hi I need your help. I found the Theta artifact in the cave on Indum III-D. I have tried to extract the artifact using the Heller Cutter, till the power in the cutter is exhausted, 10 times, I also used every weapon in my arsenal and I still can't remove the artifact. I have used this process to secure 4 other artifacts using the cutter after a maximum of two attempts. Bethesda support sent me the following which I tried and didn't work: Force the game to refresh or redraw the problem area using one of the following methods: Fast Travel out of the area where you are having an issue, such as to a nearby planet, and return. Enter an "instanced" area where you get a loading screen and return to the area you were experiencing an issue. Waiting 72 in-game hours by sitting down or resting can reset NPC related behavior. Sometimes exploring other areas or completing unrelated questlines may resolve issues. Load an earlier save from before you zoned into that area and try again. Completely exit out of the game and reboot your system. Completely disable and remove all mods you have installed, if applicable. Verify your game files. Select your platform below for further instructions: I am playing on an XBOX Series X. Thank you from Depoe Bay, Oregon.
@dbbeilin - Dang, that's annoying. When I've had trouble getting an artifact out it's usually been from not hitting the Caleumite around it at the right angle. It's kind weird how you can have the Caleumite highlighted, but the cutter isn't cutting it. The only suggestion I can add to what Bethesda's already given you is to try changing your angle of attack on the nodes around the artifact and seeing if that helps break anything else off. It's annoying that you have to switch back and forth between scanner mode and regular mode to check and see if you can grab it, too. (dancing around, adjusting the angle on the artifact after clearing the nodes to pick it up might also make a difference). I'm a software engineer, and if you were a client of my company I'd want to do a screenshare to better see what's going on. If you can record a short video of what you're trying to do and post a link to it, I'll take a look and see if anything sticks out. (OBS is a great free software for video capture and compilation on PC, not sure what you could use on XBox) Good luck. If anyone else reads this thread and has helpful ideas, please post.
What I'd suggest is uploading a private video to your own youtube account and sharing the link. If you share it here, I'll do what I can, but you might get more feedback sharing it on a forum. Either way, I'd like to look. Not sure if anything will jump out, but I hate quitting. ;)
There are some pre-requisites before you can get missions from Vlad for temples. First you have to find some artifacts, and you also have to progress a certain amount through the main story. You can only get temple missions for artifacts you've already secured, though you can find temples for other artifacts through exploration. Also, the survey mission set is hidden behind some social looking conversation options. Probably not what you were talking about, but related.
