Can't join The Dark Brotherhood...

[ReaveЯ]

So..I have completet the quest Innoncent Lost and killed Grelod and told Aventus she was dead and this should start the dark brotherhood quest line, but i havent recieved a note from a courier with the text "We Know". And i have played a while since i did that quest and still nothing... Anyone that know something about this? Kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up this...

[Nod]

wait 24hrs in game?

[danconnors]

Try going to their hideout and knocking on the door. Maybe they'll let you in now??

[mrmike_49]

you have been to towns right? need that to get the note.

[Qnomei]

Sleep in a bed. You don't even need to get the note.

[joel.cook.t61]

Yes. Go sleep for like 6 hrs. Astrid will kidnap you and then...

[GreySky]

Also, I think you need to be a certain level and/or meet certain skill elvel requirments. But I think they're pretty easy requirments so I doubt if thats the reason, but it couldn't hurt to check?

[Nathan Marsupial]

You just need to sleep.

[GreySky]

Originally posted by Narnian Squirrel:

You just need to sleep.

Not sure if that's actually the case if you haven't been contacted by the courier who gives you the black hand letter with "we know" written on it... That's when you're supposed to sleep actually.

[Quackberry]

Originally posted by Maytiks:

Originally posted by Narnian Squirrel:

You just need to sleep.

Not sure if that's actually the case if you haven't been contacted by the courier who gives you the black hand letter with "we know" written on it... That's when you're supposed to sleep actually.

That is the expected chain of events but it's still not a requirement to receive the note.

[GreySky]

It was in my game. I tried sleeping before I got the note and Astrid didn't contact me until I got the letter and then slept again and bingo! But if you say so...

[Quackberry]

And I've done it without getting the note so...

There is still a time requirement of some amount. It's entirely possible you simply hadn't had enough time pass. It's also probable that the courier needs to have at least spawned at some point before sleeping works regardless of if you receive the note.

[Eggiz]

i had a huge issues with this before aswell so asked my friend google about it alot, turns out... if there is already a courier on the way to you when you do it, it might get bugged and he will never show up at all, there was a console command to get him to show so maybe try that? There is also a console option to start the next quest aswell as give yourself the key to the shack and go there and lock yourself in with the key you have given yourself and then talk to astrid, so basically:

Option 1:
setstage dbentrancequest 20
This should make the courier appear

Option 2:
setstage db02 10
player.additem 0002e3f9 1
This should start the quest but you will have to find your own way to the abandoned shack aswell as give you the key so you can enter the abandoned shack
Note: This option gave me quite a few problems further down in the questline where some guy (not going to spoil incase you havent done it) didn't show up and it became a huge mess, so you are warned if you decide to take this path

Option 3:
If you dislike using console commands you can load from your last save before you talked to the kid about that you killed grelod and simply wait until a courier comes so you can be certain that no courier is on the way and then quickly finish the quest by talking to him, hopefully that would help (my first attempt i had the courier arrive for dawnstar as i reached lvl 10(or is it 20?))

[Angry Squirl]

The Dark Bros are too shy to grab you out of bed at the Bannered Mare. They like privacy. Go sleep in the bandit beds at the start of Bleakfalls Barrow.

[ReaveЯ]

Originally posted by Eggiz:

i had a huge issues with this before aswell so asked my friend google about it alot, turns out... if there is already a courier on the way to you when you do it, it might get bugged and he will never show up at all, there was a console command to get him to show so maybe try that? There is also a console option to start the next quest aswell as give yourself the key to the shack and go there and lock yourself in with the key you have given yourself and then talk to astrid, so basically:

Option 1:
setstage dbentrancequest 20
This should make the courier appear

Option 2:
setstage db02 10
player.additem 0002e3f9 1
This should start the quest but you will have to find your own way to the abandoned shack aswell as give you the key so you can enter the abandoned shack
Note: This option gave me quite a few problems further down in the questline where some guy (not going to spoil incase you havent done it) didn't show up and it became a huge mess, so you are warned if you decide to take this path

Option 3:
If you dislike using console commands you can load from your last save before you talked to the kid about that you killed grelod and simply wait until a courier comes so you can be certain that no courier is on the way and then quickly finish the quest by talking to him, hopefully that would help (my first attempt i had the courier arrive for dawnstar as i reached lvl 10(or is it 20?))

First Option worked :) A courier appeared. The right one :) Thanks!

[ReaveЯ]

But why doesnt't i get any more contracts? I completed the first three killing contracts i got from Nazir but after that nothing. Wating for days and talked to everybody at DB....

Problems seems to follow The Dark Brotherhood quest-line :/