Jarl Balgruuf won't talk to Farengar! Start of Bleak Falls Borrow Quest

[Orkja]

Hy everyone,

I'm having this bug in my game and it is seriously one of them ost annoying experiences I've had with Skyrim yet.

I finish the tutorial and talk to hadvar/gerdur and get the quest to talk to jarl about dragons. I head over there and get my reward and get the quest Bleak Falls Borrow, the first thing I have to do is talk to Farengar. I talk abd I have to wait for the Jarl to introduce hi to me. Problem is, when the Jarl walks into the room where Ferangar is, he just stands there and doesn't introduce me to farengar!

I can't continue the storyline =[.

I've tried just going to bleak falls borrow and getting the dragon stone and talking to ferangar then, but that didn't work, can't drop the dragonstone either. I'm at my wits end here.

It did work when I uninstalled Skyrim Redone, so then I installed ACE - Combat Skills instead but the same thing keeps happening now. I don't even know what mods to start testing this on since I don't really want to uninstall one, restart the game, and get to the same point just to see that I still can't advance the story, thus meaning I have to try again with another uninstalled mod.

If anyone can help me I would be very very happy.

[Jendar]

Originally posted by Taylor Swift:

when the Jarl walks into the room where Ferangar is, he just stands there and doesn't introduce me to farengar!

Try to quicksave and quickload the game at that moment. Sometimes this makes people speak if they fail to.

[texashokies]

you can directly speak to farengar with out him introducing

[Zukabazuka]

Ok I have the same problem, But when ever I talk to Ferangar he tell me to talk to the jarl. Who is standing in the room and doing nothing. I tried pushing him around or closer to Ferangar but with no luck. I waited at the spot for few ingame hours and no luck on that part. I also tried quick saving and quick loading.

Installed the unofficial skyrim patch with no luck either. Tried removing any mod that changed the buildings and such with no luck.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Bleak_Falls_Barrow_(quest)

That's the quest I'm stuck on, It seems I'm stuck on the first part of the quest. I already have the dragon stone but he just wont talk to me. Anyone know what the hell cause this kind of problem and how to solve it?

If anyone else is stuck on it, you can use
setstage MQ103 180
If you have the dragon stone.

[Orkja]

thank you zukabazuka!! that console command was exactly what I needed!! All I can give you is the knowledge that I am very grateful to you, and hopefully anyone else that has the same problem

[Metal Izanagi]

Seems this game has a lot of opportunities for quest triggers to fail, and it's almost always related to an NPC either not getting in the right spot, or just failing to "remember their lines" and say what they need to, to keep the story moving. I've had it happen with Balgruuf during the Civil War quests, and Serana in Dawnguard. Another reason to recommend the PC version of Skyrim above any other version.

[Kirel Redhand]

Hi.. I've had the same issue with all of my newly created characters. The way to get around this issue without resorting to console commands is: Go back to riverrun and start the quest to get the golden claw back. Do the blackfalls barrow run and you'll have the item that farengar is looking for.

When you get back to Whiterun, Farengar will now talk with you without the Jarl initiating the conversation. The quest line should proceed normally after that.

[Orkja]

oh btw, I found out that the mod that caused the conflict was actually Staves of Skyrim. I had EVERYTHING installed but that mod, it worked; EVERYTHING including that mod, caused the same issue again.

[so nice gamer]

Originally posted by CuriouslyBiTaylorSwift:

oh btw, I found out that the mod that caused the conflict was actually Staves of Skyrim. I had EVERYTHING installed but that mod, it worked; EVERYTHING including that mod, caused the same issue again.

Of all the things that it could have been, it was the mod that adds more staves? lol

[Zukabazuka]

Well that mod is going out then. Seems I have it too installed.

[Sadrin]

Hey guys, I uploaded a fix for this bug - I'm sorry it happened. Not sure how a reference to the main quest snuck in there - but its gone now and the Bleak Falls Barrow quest is working again =)

[despotdave586]

tried uninstalling the staffs mod but had no luck getting the quest to work
any advice

[Nekomancer]

speak to farengar. if your skill in one of the magical school's is 20 or higher or you have a bunch of magic spells then you just tell him he cast a shock rune and he will listen.

[MaximilianPs]

instead use 10 ! that will force Balgruuf to talk to the mage
setstage MQ103 10

[Unobroyo]

I typed in the code since I was also glitched but the option to give it to him wasn't there

[CAN U SMEL WAT TE ROCK IS COOKIN]

I found that typing in setstage MQ103 190 brought you to the next quest, but I think you just have to hang on to the dragonstone