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The Bog of Eternal Sink

Walkthrough and QA reference for The Bog of Eternal Sink (SW_Hoggle).

At a glance#

JournalSW_Hoggle
CategorySide Quests
Journal entries6
Completion branches1
Starts bySpeak with Daisy Lowie in Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility.
Key locationsKashyyk, Boyle Research Facility, Kashyyk, Shadowlands
Key charactersDaisy Lowie, SW_Hoggle — Kashyyk, Shadowlands

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Daisy Lowie in Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility#

Speak with Daisy Lowie in Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility.

Expected journal update — index 5: There is a creature that is kidnapping Czerka employees who enter a bog in the shadowlands of Kashyyk, beneath Boyle. The Czerka Corporation is looking to hire someone to take care of the problem.

2. Speak with the relevant character in Kashyyk, Shadowlands#

Speak with the relevant character in Kashyyk, Shadowlands.

Expected journal update — index 10: The creature is claiming that the Czerka employees killed themselves by driving their machines into the bog.

3. Speak with the relevant character in Kashyyk, Shadowlands#

Speak with the relevant character in Kashyyk, Shadowlands.

Expected journal update — index 15: I chose not to believe the creature, and I killed it. I should search the machinery and then return to Daisy Lowie in Boyle.

4. Speak with the relevant character in Kashyyk, Shadowlands#

Speak with the relevant character in Kashyyk, Shadowlands.

Expected journal update — index 20: The creature gave me a key to access the cargo containers of the sunken machinery, he claims one of the crews may have completed their mission before drowning into the bog.

Known item transfer: 1 × Cargo Key (SW_CargoKey).

5. Speak with Daisy Lowie in Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility and ask about soil sample — Finished#

Speak with Daisy Lowie in Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility and ask about soil sample.

Expected journal update — index 30: I was paid when I returned to Daisy Lowie of the Czerka Corporation with their soil sample.

Known item transfer: 500 × Credits (gold_001).

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

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 30:

I was paid when I returned to Daisy Lowie of the Czerka Corporation with their soil sample.

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 × Cargo Key (SW_CargoKey)
  • 500 × Credits (gold_001)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Daisy Lowie (SW_CzerkaHoggle) — Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility
  • SW_Hoggle — Kashyyk, Shadowlands (``)

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility
  • Kashyyk, Shadowlands
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_Hoggle Generated category: Side Quests Journal entries: 6

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—There is a creature that is kidnapping Czerka employees who enter a bog in the shadowlands of Kashyyk, beneath Boyle. The Czerka Corporation is looking to hire someone to take care of the problem.1
10—The creature is claiming that the Czerka employees killed themselves by driving their machines into the bog.1
15—I chose not to believe the creature, and I killed it. I should search the machinery and then return to Daisy Lowie in Boyle.1
20—The creature gave me a key to access the cargo containers of the sunken machinery, he claims one of the crews may have completed their mission before drowning into the bog.1
30FinishedI was paid when I returned to Daisy Lowie of the Czerka Corporation with their soil sample.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

There is a creature that is kidnapping Czerka employees who enter a bog in the shadowlands of Kashyyk, beneath Boyle. The Czerka Corporation is looking to hire someone to take care of the problem.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 257403892224511624 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Daisy Lowie (SW_CzerkaHoggle). locations: Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility. conditions: Journal SW_Hoggle Equal 0. response: “Looking for work? I’ve got a problem, there is a bog where a creature of strange proportions resides. This creature has been kidnapping Czerka employees who are entering the bog in order to gather a soil sample. We need someone to get rid of it.”.
Journal "SW_Hoggle" 5
StopSound "BogBoyle"
PlaySound3d "BogGreet1"

Stage 10

The creature is claiming that the Czerka employees killed themselves by driving their machines into the bog.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 1264525010302714625 under topic Greeting 7; speaker SW_Hoggle. locations: Kashyyk, Shadowlands. conditions: Journal SW_Hoggle Equal 5. response: “Kidnap? No, those men drowned. I tried to warn them, but they just drove their machines right into the bog.”.
Journal "SW_Hoggle" 10
Choice "I don't believe you, defend yourself horrible creature!" 1 "What if I finished their job, so they'll leave you alone?." 2

Stage 15

I chose not to believe the creature, and I killed it. I should search the machinery and then return to Daisy Lowie in Boyle.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 28960115301027124619 under topic Greeting 7; speaker SW_Hoggle. locations: Kashyyk, Shadowlands. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 1. response: “I ain’t horrible, I’m Hoggle!”.
Journal "SW_Hoggle" 15
"SW_Hoggle"->StartCombat Player

Stage 20

The creature gave me a key to access the cargo containers of the sunken machinery, he claims one of the crews may have completed their mission before drowning into the bog.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 289342285815323752 under topic Greeting 7; speaker SW_Hoggle. locations: Kashyyk, Shadowlands. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 2. response: “Oh, alright. It doesn’t bother me one way or another but at least then I won’t have to listen to the horrible noises this bog makes whenever something sinks into it. You may need this, I got it before the last man sank too deep, might open these machines.”.
Journal "SW_Hoggle" 20
player->additem SW_CargoKey 1

Stage 30 — Finished

I was paid when I returned to Daisy Lowie of the Czerka Corporation with their soil sample.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 31224138161946927926 under topic soil sample; speaker Daisy Lowie (SW_CzerkaHoggle). locations: Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility. conditions: Item/ItemType SW_Sample GreaterEqual 1; Journal SW_Hoggle Greater 5. response: “Thank you for all your efforts, we really have to get this soil sample sent to Manaan, and now we will be able to. I hope this covers your time spent.”.
Journal "SW_Hoggle" 30
player->additem gold_001 500
player->removeitem SW_Sample 1

Dialogue speakers:

  • Daisy Lowie (SW_CzerkaHoggle) — Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility
  • SW_Hoggle — Kashyyk, Shadowlands

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Credits (Gold_001)
  • Cargo Key (SW_CargoKey)
  • Soil Sample (SW_Sample)

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

  • Kashyyk, Boyle Research Facility
  • Kashyyk, Shadowlands
Other directly addressed object IDs in related code
  • SW_Hoggle

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: There is a creature that is kidnapping Czerka employees who enter a bog in the shadowlands of Kashyyk, beneath…
  • Reach index 10: The creature is claiming that the Czerka employees killed themselves by driving their machines into the bog.
  • Reach index 15: I chose not to believe the creature, and I killed it. I should search the machinery and then return to Daisy L…
  • Reach index 20: The creature gave me a key to access the cargo containers of the sunken machinery, he claims one of the crews …
  • Reach index 30 (Finished): I was paid when I returned to Daisy Lowie of the Czerka Corporation with their soil sample.
  • 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_Hoggle. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.