Organised List Of Broken Quests

Post » Mon May 21, 2012 2:00 am

Quest: Find 5 Ice Wraith Teeth for Marise (0/5)
Type: Misc
Description: After handing in the quest to Marise - the food vendor in Riften - the quest stays active but reverts back to 0/5 and collecting ice wraith teeth does not effect the quest anymore.


Quest: Talk to Brynjolf about joining the Thieves Guild
Type: Theives Guild / Misc
Description: Listed in the Misc section but linked with the quest to join the theives guild. Once completed, stays in the mission log.


Quest: Return to the Jarl of Riften
Type: Misc
Description: After asking about becoming a Thane of Riften, you are told you need to buy a house in Riften. Once the house is owned there is no dialogue to continue, so the mission is stuck as active and you are unable to become a Thane in Riften.


Quest: Find the copy of N'Gasta! Kvata! Kvakis!
Type: Misc
Description: Obtained the book before meeting the quest giver, and as a result, I am directed to Northwind Summit to retreive it, but can't. And also cannot drop it from the inventory as it's marked as a quest item.
Other: The quest giver is Urag gro-Shub in the Mage's College library.
I got 1/5 ice wraith teeth for Marise in the quest journal and got 17 in the inventory. Playin on PC.
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Kelly Upshall
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 7:43 am

Can't belive my eyes, no one has brought this up?! Guess I have to then.

Quest: Reunification of Skyrim

Type: Main Quest, Imperial Legion (Civil War)

Description: After events taking place in Whiterun you're handed a new quest from General Tallius (think that's correct) where you're ordered
to go to the Imperial Pale Camp and talk to Legate Rikke. When you arrive Rikke does NOT have the correct dialogue option available. There
are supposed to be three things to choose when talking to her, one of them being something along the lines of "What are my orders?". This
choice is not there when you talk to Rikke and I've tried everything to make it pop up.

How To Replicate: As far as I know all you have to do is start this questline until you get "Reunification of Skyrim", then try talking to Legate
Rikke which as I mentioned is impossible.

Stats: I've been playing the game roughly 70 hours, Skyrim had been running for about 1½ hour when I reached the problem. I'm level 43 at
the time being (when trying to do the quest) and I have not noticed any prolonged loading times or other issues.

Other: My guess is the patch (1.2) being the culprit behind all this but I cannot be sure. I've tried everything from sleeping, resting, having the
guards at the camp fight a giant by luring him in, cleared my console's cache, reinstalled the game, tried to re-load the save, went thought the
entire Whiterun mission again, talked to Legate Rikke from different sides, tried picking the other dialogue options and I've also pretty much
bashed her to death with my mace to see if that would make it work.

Note that not a single thing of the stuff I mentioned worked to fix this issue. Any help with this bug will be greatly apprechiated!

// Interstella
can't really help as i had no problems at all with this questline. only quests i done before i started was escaping from helgen though. i went to talk to the general and did the civil war quests til u go to whiterun and even then just did the main quests i had to to advance the civil war quests. done no other main quests until i was done with the civil war quests.
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sally coker
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 6:59 am

*Quest: Animal Extermination
*Type: Companion Radiant
*Description: GreenSpring Hollow (and others)
How To Replicate:
Stats: Any Level
Other: Possible solution which worked for me was to marry Aela. This cancelled her quest, and allowed me to get work from the other Companions, including Purity. She has not given me any Totems of Hircine yet (since the glitch, I had one so far), so I can't comment on that.
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gary lee
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 8:12 am

I am unable to complete the Totems of Hircine quest and can not get rid of Aela. The game is virtually unplayable now as the Aela character is continuously underfoot and I can not get rid of her.
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Nicole Mark
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 5:11 am

*Quest: Darkness Returns

*Type: Thieves Guild

*Description: after Nocturnal descends back into the ground, quest marker remains in the ground and next step is never triggered. First time I arrived, Karliah was present during & after speech, but could never speak to her. Following attempts to reload an earlier save and try again, or to return to this mission at a later time found Karliah not appearing at all, or else disappearing immediately after entering the room. But regardless of her status, the marker remains in the ground and the next step is not triggered.

