I'm going through the Dragonborn questline, and I completed the quest Fate of the Skaal, and returned to Storn at the Shaman Hut. He talked through the dialog and told me to cleanse the stones and talk to Neloth. I got the quest Cleanse the Stones, but not Path of Knowledge. I completed Cleanse the Stones, then went and found Neloth anyway. He didn't have anything to say about the black books. He's just sent me on a couple random side quests like finding heart stones and finding his assistant.

So now I have no quests in the Dragonborn questline. I've done some research online and found out about the setstage console command. I found the quest ID on the wiki to be DLC2MQ04. The first stage is 10. So I typed setstage DLC2MQ04 10 in the console, and nothing happened.

Any advice?

Id try a save before the you started the quest and just start the quest again. See if it's the save.

Are ytou using mods?

I would also do a quick game cache verify.

Unfortunately I don't have a good save before the quest completed. I just use auto and quick saves. Since finishing the Fate of the Skaal quest started Cleaning the Stones, I went ahead and did that quest, not realizing I should have had another quest started at the same time.

And yes I am using mods. Before I go disabling all my mods and probably causing it to crash, how would a mod interfere with a quest starting?

What is a game cache verify and how do I do it?

Also, I visited Neloth and typed "setstage dlc2mq04 10" in the console, then "getstage dlc2mq04" to verify it was at stage 10. I was then able to talk to Neloth about the black books, but it didn't advance the quest. Also, the setstage command didn't add the quest to my quest log. Is there a way to add a quest to the log using console commands?

#1 NEVER rely on auto and quick save alone. Problem 1

#2 Mods cause all kinds of issues. Disabling them won't break your game. You want to make a new MANUAL save before doing this.

and load ONLY that save when you restore your mods. Don't load autosaves. You can then resume with quicksaves from that manual save.

However, #1 is very important. YOu need to continue making new manual saves along the way. If a save is corrupted then there is not much you can do.

#3 Game cache verify:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

Well hindsight is 20/20. I've gotten to level 50 without any problems using auto/quick saves. My last manual save was around level 15. So is there no use of console commands that will fix the quest?

How about uninstalling and reinstalling the DLC? Is there a way to sort of reset the DLC state?

Do a game cache verify.

Then try disabling mods. Make a new manual save before this. Follow what I wrote above.

See what happens.

The DLC state is in your save. The game cache verify should see if your DLC needs refreshing.

ALso are you using Unofficial patches? Have you cleaned the dragonborn DLC?

So I uninstalled all active mods in NMM, then opened the launcher and unchecked Dragonborn. I loaded my save and strangely the Dragonborn side quests were still in my quest log. Also the fast travel to Solstheim location was still on my map, but if I clicked on it the game would crash. I then closed the game, checked Dragonborn again, and loaded up my game, travelled to Neloth and spoke with him. Still no quest.

I've found that if I use the setstage command I can get the various dialog options with Neloth, but it doesn't advance the quest. I'm wondering if I can force my way through the quest and get to the next one from completing it. I'll try that next, after I reinstall all these dang mods.