Ulfric won't die

[TemmieCody1]

I'm right at the end of the Reunification of Skyrim quest, where you're supposed to execute Ulfric, and he just won't die. I find this weird, as every single forum online that has this problem also has Galmar not dying. Galmar died just fine, but Ulfric just stays essential no matter what. i've tried console commands, mods, even messing with the .ini file, but nothing is working. I have to assume one of my mods is messing it up since I've never had this type of issue before, but the only mod I thought it could be corrupted my save when removed. Is there anything I can do to make him non-essential?

[7531Leonidas]

If you have used SSEEdit (xEdit), you could check that mod you mentioned to see if it set Ulfric to 'Essential'. If it did, you could change it back yourself, then re-load your save and kill him. I had to do this once (or twice), when mods for Alva did the same thing in Morthal.

[TemmieCody1]

I have not used it, but I just got it, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to change the essential marker.

[melvinius]

You need the mod "SM Essential Kills" by Strategy Master.

 

Any adult NPC is killable; if they are essential you hit them three times when they are down in bleedout mode, you hear a crash of thunder, and they die. Their inventory gets transferred into a bag.

 

It works flawlessly, and I've used it since Oldrim. It works on SE as well (I'm using it now) but you might want to update the plugin for SSE.

 

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/8783

[scorrp10]

I would be VERY wary of using that mod. If Ulfric's essential flag was not removed, it usually means that the civil war quest has not progressed to a stage where Ulfric is made killable. So you might force the kill, but you will still be stuck in that stage of the quest, unable to finish the war...

[TemmieCody1]

Yeah I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing when it comes to modding and I do not know how to port an Oldrim mod to SE. I'm trying to read a tutorial and I do not understand what it is saying.

[TemmieCody1]

As it turns out I WAS able to kill him using that mod, but, as scorrp said, it did not progress the quest. Can someone please explain how I can use SSEEDIT to remedy Ulfric's essential status?

[scorrp10]

The quest in question is CWFinale (0x000D1444) and it is a rather complex one. It is same quest for either side, just differently loaded aliases, and there is a TON of scripting around it. It starts when player enters the palace. First stages deal with taking out second-in-command (Galmar). When General asks you to execute Ulfric and you agree, this sets quest to stage 305, where it adds a new sword to your inventory, and sets quest to stage 300, where ExecutePrompt property of the quest is set to -1.

 

The 'Enemy Leader' alias has CWFinaleEnemyLeaderScript attached.

That script monitors for 'OnHit' event, and normally sets quest to stage 150 when it happens.

However, if quest already been at stage 300, It:

Revokes leader's (Ulfric) Essential and Protected flags

Insta-kills the enemy leader.

 

Then another 'OnDeath' event handler sets the quest to stage 330.

 

So I have to ask:

After you entered Palace of the Kings, and started your fight, did you manage to kill Galmar?

Did you get Ulfric to say he wanted to be killed by Dragonborn? Was there a dialog with Tullius asking if you were to do it or not?

 

Because if all those questions have answer 'yes', you might get things fixed with a command:

setstage D1444 330

 

But if some things were missed earlier, that likely will not be enough.

[TemmieCody1]

That worked! I have no idea what any of what you said meant, but that command fixed all my issues. Thank you so much.