Staff of Magnus Quest Glitch

[raxzam]

Okay so a little backstory, I was getting all of the dragon priest masks and I didn't want to do the Mages Guild quest line so I just glitched inside of Labyrinthian to get Morokei's mask. When I was inside I also grabbed the staff of Magnus. So now that I'm doing the actual quest that would give me those two items, I can't complete it because I already have the items. Basically I can't advance or reload because I got the mask like a month ago. The level of my character when I got the mask was level 22 and now I'm level 74. What do I do?

[ralphtobybob]

Nomally, when you already have a quest item before you get the quest, using the item or completing the specifed action with the item will complete the quest.

So you should be able to travel back to Winterhold to find it under seige and then you finish the quest.

The Red Eagle quest for instance. I found the sword before the quest. Then got the quest. Took it where it's supposed to be, and completed the quest. Decided to keep it, and took it back

After that, every time I ran into that book, I would get the quest again.

How did you get into Labyrinth? I thought you had to use the torus or whatver that the Arch Mage gives you to unlock the door.

[raxzam]

To get in you basically climb on one of the large arches and jump onto the exit of the Labrynthian and then you use a plate to go through the wall. That's how desperate I was to get this mask. But when I bring the item Ancano, the evil Thalmor guy isnt doing anything wrong and everything looks reversed.

[ralphtobybob]

Originally posted by Ronax:

To get in you basically climb on one of the large arches and jump onto the exit of the Labrynthian and then you use a plate to go through the wall. That's how desperate I was to get this mask. But when I bring the item Ancano, the evil Thalmor guy isnt doing anything wrong and everything looks reversed.

Got me. Normally, you would go to Saarthal, come back and then stuff happens. Then the thingie gets brought back to Winterhold. Then Ancano does his thing, more stuff happens, then you're sent to Labyrinth with the torus.

Generally, each step of the quest has to occur. If you've been given the torus, try going to Labyrinth and unlocking the door and entering. Then check your map and see if the College of Winterold has disappeared from youir map. If it has, just go back to Winterhold.

If not, try going back to where the staff was and see if there's another. There should be ghosts when you show up at Labyrinth, after receiving the quest.

When I got a quest from the Mr. Worf looking librarian in one game I played, I already had the books he wanted. Started the conversation then exited the dialogue screen. Went back into dialogue mode and the 'here's the books' option then showed up.

If that doesn't work, try doing a search on Staff of Magnus, Ancano and variations.

[raxzam]

Originally posted by ralphtobybob:

Originally posted by Ronax:

To get in you basically climb on one of the large arches and jump onto the exit of the Labrynthian and then you use a plate to go through the wall. That's how desperate I was to get this mask. But when I bring the item Ancano, the evil Thalmor guy isnt doing anything wrong and everything looks reversed.

Got me. Normally, you would go to Saarthal, come back and then stuff happens. Then the thingie gets brought back to Winterhold. Then Ancano does his thing, more stuff happens, then you're sent to Labyrinth with the torus.

Generally, each step of the quest has to occur. If you've been given the torus, try going to Labyrinth and unlocking the door and entering. Then check your map and see if the College of Winterold has disappeared from youir map. If it has, just go back to Winterhold.

If not, try going back to where the staff was and see if there's another. There should be ghosts when you show up at Labyrinth, after receiving the quest.

When I got a quest from the Mr. Worf looking librarian in one game I played, I already had the books he wanted. Started the conversation then exited the dialogue screen. Went back into dialogue mode and the 'here's the books' option then showed up.

If that doesn't work, try doing a search on Staff of Magnus, Ancano and variations.

Oh yeah also I forgot to mention. Basically I was given the torus but as soon as it said it was in my inventory is said it had been removed from my inventory

[ralphtobybob]

Originally posted by Ronax:

Originally posted by ralphtobybob:

Got me. Normally, you would go to Saarthal, come back and then stuff happens. Then the thingie gets brought back to Winterhold. Then Ancano does his thing, more stuff happens, then you're sent to Labyrinth with the torus.

Generally, each step of the quest has to occur. If you've been given the torus, try going to Labyrinth and unlocking the door and entering. Then check your map and see if the College of Winterold has disappeared from youir map. If it has, just go back to Winterhold.

If not, try going back to where the staff was and see if there's another. There should be ghosts when you show up at Labyrinth, after receiving the quest.

When I got a quest from the Mr. Worf looking librarian in one game I played, I already had the books he wanted. Started the conversation then exited the dialogue screen. Went back into dialogue mode and the 'here's the books' option then showed up.

If that doesn't work, try doing a search on Staff of Magnus, Ancano and variations.

Oh yeah also I forgot to mention. Basically I was given the torus but as soon as it said it was in my inventory is said it had been removed from my inventory

I was looking in the Oldrim group and saw your reply.

The only place the torus goes is in the door. If it was removed from your inventory once you got it, it should be in the door of Labyrinth. I just finished that quest Tuesday. I'm pretty sure that in previous playthroughs it was still in the door.

Usually, once you unlock a dungeon door with a quest key, it stays unlocked. Your only hope other than a search, is to go back to Labyrinth and try to trigger the actions I described.

If it isn't, you got bit by an untrapped bug. Your only chance of not ripping your hair out is to do a search on that quest and the items.

[naru]

Maybe going to Labyrinthian and adding the torus by console command can open the gate.

[Mr. Monday]

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