Highly annoying Bound Battleaxe glitch... Bethesda fix it al : V

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:55 am

As a mage I prefer using magic as a form of a weapon. Lately I've notice that whenever I use the Bound Battleaxe it seems to lock up. I'm unable to sheathe my weapon and I don't even get my axe! Just the standing pose, and that's it. In order for me to get out of this lockup is to go to my previous game save, which I have to use a lot because Skyrim is quite known for their frequent crashes :smile:

Anyone else experiencing this glitch/bug? I find it so annoying and a game breaker.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:27 am

Which platform are you on? I'm on PC and didn't get this glitch on either patch.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:55 pm

I'm playing Skyrim on PC and I've been having this glitch a lot lately. I've Google up "Conjuration battle axe glitch" to see if It's common and apparently it is since others are complaining of the same exact thing.

An addition to my finding.

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

Occasionally when casting http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Bound_Axe, you may have no weapon or spells show up as equipped but will constantly have the animations of carrying the bound axe. You cannot draw any weapons or spells even if you change equipment, and cannot sheathe this phantom axe. This effect does not seem to wear off when the spell would have ended.

Solution: Sitting down will take you out of the glitch.
The issue appears to only arise when you cast in the third person view, so as long as you remember to switch to first person before casting you shouldn't have any problems (you can switch back to third person once the axe appears).

I just hope that this glitch gets patched because I'm unable to sit down while I'm battling enemies.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:42 am

That used to happen constantly with the bound bow but I've not seen it even once since the new patch. But 1.5 seems to have introduced a bug with 2-handed weapons, where switching to a (physical, non-bound) 2-hander results in a similar—albeit temporary—lockup. Wonder if the bound battleaxe glitch is related to this?