What to do
- Find Anacard in TresnaThe current support report says Weapon Mastery begins by finding Anacard in Tresna. The player thread points to the stall/family-event area and reports the map marker can be wrong or absent.
- Read the follow-up objectiveWhen the quest starts, check the task list for the next instruction. The current support thread reports that the continuation is to kill a boss with the broom.
- Kill a boss with the Old BroomEquip the Old Broom and defeat a boss. This action can also unlock the separate Humble Hero achievement, but the achievement itself is not the quest turn-in.
- Return to AnacardAfter the boss, the current support answer says Anacard should be back beside the stall/grandfather. Talk to her there to finish the Weapon Mastery quest.
- Verify the quest signalUse the task-list update and final Anacard conversation/reward as success feedback. Do not stop at the Humble Hero toast.
- Stop on a missing spawnIf Anacard is absent or the marker is outside the playable map, record platform/build and report the bug. Current reports say reload/reinstall does not reliably restore her.
How you know it worked
The quest's own signal is the follow-up objective completing and Anacard returning beside the stall/grandfather for the final conversation. Humble Hero is only the separate achievement for killing a boss with the broom; do not use it as the Weapon Mastery turn-in signal.
Platform and version boundaries
| Current quest sequence | Find Anacard in Tresna → follow-up to kill a boss with the Old Broom → talk to Anacard beside the stall/grandfather to finish. |
|---|---|
| Hotfix 1 scope | The September 10 Steam Hotfix 1 note fixes the Weapon Mastery quest marker pointing to the wrong location, which could make Anacard impossible to find. It does not establish that every missing or out-of-bounds spawn is fixed. |
| Current issue | Pre-hotfix Sep 3–6, 2026 support/player reports document missing or out-of-bounds Anacard states across PC and consoles; the Hotfix 1 note alone supplies no universal post-patch spawn guarantee. |
| Console rollout | The official Hotfix 1 note says the next improvements would come to console versions as soon as possible. Do not assume the Steam marker fix is already on every console build. |
| Separate achievement | Humble Hero means defeat a boss with the broom. It may fire during the quest step but is not proof of the final quest conversation. |
| Conflicting older route | Older guide pages describe a full dungeon-clear/primary-melee rule; the current support sequence is preferred for this 1.0 check and the conflict remains visible. |
Common failure branches
- Stop and verify: Whether Hotfix 1's marker fix resolves every missing/out-of-bounds Anacard state on PC.
- Stop and verify: Whether the same marker and spawn fixes have reached each console build.
- Stop and verify: The exact reward text after the final Anacard conversation on each platform.
- Stop and verify: Whether a later patch changes the Old Broom wording or the boss selection.
FAQ
What is the current Weapon Mastery sequence?
Find Anacard in Tresna, follow the task to kill a boss with the Old Broom, then talk to Anacard beside the stall/grandfather when she returns.
What did Hotfix 1 change?
The September 10 Steam note says it fixed the Weapon Mastery quest marker pointing to the wrong location, which could make Anacard impossible to find. It does not prove every missing or off-map spawn is fixed, and console rollout was still described as next.
What counts as Weapon Mastery success?
The task-list update and final Anacard conversation/reward are the quest signal. A Humble Hero achievement toast is not enough.
Is Humble Hero the Weapon Mastery achievement?
No. Steam defines Humble Hero separately as defeating a boss with the broom. It may unlock during the quest step but does not prove the quest was turned in.
Where is Anacard?
The current reports point to the stall/family-event area in Tresna. Hotfix 1 addresses a wrong marker, but the evidence here does not establish that every build now places Anacard correctly.
Why is the Weapon Mastery quest not starting?
The wrong marker is listed as fixed in Hotfix 1, but pre-hotfix support/player reports documented missing or off-map Anacard states and the patch note does not promise a universal spawn fix. Record the platform/build and report the missing NPC.
Sources · checked 2026-09-16
Source type is explicit so a player can tell an official rule from a community observation.
- Official technical-support thread ↗developer · Current reference · Current support discussion reports 'Find Anacard in Tresna', the broom-boss continuation, Anacard returning beside the grandfather, and the missing/off-map spawn issue; the dated reports predate Hotfix 1 and are retained as the unresolved failure class.
- Reddit: Weapon Mastery quest / Anacard ↗player · Current reference · Current player thread reports the stall/map-marker problem and the expected Anacard interaction; it is pre-Hotfix corroboration, not proof of a post-patch universal fix.
- Official 1.0 version - Hotfix 1 ↗official · Current reference · September 10 official note: fixed the Weapon Mastery quest marker pointing to the wrong location, making Anacard impossible to find. Its next-steps note says console improvements were still to come; it does not claim every spawn issue is fixed.
- Official Steam achievements ↗official · Current reference · Official Humble Hero condition: defeat a boss with the broom; this is separate from the quest turn-in.
- The Endless Vault: NPCs ↗editorial · Current reference · Current NPC reference connects Nou/Anacard to Weapon Mastery and the Old Broom boss action.
- The Game Slayer: weapon and armor unlocks ↗editorial · Current reference · Older route guide describes a dungeon-clear version, retained to expose the source/version conflict rather than silently merging it.