Rewards from Levy?

[MischaG]

I am playing Avernum 3 for the first time (tried Exile 3 after it first came out, but only the free part). I am very confused about getting the rewards from Levy. I have finished the slime plague, the roach plague and gotten back the Orb of Thralni but no rewards yet whenever I ask him. What am I possibly missing? Someone else to talk to?

[Randomizer]

You need to talk to several people. Turn in evidence to Berra in the library, then talk to Anaximander in his office about the quest and make sure he tells you to see Levy about a reward, and finally talk to Levy. You may have to go through several dialogue options to find the one about a reward for each one.

 

The difference between Exile and Avernum was the addition of sdf (stuff done flag) that requires each step being done before being able to go to the next. Exile let you skip steps if you knew the right keyword from a previous play through.

[MischaG]

Thanks! I missed getting the evidence from the slime pit. I had gotten it from the roach factory before it blew up and turned that in to Berra. I had missed a prior step, though.

[MischaG]

I gathered up the slime pit evidence I missed and relayed it to Berra then spoke to Anaximander. Still no reward; I've given both pieces of evidence. Did I need to speak to someone in Upper Avernum? I only explored the southern half of that area.

[Randomizer]

It doesn't affect the reward, but you can now enter Erika's Tower in northeast Upper Avernum after the Slime Pit evidence.

[Mea Tulpa]

Yeah Berra is completely irrelevant to Levy.  Has Anaximander directed you to go to Levy for a reward?

 

Also, are you playing original Avernum 3 or Avernum 3: Ruined World?

[MischaG]

Playing Avernum 3, the original.

 

When I speak to Anaximander, the options (summarized) are:

1) What are our orders?

2) Can I return to the Tower of Magi? (note I just went there and got my Solberg rewards for the first two plagues)

3) I've done some exploring. Can you give more instructions?

4) Tell me of the other spies

5) Do you think Erika is to blame?

6) Do you think one of the dragons is to blame?

 

If I do orders, he tells me to explore the surface; I've explored Bigail and the first province and started on the Troglodyte province

 

If I ask about instructions, he tells me to keep finding out what is happening.

 

Hope this helps.

[Mea Tulpa]

If Anaximander is telling you you can return to the Tower of Magi then you have reported at least one plague victory to him.

The question you need to ask Levy is:

"Have my achievements merited a reward yet?"

EDIT: I don't know where in his dialogue tree it is, but it looks like it should always be present.  He will either respond:

Levy looks through a large book, checks again, and looks back up apologetically. "Nope, you've done nothing yet to merit a reward. Perhaps you should do some adventuring and check back later."

or e.g.

Levy looks through a large book, finds something of interest, and produces a potion from under the counter. "Well done! Here is the reward for dispatching the Alien Slime."

The rewards for the early quests aren't that amazing.  For the slimes it's an Invulnerability Elixir and for the roaches it's a Ring of Skill.  So I'm wondering if you could have already picked them up and just not realized it?

[MischaG]

After talking to Erika and Rentar-ihno, I finally got Anaximander to tell me to go see Levy. Guess I should have explored all of Upper Avernum before tackling Bigail.

[MischaG]

Now that I've finished the game (time is limited with work, kids, etc.), I should point out that I found what I had been doing: I was talking to Anaximander from the hallway. I needed to step one space into his office for him to acknowledge that I had fulfilled a mission. I figured I should post this on the off-chance someone else finds themselves in the same predicament and locates this thread.

 

On to Avernum 2 (having won Exile 2 a few times back in the 1990s; let's see how much I remember!)

[Randomizer]

That's a problem in other games as well. I had that in Nethergate with the Roman camp quests.

 

It's not something you think about, but Jeff as several places where you have to be in the room or close enough to trigger an event because there is a map location trigger that you don't see in the zone scripts.