Esbern does not follow me, help needed.

[BystanderA]

So, after I finished the conversation with esbern and completed the quest of "A Cornered Rat". I went out ratway, and went to somewhere else did a lot other side quest, until I found out esbern didn't go to river wood or follow me. I went back to his cell and he was cooking in there 7/24 and would not follow me by any chance. Now I end up can't trigger the next quest "Alduin's Wall". I tried use console to move him to player when I standing in the sleeping giant inn or outside of the front door, it still didn't trigger the new quest, and he was just standing side by side with Delphine, only thing he tried to do all the time is go back to his cell in ratway riften and keep cooking. I know there is also a console comment can skip the "Alduin's Wall", but i really don't want to do that. Also it is way too far to go back to the save where I haven't met him and start it over. Is there any way to trigger the quest of "Alduin's Wall" and continue at this point?

[BystanderA]

To avoid confusion with other common esbern bug, I have to mention.
He did open the door.
We did finished conversation.
We killed who ever was also looking for him.
I can still hear his voice and have conversation with him but only questions I have already asked, nothing is going to move the quest on (4 conversations are "who are you", "what is blades", "why me", "what happened on 30th").

[BystanderA]

Help needed.

[BystanderA]

"setstage mq203 10"
starts the next quest right the way with out skip it.

[Etrunon non]

Thank you! Happened also to me :(

[BystanderA]

you are welcome, glad my soliloquy helped someone else.

[danlman]

I'm experiencing the exact same issue, however, after using the console command "setstage mq203 10" nothing changes. The Alduins Wall quest doesn't start. Esbern still won't follow me, and when I get back to Riverwood, Esbern is not there.

UPDATE: I ended up using "setstage mq204 10" and had to skip the entire Alduins Wall quest. I sure wish I knew why it wouldn't start. I tried "setstage mq203 10 all the way to setstage mq203 280 with no success. SUCKS! I am using about 55 mods but have no idea if or which mod could have broken it.

[AJsAlterEgo]

Originally posted by AMAGI:

"setstage mq203 10"
starts the next quest right the way with out skip it.

This did nothing for me. What worked for me was "setstage mq203 01"

[Skorne Tet'Zu]

5 Years later, and you're still saving peoples games :) Thanx :)

And Good Looking Out Mate... a lot of people who don't get answers, often don't post when they find a Solution... Sooo... Much Appreciation.

FYI: Esbern didn't follow me directly after the fight... but "Luckily" I did notice. I tried a few things, then found this Thread; Used: SetStage mq203 10 -- and immediately got the message; Alduin's Wall... and Lead Esbern to RiverWood... 'And'... he began following me.

Massive *Woot* *Woot*

Thanx again Mate!!!

[BystanderA]

Originally posted by Skorne Tet'Zu:

5 Years later, and you're still saving peoples games :) Thanx :)

And Good Looking Out Mate... a lot of people who don't get answers, often don't post when they find a Solution... Sooo... Much Appreciation.

FYI: Esbern didn't follow me directly after the fight... but "Luckily" I did notice. I tried a few things, then found this Thread; Used: SetStage mq203 10 -- and immediately got the message; Alduin's Wall... and Lead Esbern to RiverWood... 'And'... he began following me.

Massive *Woot* *Woot*

Thanx again Mate!!!

i am glad, it totally worth it for making this thread.

[SAC2COURSE]

"I had this problem with those two ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who wouldn't enter Kartecine cave with me. If you're having trouble with a quest involving Esbern and Delphine...

Use "Prid 00013485" to select Delphine.
Then use "MoveTo player" to teleport her to you.

Do the same for Esbern (use "Prid 00019DFD"). This should help the quest progress.

If you encounter issues with other NPCs, you can use the command "help [NPC name]" to retrieve their identifier and then proceed accordingly."

[DrunkPoTaToPop]

Om on vr. Everytime I finish talking to him in the ratway I dont get the next quest like everyone else but when I type the comand in nothing happens

[Skorne Tet'Zu]

Originally posted by DrunkPoTaToPop:

Om on vr. Everytime I finish talking to him in the ratway I dont get the next quest like everyone else but when I type the comand in nothing happens

Which Method did you try? There's a few up there.

Originally posted by Skorne Tet'Zu:

*SNIP*FYI: Esbern didn't follow me directly after the fight... but "Luckily" I did notice. I tried a few things, then found this Thread; Used: SetStage mq203 10 -- and immediately got the message; Alduin's Wall... and Lead Esbern to RiverWood... 'And'... he began following me.
*SNIP*

I can account for this method... it worked for me. However before I found this method I use to have to reload (I believe) to prior to Delphine giving me the Quest. So what I started doing is Creating a Save just before Speaking to her; then making a BeeLine to Esbern so (Just in Case) he didn't follow, I usually only lost about 5 or 10 Minutes gameplay.

Apologies for seeing this 2 days after you posted it... I know how issues like this can really ruin the Day; and Stall GamePlay :(.

[finelame8815]

Hi,
I'm here to share how I made the command "setstage mq203 10" work after a few hours of trial and errors.
I'm on VR and had the bug. And had many days of gameplay between the start of the quest and the meeting with esbern. So going to a previous save was not an option.

But I had a save before going into the ratway.

Using "setstage mq204 10" to skip the wole next quest work but the blade sanctuary will be closed and only accessible with "tcl", the dragonbane is considered a "stolen" item and the entry on the top of the montagne keep it's force field.

Also none of the "setstage mq203 XX" from 01 to 10 command worked.

SOLUTION :
Use the command "setstage mq203 10" BEFORE the END of the "A Cornered Rat" quest.
Also I disbanded all my modded or unmodded followers before entering the ratway to avoid any script confict.

Once you enter the cell and start the second part of the conversation with esbern, cancel conversation, enter the "setstage mq203 10" command, and then, continue the conversation with him and finish the quest like nothing append.

Normaly he will follow you and you can lead him to delphine.


Hope it's the solution and it help other people.
Have fun !!!