Dead end in Kolbjorn barrow.

[Lokiwolf90]

I picked up a weird looking skull and found out that apparently doing so was suppose to activate a mechanism to open the door. But the door never opened and the skull is just sitting in my inventory uselessly.

I reloaded the save, still nothing happened when I picked up the skull. If this is caused by a mod, then I have no idea which mod could do this, because none of them should affect it.

It's not a known bug either.

I've tried everything i can think of, even dropping it back on the pressure plate (which took me 5 minutes because that mechanic is handled very poorly and the damn thing rolls around) and picking it back up. Still, nothing happened.

[Sinsling]

The skull doesn't trigger anything. It is a quest from somewhere else.

[DrNewcenstein]

Originally posted by Sinsling:

The skull doesn't trigger anything. It is a quest from somewhere else.

The skull in Kolbjorn Barrow opens a gate directly adjacent to it. You're thinking of the Ancient Traveler's Skull at Wayward Pass.

[jancawa55]

The easiest way to do that is tp reload a save and next time use unrelenting force from the steps and the skull will blow away and door open. Or you can keep on trying to get something on that pressure plate, burned books usually work.

[Doctor Pilk]

is this a door that involves a loading screen or something like a wooden door, iron door, gate, portcollius, etc? if one of the non loading screen options combining whirlwind sprint with holding a platter or wooden bowl in front of your face pressed up against the door allows you to phase through. you can look up a youtube guide on doing this if it helps

[bigdale]

If a gate won't open you can type 'tcl' in console to enable clipping and walk through it. Type the same afterward to make the world solid again.

[Lokiwolf90]

The quest requires you to open the door. So clipping through it doesn't help you fulfill the quest.

[DrNewcenstein]

You can also setstage on the quest to force it to update.

Also, you shouldn't do that part of the quest until you speak to Ralis first. If you've played through it before and already know the first letter you get from him is this, and do it before speaking to him about it, you're not letting the quest triggers set.

[blr]

take everything off the table bro