HELP PLEASE! talk to aventus arentino wont go away.

[RazgrizJugulator]

I was trying to enter something on the console that wouldve helped me get rid of that annoying "Collect bounty from Skald" bug but i mustve typed it wrong because when i hit enter a message came up saying "Completed: Innocence Lost" Then i get a letter from the courier and its the DB letter with the hand. I went through all the DB mission and i am now the leader. but yeah the "talk to aventus arentino" thing wont go away and that old lady from the orphanage is still walking around even though everyone says she is dead. What do /b/ ?

 

I know there must be some sort of console code i can type to make it go away right? or did i mess up by going on through with the whole DB missions?

[sinnerman69]

try this below, there's another code at the site I'm not sure about

 

player.setstage DB01 200 or player.setstage DB01 255

 

see this wiki page where I found that info Skyrim:Innocence Lost scroll almost to the bottom when at site

 

This completion code I'm not sure about DB01Objective

 

how to search for PC console command completion codes at google

 

first type Skyrim and second of you know the quests name it and then type after those two console command code

 

uespwiki has always come through with these codes for me, so maybe learn to navigate that site

Edited September 6, 2012 by sinnerman69

[sinnerman69]

opp's hiccup in windows sorry Edited September 6, 2012 by sinnerman69

[Moraevik]

Try "setstage DB01Objective 200"

 

That's a "one" imbedded between a "zero" and an "oh", by the way. This should get the "Talk to Aventus Aretino" assigned objective out of your journal.

 

As for Grelod still walking around and harassing the kids, I'm afraid there's probably nothing you can do about that, now, since you already completed the DB quest-line prematurely. It's not going to break anything, though.

 

What you might try (save your game before you do this!) is to restart "Innocence Lost". Just type ...

 

resetquest DB01

 

If this doesn't immediately give you the "Talk to Aventus Aretino" objective then type ...

 

setstage DB01 5

 

This should allow you to kill Grelod normally, which will finish the "Innocence Lost" quest but be sure to do it in its proper stages. You could console your way through it (stages 20, 30, and 200), but it's not that difficult to talk to the kid and then do the deed. I'm not sure if this will wind up restarting the whole DB quest-line though, which is why the warning to save your game before you try this.

 

If this bugs the game in any way, then just forget about the orphanage. There's really nothing you can do there, anyway.

 

What sinnerman suggested will not work. "Innocence Lost" is already flagged as completed in your game, so you can't re-complete it and accomplish anything. You must reset a completed quest to do anything above the completion stage. Also, "player.setstage" is not, to my knowledge, a valid format for the "setstage" command. If the console accepts it, then it's redundant, anyway, since it's meaningless to flag this command for any actor.

[RazgrizJugulator]

Try "setstage DB01Objective 200"

 

That's a "one" imbedded between a "zero" and an "oh", by the way. This should get the "Talk to Aventus Aretino" assigned objective out of your journal.

 

As for Grelod still walking around and harassing the kids, I'm afraid there's probably nothing you can do about that, now, since you already completed the DB quest-line prematurely. It's not going to break anything, though.

 

What you might try (save your game before you do this!) is to restart "Innocence Lost". Just type ...

 

resetquest DB01

 

If this doesn't immediately give you the "Talk to Aventus Aretino" objective then type ...

 

setstage DB01 5

 

This should allow you to kill Grelod normally, which will finish the "Innocence Lost" quest but be sure to do it in its proper stages. You could console your way through it (stages 20, 30, and 200), but it's not that difficult to talk to the kid and then do the deed. I'm not sure if this will wind up restarting the whole DB quest-line though, which is why the warning to save your game before you try this.

 

If this bugs the game in any way, then just forget about the orphanage. There's really nothing you can do there, anyway.

 

What sinnerman suggested will not work. "Innocence Lost" is already flagged as completed in your game, so you can't re-complete it and accomplish anything. You must reset a completed quest to do anything above the completion stage. Also, "player.setstage" is not, to my knowledge, a valid format for the "setstage" command. If the console accepts it, then it's redundant, anyway, since it's meaningless to flag this command for any actor.

 

thanks bro, your code did the trick. its gone now. as for that old hag still alive i dont care about her. i just wanted the thing to go away from my journal. thanks again man.

[Moraevik]

You're welcome. Get used to console intervention in this game. You'll likely be using it for minor annoyances, rather than quest-breaking bugs, but it sure helps when you have a stalled PC, get stuck in a place where you can't move, and other such random occurrences. On the other hand, there are still some quest-breaking bugs in Skyrim that have yet to be fixed. Check a wiki to see if there are bugs associated with a quest before you start it. There are several:

 

The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages

The Elder Scrolls Wiki

Skyrim Wiki

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Wiki Guide

 

I usually use the uesp wiki when I need information, but that's just because I prefer its format to the others.