This is a place to gather a huge list of bugs that I will keep updated. A big list is easier for developers to find the real issues and fix them as it will be kept on the first page more often.
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Type of Bug [Quest, Gameplay,...]:Name of Quest [Only for Quest Bugs]:Description of Bug:Anything Else That May Help Duplicate Bug [Location, Player Level, Quest Completed,...]:

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Quest Bugs:

-Dawnguard Main Quest-

*Dawnguard*
NONE
*Awakening*
NONE
*Bloodline*
1. The gates at Castle Volkihar sometimes will not open, not allowing you to continue.
*The Bloodstone Chalice*
NONE
*Prophet*
1. Leaving before Harkon finishes his speech, can result in Serana not coming up to talk to you.
2. Attacking the priest in VL form can result in the priest being killed when using blood magic.
3. Player may not receive vampire seduction power to turn priest into Thrall if in VL form.
4. Immediately upon releasing Dexion, he may remain hostile. [Dawnguard Side]
*A New Order*
1. There may be no bear for the player to kill with Gunmar.
2. After choosing to be banished from the castle, player may not receive the "A New Order" quest/marker.
*Chasing Echoes*
1. When placing ingredients into the vessel, they may be removed from the players inventory, but not added.
2. The soul drain effect may follow the player around when not in the Soul Cairn & even drain there health.
*Scroll Scouting*
1. This quest may not trigger for the player.
*Seeking Disclosure*
1. Dexion can be seen reading an invisible elderscroll after this quest.
*Beyond Death*
1. Durnehviir may not talk you after you have defeated him in this quest, not allowing you to get the shout to call him.
*Unseen Visions*
1. The Entrance at the Ancestor Glade, may have it's gate down not allowing player access.
*Touching the Sky*
NONE
*Kindred Judgment*
1. Upon retrieving Auriel's Bow, Kindred Judgment may not start.

-Vampire Side Quest-

*Amulets of Night Power*
1. The jewelry may never properly spawn if the location it's found in has been cleared before taking the quest.
*Ancient Power*
NONE
*Culling the Beast*
NONE
*Deceiving the Herd*
NONE
*Protecting the Bloodline*
1. Sometimes Vingarmo will send you to give a vampire blessing to someone you have already given it too.
*Rings of Blood Magic*
1. The jewelry may never properly spawn if the location it's found in has been cleared before taking the quest.
*The Gift*
1. Player may not get this quest.
*The Hunt*
1. When collecting your reward for a successful vampire hunt, the game will often freeze.
*New Allegiances*
1. After turning Cairine into a vampire the player can get completely stuck to the ground.
2. Again sometimes Vingarmo will send you to give a vampire blessing to someone you have already given it too.
*General Bugs*
1. Vingalmo may no longer give the player quest.

-Dawnguard Side Quest-

*Hide and Seek*
1. In Windhelm the traveling pilgrim will warp and restart his pathway if he bumps into someone.
2. When you get the traveling dignitary in solitude he will not open a dialog box, which makes it almost impossible to kill him, as you need to lure him out of the Hold.
*Cleansing Light*
NONE
*Hunting the Monster*
NONE
*Preemptive Strike*
1. Master Vampire will spawn into the absurd places such as a wall and disappear.
*Bolstering the Ranks*
NONE
*Ancient Technology*
NONE
*Lost Relic*
NONE

-Side Quest-

*Lost To The Ages*
1. Katria’s dialogue doesn’t initiate when you first meet her spirit, leaving the player standing there. Only correctable by restarting game as it locks load and save.
2. Quest did not spawn a quest marker for the fourth piece of the mechanism.
3. The game may not give an arrow marker for the piece lost in the northern part of the Reach.
4. At the place where the last shard should be at Deep Folk Crossing. There may be no ghost, no marker and no shard.
*General Bugs*
1. In the Forgotten Vale, there are optional Frost Giants that are supposed to drop paragons, sometimes they drop the wrong paragons.

-Skyrim Main Quest-
1. Inquiring about the Elder Scroll at the Mage's college (during the Dawnguard main quest I assume) breaks the main questline if you had not been told by Paarthurnax.

-Daedric Quest-
1. "The Break of Dawn", will cause Serana to vanish from existence.
2. "A Daedra's Best Friend", Barbas is nowhere to be found to trigger the quest.
3. "A Night to Remember", Sam Guevenne never shows up to trigger the quest.
*Will add more categories as needed.

