How do I reset my follower?

[Bushibu]

Farkas is the worst follower ever.. I swear, he never fights when he gets attacked, only when I fight back. Now he is stuck in Blackreach, we went into a building and it messed him up, he comes out of the building with me but he won't follow me. I've tried everything, even if I send him home he still stands there. Any advice?

[Mez Koo]

There is a complicated way toteleport an npc to you but it has to be your games specific copy and its a mess I never bothered with. Google it.

[Iceira]

i have also notice odd behavier from him but problem here can also be the many follower mods that has effect this

i have remove all multi companions mod and stick to original game only

but im stuck with him atm he want to kill a dragon but the dragon is not spawned at all....just great...

[Stoob]

Changing follower mods, or un-installing follower management mods incorrectly (while followers are still following usually), can cause all kinds of problems with follower flags. Once flags are set on a save for an NPC, they can be difficult to shift.

Try (though I've no idea if this will actually work):

In the console, click on Farkas to highlight his ID then fast travel to Whiterun and enter Jorvaskr main hall. Open the console again - Farkas should still be the highlighted ID - and enter in console:

moveto player

He should appear next to you and NOT a duplicate. Dismiss him (whether it lets you or not), leave Jorvaskr, save and quit, re-load and go wait some place else for a few days to reset the cell.

I will say though, if the problem does relate to AFT, re-install AFT then select uninstall via the AFT menus in-game for each of your main saves and save them, then actually un-install AFT. It is a pain, yes, but can help fix these kinds of follower problems.

At one time in my game, ALL my followers decided they were going to live at the gates to Windhelm docks. All thirty of them, just standing around the gates next to Sofia. Can't even remember exactly what I did to fix that - standalones were easy, just un-install 'em - but Lydia and the like seemed to take some headscratching IIRC. I still get odd follower moments now.

[Bushibu]

Do you think killing him and resurecting him will work? Can you even resurect followers?

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by nikki_to_you:

Do you think killing him and resurecting him will work? Can you even resurect followers?

Yea but make sure you take all equipment first.

[★Kelvy★]

Have you tried dismissing him, walk away and see if he start to follow or go his own way, if later the then reengage him to follow.
Most time when this happens I don't bother with it. Just go and do the rest of what you are doing find your way out to the surface, turn around he will proberly be there with you, or fast travel somewhere sure enough followers turn up.

[Clever Monkey]

Originally posted by nikki_to_you:

Do you think killing him and resurecting him will work? Can you even resurect followers?

hes is essential until a cetain art of the campanions quest line.

it is not a good idea to use the resurrect command under any circumstances. the game will still read him as dead.

you are better off loading a save from before he got messed up and releasing him.

resetai might have some effect. but i would go the way of an earlier save.

[Bushibu]

Originally posted by Clever/Witty Moniker:

Originally posted by nikki_to_you:

Do you think killing him and resurecting him will work? Can you even resurect followers?

hes is essential until a cetain art of the campanions quest line.

it is not a good idea to use the resurrect command under any circumstances. the game will still read him as dead.

you are better off loading a save from before he got messed up and releasing him.

resetai might have some effect. but i would go the way of an earlier save.

Unfortunately I cannot do that, idk why I quicksaved but I did earlier before I knew he was stuck.

[Genwaku]

It appened to me with Selena, she was stuck into a cave. I've been able to have her back following me by quick travelling a few times and she was back at my side. I've you tried?

[Clever Monkey]

serena did this to me as well in blackreach.

Ithink it was the resetai or disable enable commands that worked for a few minutes. and then I had to do it again.once I got her out she seemed fine.

like you I tried everything including beating her down and the wait command but she hung around there for more than 7 days before I started using the commands. moveto commands would not work as well.

I just wish you had a save to fall back on. I didn't realize I lost her until I had done several things and had to back track to find her. Detect undead spell found her for me. Now I make sure they are with me at all times.

[Docsprock]

I have found this helps 'reset' stuck/glitched followers:

Exit current cell. Save game. Exit game.
Restart game. Re-enter cell previously exited. Follower should be back.

[Bushibu]

Thanks everyone for the help, I got him following me again.