Guild Wars 2

Hello…I am currently trying to do the quest “The Bitter Cold”. However, I did “Cookin’ Elixir” yesterday so now my buff is gone. What do I do? Is there a way to get the buff back?

Thank you!

You have to remake the elixir. Gather the same materials (eggshells, fire stone, eggshells and the last thing you needed, can’t remember what it was) and go to the same spot in the hot spring to cook it. You will get the buff again

Okay..thanks! How do I get the fire stone again though?

The grawl heart vendor sells it. If they don’t, see temporary solution in bug forum

The temporary solution is to do the story step again. Why people feel the need to point you to another forum instead of just telling you, I don’t know.

Here is Gailes quote from the bug forum in case it is required to save searching

Ok, I have a suggestion. While the team is investigating the fix for this, you should do the following: After you have completed the story, if you wish to resume the achievements, be sure to select “Continue this chapter” and not “Restart this episode.” If you do the latter, there is a high probability the Grawl Firestone will not be displayed in the vendor window. But if you continue, you should be able to acquire it.
Hope this helps!

I haven’t done this episode yet because I’ve read about all the bugs and am waiting for fixes. But here is something I don’t understand: in order to complete this step you need an elixir. The elixir only lasts a certain amount of time which apparently is WAI. Yet I have read in other posts that:

-It isn’t made clear to players that the elixir will expire so people are surprised when this happens
- people don’t know what is required to make the elixir again
-and in this thread apparently the Devs didn’t make sure that the Firestone would be available again

This boggles my mind.

Djinn.9245:

I haven’t done this episode yet because I’ve read about all the bugs and am waiting for fixes. But here is something I don’t understand: in order to complete this step you need an elixir. The elixir only lasts a certain amount of time which apparently is WAI. Yet I have read in other posts that:

-It isn’t made clear to players that the elixir will expire so people are surprised when this happens
- people don’t know what is required to make the elixir again
-and in this thread apparently the Devs didn’t make sure that the Firestone would be available again

This boggles my mind.

The elixir buff has a timer on it which is consistent with other buffs. So the temp nature is clear. However, it resets when daily resets. That was not made clear.

To make the elixir again, after the story you get a guide which replaces the story journal. However, there is bug which appears to be blocking that for many.

The firestone is available from a vendor which the guide I mentioned above indicates to you. However, on top of the bug that prevents the guide showing, the firestone wasn’t always appearing in the vendor.