DragonSword Awakening Talk to Ornette Quest Blocked: Official Fix Status

#Quick answer

DragonSword: Awakening update 1.0.5 fixed a progression blocker at the Talk to Ornette objective in four Adventure Quests:

• Adventure Quest 15: Ornette's Request;
• Adventure Quest 16: Preparing for the Funeral;
• Adventure Quest 17: Experience as a Special Diplomatic Envoy;
• Adventure Quest 18: Despair and Hope.

If you are stuck at that exact objective, let Steam install update 1.0.5 or a later version, restart the game, and retry the quest interaction. The official note does not provide or require a save-editing workaround.

#Confirm that your blocker matches the fixed issue

This page applies when all of the following are true:

1. your active quest is one of Adventure Quests 15–18;
2. the objective says Talk to Ornette;
3. the interaction does not advance the quest;
4. the game was running an older version or the symptom resembles the 1.0.5 issue.

A missing NPC in another quest, a map marker problem or a different dialogue step is not automatically the same defect.

#Affected quests

The official update note names the quests and common step. It does not publish a full route, dialogue choice tree or alternative completion sequence for them.

#Safe recovery steps

1. exit to Steam and allow all downloads to complete;
2. restart Steam if the update remains queued;
3. launch DragonSword: Awakening again;
4. load the affected save;
5. return to the active quest marker and interact with Ornette;
6. if the issue persists, capture the version, quest number, objective text and visible NPC state.

These steps keep the recovery inside the normal game flow. Do not use a trainer, quest-flag editor or downloaded save merely to move past the objective.

#If Ornette is missing or cannot be interacted with

The 1.0.5 note only says progression was blocked at the Talk to Ornette step. It does not specify whether every affected player saw the same presentation.

When reporting a persistent issue, record whether:

• Ornette is absent;
• Ornette is present but has no interaction prompt;
• dialogue plays but the objective remains active;
• the marker points to the wrong place;
• the game is using unsupported mods or save edits.

That evidence helps distinguish a regression from a different quest-state problem.

#This is not a full Adventure Quest walkthrough

This page intentionally does not duplicate the complete content of quests 15–18. It owns one narrow player task: the official fix status for the blocked Ornette conversation.

For general quest types and map activities, use the Map Quests and Puzzles guide. For the larger list of blockers fixed one patch earlier, use Quest progression fixes in update 1.0.4.

#Ornette's verified character context

Ornette is the Saintess of the Dawn of the Organa Order. Her official hero trailer says she uses a massive scythe and is associated with Electrocution and Knockdown status effects.

Those character facts belong to the Ornette official profile. They do not reveal the dialogue or plot outcome of Adventure Quests 15–18.

#Avoid unsupported fixes

Hound13's support notice says mods and save-file modification are not officially supported and can cause progress corruption, crashes, unrecoverable states or patch failures. If an unsupported change is active, reproduce the issue in a clean state before attributing it to the resolved quest defect.

Back up first if you need to inspect local files: Save File and Config Backup Guide.

#Related guides

• Ornette official hero profile
• Quest fixes in update 1.0.4
• Map quests and puzzles
• Roadmap and updates

#Sources

• Official DragonSword: Awakening Update Notes 1.0.5 — confirms the Talk to Ornette blocker was fixed and names Adventure Quests 15–18.
• Official Ornette hero introduction — verifies Ornette's title, faction, weapon and status-effect associations.