• Temporary Solutions include the following:

• For the PC version:

-You can teleport yourself out of Jorrvaskr by using the console commands to any other cell.

• For the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions:

-Before leaving Jorrvaskr, disable any auto save functions, then attempt to to leave Jorrvaskr. If done right, you'll be greeted with the black screen (as described above) instead of the game crashing. -Access the Map Screen through the Character Menu. Notice that the map or cursor will not be displayed but only the interface help at the bottom. This is fine. -Next use the left anolog stick to move the cursor until you hear the sound that indicates that the cursor is hovering over a location. -Press activate (default is X on the PS3 or A on the Xbox 360). Then press activate again. Note: Spamming the activate button can help in this situation, but is not highly recommended. -The screen will not change over to the regular loading screen until the actual loading is complete. Give the loading process some time to complete. If after 2 minutes the loading process has not finished (it should not take as nearly as long), then the process failed and you'll have to restart. -If you are unsure as to what sound you're looking for (cursor hovering over a location), access the Map Screen before leaving Jorrvaskr (or anywhere else other than the black screen) and move the cursor over a location and listen to the sounds the game makes. -The cell selected in the Map Screen should be loaded and displayed as soon as the loading is complete. -This only works for locations that have been found. All other rules for fast travelling still apply. -This has been tested and has been confirmed to work.
--http://www.uesp.net/wiki/User:Krusty 09:19, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• (Xbox360 version) WARNING: The fast travel solution works, but if you use it, the texture on your character face may be all messed up, looking just like a patchwotk of hundreds of pixels; the face remains messed up even if you load previous games. To fix this problem, save the game – I recommend to NOT overwrite the previous save – then exit from the game to the main menu; now load the game you just saved, and your character face should look as it used to be.

-I'll test this out as soon as I can. I have personally run into this bug. I have over 200 hours put in, LVL 51, and all Major Factions and Main Story Line completed. I did not access Jorrvaskr for a while after completing their Quest Line and only did so a few days ago, only to run into this bug. I have started a new file to test out a couple theories. (http://www.uesp.net/wiki/User:Imperial_Jerkface) 1:57 AM [01:57], Wednesday, 11 January 2012 (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) I had this same bug happen, on the xbox 360(skyrim patched to 1.3, xbox patched up, etc.) I'm level 66, with the main quests/questlines all done. I did recently repeat a dark brotherhood quest, to kill a visiting noble at the Jarl's place in whiterun. My savefiles are now 18 meg each (relation to the large save file having something to do with it, as mentioned above?) I went into Jorv, did some stuff, trained archery, then tried to exit. That is when I get the freeze. I tried 5 times (after hard rebooting), then went to a previous save. I no longer HAVE to go to Jorv. for anything, I was just getting the "free" daedra heart for the heck of it, (though having 400,000 gold means I don't NEED to get that free one ) I will mess around some more and see if I still get the freeze. — Unsigned comment by http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Special:Contributions/72.206.100.87 (http://www.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:72.206.100.87&action=edit&redlink=1) at 16:01 on 14 January 2012 the bug should be on the front pge. This happened to me too, & the quick fix tip solved it.http://www.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=User:Puffin&action=edit&redlink=1 02:13, 20 January 2012 (UTC) -I have tested some theories and found some of them not to be reasons as to why this bug may happen. Read above for edited areas were a certain theory has been tested and found not be the case. This is where the PC version and the Constructor's Set (now known as the Creation Set) can help out quite a bit! Thank you. (http://www.uesp.net/wiki/User:Imperial_Jerkface) 1:57 AM [01:57], Wednesday, 11 January 2012 (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
(http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Indentation#Outdenting) OK, so I'll post my experience to see if it help others. I'm on PS3 level 74, 206 hours of gameplay, second character. I did the dark brtherhood quests to the point of dark brotherhood forever, of which I did no quests. entered the hall, exited and nothing weird happened. i finished the imperial side of the civil war quests, DID NOT entered the hall and finished the main quest, THEN it crashed. hope it helps on reserach. — Unsigned comment by http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Special:Contributions/177.33.165.147 (http://www.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:177.33.165.147&action=edit&redlink=1) at 01:27 on 27 January 2012 This same glitch happened to me. What I did was to go back to an earlier save where I was able to enter and exit Jorrvaskr with no problem. I then sayed in Whiterun fabricating and selling weapons and armor. Each day I would go back and enter and exit Jorrvaskr 3 or 4 times. Then all of a sudden it happened. I could not leave Jorrvaskr without getting booted out of the game. I was at level 44, I had not been on any of the Dark Brotherhood quests, there was no war going on between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks, I didn't join either of these factions, I did complete just about all of the Champions quests. And fortunately I did remove the Unusual Gem from the old man's room. I think that this glitch happens when your file gets too large. However, this may be different from PC to Console. I am on a PC and my son who plays Skyrim on a PS3 has no problem at level 48 leaving and entering Jorrvaskr, but he does experience other glithces that don't seem to affect me on my PC. -MAGhttp://www.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=User:MAG&action=edit&redlink=1 00:15, 3 February 2012 (UTC) (XBOX 360, 1.3 Patch) I completed the Companions' questline at Level 30. After that I had no reason to go back, but decided to revist Jorrvaskr at Level 74 so I can induct Vilkas into The Blades for Delphine's misc quest. Exiting Jorvaskr causes a brown screen to appear with the HUD intact and main menu still being accessible, though only the Map is available. All other options crash the game. (XBOX 360, 1.4 Patch) I can confirm that the 1.4 Patch corrects this. Exiting through the main entrance and rear doors of Jorvaskr no longer crash the game. — Unsigned comment by http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Special:Contributions/12.9.217.229 (http://www.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:12.9.217.229&action=edit&redlink=1) at 21:16 on 10 February 2012 After the 1.4 Patch the game still crashes when attempting to use either exit out of Jorvaskr. This is still an ongoing issue on the XBOX 360). — Unsigned comment by http://www.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=User:Gambrinus&action=edit&redlink=1 (http://www.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gambrinus&action=edit&redlink=1 ? http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Special:Contributions/Gambrinus) at 00:40 on 15 February 2012