Hey everyone.

Ever since i got Dragonborn, dragons have stopped dropping souls, i have tried playing it with the unnoficial patch, without it, with mods, without mods, using the script editor, without using the script editor, i've tried doing a complete re-install of the whole game (deleting all files manually then re-downloading them all) and everything else that i can think of, and everything that other members of the forums have suggested for me, and still none of it works!.

let me explain what happens, i kill a dragon, same as always, no change there, and then... nothing, it just lies there, i can loot the body, but its as if the animation for the dragon to start burning away and surrendering it's soul is gone and no matter what i do, i cant get it back!.

Now, at first you might think "no problem, just use console commands" and on the surface, yes that makes sense, however without the dragons themselves dropping the souls, i cannot progress through the initial Dragon quest at the western watchtower, and i cannot defeat Miraak.

Please help, and if any Bethesda staff read this... you might want to look into this because i know for certain i'm not the only one who is having this problem.

What is the script editor?

Anyway, Bethesda does not need to fix this as it is not broken. They have no idea of how willy nilly some people install and uninstall mods from their save.

Have you installed the Unofficial Patch for Dragonborn? This should fix your problem - unless you have a loose Dragonactorscript.pex file somewhere .... that needs to be deleted.

Post your mod load order.

chuckos88

please read the post, i said that i have tried the unnoficial dragonborn patch.

where can i find the Dragonactorscript.pex?

and i'll start working on getting the load order of my mods

delete the DragonActorScript.pex from your Scripts folder

Edit : and this is what Arthmoor wrote regarding using both Unofficial Patches and load order.

It matters because the USKP fixes the bug where a respawned dragon won't give you a soul, which cancels out the stuff Dragonborn needs to handle Miraak. So the UDBP has to combine fixes. That's why they need to be in the right order.

Edit 2: check also whether you have MQKillDragonScript.pex ... delete that too.

I just checked the Scripts folder, neither of the mentioned items are in there (i used the installer this time) ok, as soon as the mods are finished re-downloading, i will try again.

Ok, mod load order. Copy paste from Unofficial Dragonborn Patch :

Cannot Absorb Dragon Souls

Make sure your load order is right!

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
Hearthfires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
[Other ESMs]
Official hi-res DLC
USKP
UDGP
UHFP
UDBP
UHRP
[Other ESPs]

Use BOSS - you'll enjoy life more.

Loose Scripts in Data\Scripts
Check for: dragonactorscript.pex and/or mqkilldragonscript.pex. Remove them if present. They are from dragon mods that came as loose files.
DSAMG - Dragon Soul Absorb More Glorious, and Diversified Dragons are known to cause this. Those mods need to be updated with a Dragonborn patch that incorporates the fixes from the UDBP.