Gamebreaking bug After "Battle for Whiterun", can't report to Ulfric

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THere is a game breaking bug. I sided with the storm cloaks (after receiving the quest to trap a dragon at Whiterun), and the mission "battle for whiterun" I defeated whiterun, saw the conversation between the Jarl (former Jarl) and Vignar. The Jarl said he would leave, and I was given the order to "report to Ulfirc". I go see Ulfric and I cannot get the dialogue to turn in the quest. No console command I found is working. Whiterun's icon won't show up on the map, just the seige camp for the stormcloaks nearby. I tried everything. It just won't initiate the dialogue with Ulfric to complete the quest. I tried many suggestions already, from smacking Ulfric with a weapon, and paying the fine. to returning to whiterun and talking to everyone. THe Jarl never left, jsut sits on the throne, even though he was supposed to leave. I finally went back to an earlier save before i started that mission. But I'm left with Ulfric's stupid 12lb axe in my inventory now also. I really just wish I could complete that mission. Terrible bug...

[Merdan]

For me it was fixed after the Dragonevent at Kyneshain.

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what's that a quest? and did you have the same problem of not being able to report to Ulfric, then went on and did that quest? if so, what quest line was that for, like the main quest or faction quests? thanks

[Merdan]

Its part of the mainquest, after you meet th greybeards in HR. Prove you are Dragonborn to Delphine by slaying the dragon Sahloknir.
Quest: A Blade in the Dark.

I had the same problem with the report to Ulfric, then i did the quest and after finish this quest Ulfric had the missing dialogoption.

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oh ok, I am way past that quest. sucks.. I did it way before joining the storm cloaks. I'm a;ready past the point of helping the blades recruit new members, and all that. Now have the quest going of needing to make peace between legion and stormcloaks, so I can use whiterun to trap the dragon, to find out where (forget his name) ht emain bad dragon is.. Then I stopped working on that quest to join the storm cloaks. your information helps though. if on my next playthrough I will try and remember that.

[Antkiller1]

I have the identical issue. I'll try out the main quest method but at this point I doubt it'll work. Fingers crossed

[Bojangles4th]

If you have a save just before you attack Whiterun, load it, then try using "setstage CWSiegeObj 9000" in the command console.

This should force complete the battle, and you can try reporting to Ulfric from there.

Alternatively (and this is what I had to do to fix it) you can start the whole thing over from just before they planned on attacking Whiterun (but not before previous invasions)

EDIT: It was super late and maybe I don't remember very well, but I'm pretty sure you don't have to restart the entire Civil War questline.

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ok, this is helpful. I'm playing far cry 4 tomight, for a few before I crash, but I will try this tomorrow. I have searched forum after forum, and every thing I could read fpr help on this. I went back to a save, before the battle, where I turned the axe in back to Ulfirc from Whiterun, and it automatically starts the next one. i didnt report to the war camp.at whiterun.

[Mozaiii]

I MIGHT HAVE FOUND THE FIX! I had the same issue. I just fast traveled to the stormcloack camp before whiterun. The whiterun city icon should appear again and the battle music will stop. THat fixed it for me.

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ok I tried that a few times back and forth. I will try again. I just went back to a previous save before I started the seige. thanks though. I will have to try again. I just bought far cry 4 a few days ago, and have been playing that everyday, and haven't touched Skyrim in a few days.

[Jprime]

Originally posted by Mozaiii:

I MIGHT HAVE FOUND THE FIX! I had the same issue. I just fast traveled to the stormcloack camp before whiterun. The whiterun city icon should appear again and the battle music will stop. THat fixed it for me.

Thanks dude. worked for me and I'm playing on ps4 lol

[wekstrom]

Found a fix that doesn't involve console commands or reloading!! Talk to one of the fast travel carriages and pay for a ride to Whiterun. Check your map and whiterun should show up on it. Fast travel to Whiterun to make sure it's not still war torn, then head back to Ulfric

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ok I'll have to try that. I haven't played Skyrim since I bought Far Cry 4 shortly after I made this post. On my 4th playthrough of Far Cry 4 but after that I might get back into Skyrim somne more again. WIll update If I get it workling for me. Appreciate everyone who has looked into this thread. :)

[God of the Cosmos]

Originally posted by -={OBI-WAN-SHINOBI}=-:

ok I'll have to try that. I haven't played Skyrim since I bought Far Cry 4 shortly after I made this post. On my 4th playthrough of Far Cry 4 but after that I might get back into Skyrim somne more again. WIll update If I get it workling for me. Appreciate everyone who has looked into this thread. :)

Way to be a ♥♥♥♥ "oh thanks for taking the time to reply but i cbf even seeing if your fixes work". Bugger off. Also I'm having this issue and Wekstrom's fix worked like a charm. Thanks Wekstrom! I'll thank you even if OP is too much of a jerk to.

[lupus_hegemonia]

Mate, it happen to me few times (not mention the HUGE BUGGED "Blacksmith Guest".
So... first... fast travel to somewhere and be back and try again.
Second... (if not fixed)... wait a WHOLE WEEK (ingame time, of course) and re-try.
Third... console command.

[Vicious]

The solution is: after the battle for whiterun, manually run all the way back to windhelm, do not fast travel. Once u get 3/4 of the way there or so, whiterun should reappear on your map and afterwards ulfric will talk about the mission immediately. Worked for me.