Hello everyone,

first: Yes, I checked the web already, none of the advice there helped.

I am stuck in Homestead, I've done all the quests possible, I've explored every area and killed all the bad guys, but the northeast gate in Homestead leading to Blood Grove won't open! The gatekeeper says to me "Speak to Ulgrim". Yes and when I speak to that sucker he says "Did you find the Insignias", and if I ask him "Where the hell can I find them?" he says "in Blood Grove".

Well then let me get there! What is wrong here?

The quest "The way north" says I have to speak to him too but he doesn't say anything besides the Insignia. Plot stopper?

I tried to attach a screenshot but GOG Galaxy just returns a dark png .....

What areas did you explore and what bad guys did you kill? Did you kill the Amalgamation? Did you rescue Ulgrim and peasants? What main quest is active for you at this moment?

To be honest, I don't really follow the story (too much to read), looting and leveling keeps me running :-)

I think I killed every major enemy (those with the stars) at least once because I've visited all available areas.

I suppose I saved Ulgrim, because he's alive and kicking in Homestead (is he the guy wandering the desert with his group waiting for me to open a rift? If yes then I did save him). He is directly above the gate in Homestead leading to northeast. The gate guard won't open the gate, and neither will Ulgrim.

And here are my current quests:

1) Blood Harvest
Find the captured farmers in the Blood Grove (inacessible area)

2) The Way North
Speak to Ulgrim at Homestead (he is in Homestead already so I suppose I saved him ? But he only says « Did you find the Insignias ? »)

3) Bounty : Aetherial Vanguard
Slay Fleshwarped Vanguards

4) Bounty : Shattered Soul
Slay Kilrian

5) A Final Salute (right, backtracking to Undercity, forget it)
Collect insignias from fallen Black Legion soldies in the Blood Grove (inaccessible area once again)
Return the Insignias to Scoutmaster Lysell in Homestead (right, if Ulgrim let’s me go to Blood Grove)

6) Lumber for the Legion
Clear out Gryver’s Mill in the Blood Grove (hey Blood Grove, buddy, where have you been ?)

Ah yes, Amalgamation is dead (the abomination in the aether field to the right of Homestead), and I recovered the cannon behind it too.

You need to speak with two representatives of Kymon's Chosen and Order of Death's Vigil and choose one of them and then you can unlock the gates to Blood Grove.

And here are the links.

https://grimdawn.gamepedia.com/The_Way_North

and after that

https://grimdawn.gamepedia.com/Allies_Among_the_Ashes

Um, pay attention to the name. Ulgrim here.

Did you talk to Ulgrim at Deadmans Gulch again? I often see this issue by rushers, due they forget to talk to him again so he can be ported / travel to Homestead...

Hi everyone,

found the time to play again. So basically I got the wrong guy in the beginning. I talked to Lysell and not Ulgrim all the time. Ulgrim was in fact all the time in that shed in Homestead, but he's hidden very well.

I have talked to him and then "The Way North" was solved and the gates opened. Now I can continue :-)



Thank you all for your helpful tips, I was on the verge of abandoning the game.

What would I give for a quest compass like in Skyrim :-)

I'm having a major issue, and it's not because I'm talking to the wrong guy. You'll see in the screenshot that I'm talking to Ulgrim at Homestead, but the quest "Speak to Ulgrim at Homestead" is not complete.

They won't open the gate to the west, so I can't continue. Am I missing something?

Sorry, there is no screenshot, but to the wst there is no gate that needs to open or will be opened. Use the exit west of the stairs to Ulgrim to the north and go to the west there.

Make sure you have the first quests listed here as well for Act 3

https://grimdawn.gamepedia.com/Quests#Main_Quests_3