Jyrik Gauldurson just won't die in Saarthal

[James.greywolf]

I am doing the mage quest in Saarthal. Tolfdir and I are getting into the room with the globe. I advance on Jyrik Gauldurson and he goes for the globe. HE TELLS ME TO ATTACK, IT IS OK (so he is no longer in God mode). And I just can't kill him. I am just getting to 0 and he kneels, but in time he gets back up. I have killed him repeatedly. I have tried "kill" and "setessential." Nothing is ending the fight.

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Have you tried reloading your save file? Or switching from melee weapons to magic spells and vice versa?

[Nabinkemper]

The final fight for the quest "Under Sarthaal" has the player and Tolfdir enter a large room with a mysterious glowing orb. When approaching the orb, an elite named Draugr rises and begins to attack. The Draugr, Jyrik Gauldurson, appears to be shielded from attack by the orb. Tolfdir asks the player to distract Jyrik while he disables the shield.

Once the attack begins, there is a period of time (approximately 1 minute) until the glowing shield is disabled and Jyrik becomes vulnerable to attack. The player essentially must kite Jyrik until the shield is removed. This is a scripted event and cannot be bypassed (similar to over-killing Miraak during the Summit of Apocrypha quest).

Make sure you are waiting until the shield is disabled. If Jyrik appears to always have the shield even though Tolfdir has indicated the shield is down, you can grab the staff that is on the table and use it on the orb to remove the shield yourself.

[James.greywolf]

Originally posted by AthlonPro_RX660_8GBDR4_2.5SSD:

Have you tried reloading your save file? Or switching from melee weapons to magic spells and vice versa?

I reloaded. I left to the previous "room." Attacked him with weapons and magic.

[James.greywolf]

Originally posted by Nabinkemper:

The final fight for the quest "Under Sarthaal" has the player and Tolfdir enter a large room with a mysterious glowing orb. When approaching the orb, an elite named Draugr rises and begins to attack. The Draugr, Jyrik Gauldurson, appears to be shielded from attack by the orb. Tolfdir asks the player to distract Jyrik while he disables the shield.

Once the attack begins, there is a period of time (approximately 1 minute) until the glowing shield is disabled and Jyrik becomes vulnerable to attack. The player essentially must kite Jyrik until the shield is removed. This is a scripted event and cannot be bypassed (similar to over-killing Miraak during the Summit of Apocrypha quest).

Make sure you are waiting until the shield is disabled. If Jyrik appears to always have the shield even though Tolfdir has indicated the shield is down, you can grab the staff that is on the table and use it on the orb to remove the shield yourself.

The glowing green "shield" is gone. I am actually doing damage to him. He is reduced to 0, goes down on one knee and in a minute he is back up with full hit points. OH... the staff on the shield. Was wondering why the arrow was appearing on the globe. I will try that. Thank you.

Edit. Well, the staff did nothing to the orb.

[Nabinkemper]

Doing more research has shown that sometimes the encounter can glitch if the player enters the room before locating Tolfdir in the corridors prior. Be sure he is with you prior to entering the room. When Jyrik awakens, try kiting him without attacking until Tolfdir drops the shield. Then attack him and see if he finally dies.

Since you said the shield is disabled and Jyrik is reduced to 1 HP, you could try opening the console, select Jyrik, then type:

disable <enter>
enable <enter>

You may need to try this at different times during the encounter. The disable/enable command could also be used on Tolfdir if he doesn't cast a spell at the orb.

You mentioned you tried the 'setessential' command. Did you enter the command as follows?

setessential <BaseID> <#>
# = Make NPC- mortal (0) / immortal(1)

or

setessential 0001BB28 0

EDIT: The Unofficial Patch does correct some bugs with this encounter.

[James.greywolf]

Originally posted by Nabinkemper:

Doing more research has shown that sometimes the encounter can glitch if the player enters the room before locating Tolfdir in the corridors prior. Be sure he is with you prior to entering the room. When Jyrik awakens, try kiting him without attacking until Tolfdir drops the shield. Then attack him and see if he finally dies.

Since you said the shield is disabled and Jyrik is reduced to 1 HP, you could try opening the console, select Jyrik, then type:

disable <enter>
enable <enter>

You may need to try this at different times during the encounter. The disable/enable command could also be used on Tolfdir if he doesn't cast a spell at the orb.

You mentioned you tried the 'setessential' command. Did you enter the command as follows?

setessential <BaseID> <#>
# = Make NPC- mortal (0) / immortal(1)

or

setessential 0001BB28 0

EDIT: The Unofficial Patch does correct some bugs with this encounter.

It took setessential 0001bb28 (And I SWEAR it tells me the code is 0001BB27) and I finally killed the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I have been after the bastard since Saturday. Thank you muchly.