So I simply talk to Maat to start the quest.. I'm 100% sure its active since I have done this 2 now and the quest is listed in my log.

I than go to Crawler's Nest to pick up the ??? marks where I should get a Exoray Mold..

The issue is: when I select the ??? nothing happens.. just blank action..

Is this a bug?.. because I'm petty sure I'm following the instruction that I've read on several websites.. which states the same steps.

example: https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/In_Defiant_Challenge

Thanks for the help.. what about the other areas??

also is it easy to get when in party and someone else does the killing??

Very easy.

I help people all the time with mold and the bomb drop. Sadly I'm not much help on the paper, you are going to want to find a THF to help if possible for that, the drop rate is abyssmal.

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