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None of that applies for me. I am aware of the wiki site(s) and have gone through each of the possible issues, and none of the possible answers work (for me, at least.... and I tried quite a few). I am also not a vampire with my character, so that does not apply to this situation. I do not use WryeBash and so no, I have not used it. I use NMM and LOOT, along with SSEEdit, and have been through the files for nearly 5 days straight. My mods are clean, aside from the Issues With My DLC .esm's which could possibly be the issue, but after looking through the files in SSEEdit, the only issues that arise are that of the dragon saddles (which does not cause an issue in-game) and ironically, arrows, of which the energy blast that comes from the Bloodskal Blade is classified as. I have asked repeatedly for possible ways to fix it, with no responses. If you believe you have a possible solution, please, I'm all ear... eh, eyes, rather. Anyways, someone was able to get me a SOLUTION (being as I am on the PC) to get past the door, so my character and save data now survive! A monumental thank you goes out to that person for saving Britania Manamus!

What in the VVardenfell happened to this post?? You guys need to back off the Shien and Skooma .... For some unknown reason ... I somewhat want to know more about the muskrat thing .... possibly the goats too .....

Sir/Ma'am(?) ... I cannot express the love I have for you right now. I was exploring this issue for 4 or 5 days now and thought Britania Manamus (my Ax-Mage) was going to be lost in the tomb of Bloodskal forever. You have my deepest appreciation for your assistance in releasing her from her (temporary) prison. Seriously, the best thing about this fix is that it is not game-breaking and I can proceed as if I had used the blade itself. You, s... eh, good person that you are, have my deepest gratitude for finally providing a (albeit roundabout) fix for this unsolved issue. I have found that this issue is 4 or 5 years old too, and was an issue with Oldrim as well. Well done!

Alright, so first off I want to apologize for a comment I made in the previous post. I was a bit aggravated and irritated at the problem and said something off-putting; I have since deleted the comment. Back on topic ... I have been diligently trying to find the issue and have found something interesting (thank you xEdit), and go figure, it involves this arrow situation with my DLCs. Apparently, the Bloodskal Blade effect is considered an "arrow" or "Bloodskal Ammo." Dragonborn.esm-Ammunition Bloodskal Ammo Data Bloodskal Blade Reference Can this issue possibly be a part of the problem? If so, how would I (theoretically, of course) go about trying to fix it? Also, for those of you that are console command-knowledgeable, why are the console commands relating to the Bloodskal Blade and its effect in-game, refer to its ID in-game as "0401aea0" and "0401aed0," when the xEdit data lists its ID as "0201aea0" and "0201aed0"? --- Follow up: If I wanted to "activate" the magic effect in-game, how would I do that via the console? (or can you do such a thing?)

So after a couple of days of researching this issue, and going through absolutely every possible "fix" that was posted, I am officially stuck with this quest. I have tried: --- Double-casting Healing --- Dropping the blade/Picking the blade back up --- Giving it to follower --- Loading a previous save (even before I started the quest ... hence why I keep multiple saves) --- Console commands (various including advancing the quest, disabling the weapon, removing the weapon and re-adding it) --- Removing FNIS files --- Praying to various mythical beings --- Voodoo dolls If there is anything else anyone can think of that I haven't tried, please tell me, I will try anything. But as of now, this quest for me is officially broken because the damn Bloodskal Blade is broken. No matter which way I power swing the thing, or what I do with the console, or whatever else is listed above ... absolutely nothing works; the damn thing just does not work and will not fire anything of any sort. It would be nice to actually figure out what the hell is going on here, because I am not the first to have experienced this issue. No one has any clues? At all?

