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The Zanotti Estate

Walkthrough and QA reference for The Zanotti Estate (SW_ZanottiJourn).

At a glance#

JournalSW_ZanottiJourn
CategorySide Quests
Journal entries5
Completion branches1
Starts bySpeak with Lateng Courte in Dantooine, Czerka Office and ask about Zanotti Estate.
Key locationsDantooine, Czerka Office, Dantooine, Estate Grounds, Dantooine, Zanotti Estate
Key charactersLateng Courte, Mariano Zanotti, Estate Guard

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Lateng Courte in Dantooine, Czerka Office and ask about Zanotti Estate#

Speak with Lateng Courte in Dantooine, Czerka Office and ask about Zanotti Estate.

Expected journal update — index 2: The Zanotti Estate is North of Ballast, this is one of my best leads right now.

2. Speak with Estate Guard in Dantooine, Estate Grounds#

Speak with Estate Guard in Dantooine, Estate Grounds.

Expected journal update — index 5: I spoke to Mariano Zanotti through his sentry droid guarding his estate entrance who believes that the Mandalorians are the cause of the disappearances. If I kill the leader of the nearby Mandalorian clan then Mariano Zanotti will allow me complete access to

3. Defeat Mandalorian Leader in Dantooine, Estate Grounds and allow its script to update the quest#

Defeat Mandalorian Leader in Dantooine, Estate Grounds and allow its script to update the quest.

Expected journal update — index 10: I have killed the Mandalorian clan leader, I should return to the Zanotti Estate now to investigate the structure.

4. Use Born a jedi — Finished#

The records expose more than one way to reach this journal update:

  • Use Born a jedi.
  • Speak with Mariano Zanotti in Dantooine, Zanotti Estate.

Expected journal update — index 15: Mariano Zanotti and I have met in person, he has unlocked all the doors in his home and has told me that recently Martin Lucienelle and Antoine Jitaii have met in secret, which is the first time that the Zanotti Estate has not been invited to a meeting. He suspects the Jitaii Estate would be the next easiest place to search for clues, and will allow me to come back and search his estate throughout the investigation to prove he has no part in it.

Known item transfer: 1 × Key to the Jitaii Estate (SW_JitaiiKey).

Outcome: this journal entry is marked as a finished branch.

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 15:

Mariano Zanotti and I have met in person, he has unlocked all the doors in his home and has told me that recently Martin Lucienelle and Antoine Jitaii have met in secret, which is the first time that the Zanotti Estate has not been invited to a meeting. He suspects the Jitaii Estate would be the next easiest place to search for clues, and will allow me to come back and search his estate throughout the investigation to prove he has no part in it.

Known rewards & item transfers#

The following player-directed item transfers are visible in the parsed quest scripts/dialogue results. Playtest may reveal additional indirect rewards.

  • 1 × Key to the Jitaii Estate (SW_JitaiiKey)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Lateng Courte (SW_CzerkaCourte) — Dantooine, Czerka Office
  • Mariano Zanotti (SW_Zanotti) — Dantooine, Zanotti Estate
  • Estate Guard (SW_ZanottiDoorGuard) — Dantooine, Estate Grounds

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Dantooine, Czerka Office
  • Dantooine, Estate Grounds
  • Dantooine, Zanotti Estate
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_ZanottiJourn Generated category: Side Quests Journal entries: 5

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
2—The Zanotti Estate is North of Ballast, this is one of my best leads right now.1
5—I spoke to Mariano Zanotti through his sentry droid guarding his estate entrance who believes that the Mandalorians are the cause of the disappearances. If I kill the leader of the nearby Mandalorian clan then Mariano Zanotti will allow me complete access to1
10—I have killed the Mandalorian clan leader, I should return to the Zanotti Estate now to investigate the structure.1
15FinishedMariano Zanotti and I have met in person, he has unlocked all the doors in his home and has told me that recently Martin Lucienelle and Antoine Jitaii have met in secret, which is the first time that the Zanotti Estate has not been invited to a meeting. He suspects the Jitaii Estate would be the next easiest place to search for clues, and will allow me to come back and search his estate throughout the investigation to prove he has no part in it.2

Record-level trigger map

Stage 2

The Zanotti Estate is North of Ballast, this is one of my best leads right now.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 8602324371196313678 under topic Zanotti Estate; speaker Lateng Courte (SW_CzerkaCourte). locations: Dantooine, Czerka Office. conditions: Journal SW_ZanottiJourn Less 2. response: “The Zanotti Estate is the newest estate in the area, and can be found North of Ballast. From what I’ve heard he’s controlling, cruel to his servants, and doesn’t associate outside of the elite in this area. Sounds like a classic scumbag. Security may be a little tight, but nowhere near the other estates, I’m sure you’ll figure out how to get inside.”.
Journal SW_ZanottiJourn 2

