Do you play with Alternate Start ? I don't know how it works but before entering Winterhold i came to Helgen to start the main quest , then to Whiterun to be sure , I started the CoW qustline only after getting the quest "Bleak Falls Barrow" to be sure , and after doing "Under Sarthaal" , Onmund talked to me (to be more precise , I was able to engage a diaoogue with him) . If this isn't related to your issue at all , then sorry PS : Onmund doesn't think you are a loser . If he did , you'll know that ^^" (not sure if this sentence is really english, not my main language , sry) Your english is very well. I have Alternate Start installed but its not active. I restarted my games for different reasons for this mod bc I know I was doing something wrong, but I am not sure what Im doing wrong this time.