How to add manually a quest? Lost to the ages is not working.

[Jet_Black]

I read the book called The Aetherium Wars and I did not get the miscellanious objective. Please help.... How to add it by using the console?

[Altbert]

Have a look here: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Lost_to_the_Ages

[Jet_Black]

Yes I checked that but what I need is the miscellanious quest ID: "Investigate the Ruins of Arkngthamz. Anyone knows the ID to reset it?

[TapfererToaster]

Quest ID of Lost to the ages is DLC1LD
best check at what stage it is for you with

getstage DLC1LD

after that you should check what the stages of the quest are with

player.sqs DLC1LD

If the quest for you didnt start yet, i guess u could start it with

SetStage DLC1LD <the first stage u the last command told you ie. 0 or 1 or something>

[Jet_Black]

it does not work... I do not have the quest in my list...

[Trigger]

just go to Arkngthamz and start the quest-you do not need to read the book to start the quest, just go there.

[Jet_Black]

it did not work too

[Altbert]

Yes, just go to Arkngthamz and go inside! Very soon you will hear a voice telling you to go back. If you don't hear the voice, then you have a problem. Otherwise continue and you will meet Katria and the quest will have started. If you have problems, you may want to subscribe to the "Unofficial Dawnguard Patch" by Artmoor. I would suggest you to subscribe to all of his unofficial patches for vanilla Skyrim and the DLCs that you have installed.

[Skincookiez]

I figured this bug out and leaving for future searchers. When you pick up one of the shards without start the quest first it bugs out.

1.Find a copy of the book.
2.Drop the "Crystal Shard" from you inventory. It isn't quest locked so you can drop it.
3. Read the book. Quest will start and mark the map.
4. Pick up crystal shard will now be called "Aetherium Shard" and quest lock into your inventory.

[LadyMoonbringer]

Unfortunately none of these items are working for me. I'm trying to get this last achievement so no mods. I've tried set stage, I've went to the location found her dead body but she says pick up her journal and it's not there. I don't have the quest at all. I may have to do this one quest on a brand new save.... :/

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Jet_Black:

Yes I checked that but what I need is the miscellanious quest ID: "Investigate the Ruins of Arkngthamz. Anyone knows the ID to reset it?

You can't reset quests.

Data from quests is baked into saves, so you reset the quest, and the game IMMEDIATELY notices you've done up to stage (?) and hey presto you're back to that stage of the quest.

[Altbert]

The quest Lost to the Ages (DLC1LD) can't be reset (as Alexander already said) because the quest is marked as Run Once. You can only reset quests that are not marked as Start Game Enabled or Run Once.