Gameplay Bugs:

-General-
1. Random crashes & lag since installing Dawnguard. [More Info: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__p__21094214#entry21094214, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__p__21094331#entry21094331, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__p__21094748#entry21094748, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__st__30__p__21101003#entry21101003, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__st__90__p__21118744#entry21118744]
2. Unable to kill Bonehawks flying around Castle Volkihar.
3. Corrupted saves & unable to load old saves. [More Info: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__p__21097953#entry21097953]
4. Issues with summoning Durnehviir.
5. No suspense music or music overlaps when fighting dragons.
6. When finding the schematics for the crossbow player was sent to Knifepoint ridge 3 times in a row to find different schematics in the very same chest.
7. Durnehviir sometimes sits backwards on his word wall.
8. Xbox may freeze when fighting more than one dragon at a time.
9. Revered Dragons fly extremely slow.
10. Followers using crossbows, may not be able to fire the bolts from the weapon.
11. You can't buy the Alchemy Laboratory after buying Breezhome in whiterun.
12. Bugs when switching back between werewolf and vampire. [More Info: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__st__150__p__21158566#entry21158566]
13. Character arrow in world map may get stuck facing South after entering a Dawnguard-location.
14. Possible for a werewolf to contact vampirism.
15. Issues with shouts not being correct. [More Info: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__st__60__p__21117211#entry21117211, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__st__90__p__21127487#entry21127487, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__st__120__p__21139233#entry21139233, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__view__findpost__p__21143300]
16. Kill cams may stop working.
17. Followers may disappear when following the player.
18. When battling dragons on Ice lake mysterious bug happens that slows players character down to a crawl.
19. Upon Entering Forgotten Vale all summoning spells may fail to work and map markers may disappear.
20. Frost Giant just stands there when attacked if player moves slightly back.
21. Zephyr Bow does not display in Honnyside and will be thrown from wall & other weapon rack issues. [More Info: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__st__150__p__21158679#entry21158679]
22. Wayshrine priests will re-speak their dialog while opening shrine.
23. After curing yourself of being a vamire or werewolf, your stats still increase for the amount of days you have been one even though you no longer are.
24. Random mannequin's popping up in the Soul Cairn.
25. Conjuring an ally overwrites shout allies when you summon them.
26. Cursor may jump around on the items menu when you go to sell things.
27. While attempting to mine Iron in Embershard Mine, the camera may switch to 3rd person view and shortly afterwards, revert to your default view without mining any Iron Ore.
28. Bartering glitch with Sorine Jurard. [More Info: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389814-dawnguard-bug-list-1/page__st__120__p__21127985#entry21127985]
29. Enhanced Dwarven crossbow, when player enchants it the damage cuts by half and the enchantments don't show. Possible interface issue.
30. The Aetherial Staff's Dwarven Spiders are not affected by fortify conjuration potions.


-Vampires-
1. When in VL form trying to use magic again quickly after a previous use can result in the the attack not registering, making you have to press the right/left trigger again to use magic.
2. When feeding as a vampire after going up a stage, the vampire specific spells that have been added to your favorites list are removed.
3. Sometimes after activating VL form, the player can not cast any spells.
4. Beast Races don't have the new cosmetic improvements for vampires (such as eyes), & other races may also not get new golden eyes.
5. After using VL form and returning to human form, player may still be able to walk on water, meaning the player can't swim or go under.
6. Vampires attacking towns resulting in many towns being almost wiped out.
7. Serena doesn't follow you instantly and some times not at all when fast traveling or entering new areas.
8. If Serana leaves from being the players companion, player may not be able to regain her as a companion.
9. Serena interacts with every thing she can including doors and levers that lead to Blackreach from the lifts, which cause the player to be stuck in a never ending loading screen loop.
10. VL form Drainball spell does minimum damage while Serana is a follower.
11. Vampire face may become dark when becoming a vampire.
12. Asking Serana to wait, she may randomly walk off.
13. When having the "Night Cloak" perk for the VL form sometimes the sound will get stuck in a loop when you revert back to a human, and appears to be coming from Serana.
14. Seranna gets into unnecessary fights with guards when certain enemies need to be eliminated in cities.
15. Circlets no longer fit Khajiit when they're vampires.
16. Player may not be able to talk to Serana after freeing her from her tomb.
17. When turning into a VL, the game may glitch and may teleport around and end up in absurd places.
18. If the player has the "Blessing of Kynareth" (+25 stam), when changing to the VL form the players stamina will regenerate in daylight. As soon as the blessing has worn off, stamina regen no longer occurs in daylight.

-Werewolf-
1. Totems of Hircine quests may not be given from Aela resulting in not being able to use of new werewolf powers.
2. NPC's being hostile while player is in human form.
3. Player may not be able to use first person view mode after coming out of werewolf form.
4. When coming out of werewolf form, player may be told they are over encumbered when there not.

-Dawnguard-
1. When armored trolls are killed it can take a while before they are no longer are considered a follower.
2. Gunmar's supply of steel has a mind of its own, as does his other items, one minute it's there and another it isn't, and vise versa.
3. Getting a bounty from killing dawnguard when they attack the player first.
4. Map marker for the beginning of Dawnguard quest for Fort Dawnguard is not on the proper location in the map.
5. Got to on Map will not work for Locating Sorine Jurard even though her marker is on map.

