Help? Serana wont go into her castle and i can't uninstall the Dawnguard dlc

[Zephyressence]

So i rescued Serana, then brought her straight back to her castle by fast traveling to the icewater jetty...took her straight up to the castle gates but she says nothing, won't go inside and the guard just says to get out of here, he doesn't even recodnise Serana. At first i thought it might be because i have the inigo mod installed and that might be interfering with the quest so i told him to wait by the jetty, went with serana to the castle alone, still nothing.
I discovered her castle long before i started the dawnguard questline so i'm not sure if this is the issue?

She isn't saying the dialogue she's supposed to either. i've heard people say she's supposed to tell you to hang back and let her do the talking once you get off the jetty, but she hasn't said any of that. I've reloaded the game, and looked into uninstalling and reinstalling the dawnguard dlc...but it doesn't look like you can with Skyrim SE. it's pre-installed for SSE so i'm not sure what my options are for fixing this. i don't want Serana following me around permanently for a quest i can't complete. I'm not super tech savvy, so any help and advice is greatly appreciated. <3

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Uninstall any companion altering mods and retest. Keep backups of before and after changing mods too.

[Shadow The Innkeep]

What mods are you using that alter companions or Serana in particular, vampires or anything that has any connection to DG DLC?

[Gunsaremagic]

Did you visit the castle before freeing serana? its a bug that happened me do not go to the castle before getting serana i used a quest id in the console that teleported me inside and continued the quest i dont remember what it was

[tulle040657]

If you have already discovered Castle Volkihar, then after speaking to Serana for the first time when she is released from the sarcophagus she will automatically initiate dialogue with you that normally occurs shortly after arriving at Castle Volkihar. This may prevent you from entering the castle and continuing the quest.

PC Only This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Patch.

You can Use the command tcl to move through the wooden gate and enter the castle to continue the quest.

or use console player.moveto 03003ba8 to meet Harkon inside the castle and that would have you start quest next quest. however, you have to fast travel to complete the quest "bloodline".

or use console disable (02017d59) to remove the gate

for more info see

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Bloodline

[Uncle64]

That is one old bug from LE.
Load one old save and try again, do you have USSEP installed?

[tulle040657]

Originally posted by Uncle64:

That is one old bug from LE.
Load one old save and try again, do you have USSEP installed?

He will have to load a save from before he met Serana , it will not retroactively fix the bug and it happened when he let Serana out. He just did not see the result of the bug until he got to her castle

[Uncle64]

Yea. But he can try again. After he have installed the patch if he dont have it, it is not fully true that it dont fix old issues. It may fix older issues, if it manage to fix his issue is one other question.

[tulle040657]

Originally posted by Uncle64:

Yea. But he can try again. After he have installed the patch if he dont have it, it is not fully true that it dont fix old issues. It may fix older issues, if it manage to fix his issue is one other question.

I know the answer already from personal experience

I ended up disabling the gate, that worked fine, but I never ran the game again without USSEP

[Uncle64]

That specific issue? Ok. Then he may as you say load save before he meets her or fall back on console commands.

[🕉☪Hive☸☯ ∩ (◣_◢) ∩]

the unofficial patch doesn't always fix this. On my last run I i had to ~ disable the stupid iron gatec cuz the gaurd and serena wouldn't continue. well, I'm sure that I could've advanced the quest, but I enjoy some of the dialogue and this is easier and more immersive for me.(it never comes back down afaik - I always side with the vampires) I'm going to make a save on this run to see if it happens again or not.

[stvlepore]

She does not seem to like it if you have another follower. I was having a ton of issues with her until I dismissed Vilja.

[Uncle64]

One thing, Do you use any type of follower framework on her.
Like AFT/Eff or what ever if so DONT do that. She have her own framework.

[Chef]

This is just for people searching in the future. In SSE the DLC's are hard coded to load with the game. They cannot be disabled or turned off, nor can their load order be changed or have anything loaded inbetween the DLC files.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Originally posted by Chef:

This is just for people searching in the future. In SSE the DLC's are hard coded to load with the game. They cannot be disabled or turned off, nor can their load order be changed or have anything loaded inbetween the DLC files.

Even if you could the save will be shot.

[Zephyressence]

Thanks everyone and sorry it took so long to get back to you all. had a lot of stuff going on and haven't had much time to game recently. I tried a couple of different things, but none of it worked. ended up using a glitch to get in. held up a platter (plate didn't work) in front of me then used whirlwind sprint...and it got me through the gate. Everything was smooth sailing after that. Thank you all for your time and help! Very much appreciated!