Cant enter castle Volkihar

[Flippy]

Taking her to her castle and the gate opens but cannot enter the doors. Tried without mods and so on.

[Gez122]

Not sure which part of the quest you are at (first time, second visit etc.) but you have to enter from the rear entrance of Castle Volikhar initially to go and find Seranas mother if thats the stage of the quest you are on. There is a dock at the rear of the Castle and few skeletons etc but nothing too difficult. Once cleared you can enter through a large main door.

[Darkfiro]

I think he sided with Dawnguard so you must take the rear entry way

[texashokies]

if its the first time then just use tcl

[Wintergeist]

Your situation is: You just found Serana and brought her home -Bloodline Quest-. At the castle she tells you something about not liking to meet her father and the you should not attack anyone. The gateguart opens the portcullis after seeing Serana but thats all. You could click on the gate but nothing happens.
Yes?
I have the same problem.
I allready tryed setstage, coc and player.placeatme console commands, with them I can fast forward to the point AFTER talking to Harkon (Boss Vampire) and declining his offer (joining Volkihar Vampires) ie JOINING DAWNGUARD
but I want to join the Vampires (did dawnguard with older chara)

If you want to join Dawnguard anyway:
Standing in front of Gate
-ask me (console commands)
now you can leave Castle normaly, don`t panik if portcullis closes just use fasttravell.

Any ideas how to work around the bug AND joining Vampires?

[Trigger]

As you and Serana are walking up the pathway to the castle and somewhere between the first set of gargoyles and the second set of gargoyles, she, Serana will start to talk to you about you being refrained from running in there killing everything. IT is this dialogue that triggers the quest to processed, the gate will open as you walk up to it. When you meet her father Harkon he offers you the gift of becoming a Vampire Lord, or be banished from the castle.

[Wintergeist]

as i stated it does not trigger anything Serana talked to me but the door did NOT open.
anyway, i found a string of console commands to work around.

[sirknighted]

For PC users ... to get in if the gate opens and you are left standing at the door .The Only solution is to Type the following code ~ to open menu ( coc DLC1vampirecastleguildhall ) . There is no other unlock solution , nor is there a key to the door , unlil later when the castle is available again in the quest : Chasing Echoes .

[Biały Jeleń]

Its 2023 and this quest is still buggy! I tried several solutions:
* no mods *

1). type: player.moveto 020033b3 this will start a load screen and once loaded you should be inside the castle foyer. But Serana will not be with you - correct.
- so then type: prid xx002B74 press enter, then type: moveto player and this will bring Serana to you inside the castle foyer - incorrect. Nothing happens, no found script.

- Tried other numbers for prid xx002B74 = xx = 02, 03, 04, 06, 07 etc. Nothing happens.

2). Load another saves.

3), Exit game and reload.

4). Tried the quest for the second time.

5). There is no ID number for the door so I can pull this up in the console, unlock cheat doesn't work.

6). Tried to go backdoors from another side of the island, I need the key but ^ there is no ID for such action.

Please help!