Jadeempire150

Okay it did not not change anything at all, still no quest start, no journal on Katria's body, and no shard name change....

Lemme give it a try and see whether it works or not.

I have all the dlcs. What kind of a huge difference does it pose? Like how is Dragonborn and Hearthfire patches related to Dawnguard?

I have the Unofficial patches for Skyrim and Dawnguard, but I didn't install the Unofficial patches for Dragonborn and Hearthfire. Since you mentioned it, does installing patches with Dragonborn and Hearthfire make a difference?

Tried that, it did not start the quest and the journal was not found on her body. In addition, when I got to the shard, it was still labelled Glowing shard instead of Aethrium shard. So as a result, the quest was entirely broken for me.

Lost to the Ages quest has many bugs, one of the infamous ones is the quest not starting. Someone should find a way to start the quests without reading Aetherium Wars?