Same issue here. Found the drum before doing any Bard College quests. I did get the skill rewards from Giraud, but he doesn't take the drum, and I can continue to go through the dialog options trying to give it to him. I also want to point out that I gave him the drum before doing the main Bard College quest "Tending the Flames", and this seems to have glitched that quest reward as well. I got the gold after watching the festival, but not the "Gift of the Gab" perk. I was able to do the Lute and Flute retrieval quests and get rewarded without issue (apparently). Edit: just noticed the lute and flute did not leave my inventory either.

Other glitches so far: random dragon kill didn't result in absorbed dragon soul. Corpse is lootable, but never turned into a skeleton.

Southfringe Sanctum cave quest, help Selveni Nethri escape: She doesn't actually leave the cave. She is standing at the entrance of the cave (from the inside), but beyond the range of communicating with her. She apparently doesn't actually leave, and the quest never shows as complete. I can hit her with magic or a bow and kill her, but the quest doesn't update. I killed all of the cave inhabitants before cutting her down and talking to her, then I just followed her to the exit.

I am not able to get the "Lovers Comfort" temp perk when sleeping at home I share with my wife. I married Camilla from Riverwood, and we are living in Breezehome in Whiterun. When ever I sleep here, I only get the Well Rested temp perk. The only dialog options I have with the wife are: asking for gold from the shop, buying/selling, asking for a meal, and moving someplace else.

Not sure about this one, but I have two Alik'r warriors just camping out at the entrance to Whiterun after doing the quest for Saadia "In my time of need" quest. I got the dialog from her in the inn where she pulls a dagger, but instead of going to the prison to find the location of the guys after her, I went to the cave and killed them all while doing another quest in the same cave. When I speak to either of the two guys buy the door, all they say is "What do you need?". Maybe they are there for another quest, but they weren't there before rampaging through that cave for the quest, and they never move.

Faction ::College of Winterhoof

Quest ::Revealing the Unseen

Problem ::Focusing crystal light beams will not move. No matter what spell is used.


As that i don't have time to read through the multitudes of quest glitches, this may be a re-post. In the College of Winterhoof quest line Revealing the Unseen when repairing the ocolus with the focusing crystal. I am unable to change the light pattern using either the cold or the flame spells, the beams are there but do not change. i have reloaded back to before turning in the quest yet no matter how many times i reload the glitch is there. So i am unable to even continue on with the college quest line. Bring on the patches or the games going for trade in.....

Miscellaneous Quest - "Get Derkeethus Out of the Cave"

This takes place in Darkwater Pass. If you go through the cave backwards (so you're entering at the top of the waterfall, not the bottom - ie; not where the symbol is on the map) and exit the cave at the intended "entrance", Derkeethus will disappear entirely, and the quest will be stuck in your journal and can't be completed.

First quest for the Bard's College "Tending The Flames" the door where I need to use the ruby claw, the rings won't turn for me to open to unlock it.

in the Thieve's Guild main quests, after i do the quest to help out the guy at the meadery, i save Golum 'ei, and the dark elf who works at the college of winterhold, they all tell me they can fence my goods but when i talk to them, they either ignore me or the prompt to begin trading simply doesnt show up. wtf???? is this just me?

Don't know if this has been posted already, but I'll put in my personal experience for good measure

Location: Drelas' Cottage
Point in Main Quest: Just killed Second (scripted) Dragon, learned all 3 words of power for unrelenting force
Bug: Sometime after/during entering/exiting Drelas' Cottage and encountering a non-scripted dragon roaming the area nearby, attempts at accessing the Magic Menu causes the game and system to freeze up until otherwise shut down.

to much weight ?? check when you go to equip ur [censored] its in the bottom of the screen.

Try using your shout to push her out of the cave

Quest: The Pursuit

Bug: I met with Karliah in the cellar of the Frozen Hearth tavern, and the quest shifted to meeting her at the Thieves Guild. In this instance, she left the cellar, and the game progressed. Shortly after leaving the cellar myself, I noticed some many levels later that the marker for the location had shifted - by this time I had been across the vast majority of Skyrim, unlocking locations and completing smaller quests to gain levels. Now, when I try to visit the Thieves, they are all waiting for the supposed meeting and arrival of Karliah, only to be locked in a continued state of 'attack mode', and unable to respond or engage in conversation trees.

At this point, I am too high a level and invested in the character to warrant a restart - I'm level 32, with 40+ hours under my gaming belt, and I'm nearing the same skill state as my Oblivion character previously, after many hours of gameplay. Needless to say, I can't progress in the Thieves Guild... nor finish a component of the Assassin's Guild (explained below), and it's very disappointing.

Bug 2: Consequently, I am also unable to speak with Delvin Mallory (Thief), concerning the Assassin's Guild quest 'Where you hang your enemy's head', namely due to him being in a constant state of 'attack mode'. He is unable to activate, and simply says "We need to deal with this first.", or something along those lines.

Make that x 2, or add another to Waking Nightmare.

After completing "Loud and Clear" I can't talk to Maven Black-Briar and I don't get the quest called "Dampened Spirits."

Awesome, Bethesda. Awesome. Reminds me of that Fighter's Guild quest bug in Oblivion where if you visited a cave before you got the quest you couldn't complete it, thus locking you out of the second to last title in the FG.

Props, Bethesda.

I also have the two Alik'r warriors just camping out at the entrance to Whiterun, your not the only one and I think this is a bug.

Not sure if been said yet but the quest is called '' Rescue Mission'' for the companions. The person your to rescue is gone, I have seen on other forums people having trouble with this quest. I can't take quests from the companions now. I have no idea why bethesda doesn't include a way to drop quests and have them reset if you have not completed them yet....with all bugged quests elder scrolls have.

