I had found a halberd on first island, but when I got to the craft a melee weapon I made another halberd because I didn't have any more hides for the saber. But I didn't get credit for the quest until I made the saber.
#Crafting melee weapon quest bug
normal marsh
solid cloak
for the quest to count you need to have the item you've crafted/upgraded equipped and in your hand
normal marsh
But when I crafted the saber all I had to do was take it out of the bench and it counted I didn't have to put it in my hand.
solid cloak
did the halberd go into your hot bar or your main inventory?
normal marsh
Inventory my hotbar was full. I just looked over the recording and I can confirm it.
solid cloak
that might be it then, if it goes to the hot bar it counts the weapon as being "equipped"
i know for the ugrade weapon quest the weapon has to be equipped and unsheathed
normal marsh
Yeah, its for the crafting not upgrading. When I created the halberd and clicked take all nothing happened, but when I crafted the saber and hit take all it worked. The only constant was that I had already had a halberd in my inventory that I found in loot a few minutes into the game.