*How To Replicate: this happens for me every single time I try the quest (10 or so times)... I've tried skipping through Gallus's initial conversation vs listening completely to everything he has to say... running through the dungeon as quickly as possible vs clearing the entire thing out... inspecting Anders' remains vs letting them be... etc etc

*Stats: first time I tried this I'm not certain of my level, but it was very high (certainly past 40, maybe past 50)... I'm running copy from the disk, not installed to xbox hard drive
Other: I know others have had similar problems, as evidenced by the "Bugs" entry here: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Darkness_Returns

I had the same problem as described here. Nocturnal disappears in to the pool, but her marker stays below floor level. I managed to finally resolve it by waiting 24 hours. Nocturnal disappears as intended and Karliah appeared and the quest continued normally.
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Javier Borjas
 
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Post » Sun May 20, 2012 11:52 pm

REPENTANCE

Illia gets separated from the gamer at the end of the quest and ends up killing her mother before the gamer can find her, thus preventing the final scene of the quest from being acted out, and the quest is then forever stuck. The quest PIP now points to a spot on the ground where her dead mother was found when the gamer first arrived on the scene of the final battle/encounter, and now Illia will not engage in any dialogue and just does the usual behavior of a minor NPC, saying single sentences like "YES?" " IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO FOR YOU?" etc.

This isn't the first time I have run into problems with quests that involve accompanying an NPC through a dungeon. They often get stuck in a corridor or alcove or screw up something important making the quest impossible to complete without starting over from the beginning, which in some cases results in the exact same thing happening all over again.

VERY FRUSTRATING!
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brandon frier
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 2:25 am

Other bugged quests:

Miscellaneous quests:
- Find a copy of Fragment: on Arteum
- Speak to Greta about going to the Temple of Divines
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Rachael
 
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Post » Sun May 20, 2012 9:55 pm

Miscellaneous quests
Bounty for Giant at Sleeping Tree Camp -- killed all giants there and still cannot collect the bounty
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Darian Ennels
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 5:33 am

Repairing The Phial

3 Briarhearts have been obtained but are not recognized by the journal. The corpse of the Briarheart specifically pointed to by the quest marker remains with the marker overhead even after death.
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Roberto Gaeta
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 12:50 pm

Kill Ennodius Piccius

NPC is generated after recieving the quest however upon killing the NPC it is unrecognised by the Journal with the quest marker remaining. Mulitple re-loads show the same problem and this prevents progression through the Dark Brotherhood Storyline.

Kill The Leader of Uttering Hills Camp

Recieving this quest after clearing it during the Thieves Guild special assignment, The Specific NPC needed to achieve the journal objective does not spawn, the placemarker exists however hovering above an empty chair in the lower part of the Dungeon.
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Joanne
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 1:30 am

Quest: Purity Of Revenge
Type: Companions
Description: After Vilkas tells me we need to go and kill every single Silver Hand, he sits down and goes about his business. but won't do the main quest and it doesn't appear in my inventory. When I talk to him, he only lets me ask about why he joined the Companions, what it means to be one, training in two-handed
How To Replicate: I had Helm of Winterhold quest on me and its bugged out now
Stats: Level 20, about 50 hours in.
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.X chantelle .x Smith
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 3:57 am

Quote I can't remove the cursed ring of hircine

*Quest: Ill met by the moonlight
*Type: Daedric
*Description: I could not find Sinding when I was at the Grotto, but when I went back to Falkreach he was behind bars. I killed him with my Bow. I cannot get close enough to him to skin him to skin him. I used my shouts to blast him closer and I used telekinesis and iron ingots to move him closer. That almost worked but i can't get him up the few stairs. I have had this ring for 61 levels now. Townsfolk tell me I look pale and not well. I just need the dev team to move him closer or put his dead body at the grotto so i can skin him and remove this dam ring.
How To Replicate: Kill sinding when he is a warewolf and behind bars
Stats: level 20
Other: Is there a solution that i Have not discovered?
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Cheville Thompson
 
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Post » Sun May 20, 2012 11:18 pm

*Quest: The Taste Of Death
*Type: Daedric
*Description: Met Eola early in the game, cleared out Reachcliff Cave without her as she died too easily (but had Janassa with me at least after the initial room), got the quest to lure Brother Verulus to the cave.


Twenty+ levels later I decided to finish this out. I had to bribe Verulus, but he followed me (and Janassa) readily to the secret back entrance to the cave. Once the dialog between Eola and Janassa finishes, they begin walking toward the altar. When they get almost to the stairs to the left of the altar (facing the altar), there is a fiery explosion near them, and Eola and the guests become hostile to me. I can calm some of them temporarily, but cannot get them to stop being hostile. Doesn't matter whether I leave Janassa outside the cave. I can also run away and lose them, then sneak back to see them standing around or returning to their seats, but eventually one of them, usually Eola, says "What's that?" and the red dots appear on my radar again; one or more of them will attack Verulus who is still standing to the left of the altar, and he will immediately go prone and then they leave him alone.

