[SOLVED] quest locations broken for generated quests | Starbound | Page 1

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 5:50 PM

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hi ive been doing the one planet challenge with fu for a while now and ive been trying to get a specific quest to spawn to kill precursor enemies for a specific drop. but my npcs suddenly stopped giving any quests that needs a quest location. they just keep giving invite tenant quests, deliver to other tenants, grow crops, etc. ive been cycling quests for hrs but no enemy quests spawn at all. idk what broke it but someone on the fu server said it might be the questlocation stagehands bein broken. i tried spawning in new stagehands but i dont think they work and i have no idea how to fix it.

its not just that but i checked on my planet and it still has quest stagehands for things like some of the towers or bridges so idek if its the questlocaiton stagehands breaking the quests for the npcs. if i cant fix this i have to restart the challenge and i srsly do not want to ive sunk hundreds of hrs into this planet pls help.

heres a questlocation stagehand i manually spawned compared to 1 thats still intact

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im wondering if theres other things that can stop those specific quests from spawning

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:19 PM

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polar flare hi ive been doing the one planet challenge with fu for a while now and ive been ...

/spawnstagehand questlocation '{"locationType":"location type here"}
put a valid location type instead of what i typed

do /eval sb.logInfo(sb.printJson(root.assetJson("/quests/generated/locations.config"),2)) and check the log to see valid quest locations. pick one that you like

use /clearstagehand with your cursor on the original one you spawned

-# you're in the fu server? try not to fall for the propaganda they spew about me

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if the commands dont work lmk and i can take a look later when im on a computer

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you may want to make backups of your data too

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 6:22 PM

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wary forum \/spawnstagehand questlocation '{"locationType":"location type here"} put a vali...

tryin the /eval command doesnt print anything to the log

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the ppl in the fu server got me to unpack my files and i found the config file for questlocations but every time i tried to use the unique name for them it wouldnt work
so id try copy+pasting the name tags and range parameters and thats how i spawned in the square stagehand in the pic i sent

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:28 PM

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polar flare tryin the /eval command doesnt print anything to the log

i edited it, try again

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 6:29 PM

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still nothing

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:36 PM

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polar flare still nothing

it prints to the starbound.log file, not the game chat

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 6:36 PM

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Ohhhh.

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im stupid

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:36 PM

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i mean it says 'log' on the game chat tbh, though it's a different log

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so you're fine

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do you know how to find the log file

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sniffsniffsniff

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 6:37 PM

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its these kinds of files right

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:37 PM

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yeah

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if you have 'show file extensions' disabled, it'll just be called starbound

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open it in a text editor, pick a quest location you like

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 6:39 PM

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wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:43 PM

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i edited it again, my bad

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 6:44 PM

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well the server responded with a nil

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hope thats a good sign

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yea it worked!

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this looks a lot like the json stuff i found in the questlocations config

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log on the left config on the right

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:46 PM

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yep, pick out a quest location like gardenbridge1 or something

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:47 PM

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wary forum \/spawnstagehand questlocation '{"locationType":"location type here"} put a vali...

then put it into the spawnstagehand command

/spawnstagehand questlocation '{"locationType":"gardenbridge1"}'

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it'll spawn it at your cursor

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 6:47 PM

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hmmm its still spawning the square questlocations

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:48 PM

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that's ok, we didnt specify a size

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it's the locationType that matters, not really the size

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i can look into the size sometime later if i feel like it. im not at my computer right now

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catlick

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npcs should start using it in quests now, good luck with the challenge!

