Donkey Tale quest problem

[kdjameson]

Hi Emma,
I seem to be having a problem with this quest. I'm at the stage where I get the list of ingredients from Heneri to make the potion. Since I already have them at my home, I fast-travelled there, got them and fast-travelled back to the farm. Then Heneri takes the ingredients, and asks me to do a little side quest while she makes the potion: get some wine and treats for her daughter. So I go get the treats, and then go back to the farm. When I talk to Heneri, she says something like "Haven't you got the ingredients for the potion yet? Here are the ingredients I need ... " (paraphrasing, of course). She seems to have forgotten I already gave her the ingredients.

Am I moving too fast? Not too much time passes during the "Get the treats" quest. Or is something more insidious going on? I've had no troubles with any of the other Vilja quests.

[Emma]

I've never heard of any issues here before. What does your quest-log say? Maybe the quest somehow wasn't updated properly when you gave her the ingredients? But, she did tell you to get things for Falanu... Strange. Doesn't she want to have the honeytreats and wine for Falanu? If not, could you go to an inn and buy new wine, and then ensure that all the wine bottles are of the same kind? They should have wine for sale at Candlehearth hall, so you wouldn't have to travel so far away... (I'm thinking that if you have the items for Falanu, that should overwrite all other greetings for Heneri, and it could be that one of your wine bottles has another ID even if you cannot see it).

[kdjameson]

Thanks for the quick reply!

I wil try your suggestions when I get home tonight. I live in California (US west coast), so I'm sure you'll be asleep by then. I'll let you know tomorrow what I find out.

[kdjameson]

I finally got around to re-trying the quest. I got the list of ingredients from Heneri, then I did a bunch of other stuff to pass time. After several days (game-time), I returned to Heneri with the ingredients, which she gladly accepted (just like last time), but then after asking me to get the wine & treats for her daughter, she aslo said that Vilja should stay with her to discuss some things (very unlike last time ... I don't remember any such thing from before). So then I later came back with the wine & treats, and the quest finished normally.

So it appears some time needs to pass after Heneri initially asks for the ingredients. Of course, this is just my observation. But I really don't remember the issue of Vilja needing to stay with Heneri ... although it's possible I simply didn't pay attention.

Bottom line --- I finished the final quest for Vilja (I think). Yay!!

[kdjameson]

Something I should mention. I have set timescale to 6 (normal is 20), so time passes much slower than normal in my game. Maybe this had an impact on the quest timing.