Help needed: Just came back and stuck in Main Story Quest

Hi Everyone -

I just came back after a two year (almost to the day) absence. Good to be back, so much has changed! I digress, to my question...

I want to complete the main story quest line. Last I left off I was completely done. This was long before the 2.1 patch and before the addition of many, many main storyline quests. The last main storyline quest at that time was "The Ultimate Weapon". According to everything I read the next quest (the start of the 7th Astral Era Quests) is "The Price of Principles". The only pre-requisite I see for starting that quest is having finished "The Ultimate Weapon". Yet when I go to the Waking Sands to find Minifilia to start the quest she isn't there. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks. I'm stuck and nothing online I've read seems to help!

Did you check the Solar? Just tryin to make sure.

Yup, I did check the Solar.

I also checked my journal to make sure I actually completed "The Ultimate Weapon". My software is also up to date (I was even crazy enough to buy Heavensward knowing it will be weeks before I can use it. Crazy I know!).

Thanks for checking.

Although I'm not sure why she wouldn't be there anyway, just to be certain have you at least unlocked the Hard Mode versions of Ifrit, Titan and Garuda, and gained your relic weapon? It's possible there might a quest flag in the 2.1 patch story that expects the player would have done those first before allowing the patch quests to continue (and thus have Minfilia appear in the Solar). But that's a long shot (the Gamerescape page for it does not mention that as a requirement, and if it wasn't Minfilia should still be in the Solar regardless).

So either this is a bug, or there is something else about this than meets the eye.

The relic weapon would not be part of the MSQ flags for sure, BUT the hard mode trials is a good thought. They have to be completed before Heavensward can be accessed atleast.

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Originally Posted by Dualblade

The relic weapon would not be part of the MSQ flags for sure, BUT the hard mode trials is a good thought. They have to be completed before Heavensward can be accessed atleast.

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True, but they are not needed until very late in the 2.x quest-line. Certainly not needed just to start the post-2.0 MSQ.

Do you have any active story quests? What is the name of your last completed story quest?

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Originally Posted by Kairobot

Do you have any active story quests? What is the name of your last completed story quest?

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My last completed main story quest is "The Ultimate Weapon" according to my Journal. The next one up is "The Price of Primciples" according to what I read online. That is my problem, the NPC isn't showing up for me to start the quest. And no I have no other quests open. If I can't resolve my issue here is there somewhere else more official I can turn to for help?

Thanks for the responses so far.

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Originally Posted by The_Flave

My last completed main story quest is "The Ultimate Weapon" according to my Journal. The next one up is "The Price of Primciples" according to what I read online. That is my problem, the NPC isn't showing up for me to start the quest. And no I have no other quests open. If I can't resolve my issue here is there somewhere else more official I can turn to for help?

Thanks for the responses so far.

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I looked at your achievement quests on your lodestone page and your last quest achievement was at least completing then main scenario quest "Through the Maelstrom" (which is past "The Price of Principles"). Minfilla is no longer in the Waking Sands but is now located at the Rising Stones in Mor Dhona. I would check the Rising Stones for a main scenario quest flag next.

I think I know the problem.
SE reorganized the journal so that the patch quests are on a separate tab from the ARR launch quests.

Open your journal and go to completed quests. Where is says Main Scenerio quests there is a drop down menu, select "Seventh Astral Era Main Scenerio Quests" to see where you left off in the patch storyline.

Ah yes, that would definitely explain the issue - it did cross my mind that the OP might have actually been further in the storyline and just did not realize it.

As Moomba and Kairo said above, the patch main story quests are found under 'Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario' in the journal - and if you are onto Through The Maelstrom (patch 2.2) or beyond, then that clearly explains why Minfilia is not there, the Scions relocated from the Waking Sands to a new headquarters in Revenant's Toll in Mor Dhona called the Rising Stones - this can be found by accessing the back door in the new Seventh Heaven tavern in Revenant's Toll. Minfilia can be found inside in the Solar right at the back.

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Originally Posted by Kairobot

I looked at your achievement quests on your lodestone page and your last quest achievement was at least completing then main scenario quest "Through the Maelstrom" (which is past "The Price of Principles"). Minfilla is no longer in the Waking Sands but is now located at the Rising Stones in Mor Dhona. I would check the Rising Stones for a main scenario quest flag next.

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I thought that maybe I was further along than that, but the journal had said I left off at "The Ultimate Weapon". I clicked all the tabs on the journal but obviously did something wrong in my research. I didn't know the lodestone was an option to see where I left off, good to know! I'm traveling for work but will check when I get home. It looks like you solved my problem. You are a life saver and I am grateful. I can't thank you and everyone else on here enough. Very helpful community here.

It is my pleasure to help out any way I can. Best of luck to you and your journey! Happy adventuring!

I wanted to thank everyone again. Thanks to Kairobot kindly finding out where I left off in the story and Enkidoh reminding me where the solar relocated to I'm back on track. My memory was obviously off as to where I was in the story. Thankfully I'm a lot further than I thought! But I still have a long way to go. But that's part of the fun, right?

I officially completed my first main quest in almost two years. Off to the races!