Depending on the timing, if I try to attack Verulus, he is already cowering and will not die; or, if I focus on killing Eola and the guests, Verulus goes to sleep on the altar in the meantime, and seemingly cannot be killed nor pickpocketed (it claims he detects me). I would rather finish this in a way that nets me the Ring of Namira.

Also I tried an earlier save (before bribing Verulus), entered Reachcliff Cave through the front entrance, found Eola alone in the altar room. The only dialog was to remind me to fetch Verulus. There was no explosive rune on the floor or anything else I could see that would set her off. Then I left through the front entrance, found the secret back entrance, and Eola was still there, alone, no change.

How To Replicate: unknown
Stats: Level 35 Breton
Other: Xbox 360


EDIT: I got past this by leaving my companion outside the cave, ran ahead of Verulus, stood in front of Eola, turned around facing the exit, and as soon as the dialog betwen Verulus and Eola began, sprinted out the secret rear entrance. When I came back in, Verulus was asleep on the altar, Eola was standing on the right side waiting for me, and the guests were all still seated. When I crossed the threshold of the room, the quest changed to "Kill Verulus". After finishing the cannibalism and getting the ring, as Eola walked away, she crossed over to the left side of the room (facing the altar), and directly in front of the shelving unit, the explosion happened (in the same spot it happened when she would walk to the altar)! Mercifully nobody reacted to it.
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Arrogant SId
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 9:26 am

*Quest: Loud and Clear
*Type: Thieves Guild
*Description: Instructions are to Listen to Mercer Fry in order to join the guild, however when i talk to to him he doesnt respond with anything other than "I hope this is important i am very busy." This is also preventing me from finishing the Dark Brotherhood quest line because Delvin wont talk to me until i talk to Mercer.
How To Replicate: No idea
Stats: Lvl 33, <1 day played about
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Steve Fallon
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 7:55 am

*Quest: Dragon Seekers
*Type: Companions
*Description: This is the final companion quest. Farkas or Vilkas ask for your help to kill a dragon. A bug occurs if you have already killed this dragon prior to this quest. In place of the dragon you'll only find a marker floating in the air. He wont respawn making the quest unable to be completed.
How To Replicate: Kill the dragon before accepting the quest. I dont know if it always target the same dragon, my problem occurs with one that spawns in the hotsprings, between windhelm and riften.
Stats: -
Other:
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Chantelle Walker
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 5:52 am

wouldn't you want multiple instances of the same glitch that way you could see what's more widespread or one off"s?
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Danielle Brown
 
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Post » Sun May 20, 2012 9:33 pm

  • Quest Name
    • Horn of Jurgen Windcaller
  • Type
    • Main Quest
  • Description - Wulfgar just stands there and does not teach me the last word of Unrelenting Shout therefore I can progress no further in the main quest line. Arengeir does the same thing.
  • How To Replicate I have no clue how to replicate it
  • Stats
    • 40 hours about
    • Level 27
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Ella Loapaga
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 11:01 am

*Quest: Dragon Seekers
*Type: Companions
*Description: This is the final companion quest. Farkas or Vilkas ask for your help to kill a dragon. A bug occurs if you have already killed this dragon prior to this quest. In place of the dragon you'll only find a marker floating in the air. He wont respawn making the quest unable to be completed.
How To Replicate: Kill the dragon before accepting the quest. I dont know if it always target the same dragon, my problem occurs with one that spawns in the hotsprings, between windhelm and riften.
Stats: -
Other:
My hubby has this problem. Varkas has been following him for quite some time now. I don't see it listed in the patch notes for the new patch. :( Hoping it's addressed in the one after this one. Varkas is great help as he seems to be an essential character while the quest is open but the hubby is pretty sick of him regardless of how helpful he is. :P
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Liv Brown
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 9:21 am

Quest: A Cornered Rat
Type: Main Quest
Description: After completing "Diplomatic Immunity" Delphine does not give me the next quest "A Cornered Rat".

