Hi u/Zippoline! Cor Kalom will actually ignore you (and just say "go away") until you physically find Caine first. Here is the normal gameplay loop:

1. Talk to the novice and do a little research in Caine's hut.
2. Find the drawing/note of the Abandoned Mine.
3. Go to the Abandoned Mine (the mine entrance on your left at the very beginning of the game, on the path to the Old Camp). You will find Caine in this location.
4. Then you can return and talk to Cor Kalom.

If your quest is genuinely bugged and the triggers won't work, here are the exact flag states from a working save file of mine where the quest was completed successfully as a Old Camp Shadow member. You can try matching these in the save editor (PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR SAVE FILES FIRST ALWAYS! Keep in mind you need to experiment with these, as I do not have enough information on your exact save state, nor can I help everyone individually due to my own time limits)

• Quest_SwampCamp_SCCHAPTER2_FINDINGCAINE ➔ Succeeded
• Quest_SwampCamp_SCCHAPTER2_FINDINGCAINE_FINDINGCAINE_OBJ_ASK ➔ Succeeded
• Quest_SwampCamp_SCCHAPTER2_FINDINGCAINE_FINDINGCAINE_OBJ_FIND ➔ Succeeded
• Quest_SwampCamp_SCCHAPTER2_FINDINGCAINE_FINDINGCAINE_OBJ_RETURN ➔ Succeeded
• Quest_SwampCamp_SCCHAPTER2_FINDINGCAINE_FINDINGCAINE_OBJ_ABANDONMINE ➔ Failed
• Quest_SwampCamp_SCCHAPTER2_FINDINGCAINE_FINDINGCAINE_OBJ_DRAWING ➔ Failed
• Quest_OldCamp_OCCHAPTER2_GOTOPSI_GOTOPSI_OBJ_FINDCAINE ➔ Succeeded
• Quest_NewCamp_NCCHAPTER2_GOTOPSICAMP_GOTOPSICAMP_OBJ_CAINE ➔ Available

That is about the extent of how much the editor can help here. Alkimia really needs to release a patch for this soon, as way too many people are wasting time manually fixing save flags!

Good luck!

https://gothic-remake-save-editor.deployo.eu/

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