Quest called "A cornered rat" , after talking to Bnjrolf he tells me that i can find Esbern in the ratway warrens, when i enter those warrens under the city, people in there from start are hostile and attacking me, after going trough few rooms, and killing several enemy's, i get in chamber with 5-6 people, hostile, that i cant kill, i just stun them and they just get up with full hp....so i just run and follow the quest target, until i find Esbern locked up in some kind of prison, when i get to his doors i cant open them, it opens just a little hatch and i "talk" to him, but he does not talk back, just silently standing inside freakishly bugged, what ever i tell him i get no reply, after i choose some of the dialogue things i had on my disposal, the hatch on doors closes,and i succeed the objective to find him, and now i have the new quest objective open to talk to him, but even if i try again to open his door i cant,and now i cant even "talk to him"anymore because even the hatch wont open anymore, and i can see the quest target locked on him inside......i try it 2 times from entering the warrens, and every time same bug.
Im playing the PC version of the game.
Anyone passed this quest already?
Is it just me having this problem?

Ty.

exact same problem here, cant see anyway to fix it

Since bethesda does not "sticky" helpful posts about bugs in their game, it seems that i have to dig up the answer for this one again.

hint: its impossible without a cheat

i'll edit this post with it.


EDIT: Standing in front of the door press § ( button below esc ) to bring up the console and write "movetoqt mq202 1". You'll be teleported inside the room and just rapidly press E (use) on him and he'll unbug, if that does not work, kill him a couple times, hes unkillable and it resets his actions.

You will encounter more problems with him and the solution is very hard for some of them, took me 3h to figure out myself what to do in one of them. I would tell it now but since everyone will ask it in the future, i hope that the admins start stickying posts, its a long list of text.

thanks for the help, will give it a try

Im pretty sure it will work, just keep the code somewhere and help people in the forum who are in the same bugged quest, since not many people know it, im not here helping every single time...

Thanks Grizze , immediately after u gave me a hint with cheats i opened game and used TCL, noclip mode, to enter his cell, and yes as u said now in edit, after rapidly pressing E on him eventually he got "unbugged" and i could finish my quest, but he still doesn't talk at all....


and about the part where u say i will encounter more problems? Is there a guide already on forum here so i can search for it? Link maybe , would be very grateful.

He will not speak for the rest of the game, he is one of the main characters , thats the problem.

Actually im one of the few who know how to get past the part where u will get stuck next time, googled it but nobody knew it. I would write it here now, but

1. its 3:11 AM
2. This thread will be forgotten
3. I'd have to write it again, and again.
4. Its not that simple
5. Mods never answer to me
6. 0 appreciation on what i do, spent most of the day fixing peoples bugs.
7. I would create a bug solving list if they would sticky it.

Ah, well ok thanks anyway, i guess ill figure it out somehow.

There is a fix available to download from the TPB

Check the page of the uesp.net wiki on this quest and you'll find a link to a sound fix. The problem seems to be with Esbern, he's been missing some dialogue parts. Download that...