The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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Eru Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:21am
Can't start some Daedric Quests
Okay, so, I can't start some daedric quests mainly, Boethiah's Calling, The Cursed Tribe, The Whispering Door, The Break of Dawn and The Only Cure. I installed mods before and some of them I found out were outdated, so I updated them hoping that was the problem, but it didn't worked. I uninstalled all the mods, still didn't worked. So hoping that it would work this time, I reinstalled the game, clean of mods and it's a vanilla skyrim with the DLCs, still it didn't worked.
Oh and, does player.setlevel or advlevel will mess up some quests? Anyway, I'll explain the troubles I'm having with starting the daedric quests.

Boethiah's Calling:
I found the book, in Septimus's Outpost. I read it, it didn't start the quest. I went to the shrine where Boethiah's Statue was, there was no one there. I tried intertacting with the statue but still nothing. And I haven't seen any Boethiah's Priest roaming around so I figured that they just won't spawn and the quest and things and people revolving the quest is broken/bugged.

The Cursed Tribe:
I went to the Orc's stronghold where you can start up the quest when approaching the gate and the female orc will talk to you and this will start the quest but the thing is, she's not there. I went inside the stronghold, there was no one there. I went inside the longhouse, everyone was there but they just won't leave the longhouse, and when I enter, they all start attacking me. And something about them fighting a giant said in the wiki, that didn't happen too.

The Whispering Door:
I tried asking for rumours from the innkeeper in The Bannered Mare hoping it would trigger the start of this quest. But the thing is, she tells me that The Companions are recruiting even though I'm already a Harbinger of The Companions. I wait for a day to pass, I ask her again for a rumour, still she keeps saying the same thing regarding The Companions. This keeps repeating to the point I just gave up asking for rumours from her. I went to Jarl Balgruuf but he has no dialogue concerning the quest which is by talking to his child.

The Break of Dawn:
I've never, throughout my whole week of playing Skyrim, found a single beacon. I tried spawning one in, still there's no quest pop-up. I went to the shrine hoping it would trigger the quest but to no avail. I tried spawning the beacon and putting it on the shrine but it doesn't work and it wouldn't let me put it.

The Only Cure:
This quest wasn't a huge problem for me since I used a console command to start this quest cause I tried talking to the Khajit at the shrine but he doesn't give me any dialogue at all, he just replied me with whatever kind of NPCs dialogue that won't talk. So this made me frustrated so it lead me to using the console command and it worked. (FYI, all the above quest doesn't start after I tried using console commands to start it except The Only Cure).

I need serious help and dealing with problems like these is really testing my patience.
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Docsprock Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:35am 
Most of those quests require the PC to be a certain level. What level is your character?

I have found that trying to force quests, breaks them. They are so fragile to begin with.
Eru Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:39am 
First time I noticed this problem, I used the console command to make me level 100. When I thought that using the console command was the problem, I leveled up legitly and I'm level 39 which is enough to start all of the Daderic Quests but I still can't activate them.
cfs111 Apr 19, 2016 @ 10:46am 
What is your load order?
Eru Apr 19, 2016 @ 11:56am 
My what?
Stoob Apr 19, 2016 @ 12:13pm 
Certainly odd. Boethia's followers should be there regardless, and if you haven't started the quest by the time you get there it should start when you speak to them.

As a boring test but before arsing about with console or whatever... make a new char, console them to level 30 (the quest's requirement), go straight to Boethia's shrine (easiest if you can use Live Another Life and start in Braidwood Inn at Kynesgrove), see if the Boethia tribe are there and if the quest will start. It could 'just' be a dodgy save and worth investigating.
cfs111 Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:44pm 
Load order is the order your mods load into the game. In the launcher open the data files section. That is your load order.
Eru Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:52pm 
Originally posted by Stoob:
Certainly odd. Boethia's followers should be there regardless, and if you haven't started the quest by the time you get there it should start when you speak to them.

As a boring test but before arsing about with console or whatever... make a new char, console them to level 30 (the quest's requirement), go straight to Boethia's shrine (easiest if you can use Live Another Life and start in Braidwood Inn at Kynesgrove), see if the Boethia tribe are there and if the quest will start. It could 'just' be a dodgy save and worth investigating.

I don't think that's gonna work too cause I tried setting my level to 30. Read the book, but nothing happens, if that does nothing. I highly doubt going to the shrine will trigger anything too.
Eru Apr 19, 2016 @ 8:54pm 
Originally posted by cfs111:
Load order is the order your mods load into the game. In the launcher open the data files section. That is your load order.

Dawnguard.esm
Dragonborn.esm
HearthFires.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Skyrim Spells and Powers by WarriorKeke (not activated)
Eru Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:29pm 
And by any chance, does completing all the other side quests e.g, Companions, College of Winterhold, Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild before A Blade in The Dark buggs out some quests?
Shinkei Jan 10, 2017 @ 7:35pm 
I'm having the same problem to, did you solve the problem?
Bomb Bloke Jan 11, 2017 @ 1:17am 
Originally posted by Eru:
I don't think that's gonna work too cause I tried setting my level to 30.

As far as the game's scripting system is concerned, there's a difference between "has reached level 30" and "is level 30". Go back to the level below whatever it is you need for whatever quest, then level up properly.

Edit:

Bah, quoted an old post. Still worth mentioning though so I'll just leave this here.
Last edited by Bomb Bloke; Jan 11, 2017 @ 1:18am
Eru Jan 11, 2017 @ 6:12am 
Originally posted by Axiongavi:
I'm having the same problem to, did you solve the problem?
nope, kinda gave up
Eru Jan 11, 2017 @ 6:12am 
Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:
Originally posted by Eru:
I don't think that's gonna work too cause I tried setting my level to 30.

As far as the game's scripting system is concerned, there's a difference between "has reached level 30" and "is level 30". Go back to the level below whatever it is you need for whatever quest, then level up properly.

Edit:

Bah, quoted an old post. Still worth mentioning though so I'll just leave this here.
I manually leveled up and still nothing. Reinstalled the game cleanly, still the same.
rallicknom Jan 11, 2017 @ 8:07am 
I would install USLEEP which solves a lot of bugs in the vanilla game. Also if you are going to use the High Res Texture Packs might be a good idea to install the unoffical patch for them,though that will not do anything for your quest problem. I would then just play the game from lvl one as many of those quests will start automatically as you play and lvl up. For instance you may often find Meridias Beacon the Bleak Falls Barrow boss chest or in other boss chests. The Boethia quest can start after you reach a certain lvl when the Boethia cultist attacks you yelling "at last a worthy opponent" Using console commands is a tricky business and is liable to do more harm than good. I have found that becoming a Dragonborn and then doing the Companion questline triggers at least two of those quests. As for the Cursed tribe wait until you see a giant attacking the orc stronghold if you then go in and kill the giant the quest will start. Have to be strong enough to kill a giant though.
Shinkei Jan 30, 2017 @ 3:26pm 
Okay so here's what you do, download the mod skill con in the sky rim nexus, use it to level up. It'll activate the level required quests
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Date Posted: Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:21am
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