I am having the same issue only Einarth is the one who is nodding and not responding. Did you figure out how to proceed?

Misc Quest: Steal Dragon's Breath Mead for Olda
Problem: Dragon's Breath Mead isn't there.
- I overkilled the wolves with Firebolt. It may have sent the dragon's breath behind/under the crate. (note: I never actually saw it) I've tried reloading the area, only the normal mead reappears.

if you are still having trouble with this just 'unrelenting shout' at her and pretty soon it will push her out of the cave. You won't get a reward but the objective is removed from your list. Yayy!

Kill the hagraven Petra not completing and she's very dead.
Help Selveni Nethri escape the cave, she just stands at the exit.

And I really wish people would take it easy on the devs. It's the suits rushing the game out that are at fault not the devs themselves, you think its the poor shmucks, like i don't know the texture artists or the sound effects guys for example that should be held accountable? of course not but everyone that didn't have a say on when the game was actually released gets blamed and insulted when ever people start pissing and moaning at the 'devs'.
I've also no doubt the testers worked their ass's off and made reports on all this stuff but they are not to blame as they sure don't have a say on when it's released.

I'm having this exact same problem. I have tried every piece of advice I have come across, but it still won't work for me. I hope Bethesda can include a fix for this in the next patch.

In Message to Whiterun after joining the stormcloaks i turned into a stage 4 vampire by accident infront of ulfric and after i came back he dissapeared, hes non existent on the game map and clairvoyence does nothing either.

have been looking through to see if anyone else encountered this , didnt notice any posts on it so here it is , having a massive problem with misc objectives but it only started once i got to dawnstar i went into the inn and found the preist of mara followed him and done that quest to help the town from vearmina after i went and found the thane quests now im stuck on 2/3 people helped and i think its cos i did the preist quest first , the smaller but more annoying problem i am having is that skalds random objectives like killing dragons and giants wont dissappear from my quest log after handing them in and receiving my pay, this actually first started with the solitude thane quests to help 5 of those people helped all five and got my house but afterwards the quest marker to help the 5 people remains in my log as 0/5 and the show on map(X) Button is greyed out for of these bugged quests

The Jagged Crown ------- Spoke to legate and fast travelled to KorvanJund, however instead of fighting stormcloaks outside it was bandits, and it want's me to talk to legate BUT i can't as there is rubble blocking my way through.

FIX IT!!! I'm getting fed up with stupid glitches/bugs like this (And no i can't reload a save as the old one is 3 hours old):| -.-

some thing else weird ive just remebered i got a mics quest to kill a bandit leader in Nilheim but when i got their their was these bandits asleep but when i walked u=over to them they come up as ''Guard'' the whole camp is like this and they are all freindly despite being in bandit clothese, not sure if this is a glitch or not , but the marker still led me to one guy who was still a guard but wen i killed him in his sleep he counted as the leader handed that in no problem and it hasnt counted as a murder so im not sure there.

My first quest bug... and an early one.

I cannot believe this game is so bugged, even in the first quests!

When I get to the door when I am supposed to use the golden claw, the wheels with the animal pictures do not turn. I can press A all the time, but they wont move, so Im unable to use the golden claw and open the door, so being stuck in the main quest forever! This is my second character, but it svcks!

I can not complete "To Kill an Empire" I'm a kajit, and can get into the kitchen and start talking to the chef, but when she reaches "It's just...." the conversation ends, and no matter what I;ve tried it will always end at "It's just..."

Blood on the ice. Never cleans up my home and there are bones and an altar going through a bookcase and all kinds of crap going on in there lol.

Bard College Finn's Lute and the other instruments have not been removed from inventory when handing in the quests. so far this is the only thing that has given me trouble since i got the game

I cannot get the conversation to become a thane in riften. I've bought the house and I have helped enough people and I've done all the quests that are needed but now the jarl won't talk to me about it.

Can't complete Kill the dragon on Northwind Summit. There is no dragon over there and if i kill the dragon nearby he doesn't give the quest as completed.

If you're on the PC you can work around it by disabling collision through the console ( tcl ) and move into the cell. I also had this particular bug and couldn't get Sindarin to stand anywhere but in the back of his cell (I waited, went outside and waited some more), too far away to activate him.

Can also confirm that some Bard quest items won't be removed from inventory. Completed those long ago and still have a (named) drum and flute in my bags.

A bug I ran across that is really hindering the ability to do quests near Markarth. After escaping out of prison by helping the prisoners escape the guards won't reset properly. They still want to convict you and send you to Chidna for murder and conspiracy. You can't bribe the guard, pay your fine or use your connections to the Thieves' Guild.

OK when i am supposed to ride the dragon i set him free. then i though "you know ima get owned" so i decided to do some more quests and come back i did but now he is gone. (at least 10 hours btw) i cannot call him. the arrow points me to the place he should be ON THE WHITERUN map not the GREAT PORCH map. i have no way of getting their clearly. Any ideas?

I also am having a problem with "Boethiah's Calling" (followers will not touch pedastal) as well as "Ormund's Request" (Enthir won't take staff, found prior to mission start).
And the 3 instruments for the Bards' College, can turn in missions, but instruments stay in inventory (Drum was found prior, Lute was prior and the Flute was post).
Kind of frustrating as I'm running a pure warrior and weight is always an issue..

Side Quest: Blood on the Ice. I cannot start the quest and therefore cannot purchase the best house in Skyrim, the Windhelm home. The people simply do not show up as they're supposed to in the graveyard.

I can't get Ahtar the executioner as a follower. I think i may have already killed the bandit he supposedly tells you to kill and now i don't get any options to get a quest from him. svcks cuz i kinda wanted him as a follower

The Mage's guild quest line is broken for me.

Spoiler below:

It's stuck towards the end (I assume) of the Staff of Magnus quest when you have to defeat Arcano. I enter the hall he's in and nothing happens. He just stands there firing electricity at the eye of magnus and the useless tit that's with me just stands there gawping at me. According to online vids as soon as you enter, Arcano starts talking and the action starts but nothing I do progresses things. I've even loaded an earlier save and re-played about half an hour of the game but when I get to this part the same thing happens.

Hugely unimpressed.

Battle for solitude ulfric is done talking and enters the city I try to enter it says I need a key

Blood on the ice

Hi I got the house in windhelm thinking I finished the quest blood on the ice. I come back in to the city and I found out I put the wrong guy in jail. The guy I need to get is colixto I go back to my house and he gust standing their and attacks me but I can kill him. and he does not get out of the house to commit another murder I did buy all the furnishings for the house so all the things that where in the house before are gone I don't now if the alter had to remain in the room. I hope this quest is not important to the story I would hate to start over after 60hr of game play.

Im stuck on the Forbidden Legend quest. Ive been able to progress through it just fine, until I made my way to Geirmunds Hall. I jumped down, and tried to rotate the stones, and none of them would budge. I attempted to reposition the door lever in case that might hinder the movement of the stones, nothing. Then I played around wih the pressure plate that released the trap, and it dident effect the stones either. I went back into the water, and noticed a "Raised Stone" and I played around with its positions as well to see if it would make the stones budge, again nothing. Out of frusteration, I loaded another character and played them for a while, and decided I would come back later, to see if I could find something on a clearer mind. To my dismay, this filled my auto save spots, now my character is stuck, and the stones still wont move. I even installed the game to see if that would help, and to no avail. I mean, Ive debated restarting, but im at lvl 45, and ive devoted the last 20 days since release to playing. I really dont want to delete this character, and this is the only real serious game stopping bug ive run across. So here is to hopes that Bethesda reads this.