Jun 10, 2012 Multiple unrelated quests bugging out due to NPC dialogue not triggering - posted in Skyrim Questions and Help: I have quite a large thorn in my Skyrim world at the moment and would greatly appreciate any help I can find. I have played Skyrim on my other PC and have played through most of these quests 2-3 times before with no problems cropping up. This time, I am playing on my newly made. SetStage command won't work. And Serana is still following me. Here's what happened: when I brought Serana back to her father I refused Harkon's offer and was banished, I appeared at the dock but the quest didn't just not update or complete, it simply disappeared from my journal.
| Stage | Objective |
| 5 | Talk to Jarl Balgruuf |
| 10 | I recovered the Dragonstone from Bleak Falls Barrow, as the Jarl of Whiterun requested. I should speak to him about my reward. |
| 13 | A dragon has been sighted near Whiterun. Irileth, the Jarl's housecarl, asked me to come with her to discuss the situation with Jarl Balgruuf. |
| 15 | Meet Irileth near the Western Watchtower |
| 20 | Kill the dragon |
| 30 | Investigate the dragon |
| 40 | Report back to Jarl Balgruuf |
| A dragon has been sighted at a watchtower near Whiterun. Jarl Balgruuf has sent me along with his housecarl Irileth with reinforcements. | |
| 50 | (Optional) Use your new Shout power |
| 80 | A dragon was sighted at a watchtower near Whiterun. Jarl Balgruuf sent me along with his housecarl Irileth with reinforcements. The dragon attacked us and we killed it. We should investigate its corpse to see if we can learn anything about where it came from. |
| 90 | A dragon was sighted at a watchtower near Whiterun. Jarl Balgruuf sent me along with his housecarl Irileth with reinforcements. The dragon attacked us and we killed it. When I approached the dragon's corpse, I absorbed some kind of power from it. I should return to Whiterun and tell the Jarl what happened. |
| 160 | A dragon was sighted at a watchtower near Whiterun. Jarl Balgruuf sent me along with his housecarl Irileth with reinforcements. The dragon attacked us and we killed it. When I approached the dragon's corpse, I absorbed some kind of power from it. When I returned to Whiterun, the Jarl rewarded me for my services. I am now a Thane of Whiterun with my own personal housecarl. |
Quests are a huge part of Skyrim, there are hundreds of them - big, small, complex and easy! There are lots of console commands that allow you to start, complete and reset quests - this article will take you through how to use them. If you'd like to jump to a particular part, you can use the quick links below:
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This guide uses console commands, to use these you'll need to know how to open and use the Skyrim console. Common hotkeys to open the console are: ` or ~. View our console help article for more information regarding opening and using the console.
How to Complete a Quest with Cheats
Completing quests with cheats is quite easy. You'll need to know two things: the command you want to use, and the ID of the quest you want to complete. We'll be using the ID of the Rjorn's Drum quest (BardsCollegeDrum) in our examples, but you can find IDs on our quest ID list if you'd like to complete a different quest. The command to use is the CompleteQuest command, its syntax is as follows:
CompleteQuest [Quest ID]
All you need to do to is factor in the ID of the quest you want to complete. As said above, you can find all IDs for quests on our quest ID list. So, to complete the Rjorn's Drum quest you'd use this command:
CompleteQuest BardsCollegeDrum
How to Complete All Quests with Cheats
The command to complete all quests at once is:
CompleteAllQuestStages
As said above, this could cause glitches - it's much better to complete quests you need to complete individually.
How to Reset (Restart) Quests with Cheats
If you want to re-complete a quest, or have encountered a bugged quest, there is a console command you can use to restart a quest (return to the first stage). The console command is:
ResetQuest [Quest ID]
You can find quest IDs to use with the reset quest command here. Let's say we wanted to complete Rjorn's Drum, which has a quest ID of BardsCollegeDrum, this command would do that:
ResetQuest BardsCollegeDrum
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How to Jump to a Quest Stage
If you'd like to jump to a specific stage in a quest, you will need to first know two things about it:
- The quest ID - you can find the quest ID of a quest on our quest codes list.
- The ID of the stage you want to jump to - you can find quest stages with the ShowQuestStages [Quest ID] command. Replace [Quest ID] in the ShowQuestStages command with the ID of the quest you want to find stages for.
After finding out the quest ID and stage you want to jump to, all you have to do is factor those into this command:
SetStage [Quest ID] [Stage ID]
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The Proving Honor has a quest ID of C01, and the stage at which you much 'Retrieve the Fragment' has an ID of 30. If you wanted to move to that stage in the Proving Honor quest, you'd use this console command:
SetStage C01 30
That's all there is to cheating quests in Skyrim. You can find more quest-related commands by visiting our commands list and searching with the word 'quest'. Tweet us @ConsoleCMDs if you have any questions or suggestions.