Bard College - Pantea's Flute bug? : V

» Wed May 16, 2012 10:56 pm

It seems that I found Pantea's Flute prior to being tasked by the Bards to find it. The mission sequence seems to be bugged to where I cannot give the flute to Pantea to complete the task. I did a quick google search and there seems to be others with this issue.
Has anyone found a good work around, or was this patched in the new 1.2 everyone is posting about?

Thanks.

» Thu May 17, 2012 12:47 am

It seems that I found Pantea's Flute prior to being tasked by the Bards to find it. The mission sequence seems to be bugged to where I cannot give the flute to Pantea to complete the task. I did a quick google search and there seems to be others with this issue.
Has anyone found a good work around, or was this patched in the new 1.2 everyone is posting about?

Thanks.

not sure mate as i did the quest before i had the flute,but after completion of quest the usual stuff comes up and is fine, except im stuck with the flute in my inventory she doesnt take it back even though quest is complete so think the quest is bugged...i have also found somones lute(not flute) so now im wondering if i will have same problem as you only on a different quest?

heres hoping

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:26 am

not sure mate as i did the quest before i had the flute,but after completion of quest the usual stuff comes up and is fine, except im stuck with the flute in my inventory she doesn't take it back even though quest is complete so think the quest is bugged...i have also found somones lute(not flute) so now im wondering if i will have same problem as you only on a different quest?

heres hoping

Im bummed. I cannot make further progress with the Bards until there is either a work around or a patch. I am assuming if i could just drop it and pick it back up it would kick start the dialog tree. It seems like that is the fix for pc players that can use the console commands.

» Thu May 17, 2012 6:01 am

sorry 2 hear that.....i think iv got another 1 of the bards intruments before iv done the quest.... finns lute??it weighs 4 as well so think im going to have the same issue as you later on with the bards.

perhaps the bards questline/tree is completley bugged?

» Thu May 17, 2012 9:24 am

Who knows. Its still my first play through.
I know i found that damned flute in one of the first caves I cleared, now being 50 hours deep I am not really willing to restart and find out. The lute and the drums I was able to complete without issue, so hopefully you wont experience this bug.

» Thu May 17, 2012 6:10 am

I have about four borked quests. Pantea's flute is one of them.

Skooma Source is also bugged for me and I don't think I can become thane if Riften with it messed up.

» Thu May 17, 2012 8:04 am

Ah I have the same issue.

I completed Pantea's Flute, but it is still in my inventory, and can't store it anywhere.

I completed Finns Lute, but it is still in my inventory, and can't store it anywhere.

But I also got the Grand Staff of Charming (from Hobs Cave - same as the flute) but the winterhold quest still says I have to find it.

» Thu May 17, 2012 5:45 am

Apparently, for some reason, the instruments all stay in your inventory after talking to the quest givers, BUT, despite what the game says, the instruments are 0 weight. I've put all my gear save quest items into a box and my carry weight went to 0 despite having several unusual gems, and the instruments.

I'm actually okay with keeping them around.

» Thu May 17, 2012 7:57 am

Apparently, for some reason, the instruments all stay in your inventory after talking to the quest givers, BUT, despite what the game says, the instruments are 0 weight. I've put all my gear save quest items into a box and my carry weight went to 0 despite having several unusual gems, and the instruments.

I'm actually okay with keeping them around.

How did you put them in a box?
When I try and put them in a chest It tells me that "quest items cannot be removed from inventory"

Do you have a box or bag in your inventory that gives you like a sub inventory?

» Wed May 16, 2012 10:21 pm

I didn't put them in a box. I said I had the instruments still.

Go find a chest, and put everything -but- your quest items (including Pantea's flute, and other bard's college instruments) in it. Your cary weight should be 0. Despite weighing 2-4 lbs each, they actually weigh nothing.

Now, if only we could play the instruments.

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:53 am

Ahhh ok, cool, I get you.

» Wed May 16, 2012 10:44 pm

I think that the golden rule is to not clear random caves unless you have a quest to do in them.

» Thu May 17, 2012 4:07 am

I think that the golden rule is to not clear random caves unless you have a quest to do in them.

I cleared Hobs Cave for the Flute quest.
But then after realised that the Grand Staff of Charming that I picked out the chest there was also a quest item.
Which now I can't complete now.

» Wed May 16, 2012 11:59 pm

Not isolated incidents either. There are so many glitched quests it's a joke.

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:11 am

Sorry to hear that you guys also have bugged quests. I know there are still a few of those types of bugged quests left over in Oblivion even after the GOY edition. So hopefully they are actually able to fix these.

These bugs on this forum seem to be pretty well documented at the wiki page, so at least we are not alone and they are semi well known.
Good luck Bethesda. Love the game, I cannot wait to complete it.

» Thu May 17, 2012 8:41 am

perhaps the bards questline/tree is completley bugged?

Note to self: avoid picking up any musical instruments in Skyrim until next patch...

I think that the golden rule is to not clear random caves unless you have a quest to do in them.

...and uh, entering any caves...

Not isolated incidents either. There are so many glitched quests it's a joke.

...or playing the game....at all..... :confused:

» Wed May 16, 2012 9:06 pm

think we should just leave any items we discover that has a name attached to it or looks quest related.then go back for it later bit of a pain but might stop goosed quests

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:27 am

my first glitches quest and its this one lol i had the lute and it went fine the flute not so great she won't even acknowledge i have it oh well lol

» Thu May 17, 2012 12:42 am

Tell her to just take the damn flute. Maybe throw it at her.

» Wed May 16, 2012 8:01 pm

i wish lo

» Thu May 17, 2012 4:52 am

I saw a lute in a cave east of Whiterun... I left it alone.... you guys have made me paranoid of instruments now. Thanks.

» Thu May 17, 2012 5:35 am

I'm in Hob's Cave - I just opened the chest with the flute - is it safe to just take the staff I need and leave the flute for later (when I get that quest? I don't have it yet). Or will the flute disappear from the chest after a certain time?