other big RPG. That's just the way it is.

You can look at Nexus or other mod sources if the community fixed this issue.