dragon but no soul : V

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:22 pm

Well hey people I have a the reoccurring problem of slaying dragons and not getting there souls as when I kill them there body doesn't decompose releasing it's soul its body stays. In tact as if I killed a bandit or something .So I was wondering if anyone else was having similarproblems and any help on the matter as it is ohh so annoying and I don't have any previous saves without losing50 hours so thanks for reading .

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:52 am

Do you fast travel right when you kill them?

Cheers

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:02 am

Do you fast travel right when you kill them?

Cheers

Ofc not I sit and wait for the animation to appear but nothing happens like I do everytime .

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:53 pm

The dragons at the peaks will respawn after a while but you will only get a soul from the first one you kill at those locations, not from the respawns.

Dragons you meet randomly in the wild or attacking towns should always give a soul.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:42 pm

Its probably because they are Ginger Dragons.

» Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:33 am

The dragons at the peaks will respawn after a while but you will only get a soul from the first one you kill at those locations, not from the respawns.

Dragons you meet randomly in the wild or attacking towns should always give a soul.

Oh thanks I though I had run into some sort of glitch. phew

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:21 pm

The dragons at the peaks will respawn after a while but you will only get a soul from the first one you kill at those locations, not from the respawns.

Dragons you meet randomly in the wild or attacking towns should always give a soul.

Aghh thank you I had heard of a thing about "clone" dragons not giving a soul but I wasn't sure but thank you for clarifying.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:12 pm

That's because you're fighting mudcrabs in dragon costumes, not actual dragons...isn't that obvious?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:35 pm

The 1.2 and 1.3 patch claim that they've fixed it, but seems not

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:04 pm

As others have said,the respawned dragons at certain places dont give souls after you have killed them the first time..which seems to be working as intended. However,it is possible for dragons you encounter at unexplored areas to also not give souls *if* you fast-travelled to an area nearby before engaging them.

Weird glitch,but not a game breaker in my experience.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:10 pm

Does it matter who kills the dragon? Cause I had this once happen to me while fighting a dragon in Falkreath. I swear I didn't land the final blow because it died in midair and I wasn't using a bow at the time, so I'm guessing a guard killed it with his (how the guards were able to kill the dragon, I have no clue) The body didn't disappear and have its soul absorbed, and now I have a big dragon corpse laying in the middle of Falkreath. Every other dragon I've killed has worked fine.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:43 pm

Even if you don't kill the dragon, or land the final blow, you will get the soul if you walk up to. Or at least I have.

On a side note, I was exploring and of course after a I fast traveled a dragon popped up. Well, it flew off after BBQing some Imperial Guards. So, I run off after it and it is fighting a couple of bears. Only as I get closer, there are 5 bears, 3 wolves, 2 spiders, and 2 skeevers all having a cage match like fight.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:58 pm

Stop crying - it happened to me once - you actually get the soul...why is it worth a thread...

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:00 pm

It still happens to me on rare occasions as well, but only when I'm fighting 2 or more Dragons at the same time.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:32 pm

I just killed a dragon at a location where I was given a previous bounty to kill a dragon and did so.

So second dragon - same location = no soul.

Does that mean there is a finite number of souls?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:58 pm

I've only had it once when the dragon fell into the water. No incineration, no soul. I just moved on because there will be plenty of dragons. I have 7 extra souls right now...need word walls. If it keeps happening to you. you should report it in the bugs forum.

Oh wow, CCNA.

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» Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:22 pm

Oh wow, CCNA.

Explainify your slang?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=CCNA

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:18 pm

This happens to the ones that are scripted to certain places and respawn. You can't get the soul twice. Had this happen to me a couple times till I figured it out.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:22 pm

Explainify your slang?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=CCNA

Same, unless Cisco Network Certification is somehow relevant to the topic.