Graphic Bugs:
1. Texture Pixilation at Dimhollow.
2. A gaping great hole in the floor of Castle Volkihar Northern Tower (near the courtyard). If player jumps down it they land back at the door.
3. Quiver of bolts and sheath of Dragonbone sword are quite visibly hovering away from the character in third person view.
4. Upon entering the dawnguard castle the player may fall through the floor into the water.
5. Missing texture for rock underwater on South East side of Castle Vlkihar.
6. If you are a Khajiit and you change into a werewolf, you may end up with the default body of an Imperial with the head of a Khajiit when you revert back, and the game will recognize your character as an Imperial.
7. Raised dead bodies may be invinsible for a certain amount of time.
8. Character may go completely invisible in first person view (no weapon or shield visible).

"Possible" Bugs Related to Dawnguard:
1. Ash Piles still do not clean up properly, and is made worse by Dawnguard.
2. During the main quest "Dragon Rising", there may be no guards and no dialogue telling the player there dragonborn.

Major Bugs NOT related to Dawnguard but worth mentioning:
1. Weapons and Shields do not clean up properly resulting in increased save game bloat.




*Will add more categories as needed.

vingarmo of the vampires keeps sending you to give vampire blessing to someone you already gave it to.

This, for me too. I made a thread earlier today:


Also:

Thanks guys keep them coming, added bugs reported above.

I've experianced random crashes which i never had before dawnguard (sorry i can't give more description to this) and sometimes a lag which is only fixed by leaving the cell, reloading a save or turning off the system (not sure if dawnguard specific)

did you add that the beast race's eyes do not change properly?

Might help if you can give us info as to what your were doing at the time, and where it occurred.


Added Thanks.

Well two crashes happened when i was attacking skeletons at the dock thing below the voliker (sp?) castle, and one was on a loading screen and another while i was wandering. Some lags happened in the voliker ruins, soul cairn and the Vale.

Probably really minor, but the Bonehawks flying around castle volkihar are unkillable for me. I killed one and went to make an amulet, but discovered I needed 4 more feathers. Went back later and they are completely invulnerable, must have had Lightning Storm on one for 8 seconds straight and nothing.

I have crashes after about 2 minutes of being in Vampire Lord Form.

I also have major glitches with already complete quests now. I can't trade things to fences because the four side quests for the thieves guild are still marked as complete but I don't get their benefits. I fought for the imperials in the war, yet yesterday a storm cloak camp appeared outside whiterun.

You guys having crashes, did you try a new game?

During the vampire side quests "Rings of Blood Magic" and "Amulets of Night Power" the jewelry may never properly spawn if the location they're found in has been cleared before taking the quest...

Example: I was told to go to Geirmund's Hall (Which I had already cleared) and find the Ring of the Beast. I went there and the quest arrow was stuck on the ground were a corpse, had apparently, de-spawned.
I've tried waiting for 30 in game days for the dungeon to reset, didn't work.

Did you leave the cell and wait 30 days, otherwise it won't reset I believe?

Yep, waited in Whiterun. Nothing reset, could be something to do with Geirmund's Hall, and it's involvement with the Gauldur quests. I'll try the reset again, if it doesn't work I might end up reloading a save.

UPDATE: Well, I waited another 30+ days in Markarth this time, no dice. I'll reload and hopefully get a bug-free location.
Reload worked, got a different location for each item.

Okay thanks, I'll add it now as it seems to be a bug... if you do get it to reset please let us know though.

My game crashes every time [Spoiler]

those two dragons attack me on the ice lake during the shrine quest. I can't progress past this point because of it, it's pretty annoying.

With these crashes guys... I'm just going to link your post.

Walking on water as a human after using vampire lord transformation. And it doesn't go away making diving and swimming impossible.
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1389794-walking-on-water/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrFuC_rqYqI&feature=youtu.be

Thanks, has been added.

During the quest where you have to free the monk during the vampire questline I battled him while in vampire lord form. While I was in vampire lord form it said the vampire seduction power had been added (you have to use that on him to get him to be your thrall), but when I transformed back to human form it wasn't in my spells. I reloaded and battled him while in human form, and got the same message only this time it was there.

Starve yourself until you become a stage 2 vampire, and you should see it under powers... if that does not work, leave the cave, then come back as a stage 2. Should work, I had a similar issue.

EDIT: Nevermind, just seen that you got it.

Is it suppose to add it then? I know that your suppose to have it at stage 2... would explain why I didn't have it either. Hmm might have to investigate this.

Yeah, I was in stage one, but for the purposes of the quest it seems like they give it to you to make him your thrall, but if you battle him in vamp lord form it won't appear in your spell list, and you can't continue. I got around it by reloading and fighting him in human form, which afterwards it was added.

Hmmm yea I think that is a bug as that is the same way it happen to me... so I'm going to add it.

I know it's minor but When I went to sit in the throne in Harkon's(former) study/bedroom after the MQ all I could do was sit there and look at myself in 3rd person, I couldn't access my inventory to read a book or enjoy a good bottle of wine like I like to do (RP purposes) before I go to bed.