Ok, I have been a lurker for a long time, and will start off my thanks to all the Modders who have helped to improve this this game. I have the newest mod 5.9 and played through to the temple. I have tried to talk to Brother Smythe and had gotten all the quests up to and including the moathouse respawn. When I ask him for something different, he no longer offers anything. He goes back to asking if I any other questions or forget it. I have been to level 1 of the Temple and rescued the one merchant with Morgan and the two girls, Jenna and Elysia. None of them gave me a chance to escort them to Verbobonc and no link to Verbobonc shows on the World Map. If I need to talk to someone else, or rescue another, please let me know. I played version one of Verbobonc and rescuing the girls was a way to get to Verbobonc. I was really hoping to play the new quests and esplore the town and now a little frustrated. Well I have a new install and so far have not had any major borks and only a few ctd. Any hints, links, or popping me up the head to give me a solution would be greatly appreciated. Charlie
He wouldn't give me the Verbobonc answer until I was 10th or 11th level and I had just came back from completing Hickory Branch.
The requirements to get access to Verbobonc are: You spoke to Kent about the Moathouse Respawn. (Note that you need not have completed the Moathouse Respawn.) You have found out about the temple factions at the ToEE. (This means that you have met at least one of the elemental priests or been told of them by someone.) You haven't already talked to Smyth about Verbobonc (i.e., he won't tell you about it twice). Always go to Brother Smyth for new content now. You don't get any of it from the prisoners or Mona or anybody else. If he doesn't have anything new for you, it just means you haven't met the necessary conditions yet, simple as that. Keep going and try back later.
Thanks Gaear and Necroticpus for the replies. I finally the link Verbobonc after killing Romag. Have say that the new version kicks butt, and is huge. Though I have lurked many a day, I think I will try to post some more, if only to keep things interesting.
My party is 8th lvl. I could not get hickory branch to work properly so I found the console way. After completing hickory branch I talked to kenter and then brother smith. My quest log showed complete for the orc quest. I then went to the temple and fought the skeletons in the entrance on the 1st lvl. I then left and went back to kenter. He did not have anything concerning the moathouse respawn. I then spoke to the smyth and he said to talk to kenter about the moathouse. Can I go back somehow or is there a console command to fix this blunder too? zark
Hey Zark, you need to speak with the little boy KENT, in the house of the widow Grandmother, who speaks to you when you first arrive to Hommlet. He is the one that will trigger the route to the MH respawn and allow you to progress from there. The house is at the bottom on the right from the Farmers with the big barn.
I cannot gain access to Verbobonc even with having met all these conditions. For the first condition, I've completed the Moathouse respawn. For the second condition I spoke to the brigand leader on the second floor of the temple, who informed me of the different factions and their rivalry. After letting him go I then killed everything on the second floor, temple priests included. For the third condition, well, that's also met because I never got the dialogue, and continue to be unable to get it. Verbobonc is not an option on my world map. Am I missing anything?
I think in this latest update they moved all things Verbobonc until after you finish off the temple- that means the final fight vs. Zuggutomy(?), et al...
Yes. The modpack is in a constant state of flux, so you should avoid consulting old threads for answers. Instead, see the Verbobonc Sticky or the Co8 Modpack Explained thread.
No, as posted by Chet in the other thread, in 7.9 Verbobonc opens up on the right of your travel map once you have defeated the main evil creature in the Temple. Hickory Branch, WOTGS and Moathouse Respawn have all been moved to this section of the game. Only Welkwood Bog and all the improvements to the standard content are now available pre-temple.
Oh I forgot - you can still get the Book of Heroes section from Smythe, if you have opened his chest for him.
