Big issue in Windhelm... : V

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:41 pm

Hi, i can't start the quest Blood on the Ice, there are no guard to talk with... i have finished all quests with the empire against nords, so any solutions please guys ? I'm tired of this issue...

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:36 pm

This problem is happening to pretty much everyone. Sit tight and wait for a patch.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:16 am

I guess you're right, i have waiting one week in the game, and still no guard... and i can buy the Windhelm's house, you think i should do this ?

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:06 pm

Pickpocket the key to Windhelm's house from an NPC, I forget her name but she appears in the market everyday at 12pm. Get inside the house and find the clues and the quest should be triggered, there's also a woman you need to talk to who is usually in the inn, her name is on one of the clues you'll find.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:29 am

I guess you're right, i have waiting one week in the game, and still no guard... and i can buy the Windhelm's house, you think i should do this ?

I think if you buy the house and enter it it will start the quest

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:34 pm

So you have to pickpocket Hjerim's key from Tova Shatter-Shield (you can do this at night while she's sleeping at her house (House of Clan Shatter-Shield). Then you visit Hjerim. When you enter, Blood on the Ice quest should activate. Now, you have to follow the quest.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:40 pm

OK thanks guys, i will try it !! =)

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:43 pm

So you have to pickpocket Hjerim's key from Tova Shatter-Shield (you can do this at night while she's sleeping at her house (House of Clan Shatter-Shield). Then you visit Hjerim. When you enter, Blood on the Ice quest should activate. Now, you have to follow the quest.

yes do this

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:48 am

Am I the only one able to do this quest?

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:40 pm

I just completed this quest and the bones and blood are still visible i thought htey had implented a patch to fix this issue anyone know?

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:36 am

i didn't have to pickpocket anyone to complete this quest without bugs.

the only bug was that they said to go back AT NIGHT. i had stuff to sell right away at midday and had to stop the guy from slitting the girl. i did. quest over.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:03 am

I think if you buy the house and enter it it will start the quest

So i did what you say, after buying and enter in the house, the quest has started and quickly finished, what a failure quest lol... thanks for the help.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:28 am

I did mine just fine the other day. I'm on 1.4 though.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:41 am

First time I did this I bought the house and ended up with a non-killable murderer living with me.

Second time (post 1.4) I got the quest to start and finish but never bought the house since I didn't finish the civil war quest yet.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:17 am

I just completed this quest and the bones and blood are still visible i thought htey had implented a patch to fix this issue anyone know?

This is still an issue for me aswell

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:21 am

This is still an issue for me aswell

I thought the patch added new dialog that let you ask the guy that sells the upgrades to 'clean the house' or something like that.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:18 am

I completed the quest no problem after 1.4 I play on Xbox. As far as the blood and bones and such, you need to buy the clean up option from the steward once you own the house. Cost 500 gold.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:24 am

buying Hjerim will not fix anything. I had bought the house on my previous character and nothing happen. In fact I was quite annoy that the butcher guy was inside my house looking around in my personal stuffs. I tried attacking and i ended up getting a bounty over my head.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:24 pm

I did buy the house just for the sake of seeing whether or not this would reset the house or something. It did not so i searched the internet and found that you have to pay 500 gold to actually get the blood and bones out. its not free! So for 500 gold the house no longer looks like a crime scene.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:56 am

Am I the only one able to do this quest?

I was able to get it done on both characters and on one I even did some major no-nos.

Spoiler

Supposedly, if you kill Muiri's secondary target in the DB questline the mother commits suicide and that's supposed to break the quest because I believe she's one of the witnesses you're supposed to question, but I was still able to complete the quest.

I'm just lucky as hell, I guess. :confused:

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:18 am

never started for me
and i advise you not to pickpocket the key if the quest has not yet started

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:47 am

The bones disappear as well as the other rubbish some time after the investigation. The blood stains remain in the living room, however. When speaking to Jorleif about upgrades to Hjerim, be sure to buy the cleanup option before buying the living room package. Otherwise the option is removed.