Help! I can't shout!

[♤ MEL ♤]

I've learned the word AND absorbed the dragon soul used for the Unrelenting Force. I tried it right after the dragon fight and it didn't work. I thought it would later. But now I'm at High Hrothgar, and the Greybeards are asking me to shout, but I can't!! Can anyone help me fix what's happening??

[cfs111]

Did you spend the dragon soul to unlock the shout? It is the x button on controller.

[Clever Monkey]

copied from
http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_talk:Dragon_Shouts

Can't Shout!!![edit]

YES I AM PRESSING THE KEY FOR THE SHOUT,I am not new player, this never happened before.. Let's be more specific, I started new playtrough, got the the quest when I fight first dragon, killed him, and absorbed his soul,and then guard asked me to shout, and when I try to shout, I hear player saying fus but nothing happen, and I do get shout cooldown. And all other normal powers seems to work fine, with old charater when I load it works, thinking that is only to my current save. I am on PC, and when I press shout button I hear player shout "FUS" but nothing happens!? Starting to thinks that maybe some mod screwed it up, but I don't use any mod that add or change shouts in game.
Someone had this, or simmiliar porblem, or have any idea how to solve it? — Unsigned comment by 109.93.118.84 (talk) at 18:10 on 15 September 2013

A lot of mods make unintended changes to the game. You'll need to unload any mods you added recently and going through them to see if any of them are responsible. Silence is GoldenBreak the Silence 18:25, 15 September 2013 (GMT)

also

(PS3) Shouts sometimes don't work[edit]

I've experienced this across numerous playthroughs and with a broad assortment of shouts. I can't find the common link between events, but sometimes when I go into battle (always during combat, never when I'm just wandering around) my shout refuses to work. I check the magic menu and verify that the shout is "equipped", and it is definitely off cooldown, but it just does nothing when I hit the button (R2). If I select a different shout in the menu and then re-select the original shout, it will then work. Frustrating bug when it only happens at the worst possible times.--73.27.2.20 11:23, 16 December 2014 (GMT)
Yes had it happen to me as well. Biffa (talk) 12:13, 17 December 2014 (GMT)


not sure if either could apply but that is what I got for you.

[Rain]

Go to the magic menu and unlock it under shouts.

[Clever Monkey]

Originally posted by M1GUE1ABK:

Go to the magic menu and unlock it under shouts.

actually that shout unlocks automatically upon the dragon soul absorbed. and without the soul being absorbed the quest would not have continued onto the greybeards so I know Absorbing and unlocking is not the problem. equipping it may be but me thinks it is a glitch or a mod mess up to put it nicely

[Rain]

Yea could be a mod conflict.

[JP]

you sure you absorbed the soul? i heard miraak can steal it