Can't finish quest "Speaking With Silence"
I'm having a problem with the quest Speaking With Silence.
The problem I'm having is not with the door but with the cut scene where the player is shot with an arrow - it won't start. Mercer has opened the door and we are both standing in the final room, but nothing happens.
I've tried loading a save from before entering the dungeon, but it still doesn't work.
I'm playing on Xbox 360.
Best Answer
According to this bug list for Speaking with Silence, a proposed solution is the following:
This can be fixed by entering into the hall in first person after reloading a previous save
Other suggested fixes, courtesy of this post, are:
Waiting 24 hours, before entering the room and after
and
Restarting the quest from a save right before entering Snow Veil Sanctum, and a save before you have the quest in your journal.
Every other fix that I have come across involves using console commands to fix the situation, unfortunately.
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How do I get the talking to silence quest?
Speaking With Silence is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is offered by Mercer Frey immediately upon completion of "Scoundrel's Folly" in which the Dragonborn must accompany Mercer Frey, guildmaster of the Thieves Guild to Snow Veil Sanctum to find and confront Karliah.What quest comes after speaking with silence?
Rewards For Completing 'Speaking With Silence' After speaking with Karliah as she tends your wounds, she will give you Gallus' Encoded Journal. This will serve as the reward for the quest, but the journal will first need to be decoded. This will take you into the next quest, titled 'Hard Answers'.How do you open the gate in speaking with silence?
There is a door on your right that can be picked for some potions. Continue on and watch your step as there are bear traps set up, and Draugrs about. After killing all the Draugrs you should eventually come to a gate. Use the chain on the left to open it.Can - Mother Sky (1970) [HQ]
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Answer 2
Reload any saves you have. This is a known glitch, due to scripts being messed up. Also use cheats if you're in the PC version of Skyrim.
Answer 3
I just fixed this issue myself. On my game my blades sword was corrupted and removing it would completely crash my game. To remove it I had to delete the Skyrim updates and reinstall them. After doing that the quest worked without trouble!
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