Diego New Camp Softlock Fix: How to Unstick Your Gothic 1 Remake Save

If you hand Ian's supply list directly to Diego without showing it to Lares first, you are permanently locked out of joining the New Camp. The exact Diego New Camp softlock fix depends on which chapter broke your save. If you are stuck in Chapter 1 because Lares refuses to let you join his rogues, your only vanilla option is reloading an older save before you completed the "Test of Faith" quest. If you are trapped in Chapter 3 because the guards outside Saturas's chamber attack you on sight after Diego sends you there, you must speak to Gorn and the right-side entrance guard to properly trigger the entry script.

The Gothic 1 Remake does not hold your hand, but occasionally it simply breaks its own sequence logic. Because Alkimia Interactive remained rigidly faithful to the 2001 original's quest structure while updating the engine, certain dialogue triggers fail to fire if you explore out of the intended order. Here is exactly how to diagnose and repair the progression blockers surrounding Diego, Lares, and the Water Mages.

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The Chapter 1 Faction Lockout Traptag

During your first dozen hours in the Colony, Diego tasks you with the "Test of Faith." You must travel to the Old Mine, find Ian, and retrieve a supply list. The game strongly implies you should bring this list straight back to Diego in the Old Camp to secure your admission to Gomez's ranks.

Following that direct instruction ruins a New Camp playthrough. If you want to join the mercenaries and rogues, Lares needs to see that list first. He modifies the document to siphon supplies to his own men. Once Lares alters it, you deliver the forged version to Diego. If you skip Lares and hand the pristine list to Diego, the New Camp faction door slams shut forever.

You will know you are softlocked if you complete every other New Camp prerequisite but Lares still tells you to "work in the camp a little more." Players frequently hit this wall after successfully killing Homer's dam monster, completing the Rice Lord's tasks, handing Lares 400 ore for the weed, turning in Mordrag's ring, and casting a Charm scroll on Roscoe. Despite Lares praising all these actions, the faction invite never triggers.

The game provides no warning that turning in the list early voids your faction choice. Your glossary will falsely claim, "I did everything there is to do in the new camp, I should check out other camps," leaving you wandering the map looking for nonexistent quests.

How to Salvage a Ruined Rogue Runtag

If you are playing on PC and refuse to lose ten hours of progress by reloading, you can force the game state back into alignment using the developer console. Console commands disable achievements for that specific save file, but they will unblock your progression.

1. Type bmarvinb to enable test mode (the classic Gothic cheat toggle, adapted for the Remake).
2. Open the console with F2.
3. Type insert itwr_om_list to spawn a fresh copy of Ian's supply list.
4. Take the newly spawned list directly to Lares in the New Camp.

If Lares still refuses to acknowledge the list because the global variable for "Test of Faith" is marked complete, you cannot join the New Camp on this save. You must either pivot your playthrough and join the Old Camp or the Swamp Camp, or reload a save from before you spoke to Diego at the Old Camp gates.

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The Chapter 3 Guard Aggro Bugtag

The second major progression blocker occurs at the start of Chapter 3. After Cor Angar tells you "we are all done here," you speak to Raven, who points you to Diego. Diego then gives you the main quest "The Plan of the Water Mages" and sends you to the New Camp to speak with Saturas.

When you arrive at the Residential Cave in the New Camp, the guards blocking the Water Mages' quarter instantly draw their weapons and murder you. None of the named NPCs—Lee, Gorn, or Lares—offer dialogue options to call off the guards. Cronos, the mage standing above the central ore mound, only offers his standard leveling and trading menus.

This softlock is caused by sequence breaking the entrance trigger. If you previously used the "roach-trick" (transforming into a meatbug to slip past the guards) or used a teleport rune to enter the mages' area earlier in the game, the Chapter 3 entry script breaks. The guards' AI registers you as a trespasser rather than an expected envoy, overriding the quest dialogue that is supposed to let you pass.

Step-by-Step Route to Saturastag

To bypass the hostile AI and reach Saturas safely, you must manually reset the guard interaction by approaching the encounter exactly as the script expects.

• Step 1: Speak to Gorn. Do not go straight into the cave. Find Gorn on the mercenary side of the camp, near the player housing. He has a specific Chapter 3 dialogue line stating that Saturas is waiting for you and the mercenaries will let you pass.
• Step 2: Walk the main path. Enter the Residential Cave from the front entrance across from the tavern. Descend the slope and take the path to the right.
• Step 3: Approach the right-side guard. There are two passages here: Lee is on the right, the Water Mages are straight ahead. Walk slowly toward the Water Mage passage and interact specifically with the guard on the right.
• Step 4: Trigger the envoy dialogue. The guard will initiate a warning. Your character must reply with the exact line stating the mages called for you. Once this dialogue completes, the hostility flag drops.

If the guards still attack on sight before you can click on them, your only workaround (short of reloading) is using Cheat Engine or the developer console to noclip through the wall behind them. As long as your character's feet do not touch the ground within the guards' aggro radius, they will not draw their weapons. Once you are inside Saturas's chamber, the quest "The Plan of the Water Mages" will update normally.

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The "Not Now" Old Camp Gate Glitchtag

While less severe than the New Camp lockouts, Diego is also the source of a frustrating Chapter 1 roadblock at the Old Camp. After following him from the exchange place, he tells you to meet him inside and handle the gate guards yourself. Once you bluff your way past the guards and find Diego inside the walls, clicking on him only yields the voice line, "Not now."

You must speak to Thorus before Diego will interact with you. The game expects you to get the "Admission to the Old Camp" quest from Thorus first. Thorus stands directly inside the main castle gate. Once he tells you that you need someone to vouch for you, Diego's "Casting Shadows" dialogue tree unlocks.

Do not mistake this for the Scatty arena bug. If you are trying to get Scatty's approval to join the Old Camp and you challenge Kharim or Kirgo, losing the fight immediately sometimes causes the game to forget the duel happened. Scatty will say he is impressed, but Diego will claim you only challenged two people and act like the fights never occurred. To fix the arena tracking bug, you must win at least one fight, or skip the arena entirely and secure the Cor Kalom recipe from the Swamp Camp to meet Diego's approval threshold.

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Frequently Asked Questionstag

Can I join the New Camp without giving Ian's list to Lares? No. The forged supply list is a hard-coded requirement for Lares to sponsor your admission to the mercenary faction. If you give it to Diego first, the New Camp route is closed.

Where is Saturas located in the New Camp? Saturas is in the deepest part of the Residential Cave. Enter the cave across from the tavern, walk down the main ramp, and follow the path to the right, past the two guards blocking the central tunnel.

Why does Cronos not give me the password in Chapter 3? If Cronos only offers trading and leveling dialogue, you either already sequence-broke the area using a teleport rune, or you need to speak to Gorn first to update the quest state.

Does the Gothic 1 Remake have an official bug report tool? Yes. THQ Nordic and Alkimia Interactive monitor the official bug reporting portal (linked via the game's Steam and Discord pages). The developers actively patch softlocks, so verify your game is updated to the latest version.