I lost Serena in the Soul Cairn (Dawnguard DLC)

[Robo]

Whlie doing the quest, 'Beyond Death' (I choose to split my soul) Serena dissapeared. I was wandering around the Soul Cairn, when I realised that she was no longer there.

I have tried using both "prid 02002B74" and "player.moveto 02002B74" but it says:
"item '02002B74' not found for parameter ObjectReferanceID"

Am I using the right ID for Serena, or am I using the console commands wrong, or have I somehow lost Serena forever. I need her to initiate the dialouge with her mother to continue the quest. I'd load an older save, but the last save was around 4 hours prior to the event, and all the auto and quick saves happened after losing her.

If you have any suggestions to how I could fix this, it would be greatly appreciated if you posted on this disscussion. Thank You.

[Docsprock]

Originally posted by GigaPlex:

what the hell is wrong with my game, seran isnt essential anymoer and dies every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ time i teleport here to me, last save game i have is from lvl 4 and im lvl 41, i'm not redoing the game just for this pos dlc

You have not saved your game from level 4 to level 41? Do you realize this is a Bethesda game? You MUST do a HARD save VERY OFTEN. I recommend every level, or even more.

Wow.

[GigaPlex]

It is related. I couldn't find her brought here to me through the console player.placeatme commands and she just walked away, I waited around in the castle for her (6 in-game days) and still hasn't returned, then when I forced her to the castle through console she died upon spawn; And when I go to a save before I went to the castle and try to console her to me she dies. Almost positive my game is cucked. Small note I was salty as hell last night and my previous comment was out of place, please forgive me.

[GigaPlex]

Originally posted by Docsprock:

Originally posted by GigaPlex:

what the hell is wrong with my game, seran isnt essential anymoer and dies every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ time i teleport here to me, last save game i have is from lvl 4 and im lvl 41, i'm not redoing the game just for this pos dlc

You have not saved your game from level 4 to level 41? Do you realize this is a Bethesda game? You MUST do a HARD save VERY OFTEN. I recommend every level, or even more.

Wow.

If my calculations are correct Bethseda auto saves are more than appropriate to run my game on; but man am I bad at math.

[Fish]

one neat trick i used was i went into TGM and spammed Aura Whisper, see aura whisper only shows the skeletons and Serana but not normal souls, thus i just went around and eventually found her stuck in some place where path finding couldn't get her out

[thrashie]

funny how 4 years later the same problem still does its thing.
lost serana there myself just now and used a pretty easy fix.
save the game -> load an older save where serana is still there -> open the console and left click serana to get her ID to show in the console bar -> load your latest save -> open console again and type "moveto player" without quotes

Originally posted by GigaPlex:

It is related. I couldn't find her brought here to me through the console player.placeatme commands and she just walked away,

according to wiki placeatme changes some stuff which might be your problem..
moveto player Teleports the targeted NPC to the Dragonborn. (Works similar to player.placeatme <BaseID> <#> but does not create a new reference of the base object.)

[SalvationKing0]

Conjuration 100 here resurrecting this thread, but the Atlas Map Markers mod lets you fast travel within Soul Cairn, which will fix Serana.

[Gramarye]

I appreciate this necromancy. I hope you didn't pay the Ideal Masters too much for this power. They are not to be trusted. They will either eat your soul or somehow clip you through a wall and crash your game.

(Also, I just got done playing through the Soul Cairn and I'll probably be looking for a mod that does map markers for Jiub's Opus if I go back, because apparently those don't show up even when you activate the quest.)

[EmJDawg]

LOL so YEARS later i'm playing this game now and this JUST happened to me! Thank you for this post...i retraced my steps and found her. THANKS ALL! :D

[Kryptic98]

Originally posted by emj:

LOL so YEARS later i'm playing this game now and this JUST happened to me! Thank you for this post...i retraced my steps and found her. THANKS ALL! :D

IS same lol

[Slinky]

Originally posted by thrashie:

funny how 4 years later the same problem still does its thing.
lost serana there myself just now and used a pretty easy fix.
save the game -> load an older save where serana is still there -> open the console and left click serana to get her ID to show in the console bar -> load your latest save -> open console again and type "moveto player" without quotes

Originally posted by GigaPlex:

It is related. I couldn't find her brought here to me through the console player.placeatme commands and she just walked away,

according to wiki placeatme changes some stuff which might be your problem..
moveto player Teleports the targeted NPC to the Dragonborn. (Works similar to player.placeatme <BaseID> <#> but does not create a new reference of the base object.)

Necro just to show better fix I found.
Placeatme works, but creates another instance of Serana. No bueno.
Use moveto.

1. prid xx002b74
2. moveto player

(xx for dawnguard load order, mine is 02. prid selects that ref.)
Done!

[Your Dad's Boyfriend]

Ok, just encountered this. Even though this an old thread, it's a good place to check for tips.

I couldn't fast travel or anything, so I just started looking. Found the "Reaper'a Lair",went inside to see what it was, and she was standing there. As soon as I started walking around, she went back outside and was waiting for me. Somehow she entered, and then got stuck, I guess.