I haven't seen this (big) problem in the "what we're working on..." message from Bethesda... Any chance this is going to be fixed one day ???
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Paul Rice
 
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Post » Sun May 20, 2012 9:59 pm

Quest: The Wolf Queen Awakened

Type: Side Quest

Description: I'm not getting the letter from Falk Firebeard for the quest to start due that I have reached lvl 81 and have no wish to start a new game.
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hannah sillery
 
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Post » Sun May 20, 2012 10:18 pm

*Quest: Battle for Windhelm

*Type: Civil War

*Description: I have entered Windhelm and reached the Palace of Kings. I saved right before I entered the palace. When I enter the palace, Legate Rikke and General Tullius do not enter the palae with therefore my character just stands there waiting for them to enter. I revert to my save outside the palace doors, but am stuck in the same situation and can't leave Windhelm. I can't progress in my game. The save prior to the save I mentioned above was before I completed the main quest, thieves guild, brotherhood, and most of the civil war quests. I do not want to have to repeat all of those quests. Please fix!!

How To Replicate: I am not completely sure what I did. There may have been one or two more stormcloak soldiers when I entered the palace doors which made Rikke and Tullius stuck.

Stats: - Level 81. Over 700 saves on just this character. What feels like a billion hours played. I am inches away from completing my last achievement and this damn bug occurs.

Other: Ugh... Please help me? Thanks in advance if anyone can get me out of this mess!
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Enny Labinjo
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 7:36 am

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*Quest: Battle of Windhelm
*Type: Civil War
*Description: You hear General Tullius give his initial speech and charge into the Windhelm the battle will not load. Instead you will enter the normal city with no legionaries or stormcloaks. General Tullius and Legate Rikke will both be there and will attack the Windhelm guards on sight. Going back to a save before the start of liberate Eastmarch quest will not help. What triggers this bug is currently unknown but some unknown previous interaction with the city seems the probable culprit. PC users can use the console commands to complete the quest, but Ulfric will continue to rule Windhelm and the house there will be inaccessible. A workaround to complete the quest with full imperial occupation of Eastmarch is to continue with General Tullius and Legate Rikke into the Palace, confront and defeat Ulfric, and then leave the city for thirty days until it resets. This is possible because General Tullius will follow his showdown scripting once you get him into the palace. When you enter the palace you need to move quickly away from the door or you will become stuck in cinematic mode. The other thing you need to be careful about is the presence of two Windhelm guards at the door and Yrsarald Thrice-Pierced. The guards will attack General Tullius and Legate Rikke (who will not respond) and Yrsarald Thrice-Pierced will join the final battle, but since he is an essential character, you won't be able to him. Afterward, General Tullius will not give his speech and Yrsarald Thrice-Pierced will follow you around attacking until you leave the city After the thirty days there should be no difference in result from a normal victory.
How To Replicate: What triggers this bug is currently unknown but some unknown previous interaction with the city seems the probable culprit. PC users can use the console commands to complete the quest, but Ulfric will continue to rule Windhelm and the house there will be inaccessible.
Stats: 130 hours level 64
Other: me mad, me very mad
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Emma
 
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 1:37 am

QUEST: A Return To Your Roots

TYPE: Secondary

DESCRIPTION: Have Just entered Sinderions Laboratory in Blackreach and can't leave. I picked up his journal which then activated the "return to your roots" quest and now when I try and leave the lab, I can't. I can exit through the door back to Blackreach but am frozen to the spot. I can turn around and enter back into the lab but again once inside I cant move. Have tried re-loading the auto save from that point but have the same problem.
(EDIT): Problem has resolved itself after re-loading the save point a few times.

QUEST: Report Leinfarr's Death To His Family

TYPE: Miscellaneous

DESCRIPTION: Quest was activated upon looting a body I discovered in a cave (I forget which one). When the quest is selected I am given no indication of where to go as the quest does not display the location on the map and gives no quest marker to follow.

QUEST: Wait For Brelyna's Spell To Wear Off

TYPE: Miscellaneous

DESCRIPTION: This Quest was started very early on in the game for me and has been selected as an active quest ever since and after 157 hours of game-play, I'm still waiting for it to wear off. Have tried going back to speak to Brelyna many times but am never given an option to help her further, even though she says she can do with more help.
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Adrian Powers
 
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Post » Sun May 20, 2012 10:27 pm

Quest: Kill the dragon at Ancient's Ascent

Type: Miscellaneous

Description: Quest is offered by the inn keeper in Falkreath. I had already been to Ancient's Ascent and killed the dragon for another quest. The dragon does not respawn when the quest is given by the inn keeper so the quest cannot be completed.
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Post » Mon May 21, 2012 3:28 am

Quest: Kill the bandit leader located at Nilheim

Type: Miscellaneous

Description: I had already killed all the bandits at Nilheim for the quest 'Telrav's Request'. I was then given a bounty quest to go back and kill the bandit leader. All the bodies of the dead bandits were still there from when I did 'Telrav's Request' and no new bandits had respawned so I cannot complete this quest.
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