The quest is straight up broken and doesn’t give credit for completion.
I also had issues with this quest. I was finally able to complete it and turn it in but it didn’t reward me anything. Apparently another quest was supposed to pop up to claim “Renny” but that didn’t happen.
I also got to Maldraxxus portion of this quest, killed the NPC, and then the fox just stayed stuck there after I clicked it. Had to hearth back. Quest definitely has some issues with it.
I couldn’t click on the fox after the stuns in ardenweald. I even abandoned the quest and retook it and also relogged and no luck
Not sure why but I just flew to the Refugee camp and the follow up quest to get Renny was wandering around there. I clicked on it and got the pet.
same problem here
I found this fantastic workaround, using a toy. Lag is not an issue as you never interact with Renny.
Thanks to clever Brettski89 for finding it.
Step 1: Obtain the toy Malfunctioning Goliath Gauntlet]
Step 2: Start the Quest, take the buff from Clarion
Step 3: Don’t pick up the fox, just use the toy until the fox gets dusted (this should tick off the first step of the quest and allow you to progress)
Step 4: Make your way to Bastion and dust him again!
Step 5: Head to Mally and kill the quest Mob.
Step 6: Stand on top of Renny and spam-click him.
(if you have any issues with this step, you can drop the “running buff” leave the cave area fair enough to phase out, and then go back and kill the NPC)
Step 7: Hand in quest.
Step 8: Head to the Heart of the Forest and Renny should appear with another quest to add him to your party!