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GaudySquirrel Jan 20, 2016 @ 11:10am
quest blood on the ice is broken. what is the comand to restart it "spoilers"
help me
Last edited by GaudySquirrel; Jan 20, 2016 @ 1:30pm
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Omgwtfbbqkitten Jan 20, 2016 @ 11:14am 
I am not sure if you can restart the quest. You may have to reload an older save before you started the quest.

How is it broken?

Are you using the unofficial patches or Usleep? They help fix most of the problems with that quest.
Last edited by Omgwtfbbqkitten; Jan 20, 2016 @ 11:17am
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Ilja Jan 20, 2016 @ 11:18am 
Using console commands to go back and forth with quest stages is not recommended. Setting quest stages does not undo scrips that were already ran for that quest to initalize. In worst cases you may bug out your game completely.

Same goes with setting quests forward, without being aware of what you are doing. See UESPWiki for quests you think are bugged to see if fix is available, or if there is a command for quest stage that is considered as a safe to use.

Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page
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voehringer_nitron Jan 20, 2016 @ 11:22am 
Above advice is good, I would listen to it.

For the quest, I would advise arriving outside Windhelm in the evening. Walk back and forth between the nearby farm and the stables several times, and enter the city after 8pm. This *should* be enough to trigger the quest to start. Head over to the graveyard and see if the crowd is gathered and the body is there.
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GaudySquirrel Jan 20, 2016 @ 11:48am 
well im pissed i have not done a hard save in like 20 hours of gameplay so all of it is lost if i cant reset the quest
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Ilja Jan 20, 2016 @ 11:52am 
Skyrim quicksave is very feeble and prone to bug out. I would strongly recommend using full saves every now and again.

But, you still have not explained what went wrong. Maybe we can help with that?
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Dr. Atrocious Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:06pm 
I used to think that quest was broken too until I looked on google and realized i was just doing it wrong. I didn't know to follow the blood trail, I didn't realize that the body was only moved (I thought it disappeared), and there was one point where I followed the murderer and that part actually was bugged (he wouldn't murder the victim) so I had to kill the victim and the murderer to actually get the quest moving along.
Last edited by Dr. Atrocious; Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:07pm
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voehringer_nitron Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:14pm 
The quest is broken. It is probably the single most bugged up quest in the entire game. The wiki lists no less than 30 seperate bugs. There's numerous reports of people who cant even trigger it.
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Ilja Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:15pm 
Originally posted by ℛaveDZ:
I used to think that quest was broken too until I looked on google and realized i was just doing it wrong. I didn't know to follow the blood trail, I didn't realize that the body was only moved (I thought it disappeared), and there was one point where I followed the murderer and that part actually was bugged (he wouldn't murder the victim) so I had to kill the victim and the murderer to actually get the quest moving along.

The last part can actually take some time, before actor does the move. It is possible that it was not a bug, unless you ended up waiting for a very long time.
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GaudySquirrel Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:17pm 
ok so to progress i need to deliver the evidence to the guy that stands by the jarl but he dose not give any choices to
and i cant get the amulet back from calixto
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Dr. Atrocious Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:18pm 
Originally posted by Ilja:
The last part can actually take some time, before actor does the move. It is possible that it was not a bug, unless you ended up waiting for a very long time.
Yeah, the guy kept walking around endlessly.
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Dr. Atrocious Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:23pm 
Originally posted by turt47:
ok so to progress i need to deliver the evidence to the guy that stands by the jarl but he dose not give any choices to
and i cant get the amulet back from calixto
Copied from gamefaqs:

"If you read "The butchers Journal"(you dont need to read it just flip through all the pages) you will know that the butcher will attack at the market at night. Go there at night and kill the man with the knife. Return to the jarleif and get your reward. The house is now up for sale. oh and btw, spoiler, Calixto is the butcher, so yeah."
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GaudySquirrel Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:33pm 
he wont die
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Dr. Atrocious Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:37pm 
Originally posted by turt47:
he wont die
Don't kill him until he murders the victim. Until he does he's essential.
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GaudySquirrel Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:41pm 
lol
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Ilja Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:53pm 
Originally posted by ℛaveDZ:
Originally posted by turt47:
he wont die
Don't kill him until he murders the victim. Until he does he's essential.

Not actually entirely true. Victim does not need to die. In fact, she has never died for me. You can move against the actor when he starts to move against his victim.

If the actor remains essential, or is otherwise bugged during the encounter, then you can try the followig.

- Make a full save, before entering in to area.
- Go near the actor and open console.
- Target actor trough the console with your mouse.
- Type: Disable [ENTER]
- Type: Enable [ENTER]
- Close the console.

This will refresh the actor. It should remove the false essential flag and may even resume his bugged AI.
Last edited by Ilja; Jan 20, 2016 @ 12:53pm
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