I was wondering if anyone knew whether or not the 1.6 patch fixes the glitch in the Darkness Returns quest for the Thieve's Guild. I'm at the end and now I can't finish by returning the Skeleton Key because at the end of Nocturnal's speech there's a glitch and I'm stuck in the pit. Anyone run into this problem on either XBOX or PS3 and know the solution? Or again I was wondering if the patch fixes it.....

It helps to wait for a few hours after inserting the key. The game will reload upon completion of the wait with Karliah where she needs to be.

From UESP. Hope it helps.

No luck, I tried that a few times and it didn't work

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Darkness_Returns

Read that... there might be something there I'm not seeing.

Already read it, there was nothing useful for fixing this problem. The main reason I'm asking here is because I can't find any other answers

Well are you a vampire? I know there's a glitch or two related to that in other quests. Perhaps if you are, and you cure it, that might be the fix.

Not a Vamp, nor a Were. I did a radiant quest twice before I started Darkness Returns, it says in the wiki that is a no no. I didn't see that before I started it and now I'm stuck.....

If the 1.6 patch doesn't fix it I will have to start over and at lvl 76 I'd rather not.........