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An Unlikely Friend

Walkthrough and QA reference for An Unlikely Friend (SW_AbotFriend).

At a glance#

JournalSW_AbotFriend
CategorySide Quests
Journal entries5
Completion branchesNo explicit Finished marker
Starts bySpeak with Abot in Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market and ask about friend.
Key locationsNar Shaddaa, Lower City, Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market
Key charactersAbot, Maintenance Worker

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Abot in Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market and ask about friend#

Speak with Abot in Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market and ask about friend.

Expected journal update — index 5: I have met a Gammorean named Abot who says he has lost his friend Remiros, a bolotaur that likes chasing the sounds coming from pipes in the city. If I should find him I should escort him back to Abot.

2. Speak with Maintenance Worker in Nar Shaddaa, Lower City#

Speak with Maintenance Worker in Nar Shaddaa, Lower City.

Expected journal update — index 7: I have found the bolotaur named Remiros, the maintenence worker in the lower city has released him to me.

3. Reach Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market and allow the scripted event to complete#

Reach Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market and allow the scripted event to complete.

Expected journal update — index 10: I have returned Remiros to Abot.

4. Speak with Abot in Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market and ask about friend#

Speak with Abot in Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market and ask about friend.

Expected journal update — index 15: Abot has rewarded me with various food items in reward for returning Remiros.

Known item transfer: 3 × Bantha Steak (SW_BanthSteak).

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.

  • 3 × Bantha Steak (SW_BanthSteak)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Abot (SW_NarFood) — Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market
  • Maintenance Worker (SW_NarWorkerLower) — Nar Shaddaa, Lower City

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Nar Shaddaa, Lower City
  • Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market
Technical / QA reference

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

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—I have met a Gammorean named Abot who says he has lost his friend Remiros, a bolotaur that likes chasing the sounds coming from pipes in the city. If I should find him I should escort him back to Abot.1
7—I have found the bolotaur named Remiros, the maintenence worker in the lower city has released him to me.1
10—I have returned Remiros to Abot.1
15—Abot has rewarded me with various food items in reward for returning Remiros.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

I have met a Gammorean named Abot who says he has lost his friend Remiros, a bolotaur that likes chasing the sounds coming from pipes in the city. If I should find him I should escort him back to Abot.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 1205028882133427379 under topic friend; speaker Abot (SW_NarFood). locations: Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market. conditions: Journal SW_AbotFriend Equal 0. response: “Yeah, Remiros must have chased pipes in the city. If you find him, please bring him to me.”.
Journal SW_AbotFriend 5

Stage 7

I have found the bolotaur named Remiros, the maintenence worker in the lower city has released him to me.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 269082541442130979 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Maintenance Worker (SW_NarWorkerLower). locations: Nar Shaddaa, Lower City. conditions: Journal SW_AbotFriend Equal 5. response: “Have you come to take this damned Bolotaur? I’ve had enoug, he’s making a mess in here trying to get to the pipes in the wall. Our pump here is pushing the water and sewer in these pipes and it can be very loud at times. Please, just get him out of here.”.
"SW_Remiros"->AIFollow Player 0, 0, 0, 0
Journal SW_AbotFriend 7

Stage 10

I have returned Remiros to Abot.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_RemirosFollow. attached to Activator AQuestScript (SW_RemirosFollowAct); placed in Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market.
; Move position, stop from following, update journal
    SW_Remiros->AiWander 0 0 0 0
    Journal SW_AbotFriend 10
    Disable
endif

Stage 15

Abot has rewarded me with various food items in reward for returning Remiros.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 649223465124577757 under topic friend; speaker Abot (SW_NarFood). locations: Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market. conditions: Journal SW_AbotFriend Equal 10. response: “You brought him back! Thank you, stranger. Here, take some of my stock here for your kindness.”.
Journal SW_AbotFriend 15
moddisposition 20
player->additem, "SW_BanthSteak", 3

Dialogue speakers:

  • Abot (SW_NarFood) — Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market
  • Maintenance Worker (SW_NarWorkerLower) — Nar Shaddaa, Lower City

Scripts that read or write this journal:

  • SW_RemirosFollow — Activator AQuestScript (SW_RemirosFollowAct); placed in Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Bantha Steak (SW_BanthSteak)
  • Wasaka Berries (SW_Berries)
  • Wet Chokie (SW_Chockie)
  • WyyyschokkEggs

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

  • Nar Shaddaa, Lower City
  • Nar Shaddaa, Makacheesa Market
Other directly addressed object IDs in related code
  • Remiros (SW_Remiros)

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: I have met a Gammorean named Abot who says he has lost his friend Remiros, a bolotaur that likes chasing the s…
  • Reach index 7: I have found the bolotaur named Remiros, the maintenence worker in the lower city has released him to me.
  • Reach index 10: I have returned Remiros to Abot.
  • Reach index 15: Abot has rewarded me with various food items in reward for returning Remiros.
  • 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_AbotFriend. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.