**Sorry for the repost, just looking for some possible answers.** I am unsure if these questions are in the right place or not, so please forgive me if they are (and move this post if it is deemed necessary, please). Having said that, I am, obviously, doing this quest (for the first time, if you can believe it) and ran into an issue where the Bloodskal Blade is not emitting the energy wave that it is supposed to do. Yes, I am aware of the horizontal and vertical power swings I am supposed to perform, and I am doing them, but the blade is not emitting the energy wave when performing any of the power moves (moving side to side, the vertical, or the backwards power moves). So, before I go reverting saves, or doing anything drastic lol, I have 2 questions I'd like to ask. 1) Does anyone know if any of the mods I have installed, are affecting the Bloodskal Blade in any way, or perhaps are preventing the effect from emitting from the blade itself? Mod List 2) Does anyone know if there is perhaps a minimum Stamina requirement for the effect to happen? I have 216 Stamina at L59 (Battlemage ... or AxeMage, as I like to call her :tongue:) and I'm wondering if because I am that high level, if perhaps there may be a minimum Stamina requirement for the blade's effect. A) Is there a way that someone can possibly look into the details of the Bloodskal Blade and see if there are requirements for it, or its' effects, please? Again, my apologies if this is in the wrong place. Being as this is the first time I have done this particular quest, this is obviously the first time I have encountered this issue. I did Google it, and I have tried all of the suggested fixes (aside from loading previous save): Dual-casting healing spells; Dropping it and picking it back up, switching back and forth from 1st person and 3rd person views. I am open to any other suggestions is anyone has any. So before I go loading a previous save (which is not really a problem), can anyone answer the above 2 questions please? Thank you for any help anyone can provide.

I am unsure if these questions are in the right place or not, so please forgive me if they are (and move this post if it is deemed necessary, please). Having said that, I am, obviously, doing this quest (for the first time, if you can believe it) and ran into an issue where the Bloodskal Blade is not emitting the energy wave that it is supposed to do. Yes, I am aware of the horizontal and vertical power swings I am supposed to perform, and I am doing them, but the blade is not emitting the energy wave when performing any of the power moves (moving side to side, the vertical, or the backwards power moves). So, before I go reverting saves, or doing anything drastic lol, I have 2 questions I'd like to ask. 1) Does anyone know if any of the mods I have installed, are affecting the Bloodskal Blade in any way, or perhaps are preventing the effect from emitting from the blade itself? Mod List 2) Does anyone know if there is perhaps a minimum Stamina requirement for the effect to happen? I have 216 Stamina at L59 (Battlemage ... or AxeMage, as I like to call her :P) and I'm wondering if because I am that high level, if perhaps there may be a minimum Stamina requirement for the blade's effect. A) Is there a way that someone can possibly look into the details of the Bloodskal Blade and see if there are requirements for it, or its' effects, please? Again, my apologies if this is in the wrong place. Being as this is the first time I have done this particular quest, this is obviously the first time I have encountered this issue. I did Google it, and I have tried all of the suggested fixes (aside from loading previous save): Dual-casting healing spells; Dropping it and picking it back up, switching back and forth from 1st person and 3rd person views. I am open to any other suggestions is anyone has any. So before I go loading a previous save (which is not really a problem), can anyone answer the above 2 questions please? Thank you for any help anyone can provide.

Ok so after a few playthroughs, doing just about a bit of everything I can think of, I haven't had any real issues of concern. In fact, things seem to be rather smooth. I did have one CTD coming back to Whiterun from the giant camp that's due West of Whiterun, but then again, Whiterun is the king of CTDs it seems (Whiterun = CTD Central? CTDville? CTDtown? I got it ... CTD City!?) Anyways, not one CTD since that one, and I have been back to Whiterun multiple times so, perhaps it was just a one off (or something to do with the arrow bulls**t, who knows). Past that, I have had 2 CTDs (one was the previously mentioned in the post above), however, both had to do with dragging corpses around. I'm not exactly sure what the cause is there, but I've tried to repeat the process without any luck (I do RP "burying" the corpses by hiding them, or throwing them into rivers/lakes/various bodies of water, ... sue me). Both times were by grabbing the corpse by the head and dragging it forward, but again, I've tried repeating that process quite a few times but to no avail. *shrugs* Anyways, things to be mostly stable. Hopefully at some point I can find a way to fix it for good.

Just read my post sir. There is something more than just cleaning those files, and yes, the problem is verified with cleaning those files. I do use NMM and LOOT, and if you read my post, everything was just fine nearly 2 weeks ago. No issues, no CTD's, no nothing, and then ... well, just read the post. Repeating myself seems unnecessary. Again, the problem with the CTD's is verified.

