Hello, I thought I would just post this here as I can't write a "note" in the Issue Tracker for this.

Issue: 2676: [ALB] One Time Drop "Growler"

I went to confirm this issue report: Growler supposedly has a one-time drop--Growler's Mace--when you kill him.

I made a 15 armsman and went to check it out. Killed him twice with no drop. I dug a little deeper and discovered that Growler is linked to:

Quest: The Growling Ghost

Speak to the Crier of Prydwen who tells you to speak to Sgt Alain. Sgt Alain stands guard on the south side of the Camelot Hills bridge. The Sergeant is the one who starts the quest.

1. Speak with Growler (can be found a little ways up the trail as you enter
the forest on the right at night)
2. Kill Growler or do what he asks -- "Growler's Neclace" Quest
3. Return proof of Growler being removed (his skull)

Quest (sub-quest): Growler's Necklace
Growling Ghost is the main quest, this is a subquest.

1. Find Cyfwich Diwych in Camelot Hills and get Growler's Neclace (far NE
corner of Camelot Hills) He's a bandit found on the road to Castle Savauge. A few bandit camps are located to the right of the road enroute there (basically past Mithra). There are three camps there, each camp has a "Diwych" at it cause they're brothers, but only one camp has the right one that you need to kill. Just make sure the name matches, his exact location is: 50043, 12549.
2. Return Neclace to Growler
3. Free his bones (slay him
Return to Sargeant Alain to finish The Growling Ghost quest.

Reward:
Growler

I came across this note:
While you are doing the Growling series quests, you will receive a one time drop item called a Growler. It is a 1 hand crushing weapon, a mace.

So I'm pretty sure you cannot get Growler OTD unless you are actively doing the quest or sub-quest.

With this in mind, I went to try to do the quest to test Growler OTD again, but I could not find the quest (as 15 armsman). Neither the Crier in Prydwen nor Sgt Alain would offer a quest.

My guess is that the quests are not in-game or are not working properly, and that's why Growler won't drop the OTD mace. Any thoughts or advice? It's certainly possible I'm missing something.

(I have the archive links to support the above information, but it won't let me post them. I can provide them one way or another if necessary, but all the links can be find by browsing the initial link within the issue posted at the top.)

All points you mention are right. Thats the reason i dont put only the otd on the issue tracker, i post quest and subquest there too.

coars wrote:All points you mention are right. Thats the reason i dont put only the otd on the issue tracker, i post quest and subquest there too.

Right on. I only made this post because I didn't realize this could be dependent on a quest issue when I first tested Growler. I just wanted to be certain the whole quest chain (quest and sub-quest, I suppose) were addressed if that is indeed the problem with Growler's OTD.

I wasn't trying to imply that you did anything wrong in your initial bug report! Just wanted to post what I uncovered in case it proves to be helpful info in regards to resolving the issue.