Mercer's Plans (The Persuit) Glitch [Fix]

[Mialia]

I have to discover Mercer's Plans for the quest "The Persuit" but they are in my inventory. The only sololution I found was to drop the plans, leave and come back, but i cannot drop the plans (because they are a 'quest item'.)

Any mods or fixes for this? Sadly I had done this last night and all my saves are after i visited the manor (and I'm usaully so careful :_:)

[wowszer]

Don't you make any permanent saves, esc/save/create new. You should.

[Mialia]

It was already saved from last night >.< And my auto saves are nonsense because it took me a while to realize I already had the plans (I was running in and out trying to find them.) X.x

[Big Boop Energy]

Sorry to hear of this, I know it's frustrating when quests turn into a glitcherama!

I haven't completed this quest yet, but recommend reading the fantastic UESP wiki and see if any of the bug notes or discussion notes help you resolve the glitch:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:The_Pursuit

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_talk:The_Pursuit

[Mialia]

UPDATE: After reloading a few times and running around the Riften Manor (aka Mercer's house) I was able to drop the plans on the 2nd floor.

(Was unable to drop the plans in the basement where they are found, [and because the sword found in the basement display case is also linked to this mission I put the sword back in the display case].)
I had also downloaded another mod called something like "No quest items" but previous attempts to drop the plans when having this mod loaded had not been successful. But it was loaded on when I finally was able to drop the item upstairs.

After dropping the plans I was able to pick them up and get credit! <3


P.S. I'll leave this post so maybe it could help someone else if they experiance the same bug.

Also thank you everyone who suggested other possible fixes

[Bomb Bloke]

FWIW, if you run into similar issues in the future, this process here'll let you drop whatever you want where ever you want:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/487876568240630391/#c487876568243019648

[mehr]

Hey, it's almost 3 years later and I ran into this glitch by prematurely breaking into Mercer's home. I found an even faster fix: simply spawn in Mercer's Plans via the following command (open command menu by clicking ~):

player.additem 00037ce9 1

If you already have Mercer's Plans in your inventory, this will give you a new one and allow you to progress in the mission.