I'm supposed to "Listen to Mercer Frey," but he's just standing there in the middle of the cistern saying nothing. If I try to speak to him it just says "This person is busy." The same thing is happening with Brynjolf.

I can advance the quest with setquest in the console, but doing so doesn't unlock Mercer and Brynjolf. They stay rooted where they are "busy." Going back to an earlier save doesn't fix it - every time I start this quest and Brynjolf takes me into the cistern to Mercer this happens.

Is there anything I can do about this?

i have the same problem.

Setstage tg02 0 or 10 "should" fix it but i have tried that and it wont work . we need something that starts the quest. or i need it

I've tried that as well, and it wasn't a fix for me either.

i been wondering if this is somehow related to dialogue triggers. also i think it′s mite odd we cant start the quest with console command. i hope this is not caused from my modding.

the only thief guild mods i have running are the stones and a flagon shortcut

I have the same problem, but with a different quest, Summerset Shadows (also a Thieves Guild quest)...

This was my post about it, but no replies for a solution...

I have come across one of the known bugs with the Thieves Guild City Influence Quests, Summerset Shadows, but i cant seem to find a way to correct it.

The bug i have is that while Delvin mentions the quest, it does not appear in my quest log, even if i talk to him again, and the quest does not actually start. I went to speak to Torsten Cruel-Sea, but he doesnt have any dialog.

As i am on the PC Steam version, i followed the console options as follows:

Got adventure ID which is either TGTQ04 or 000799E2.

Entered SQO TGTQ04 and got a list of all stages as DORMANT.

Tired to use SetStage TGTQ04 10 (to active first stage), but nothing happens.

I then tried seeing if SetStage would work on an existing quest, so i used ResetQuest on another radiant quest i had and check with SQO and everything showed as DORMANT. I then tried SetStage and nothing happened, it all stayed as DORMANT.

It would appear Setstage does not work, or am i doing something wrong, as i have not used this function before?

Can someone please help me or give me some tips on how to sort this out as the recent patches do not mention cleaning up quest bugs?

Thanks,

Ferret

im starting to suspect Brynjolf is unusually bugged. and not sure what caused it. was it my mods i gathered in the past week or so. worked fine in my last playthrou 2 weeks ago