Short answer
Start with your current objective: are you collecting berries, missing lime, or unable to select a turn-in dialogue? These require different checks. The reports below date from September 5–6; they do not prove every current save has the same issue.
Cannot pick up the berries?
In 0.6.0, harvestable objects accept the Interact action. Check your binding in Controls, approach the plant, try that action, then inspect the inventory and objective counter.
Source: Official 0.6.0 harvesting change — reviewed September 15, 2026 ↗
A September 5 Crops and Robbers thread describes an objective requesting 15 berries for ROSA; its reply suggests using a knife. That advice predates the control change. Use the quantity and recipient in your own Journal rather than assuming the older report describes your exact stage.
Source: RAVEN3.8x and Keyboard Cowboy — original berry question and older method ↗
Finding the field
- Read the active berry objective.Confirm the recipient and required quantity in your Journal before leaving. Similar collection jobs need not be the same quest stage.
- Orient your map with the screenshot.Compare roads and settlement icons rather than assuming your position matches the blue marker. If the shapes do not match, do not treat the image as a guaranteed route.
- Confirm each collection in-game.At a harvestable plant, use the currently bound Interact action. Check the received item and objective counter before gathering more or returning.
A player screenshot is titled East Berry Field. It is a community reference, not a verified coordinate route. Compare it with your own world map; do not assume the screenshot owner's position is your starting point.
Source: SpidersInABirthdayCake — East Berry Field reference; Steam availability may vary ↗
How to tell it worked
The required item appears in your inventory and the relevant objective counter advances. Compare both before heading back to the quest giver.
If it still fails
If the item appears but progress does not change, recheck the exact item, recipient and active objective. If no item appears, record the plant, Interact binding and build. The map image alone does not prove that every plant there is harvestable.
Return to Bogdan, but the lime is missing
Player-resolved case Shrapp initially reported an unavailable turn-in after completing several objectives. They later found the lime on the ground at the Mechanist camp: their full inventory had prevented receiving it. After picking it up, they reported finishing the quest.
- Inspect the backpack.Check for the required item itself, not just a return-to-NPC objective.
- Revisit the pickup point if it is absent.Free space first. Check where the item was given; the reported case involved the Mechanist camp.
- Confirm receipt before returning.If recovered, inspect the inventory and follow the Journal. This is a reported solution for missing lime, not a universal quest reset.
Source: Shrapp — initial bug report and successful follow-up, September 5 ↗
The thread calls this Bogdan's first quest; it does not supply the Crops and Robbers title. Keep the cases separate unless your own objective confirms the connection.
How to tell it worked
The lime is visible in your backpack and the matching quest turn-in becomes available. Read the Journal after the interaction to confirm progress.
If it still fails
If the item is present but dialogue still fails, use the dialogue branch. If it is not at the reported pickup point, preserve the save and report the missing item; the player report does not establish that it respawns.
Have the item, but dialogue stops responding?
Unresolved report A different thread, titled Harvest and robbers, describes unselectable dialogue with the bucket still in the inventory. A second player reports the same symptom. No confirmed repair is given there.
Preserve the item and save. Record the objective text, NPC, version and the exact dialogue that fails, then use in-game Feedback. Repeating the dropped-item steps is unlikely to identify a missing item when it is already visible in your backpack.
Source: Original Harvest and robbers dialogue reports, September 6 ↗
No confirmed fix for this branch
The item-present dialogue report is not the same as the recovered-lime case. Do not discard the quest item or restart a save on that assumption.
Send a useful report
Include the Journal objective, NPC name, item visible in the backpack, unresponsive dialogue option and game version. Use in-game Feedback with those screenshots.
Before another attempt
Bring only the required supplies, check inventory space and read the next objective after each interaction. For other work on the same trip, see Job tracking and partial deliveries. For storage and container questions, use loot and inventory.
Do I have to use a knife to collect berries?
That method comes from a September 5 player reply. Later harvesting controls are described above; check your installed build and bound Interact action first.
Why can I not finish Bogdan's quest?
Check whether the required lime actually reached your inventory. A player recovered dropped lime and finished, while another thread reports a separate unresolved dialogue issue with the item still present.
Is this a complete quest walkthrough?
This guide covers documented collection and turn-in problems. It does not claim a verified sequence for every stage, reward or localized quest title.