Finally took a shot at the Oblivion Walker achievement, and am on my last quest. Found the Statue of Meridia and got the location of the Beacon, which is in the chest in the Dawnstar Sanctuary. Well, where the chest would be if I hadn't finished the quest line. Now the marker is leading me to an empty spot in the room where the chest would be. Loading earlier saves doesn't work. I'm not on PC.

This is a huge bug.

You're outta luck then...

@The Silent Shadow - one thing you could try. Go to an interior cell like an Inn. Wait 40 in-game days. This should reset most cells in the game. It isn't a guarantee, but it might fix this for you to finish the acheezement! Good luck!

Thank you; I'll give this a try later and see what happens.

Meridia's Beacon is a random loot item. First time I found it, it was in a chest in Valtheim Tower. The Beacon has no set spawn location.

It does as soon as you activate Meridia's quest, which I said above.

I didn't know you could activate the quest without having looted the Beacon.

You can. If you go to Meridia's Shrine first (which is what the OP did), and activate the shrine, you're given the quest to get the Beacon from a specified "radiant" location.

I did the same thing, I got Meridia's Beacon in a chest in a Nordic ruin IIRC.

Meridia's quest will also start as soon you got Meridia's Beacon in random loot.

Yes but it doesn't start again when the quest is already started and active. This sounds like a major oversight/bug.


I don't think there's anything the op can do if you're on console. Honestly think you're screwed unfortunately.

Yes, but the quest can also be started without the Beacon, by activating Meridia's Shrine. In this case, it's no longer random loot; it becomes a radiant quest item, in a specific location. That's what the OP did.