TheHolyArk

Hey :smile: I fixed the problem. I completed the quest AND got the aetherial item. What I did is simply advance the quest through the in-game commands: setstage dlc1ld 170 176 181 190 195. Now I teleported to the forge with coc dlc1bthalft01 and went to the gate with resonators, opened the gate by firing arrows at them, then went to the forge chamber. I continued the commands: setstage dlc1ld 210 220 then picked the materials from the chest and then typed setstage dlc1ld 225, ending the quest, then I went to the forge, clicked 'e' on it and showed me the three aetherial items that I could forge :D, I didn't even had the aetherium crest and I could still craft one item with the materials. Woah... I am so relieved. Please try this method and report if it works :}. +Ark+

Sadly... I am also having this problem. I took three aetherium pieces, but the fourth was glowing glass shard and I typed setstage dlc1ld 30 so that the quest could update, and it did. Then I went to Bthalft and Katrina was there, but I can't activate the mechanism because it doesn't recognise the glowing glass shard!!! It is so frustrating. I then used commands to advance the quest but the lever would not appear... I used coc dlc1bthalft01 to teleport to the aetherium forge, updated quest to " shut steam vents" part but lol... I couldn't place the aetherium crest in the forge because I was in combat?! Yet there was no enemy around... I tried three times and still was in combat; disabled AI too. Katrina didn't stay with me... she was just running to the lift to exit the forge... I can't return to an older save because this is a bug that appeared from the start of the quest somehow :(. And strangely, didn't happened to me before. This is should have been the third time when I start and complete this awesome, yet buggy quest.