Thank you for responding, but yes I have done this already. I have searched all possible objects, and retrieved the necklace from the secret room through the false-back cabinet.

I found a way past the tolfdir not casting a spell part but it involves killing the other 3 novices lol do that and leave town then pay off your bounty an it finishes that part. I wish i didnt have to do it though.

Quest: Reunification of Skyrim

Objective: Regain Winterhold Hold

Location: Winterhold Imperial Camp

Bug: The marker points to Legate Rikke, but she won't do or say anything.

Thieves Guild Questline: The Pursuit.
Objective: Speak to Brynjolf.
Location: The Ragged Flagon Cistern.

I am speaking to him but the dialog just goes in a loop ending with my last dialog option: "..." My objective won't change. I've tried talking to him at all times of day. He says that Moriah is supposed to come talk to me and him, but she never does. Not sure which part of the quest is glitched

EDIT: I was outside the thieves guild and found Vold's body lying on the ground. Since Vold is the person we were after in this quest, I guess that explains why I can't continue. This is a huge bummer since it stops all my progress with the thieves guild. Please patch these up, Bethesda!

Just found another one!

Quest: Pieces of the Past
Objective: Speak to Silus inside his house.
Location: Silas Vesuius's House, Dawnstar.

I've talked to him over and over. Done every one of the dialog choices but the quest never updates.

Proving Your Honor: Even a little before this quest started, Farkas wouldn't stop talking to me. He chased me around, started up conversations with me in the middle of battle and nearly caused me to die on several occasions. I finally just had to leave and come back to it later. There are some other people around the internet who are having this issue with Farkas.

Quest: Elder Knowledge.

Problem: When climbing to the top of the mountain after speaking to the greybeards, the dragon tells me he does not know the shout to defeat the dragons, and that I must seek out information about an Elder Scroll from the greybeard I usually talk to, and from the librarian at the Mages College. When I finally get to the Mages College Urag Gro Shub has the little arrow above his head, but I cannot speak to him, and he constantly repeats something about Arcano knowing about the orb's power or something...

Anyway, I looked around and the solution I found online was to check out the book he leaves on the table... something about Elder Scrolls. Unfortunately, this doesn't show up for me...

Do you think I could go back to before being told to go to the college, and continue with some other quest, then return once a patch has been issued for this quest?

Thanks!

In the quest Blood on the Ice I cannot get any dialogue options from Jorleif for assistance and after finishing the quest he does not give me the option to buy Hjerim. I also have the Strange Amulet stuck in my inventory (since I was stupid enough not to sell it to Calixto).

I also have an annoying bug were Ulfric gives his speech every time I enter his castle. Also, in Whiterun there is a dead Blood Dragon that appears every time I load the area inside the city and flops around uselessly.

I've had same bug, fortunately I was 1 quest away (took the Madman's one in Solitude), after I wanted to progress with Thieves Guild - she teleported to old location and that was it.
So I loaded my save file back and she was there standing as she should be. Too bad you left it for so many hours now and basically what Bethesda should do for gamers is "reset" quest button.

In Solitude, helping the people THEN becoming Thane has resulted in the Help the people of Solitude quest to become stuck in my Misc quest log.

Blood on the Ice. It is glitched on the 360 as you may know. However I wonder if it has anything to do with another strange bug where I cannot see the Windhelm icon on the compass. Thought that was a strange coincidence, however I couldn't see why that would be an issue. Just thought I would inform. =)

Oh and just to be thorough:

Blood on the Ice-
-Walk into Windhelm at 2 am. (using the community walk-through).
-Go to the graveyard.
-Nothing of importance happened. =P

Tried multiple times with added variables... nothing.

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I already mentioned two glitched quests above, but i found another few glitches that are extremely annoying.
Thankfully the glitch with my werewolf constantly having a dwemer longsword stuck to his arm is now fixed though i have no idea how this glitch was removed, still i;m not complaining.
Now on to the glitches i;ve found.

I am unable to remove the Ruby Dragon Claw from my inventory (its needed for a companion quest i believe though i cannot remember which one.) I've long since finished the mission yet i cannot drop it. The same is for the elder scroll, i've finished the MQ yet am unable to drop the elder scroll. As well as the Stones of barenziah, i cannot remove any of them and as there are 24 of them and they weigh .5 each its kind of annoying. The curious silver mold is also un-droppable. So is the book Children of the Sky and the book King Olaf's Verse. Also the quest for Beothiah where you have to scarifice someone is incompletable as whenever i sacrifice someone boethiah appears but she/he only says one line of dialogue then repeats it over and over and i am unable to talk to her/him. I tried sacrificing several different people at different times of the day yet it remained broken.

I have two questions for you all as well,
After finishing the main quest and Paarthanax flying off, are you able to find him later and kill him? As i cannot talk to or aid any member of the blades because they keep telling me i have to kill paarthanax before i can talk to them....


ALSO, wtf do i do with Rjorns Drum? It says its a quest item so i cannot drop it yet i cant find anything about it in the guide for a quest.....???


ALSO, I'm having major issues with dead bodies not disappearing. I did the mission where you ahve to find the redguard woman for the Alik'r warriors, i decided to aid the woman and wipe out all the warriors. so i finished the quest yet a few in game days later two alik;r warriors appeared in whiterun and i could not talk or interact with them at all. they would stay in the same position forever regardless of the time of day. So in the siege of whiterun quest for the stormcloaks i i took advantage of this quest and killed them, however I am now 12 levels later in the game having finished all the stormcloak quests yet their bodies remain in whiterun and refuse to disappear. also, a whiterun guard died in the siege and his body is also in the streets and will not disppear. this is really annoying me, also because every ten minutes all the npcs run over to the body and start screaming what happened and oh no a dead man. Its really annoying xD What happened to the remove corpse button from morrowind?