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Factions, Bounties & Challenges

A progression-safe workflow for faction quests, bounty notices, wanted-state recovery and challenge verification.

Evidence
Official source
Verified
2026-08-08
Spoilers
Minor spoilers

Faction quests, bounties and challenges may share locations or targets, but they use different completion triggers. Track them separately.

Type Completion evidence
Faction quest Objective and turn-in state
Bounty quest Named bounty objective and reward state
Challenge In-game challenge completion
Wanted state Crime and constabulary state
Knowledge Journal entry, not a challenge by itself

The current Known Issues notice states Greymane faction quests cannot progress while playing as Damiane or Oongka. Preserve a manual save and use Kliff for affected progression until Pearl Abyss resolves the issue.

Do not mark an objective missed merely because it will not advance with a currently affected character.

  1. Read the full notice.
  2. Record target, region and objective.
  3. Confirm the active quest.
  4. Save before entering the objective area.
  5. Complete only the displayed trigger.
  6. Verify turn-in and reward.
  7. Confirm the challenge or knowledge record separately.

Patch 1.10 fixed bounty quests failing to progress in some situations. A new reproduction on 1.16 should be reported with the exact bounty.

  • identify the challenge family;
  • record prerequisites visible in the interface;
  • capture the exact completion text;
  • separate cumulative progress from one-time completion;
  • confirm the record after quit and reload;
  • do not infer hidden totals.

When an action creates a crime state:

  • record the action and region;
  • avoid stacking more offences during diagnosis;
  • follow the displayed constabulary or absolution route;
  • preserve enough currency or required item;
  • verify the wanted state has actually cleared.

If a faction or bounty objective stalls:

  1. stop repeating unrelated interactions;
  2. switch to Kliff if the current official issue applies;
  3. return to title and reload;
  4. re-enter the objective area;
  5. compare the objective text with the world state;
  6. check Current Known Issues;
  7. report character, quest, region, patch and reproduction steps.

The guide does not claim a complete faction, bounty or challenge total until a verified database export or complete in-game audit exists.