I looked for this specific topic already so I wouldn't be re-posting. Didn't see it. Forgive me if it's already been asked...

I completed the Golden Claw quest before I was asked by Farengar to go get the Dragonstone, so the stone was already part of my inventory when I first spoke to him. The problem is, that I can't get the appropriate dialog to hand over the stone. I even went back to Bleak Falls then back to Dragonsreach, hoping this would unlock the dialog, but nothing has worked. I can't complete the quest even though I have the stone.

Has anyone encountered this? Playing a PS3 format. Thanks,

youve spoken to the jarl? he introduces you to the wizard, so you cant hand it over before that,

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Yes. I spoke to the Jarl first, who then directed me to Farengar.

IDK, the very first time I did the quest like 2 days after launch I did it the way you are doing it - I had the stone before talking to him - and I progressed fine O_o Can you load from an older save?

I've always had the dagonstone first, and havent had a problem. Are you on PC? If so, youu could try using console commands to advance the quest and see if that works.

ive never had any problems turning up with the dragonstone either.

To wrap up that quest normally, when you return from Bleak Falls and try to speak with Farengar, he will immediately take it from you; it's not a dialog option. You might just be screwed.

I would try killing him and then reloading a save. that probably won't work but who knows.

its always been a dialogue option for me - hes all "i need you to get a dragonstone", and then im like "you mean this old stone here?"

The only thing I can think of is to get myself arrested so the stone temporarily leaves my inventory. Hopefully, getting it back will reset the dialog. If this was a minor quest, i wouldn't mind, but...

yeah, that svcks.