JulsIII Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 During the quest "Recipe for Disaster" Antone Virane will not switch from essential status after I question him. I can't kill him. When I manually switch him to killable status, the mission still doesn't move forward after I end him. I've turned all mods off. Not sure what else to do.... Any ideas? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirincpic Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Same problem happens to me. Tried again and again but cannot kill Antone Virane. Isn't there any solution for this bug?Edit: Ignored the virane business and killed the Gourmet, but Festus wants me to kill all of the witnesses and i cannot finish the quest because that stupid Virane is immortal and cannot be killed!Is there a code or cheat to finish that quest and start to another one? Edited April 30, 2012 by pirincpic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agelos1993 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Just type setstage db08 10 and you will be able to pass the stage where you kill virane.. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus44 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I found that it takes some time for him to become nonessential after talking to him and it depends on the time of day the quest is done. It works best if you tell him he will not be harmed. Get the information and leave and hang around or go do something else in the world (don't use the "wait" system) until he goes to sleep (after midnight), then sneak into the kitchen and kill him. Trying to kill him right away doesn't seem to give him time for his script to change to nonessential and it seems like it changes after he goes to sleep at night or at least some period of time after talking to him. I hope this works for you as it seems to have worked for me. If it doesn't, then use the console to advance the quest or reset it (resetquest DB08)and try the quest again as you have not done anything critical to break the quest yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramretsel10 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 skipping the part of the quest still doesn't work. when you return to festus he'll say virane is still alive and he must be killed.how am i suppose to kill virane if he can't be killed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbnormalSOB Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Try typing ResetAi in the console after you selected Festus. (dont know if it would work)or you could type in setstage DB08 30 (Report back to Festus Krex)orsetstage DB08 200 (The Gourmet is dead, and I'm now in possession of his Writ of Passage.) I got the setstage information from Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages :geek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhalie Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Old thread but just came across this problem. I had the same problem when I tried to kill him after talking to him. Found a way around it which may also work for you: 1) Wait till after dark2) Go to his sleeping quarters and sneak kill the maid woman (Voada)3) Anton's assistant, Rondach, comes running up so kill him as well.4) Wait till Anton is asleep then you should be able to kill him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomfat Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 For anyone like myself searching for a solution to this problem and coming upon this thread, I found the solution. If you have the mod "Run for cover", all NPCs not including guards will be set as essential, but only in Markarth. Disabling the mod will make him and the rest of Markarth killable again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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