Yesterday i was running some quests for the companions, extermination quests. It all were going ok until
one of the quests sent me to Fallow Stone Cave to clear it out. The thing is, i had already ventured into
that massive cave long time ago and cleared it. So when i entered the cave again, it had 3 Giants, including
the one hiding in the inner sanctum.

So i cleared all giants, looted everything worth taking. Ran around for 15 minutes using my "call of the hunt" shout
to see if i had missed anything i had to kill, but the entire cave was clean. But the quest was still incomplete
and shoved on the map that i still had to kill stuff in the cave i had just cleaned out. And when i walked
in one of the narrow passages inside the cave, the "quest marker" is located on the ground, like "X marks the spot"
kinda thing... but there aren't anything left to kill.

And if i don't complete this quest, the companions will not give me more quests, which in turn means that
i will not be able to get the quest to cure myself from being a werewolf.

So in a way, this bug literally screwed me up...



[SOLUTION]

Whenever there is a kill-quest inside a cave / dungeon. Make the game RESPAWN everything inside the cave
that needs to be killed. Simple as that. If you get a quest to kill a Bandit leader in a tower, make him spawn
there instead of having a player walk to the tower only to find it empty after last raid..

Its THAT simple.

[Clear Red Road Pass].

I cleared this area a loooong time ago, way before i picked up the quest. Now i visit the pass a few times each week
and there still refuses to spawn anything except the loot in the chest and the roasted scewerd rats, no giants.


How hard can it be to sort this issue by having the areas respawn the quest-mob upon accepting the quest?.

I have the same thing with Killing the Dragon at Bonestrewn Crest. Killed the dragon before I got the quest, now its been 4 in game months and nothing the dragon has not respawned. Only the chest there, which actually has decent loot.

I would like a reply on this matter, if a solution is incoming as patch or should Skyrim start to get known as the game where you can't finish quests?.

If you actually want a response from Bethesda, you're best (and only) bet is to post in the, y'know, Software issues section of the forum.

Someone found a very clever solution : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=9720

Also available on the Steam workshop at http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=11503

Well, console users are screwed on that note... Can't do that. I've been getting those quests that refer back to feared areas, and one of them was the kill dragon at.... I leo got one from the Jarl of Riten about the skooma trade - that cavern was cleared.... so I'm stuck there and won't be able to get the darn house!

And lately, I've also been experiencing more frequent crashes. This keeps up, my love of sky rim will be replaced by a good book!

I hate to say this, but, I quit exploring caves and whatnot unless I have a quest for it. I'm afraid I'll screw up a quest. Kinda ruins the freedom of exploration. I think wiki may tell which are related to quests, though this could be like a spoiler.

i know how you feel, ive got the quest stuck in my journal unable to clear it, craglane cavern i think its called

Yep - that's the one - i've gone back few times and no luck.

BTW - thanks for not crucifying my typos! half the time I never bother to look at what I typed!

I prefer not to do the Companions Generated Quests due to these glitches but I still manage to do the questline. Also, you can cure yourself as any time you want, after the Companions Questline or is that what you are trying to get to work?

That's not the only section they monitor or post in.

Anyway, yeah I hear ya Dreezy my neezy, lots of broken stuff seems to have a more simple solution; I just wouldn't expect any accurate patch updates anytime soon.
Pretty sad, but hey! Lots of cool games are out & coming out very soon.