Is the quest 'Seeking the Seer' missable?

mfcostacampos · February 8, 2019 at 12:31 AM

I've completed the 'Ice Caves of Sorrow' mission, which is supposedly preceded by the Seeking the Seer quest.

I can't remember if I did that quest or not, but I keep a spreadsheet where I tick off quests I've done and Seeking the Seer wasn't ticked off.

I may have just been distracted and not ticked it off, but I was wondering if the quest's missable and becomes unobtainable after you complete Ice Caves of Sorrow?

Asking as I went back to Droknar's Forge to the quest giver and he didn't have any quests to give (this was after completing the mission).

Weird question I know, but I'm OCD about missing content! haha

bsoltan · February 8, 2019 at 3:17 PM Official Post

From the wiki: https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Seeking_The_Seer

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This does not show up in the Quest Log as a primary quest, but behaves as one: it is the quest leading to the next mission (Ice Caves of Sorrow)

So you may have done it an accepted it but that's why you don't remember seeing it in your log.

mfcostacampos · February 8, 2019 at 3:39 PM

Quote from bsoltan

From the wiki: https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Seeking_The_Seer

So you may have done it an accepted it but that's why you don't remember seeing it in your log.

Right, so basically it's impossible for me to have done the Ice Caves of Sorrow mission without having done the quest?

bsoltan · February 8, 2019 at 4:10 PM Official Post

No, you can still get to the outpost and do the mission without taking the quest.

I don't see any mention that it stops you getting the quest if you've already reached the outpost or done the mission but it is something that could easily be confirmed.

I think it means you may have accepted it but as it doesn't show up in your quest log in-game it wouldn't have been easy to identify to tick-off when you did complete it.

cosyfiep · February 8, 2019 at 6:34 PM Official Post

yeah, the reward is only 500 xp so it could be easily done and forgotten.

I know that you can do the mission without having done the quest since there are no gates in prophecies, anyone can walk into that outpost.

( I think I have a character that did the first one, but has kept the quest because of the necros and wanting to kill them repeatedly--no one idea why I did that)

mfcostacampos · February 8, 2019 at 7:17 PM

Quote from bsoltan

No, you can still get to the outpost and do the mission without taking the quest.

I don't see any mention that it stops you getting the quest if you've already reached the outpost or done the mission but it is something that could easily be confirmed.

I think it means you may have accepted it but as it doesn't show up in your quest log in-game it wouldn't have been easy to identify to tick-off when you did complete it.

Hmm you mentioned this could be easily confirmed. How would I confirm it?

I think I did do it though, because I looked at the history of my sheet and it looks like I added the quest to my sheet when I accepted it, only didn’t mark it as complete

bsoltan · February 9, 2019 at 12:20 AM Official Post

If someone hasn't done the quest or mission on a character yet they can test and try the same steps to see if they run to the outpost / do the mission and then check if the quest is no longer available.