Miraak NEVER absorbs any dragon souls in 'At the Summit of Apocrypha' quest

I've been playing the Dragonborn DLC for awhile. Now, I'm in the 'At the Summit of Apocrypha' quest. The issue I'm encountering is the bug where Miraak NEVER absorbs any dragon souls, leaving him permanently ethereal during the fight, not allowing me to finish the quest. And my character is ALWAYS absorbing the dragon souls.

I've been finding possible solutions on the Internet. Here's what I've already tried:

Installing Unofficial Skyrim and Dragonborn Patch
Uninstalling Unofficial Skyrim and Dragonborn Patch
Kill all dragons before attacking Miraak
Using the ff. console commands:
- setstage DLCMQ06 500
- setstage DLCMQ06 580
- resurrect
- resethealth
- disable and enable
- tcl
Sneaking behind stone pillars, pile of books, and behind Miraak
Resetting and reloading a save game
Followed EVERY known Youtube videos of Bugfix
Use of petty weapons and armor
Changing the difficulty
Reinstalling the game

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Best Answer

Try one of these:

Use the console command 'resurrect' or 'resethealth' to force him out of his ethereal form.
Open the console (~), and type in "tcl" to turn clipping off. Head straight back to the original platform where you first encounter Sahrotaar, and head inside the dungeon and re-read "Chapter V" of the Black Book to teleport back to a previous dungeon. Upon loading back into the previous room, turn back around and re-read "Chapter VI" of the Black Book to return to the platform where you first ride Sahrotaar. With clipping still off, head back to the platform where you were fighting Miraak, and you should find Hermaeus Mora giving his final speech and you may continue with the quest.
Go to your Skyrim data folder, then to scripts and delete mqkilldragonscript.pex and dragonactorscript.pex.
Dragonrend Sahrotaar. Once he lands, kill him. After you kill him, Miraak should absorb Sahrotaar's soul, and the fight should continue.

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Does Miraak absorb all dragon souls?

Yes. Miraak steals the souls of dragons when you kill them, all but a few. Until you kill him, you'll only get roughly 10% of all the dragon souls you collect. Additionally, as per the comments, when you kill Miraak you get all of the souls back, which in all honesty, I find can be quite ridiculous.

Why am I not absorbing dragon souls in Skyrim?

It's cause by incompatibility between the USKP and Dragonborn DLC's changes to dragons, and is fixed by installing the Dragonborn unofficial patch too.

How do you complete the quest at the summit of apocrypha in Skyrim?

Objectives

Unlock the Bend Will shout and read the Black Book: Waking Dreams.

Traverse Chapters I to VI.

Use the Bend Will shout to tame Sahrotaar.

Reach the summit of Apocrypha.

Confront Miraak and defeat him.

At what point does Miraak start stealing souls?

Once you complete the quest The Temple of Miraak, Miraak will begin stealing dragon souls from you, whether you are in Skyrim or on Solstheim.

Miraak stealing all souls in Skyrim - Solution

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