Esbern won't talk to me about Dragon locations

First off, this is not Esbern not having a sound at all. He just responds with those generic greetings and speeches guards give you (even when you have a quest pointing you to talk to him).

I have finished Alduin's Wall and just recruited 3 of my followers into the blades. Delphine tells me ask Esbern about Dragon locations, I ask Esbern. He just says "Good afternoon." or something like that when I dialogue (I believe) should appear.

Previously at the Cornered Rat quest, where I rescue Esbern from the Ratway, he spoke fine and had dialogue.

I'd prefer not to download any mods, if possible.

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Best Answer

Esbern is a very buggy character in Skyrim. Without mods, skipping through the quest with console commands is a good idea.

Use the setstage command to skip through.

For example:

setstage TG08A 70 will set the quest stage to the point where you need to talk to Brynjolf in the "Trinity Restored" quest.

You'll have to find out which stage to skip to in your case.

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How do you ask Esbern about dragon lairs?

After inducting three followers into the Blades during the quest "Rebuilding the Blades," Delphine will mention Esbern is studying dragon lairs. Speaking to Esbern will start the miscellaneous quest "Ask Esbern about dragon lairs."

Why is Esbern not talking?

You'll see folder named "Data" open it. And then copy folder named "Sound" Go to your Skyrim download folder > Data. Paste the Sound folder you just copied and that's it. Esbern should be able to talk afterwards.

How do you get Esbern to talk?

If the door will not open, you can open the console, and type in TCL. After that, fly through the door, press "TCL off" and rapidly press "E" (or whatever button is assigned to "Action/Use"), and after a few presses, Esbern should open the door.

How do I fix Esbern voice?

Fix is really simple; delete the skyirm. ini file from Documents > My Games > Skyrim. Boot your computer, open the default launcher and let the game to generate a new version of this file. Done.

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