Help me with "Totem of Hircine" mission. Please!!

[レVイ]

I'm somehow suffering from this mission. i discovered all vampire caves and most of the other dungeons and searched thousands of animals and humans and other creatures of this game but i still can't find the Totems.

What should i do? i'm tired of having a follower like Aela all the time.

[alexander_dougherty]

er..... Aela has to give you the quests, the totems don't exist until she gives you the quest to get them, so dismiss her as a follower, let her go back to her room at the companions, then ask her periodisally.... you don't need or want her as a follower for this...

[レVイ]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

er..... Aela has to give you the quests, the totems don't exist until she gives you the quest to get them, so dismiss her as a follower, let her go back to her room at the companions, then ask her periodisally.... you don't need or want her as a follower for this...

but there's no option to get her back

i've started the mission though, so that's why there isn't such an option

[Hypertext Eye]

Originally posted by レVイ:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

er..... Aela has to give you the quests, the totems don't exist until she gives you the quest to get them, so dismiss her as a follower, let her go back to her room at the companions, then ask her periodisally.... you don't need or want her as a follower for this...

but there's no option to get her back

i've started the mission though, so that's why there isn't such an option

if you have the quest then just follow the quest marker

[レVイ]

Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:

Originally posted by レVイ:

but there's no option to get her back

i've started the mission though, so that's why there isn't such an option

if you have the quest then just follow the quest marker

there's no quest marker for this mission :(

[†]

the quest marker won't show up if it's in solstheim. travel to solstheim and the marker should show up.

[レVイ]

Originally posted by †:

the quest marker won't show up if it's in solstheim. travel to solstheim and the marker should show up.

I know that some quests show up in Solstheim, but are u sure that this mission's related to this map?

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by レVイ:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

er..... Aela has to give you the quests, the totems don't exist until she gives you the quest to get them, so dismiss her as a follower, let her go back to her room at the companions, then ask her periodisally.... you don't need or want her as a follower for this...

but there's no option to get her back

i've started the mission though, so that's why there isn't such an option

???
you want the quests to get the totems of Hircine, right?

Well the only person who can give you those quests is Aela, but not while she is a follower.
And you don't need her to accompany you to get those totems.
And once you get a totem you need to hand it back to Aela, who again can't be following you when you do this.

So why exactly do you think you need her as a follower for this quest?

[alexander_dougherty]

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Totems_of_Hircine
Please note it doesn't mention Aela being a follower in the quest notes, she isn't needed.

[Rez Elwin]

Originally posted by レVイ:

Originally posted by †:

the quest marker won't show up if it's in solstheim. travel to solstheim and the marker should show up.

I know that some quests show up in Solstheim, but are u sure that this mission's related to this map?

Yes, the Totems can also appear in mod added locations. Last time I did this while Bruma was installed, one showed up there.

As others have said, Aela gives this quest, the totems do not spawn until she gives this quest. and she cannot do that when following you.

[レVイ]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Originally posted by レVイ:

but there's no option to get her back

i've started the mission though, so that's why there isn't such an option

???
you want the quests to get the totems of Hircine, right?

Well the only person who can give you those quests is Aela, but not while she is a follower.
And you don't need her to accompany you to get those totems.
And once you get a totem you need to hand it back to Aela, who again can't be following you when you do this.

So why exactly do you think you need her as a follower for this quest?

Since i started the mission, Aela's been following me by default(because of bug or i don't know). Also, there's no option to stop her from following me.

[レVイ]

Originally posted by Rez Elwin:

Originally posted by レVイ:

I know that some quests show up in Solstheim, but are u sure that this mission's related to this map?

Yes, the Totems can also appear in mod added locations. Last time I did this while Bruma was installed, one showed up there.

As others have said, Aela gives this quest, the totems do not spawn until she gives this quest. and she cannot do that when following you.

Is there any way to stop her from following me with.... i don't know... for example console command or something? cause there's no such an option.

[ralphtobybob]

There is no quest marker because the location is in an area that you haven't discovered yet.

I tried doing the Companion's quest line a while back for the first time in years.

I got the totem quest but no quest marker. Turns out it was in a new land added by a mod. Had to explore almost the entire area to find the location. But before that, I had to figure out how to start the new land quest.

The next location was in a locked area inside a vanilla location that was added by Interesting NPCs. It took a while for search to find a reference to name of the add-on area. The only way to access the add-on area was through the mod's quest giver.

So, after searching through the Interesting NPCs site. I found the name of the NPC. Did their questline and hooked up with the other NPC that was part of the quest I needed to start, but nothing. My best guess is that I was supposed to hookup first with the 2nd NPC and have them as a follower or something.

I had to abandon the play through.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by レVイ:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

???
you want the quests to get the totems of Hircine, right?

Well the only person who can give you those quests is Aela, but not while she is a follower.
And you don't need her to accompany you to get those totems.
And once you get a totem you need to hand it back to Aela, who again can't be following you when you do this.

So why exactly do you think you need her as a follower for this quest?

Since i started the mission, Aela's been following me by default(because of bug or i don't know). Also, there's no option to stop her from following me.

OK, so you have started the quest, that wasn't clear.
There should be a quest marker, if there isn't deactivate all other quests in the journal and use clairvoyance to show you the path, if it shows multiple paths (if all viable routes are equal) because only that quest is active it has to be that quest, so just persue one until the others disappear.

[レVイ]

Thank you all guys!

I've finally found the totem which was located in Solstheim.