If you tried the mod before and the quest didn't start, please know version 1.10 solves this issue and it gives you extra ways to start the quest.
Please, keep in mind that the vanilla requirements to start the quest are still in place:
In vanilla you must be at least level 20. (This level threshold might be different if using Timing is Everything or similar mods)
You must have completed the quest "Dragon Rising".
If you have CC plugins installed: You must exhaust all CC "rumors and jobs" from Hulda until you get the quest. This is no longer necessary with this update, as you can speak to Hulda or Mikael to bring up the quest directly once the other requirements are met (Or you can still go through the vanilla route of exhausting those jobs.)
Sorry for the issues and enjoy the update! If you want to see the update in action, check the update showcase over here.
REQUEST: if the Sword / Daedra is going to leave the kid as a psychotic mess anyway, what about an option to recruit him to the dark brotherhood? He and Aventus Aretino would get along great!
Upon further review the only thing I had wrong was Fianna being in a bleed out state. For some reason she's essential (maybe some quality-of-life mod interference). Other than that, I simply went on with the quest as if I was investigating and it proceeded fine. Thanks again for the great mods!
Bit of a late answer but are you using SPID/SkyPatcher-Protected Citizens? You can edit the DISTR.ini file in the data folder to edit out the entry for Fianna. Just open it with a text editor, search the name and delete or comment out the line below. This might only work on a new game though, I'm not sure.
I'm a bit stuck, could use some help, I get the key from the jarl, open the door, see blood but no body, I read the bloody note and I got no update on my quest on what to do next.
saw a video on youtube, on my game the door that leads to the barracks ain't bloody, the cell doors are closed, and if I follow the path nelkir is just in a zombie state with no dialogue to continue the quest, after a bit he just goes back to dragonsreach and keeps talking weird.
also, I haven't been able to get the bounty for the farm from hulda oddly, I'm hoping to be able after finishing the quest.
The dude said... there is NO BLOOD The Cell is NOT OPEN
I was in the same boat
I have watched the video... I do have a dead servant, notes on the table, but the rest of the world looks normal. There is NO trail of blood going anywhere, and the jail cells are all closed.
I decided to just unlock/open the path myself, found the boy, and completed the quest. Really not sure who is conflicting with the "visuals", but all the dialogue worked. I left the jail using the standard method, since the patch for re-climbing the grate just makes my champ make grunting noises and push the wall next to him (animation) but does not lift me. All good.
Thank you for this fun (and I believe way better) quest than the Vanilla.
I started this quest quite a while ago. The vanilla ebony blade quest completed and I got a new quest to decide it's fate. There were no quest markers and that was my only objective. After I unlocked the atherium forge I wasn't able to destroy it so I put it in a chest and forgot about it.
I have Vigilant installed so I wonder if those conflict somehow?
Would updating possibly solve the problem or is it best to just leave this alone on this save?
for others who see this: the mod change the vanilla ways to get the sword, that is its purpose! follow the blood on ground/door, it will lead you to find the sword, enjoy.
This question seems to have been asked several times but I can't find an answer. How many friends/allies do I have to kill so The Whispering Door completes and I can remove the sword from my inventory? My character isn't a 2h build but I want to keep the sword as a trophy and bc after all these years I still don't have the achievement for getting all of the Daedric Artifacts. Does the friend/ally have to be an active follower? Because I tried killing Faendal in Riverwood after helping him with Carlotta and Mephala didn't say anything.
Hi! I think something's not right with my quest. After Jarl gives me the key, I open the Whispering Door and see this:
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No shrine on the table, no body on the floor. The maid is alive and well. After I enter the room, the quest tells me to "Retrieve the Ebony Blade" (without the "Optional: inform the Jarl" part). The quest marker for retrieving the blade is on Jarl's son, but I can't do anything about it. Talking to him gives me no dialogue lines. Also, I couldn't get the key from Farengar. There were no dialogue topic on this matter.
What can be the problem? I only have USSEP and EVGAT patches installed. EDIT: nvm, it's Wintersun. Anyone made a patch yet? =) EDIT2: I think I just did. Testing, will post a bit later =) EDIT3: The Whispering Door - Quest Expansion - Wintersun patch lol
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Please, keep in mind that the vanilla requirements to start the quest are still in place:
Sorry for the issues and enjoy the update! If you want to see the update in action, check the update showcase over here.
saw a video on youtube, on my game the door that leads to the barracks ain't bloody, the cell doors are closed, and if I follow the path nelkir is just in a zombie state with no dialogue to continue the quest, after a bit he just goes back to dragonsreach and keeps talking weird.
also, I haven't been able to get the bounty for the farm from hulda oddly, I'm hoping to be able after finishing the quest.
there is NO BLOOD
The Cell is NOT OPEN
I was in the same boat
I have watched the video... I do have a dead servant, notes on the table, but the rest of the world looks normal. There is NO trail of blood going anywhere, and the jail cells are all closed.
I decided to just unlock/open the path myself, found the boy, and completed the quest. Really not sure who is conflicting with the "visuals", but all the dialogue worked. I left the jail using the standard method, since the patch for re-climbing the grate just makes my champ make grunting noises and push the wall next to him (animation) but does not lift me. All good.
Thank you for this fun (and I believe way better) quest than the Vanilla.
I have Vigilant installed so I wonder if those conflict somehow?
Would updating possibly solve the problem or is it best to just leave this alone on this save?
No shrine on the table, no body on the floor. The maid is alive and well.
After I enter the room, the quest tells me to "Retrieve the Ebony Blade" (without the "Optional: inform the Jarl" part). The quest marker for retrieving the blade is on Jarl's son, but I can't do anything about it. Talking to him gives me no dialogue lines.
Also, I couldn't get the key from Farengar. There were no dialogue topic on this matter.
What can be the problem? I only have USSEP and EVGAT patches installed.
EDIT: nvm, it's Wintersun.
Anyone made a patch yet? =)
EDIT2: I think I just did. Testing, will post a bit later =)
EDIT3: The Whispering Door - Quest Expansion - Wintersun patch lol