Stage 5

I spoke to Mariano Zanotti through his sentry droid guarding his estate entrance who believes that the Mandalorians are the cause of the disappearances. If I kill the leader of the nearby Mandalorian clan then Mariano Zanotti will allow me complete access to

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 142416399321419544 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Estate Guard (SW_ZanottiDoorGuard). locations: Dantooine, Estate Grounds. conditions: Journal SW_ZanottiJourn Equal 2. response: “Master Zanotti is aware you would be coming for the investigation. He has instructed me to inform you that he has nothing to do with the disappearances, he believes that the Mandalorian clan that has moved into the area does, though. Kill the clan leader, and come back here, and he will give you complete access to investigate his estate. Thank you.”.
Journal SW_ZanottiJourn 5

Stage 10

I have killed the Mandalorian clan leader, I should return to the Zanotti Estate now to investigate the structure.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_DeadMandoLead. attached to Npc Mandalorian Leader (SW_MandoDantLeader); placed in Dantooine, Estate Grounds.
if ( OnDeath == 1 )
        if ( GetJournalIndex "SW_ZanottiJourn" == 5 )
            Journal SW_ZanottiJourn 10
        endif
endif

Stage 15 — Finished

Mariano Zanotti and I have met in person, he has unlocked all the doors in his home and has told me that recently Martin Lucienelle and Antoine Jitaii have met in secret, which is the first time that the Zanotti Estate has not been invited to a meeting. He suspects the Jitaii Estate would be the next easiest place to search for clues, and will allow me to come back and search his estate throughout the investigation to prove he has no part in it.

How this stage is set:

  • Script BornaJedi. attached to Door Born a jedi (SW_CharGenPodDoor2).
journal sw_tarischap1 10
        Journal SW_JitaiiJourn 15
        Journal SW_ZanottiJourn 15
        Journal SW_DantariJourn 10
        Journal SW_DantJourn 30
  • Dialogue INFO 15903167651486532720 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Mariano Zanotti (SW_Zanotti). locations: Dantooine, Zanotti Estate. conditions: Journal SW_ZanottiJourn Equal 10. response: “Welcome to my estate, I am Mariano Zanotti. As you can see we are harboring no missing persons here. Now that the Mandalorians are out of question I would like to help you with your investigation, though. Martin Lucienelle and Antoine Jitaii have met recently in secret at the Jitaii Estate. This is unusual, not only because I wasn’t invited but that Martin would travel to the Jitaii Estate instead of Antoine to his. I would search the Jitaii Estate next I have a key, it’s yours now.”.
Journal SW_ZanottiJourn 15
Journal SW_JitaiiJourn 10
player->additem "SW_JitaiiKey", 1

Dialogue speakers:

  • Lateng Courte (SW_CzerkaCourte) — Dantooine, Czerka Office
  • Mariano Zanotti (SW_Zanotti) — Dantooine, Zanotti Estate
  • Estate Guard (SW_ZanottiDoorGuard) — Dantooine, Estate Grounds

Scripts that read or write this journal:

  • BornaJedi — Door Born a jedi (SW_CharGenPodDoor2)
  • SW_DeadMandoLead — Npc Mandalorian Leader (SW_MandoDantLeader); placed in Dantooine, Estate Grounds

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Credits (Gold_001)
  • Midichlorian Implant (SW_ImplantManaMinor)
  • Key to the Jitaii Estate (SW_JitaiiKey)
  • Jedi Robe Bottoms (SW_JRobeBrownPant)
  • Jedi Robe Top (SW_JRobeBrownTop)
  • Guardian’s Green Lightsaber (SW_LightSabGrdGreenB)

Cells implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel code:

  • Dantooine, Czerka Office
  • Dantooine, Estate Grounds
  • Dantooine, Zanotti Estate
Journal-state readers (1 code sites)
  • Script SW_DeadMandoLead. attached to Npc Mandalorian Leader (SW_MandoDantLeader); placed in Dantooine, Estate Grounds.

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 2 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 2: The Zanotti Estate is North of Ballast, this is one of my best leads right now.
  • Reach index 5: I spoke to Mariano Zanotti through his sentry droid guarding his estate entrance who believes that the Mandalo…
  • Reach index 10: I have killed the Mandalorian clan leader, I should return to the Zanotti Estate now to investigate the struct…
  • Reach index 15 (Finished): Mariano Zanotti and I have met in person, he has unlocked all the doors in his home and has told me that recen…
  • Verify any scripted reward/item transfer shown above actually occurs.
  • Verify involved NPCs/objects remain present and usable after the stage transition.
  • Verify no unrelated vanilla Morrowind dialogue/quest state appears during the flow.

QA console reference

Current journal state can be inspected with the OpenMW/Morrowind journal tooling for SW_ZanottiJourn. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.