Ok, some progress has been made! I have been tinkering with xEdit a bit, trying to figure out what the "unused data" is all about, and I think I may have an idea of what that is about, although I haven't pinpointed anything as yet. However, I think I have found a work around to the dirty DLC .esm's without having to clean them. For anyone that is dealing with this issue, use your SSEEdit, and simply load the 3 DLC's (Update.esm will automatically load itself, as it is required): Then just Right-Click on each DLC .esm and click on "Undelete and Disable References": Keep in mind that this is a temporary solution as I have not had enough time to do thorough playthroughs to see if they work. Also, the navmeshes that were supposedly deleted, somehow are either still deleted and don't report in LOOT, or are simply masked (or some other reason I've yet to identify). Anyways, the playthrough I did test out did freeze up at one point (east of Whiterun along the path to the Tower), however I was able to fast travel from Solitude to Froki's Cabin (a known crash point), and do some other traveling and fighting, without issue. I will keep piddling around but for now, this is what I have come up with. The "unused data" still bothers me some, as I'm almost for certain it has something to do with that missing keyword. It seems a bit strange to me that there would be one for the Dawnguard.esm and not one for the Skyrim.esm, although, it also doesn't make sense that there would be 2 data points for keywords on a basic item; something seems a bit off there. Anyways, will have more later .... life calls!

You know what they say ... with more power comes .... MORE POWER!!! Ok, ok, seriously we are going waaaaaayyyy off topic here lol (not that I don't mind talking PC's :) ), so back to the issue at hand. I just woke up and have a few things to do first and then I'ma start delving into some xEdit testing. I have to create a whole bunch of backups first before I get started but, I'd like to find at least a couple of fixes by the end of the day. *begins to channel his inner-Magnus*

Ok, you should read my post first sir. Doing this creates a very bad loop of CTD issues. This method you have linked has been done and is part of the endless loop. For reference, please READ HERE.

Wow ... that looks FAMILIAR: My Post Ok so now I'm for SURE something batty is going on here. By the way man, if you clean those mods, you may get some random CTD'ing, as you will read in my post. To fix it, googling the issue will tell you that you will probably have to verify your game cache via Steam (Library, SSE (R-Click->Properties->Local Files)). This will start an endless loop because once you clean those DLC .esm's, you will CTD in certain areas of the map, in the same spots EVERY TIME. To fix it, verify game cache, which brings back the dirty DLC .esm's we both have .... and now you've entered the endless loop. I am currently researching this issue and trying to find people who can help solve the problem. I have over 140+ mods and did not have an issue until this problem arose about 10-11 days ago (or so). I also have a L50+ character I do not want to lose to this issue. Something happened to some of us with this exact same issue apparently, so a solution will definitely have to be found.

Sorry ... life ... Yes, .. yes it was an ASUS. But again, it was the power supply taking a dump which caused the whole problem(s) so, I cannot put the blame on ASUS. I've actually never had an issue with ASUS tbh, although I have heard the horror stories. However, you're bound to get a few of those in every brand; and if it's more than a few, that's a sure sign to STAY AWAY!! The real bad thing was ... you know how you're just sitting at your computer one day, and everything is fine, then you get up to go make something to eat, or walk around, or just generally do something away from the comp for a few minutes ... then you come back in the room and *sniff*, *sniff* (electrical fire smell) ... uh-oh *scurry to shut the computer down immediately*. Oh boy .... oh no, please no ... for the love of Malog Bal no .... *sniffs more electrical things burning while unplugging everything computer related*. Ya ... that happened, which caused the mobo/mem issues months later so ... *sigh* joy to my (already empty) wallet lol. Thanks for helping me out with this. If I have any time tomorrow, I'ma delve more into the xEdit and possibly try some things to see if I can start fixing something because, this just seems far too random for me and tbh, it has to be reversible somehow.

Nope, NMM, as my OP stated. :tongue: .. Also, use LOOT to auto-sort (although you have to close NMM and reopen for it to adjust but, it works). I hear you on the rigs. My original rig cost ~$1800, had intel i7 quad-core 3.4Ghz with 16GB RAM but had a power supply take a dump on me, swapped that out for a new one (750, old was 650) only to find out about 6 months later that it had somehow damaged the bus on the L3 cache somehow, which disrupted mem swap; eventually the mobo just took a dump and took the processor with it. So I decided I wasn't gonna spend another $1200 on Intel and switched to AMD, which meant all new core components. Now I have a Gigabyte GA-990FXA (AMD 990FX, AM3+) mobo with an AMD FX-8350 8-core, 4Ghz CPU, and switched to 32GB GSkill Ripjaws Z Series ... all for $500. Still need to upgrade my GPU, which I haven't done in 3 years or so (still using the ol' reliable GTX-960) but, it does the job for now. I really want a 1080 but ... my dreams are on hold atm. Anyways, nice rig! .. and ya, NMM to save me the trouble on install. I really should devote some more time to look into the intricacies of the xEdit but, I simply do not have enough of it these days. Why is it the older you get, the less time you have? ... weird.