Hello fellow Dragonborn:

I have a problem. I started a new game for fun, and I am on the quest "The Golden Claw" and I have to find the secret of The Bleak Falls Barrow, and get the Dragonstone. But when I walk up to the word wall in the Bleak Falls Sanctum, there is no highlighted word and the objective marker just moves around when I come near it. This means I can't complete both objectives I have to do. I'm not sure if i'm just being a noob, or if there's a bug.

Thanks,

-Tommy

That's strange indeed...

Reload a previous save.

I advise you to do the "Before the storm" quest first - inform the Jarl of Whiterun about the dragon attack on Helgen.

Then go to Bleak Fall Barrows and try again.

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Try going from a previous save and walk directly up to the ward wall, making sure your in the line of sight of it and that the casket and chest are right behind you.

If that doesn't work then either you already retrieved the word and didn't realize it or you have an unknown bug.

No need to inform the Jarl before to get the word. You can retrieve the stone and get the word even before getting the quest from Lucan at the Riverwood trader.

I suppose the op has mods that screw his game...

Yeah, I have some mods, that's probably the problem. Thanks!

Aha, you haven't mention any mods...so maybe the problem relies there.

The mods did nothing, and I have informed the Jarl. I know I don't have the word because the Draugr Overlord hasn't came out. I have no idea what the problem is :/

Hmm, I don't remember but i think i have read first the wall and then the Draugr Overloard came out...

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I have that from wiki btw:

It opens to a huge chamber, complete with waterfalls, birds, and a word wall. Before entering the area with the wall, investigate behind it for a hidden, locked chest.

Take a look opposite the word wall for a suspicious-looking sarcophagus and a chest with a good number of valuable items.

Approach the word wall to learn the secret of the barrow, a word for the Unrelenting Force shout.

After learning the word, the sarcophagus will crash open and a boss-level draugr overlord will step out and attack. ***

Fight him and then examine his corpse for the Dragonstone.

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*** I think that's why the Draugr Overloard hasn't came out, because you don't learned the shout.

Yeah, but it won't let me learn the shout :/

Hang on, are you getting the shout, as in "you have learned a new shout" with epic music pumping or not?
- you don't unlock the shout (be able to use the shout) until you fight the Dragon by the Watchtower and get its soul.
- you do have to walk right up to the glowing word!

Post your mod load order here too.

You have to be careful when you deactivate a mod as it can still leave "residue" in your save game. If you still have the problem after trying what Chuckos88 has suggested, you may want to start a new game just to see if it properly resets the scripts.

Please post your mod list so we can get a better idea of what's going on.