Dragon won't give me his soul? : V

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:12 am

Hello,

Ive encountered the first dragon in Skyrim who won't burst up in flames after he died and give me his soul?

Is this normal? I only have like 4 souls unused

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:17 am

If it was a dragon for a Jarl mission, those usually don't give up their souls.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:53 am

This sometimes happens to me at word walls. If I kill a dragon once and get its soul, then when another one spawns in the same location later it does not have a soul to munch on.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:27 am

Ive encountered the first dragon in Skyrim who won't burst up in flames after he died and give me his soul?

That greedy, selfish bastard!
You should kill him!

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:42 pm

Respawning dragons don't give souls if you've already taken it once.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:11 am

Weird, that has never happened to me. The only bug I've ever had to deal with are the dragon skeletons that sometimes follow me around, and the backwards flying ones, but patches have fixed both of those.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:48 am

Did you ask him nicely for it?

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:40 am

Obviously, you encountered a ginger dragon.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:25 am

Obviously, you encountered a ginger dragon.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:48 pm

Respawning dragons don't give souls if you've already taken it once.

Really? I think it's not entirely true. I still get souls from spawning dragons.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:18 pm

Really? I think it's not entirely true. I still get souls from spawning dragons.

I do too, I'm pretty sure that's just wrong.

» Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:54 pm

I killed a dragon and fast traveled to another dragon location while I was hunting legendary Dragons, the new dragon burned up before it was dead and became a skeleton that could attack and deal damage but wouldn't die

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:38 pm

Really? I think it's not entirely true. I still get souls from spawning dragons.

A counter is implemented on each dragon. If the counter >=1, then you don't get a soul. Or at least that's how I think it works. The problem is that when a dragon dies, the counter doesn't reset once respawning occurs. As a result, once you've killed all respawning dragons, only random ones will yield souls.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:55 am

Obviously, you encountered a ginger dragon.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:06 pm

I do too, I'm pretty sure that's just wrong.

There's a little thing called Google. Look it up. It's very well known, as is the cause.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:52 am

This sometimes happens to me at word walls. If I kill a dragon once and get its soul, then when another one spawns in the same location later it does not have a soul to munch on.

Yes it happened near a dragon wall.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:35 am

Obviously, you encountered a ginger dragon.

LOL you made my day mate

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:17 am

Yes it happened near a dragon wall.

Ya. The ones near Word Walls are actually considered to be the same dragon as the one you killed previously. Like using the console to respawn the same guard you just killed. So once you harvest them once, you can't do it again. However, dragons that TEND to appear in certain locations (ie Lakeview Manor) will still give souls because they are considered to be an entirely different dragon. Think of it this way. If there's a chance an area will not spawn with a dragon, then you can probably harvest its soul.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:57 am

If it was a dragon for a Jarl mission, those usually don't give up their souls.

^^This.

Happened to me a couple of times. Don't worry, there will be more dragons. I've collected more souls than I think I can invest into shouts.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:01 am

Obviously, you encountered a ginger dragon.

XD Ahahahaha! One time i was playing Dawnguard with my friend Devon, and he was gonna try and soul trap a ginger bandit. And i'm like, Devon you can't XD

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:40 am

There's a little thing called Google. Look it up. It's very well known, as is the cause.

Whatever the case, whenever I need dragon souls I usually just go to the same three word walls every time, and I always get the souls...

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:00 am

Way offtopic, but let me ask: where does the... story come from, that gingers don't have a soul? I live in germany and we are not used to that joke, to be honest.

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:07 pm

Whatever the case, whenever I need dragon souls I usually just go to the same three word walls every time, and I always get the souls...

It might be triggered by the Jarl quests. I know for a fact that it's caused by the game recognizing the dragon as the same one you've already killed. In my game, I get this all the time. For me, NONE of the Word Wall dragons yield a soul. It might have to do with leveling up as well?

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 5:33 am

Way offtopic, but let me ask: where does the... story come from, that gingers don't have a soul? I live in germany and we are not used to that joke, to be honest. :biggrin:

South Park.

It might be triggered by the Jarl quests. I know for a fact that it's caused by the game recognizing the dragon as the same one you've already killed. In my game, I get this all the time. For me, NONE of the Word Wall dragons yield a soul. It might have to do with leveling up as well?

Maybe...

» Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:54 am

Really? I think it's not entirely true. I still get souls from spawning dragons.

From spawning dragons yes, just not from RE-spawning dragons that sit on dragon roosts/word walls. Otherwise, you could just fast travel to that local and kill the dragon over and over to end up with 100 souls! LOL

I also don't get souls from dragons I've previously killed. But there are so many dragons in Skyrim, I really don't care.