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also what's the end goal of the challenge

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 6:49 PM

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im tryin to advance as far as i can in the research tree in fu

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 6:50 PM

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ahh

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 6:50 PM

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i even have terraformers and last i remember i was tryin to convert my planet to lightless to get effigium

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but yea as long as the quests start workin again size isnt a problem
but how will i kno that its fixed?
i just tried 2 npcs and they both give ''make a new room for a tenant'' quest

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 7:21 PM

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third: deliver a gift to a tenant
fourth: another gift giving quest
fifth: add another tenant quest
sixth: gift quest
seventh: get a guard with a weapon chest
eigth: another gift quest
ninth: home makeover quest
tenth: add a new tenant quest
eleventh: gift quest
12th: get a guard with a weapon chest
13th: get a guard with a weapon chest
14th: gift delivery

oh no

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ok yea i think its safe to assume its not fixed
14 quests and not a single monster escort or rescue quest

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 8:01 PM

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@polar flare i can later send you commands to spawn new structures. they will be random structures for lush planets though, so they may not blend with the environment around it

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they structures may come with their own stagehand

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make backups before running the commands

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 8:01 PM

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how do we kno if the stagehand stuff is what broke the quests?

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and dw i made a backup of my stuff already

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 8:02 PM

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the stagehands didnt break them, the stagehands just tell the npcs what areas exist. one stagehand for each quest area. modifying the area around a quest stagehand too much kills the stagehand

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 8:03 PM

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no i mean like
i showed how 1 bridge on my planet still has its original stagehand
same with a few other structures
but still no location based quests

so im wondering if what broke the quests wasnt the stagehands disappearing but smth else

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im cool with genning new structures and seein if that fixes it
but if it doesnt
what else couldve broken the quests?

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 8:05 PM

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oh, no, it's probably that the stagehands just didnt have the right data or something

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 8:05 PM

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oh

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 8:05 PM

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stagehands handle more than just quest locations

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 8:07 PM

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yea i saw that on the wiki

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 9:54 PM

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@polar flare without deleting your original character, make a new one, type /warprandom barren, play around with /placedungeon gardenmicrodungeons. then try it on your challenge planet until you get one with a stagehand you like

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the cursor position determines which structure you get

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use /spawnitem superfishaxe or such to get a fast mining tool to clean up around the structure once you get one you like

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assuming you're fine with spawning in structures to get the quest stagehands back

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or, if you want a specific structure that it spawns but can't get it in the right place, send me a screenshot of it and if i feel like it i can make a mod that lets you specifically spawn that structure

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:02 PM

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the spawnitem comment doesnt work

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but the structure 1 does

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:02 PM

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you can use debug mode to see if the structure has a stagehand

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:02 PM

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it does

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:03 PM

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nice, hopefully it works for quests

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:03 PM

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were going to find out

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:04 PM

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the chucklefish developer assets has an object that makes npcs nearby generate a lot of quests

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i understand if you'd rather not use them though, since it's on your challenge playthrough

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:05 PM

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yea i just wanna fix the quests and not do any further cheating

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:06 PM

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this might fall under cheating, but some structures have a dungeonID around them, and you can tile protect them with commands. i have a dungeon which is tile protected outside my quest farm, so it doesnt get damaged and destroy the stagehand

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:07 PM

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i will say tho that its hard to predict where the structure spawns

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:07 PM

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yeah

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:08 PM

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also i just realized that the ones i do spawn in are tile protected

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so if they get misplaced im sol

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wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:09 PM

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they shouldnt be tile protected, you can un-tile protect them by putting your cursor over them, entering debug mode, and using the dungeonId in debug mode in a command

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/settileprotection dungeonIdHere false

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:09 PM

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idk what the dungeon id is for this 1

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:09 PM

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debug mode will tell you if you put your cursor over the area

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:09 PM

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oh ok cool

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yea idk why some of these are spawning so far away

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:11 PM

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it's because their map has extra padding

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the pink is padding

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:22 PM

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ok ive replaced all the dungeons with no stagehand

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hopin this fixes it

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first quest i got
gift delivery woe

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OMG

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:23 PM

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SCpoggers

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:23 PM

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TYSM!!!

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:23 PM

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catlick catlick catlick catlick

polar flare Apr 12, 2026, 10:24 PM

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ur amazing

wary forum Apr 12, 2026, 10:24 PM

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thanks! glad we could get it to work

#[SOLVED] quest locations broken for generated quests