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Does the Creation Club eventually present all mods for free?

Throughout the years I tend to regularly reinstall and play Skyrim Special Edition and Fallout 4 (sometimes only to answer questions here). I've noticed that the Creation Club offers new content for ...
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Follower not using her skill set?

My follower 'Jordis the Sword-Maiden' is supposedly fully maxed out in terms of her skills set, and has reached level 50, but I've noticed her perks are not in effect. She is currently equipped with ...
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Bug with the Time Wound in Alduin's Bane on the Switch

This is a major, game-breaking problem. In the Alduin's Bane quest, I go to the Time Wound with the Elder Scroll and enter the vision but nothing happens. Everyone just stands around and the dragon ...
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Skyrim for Xbox 360 glitches when I open menus inside of the game

I have been playing Skyrim for about two or three years now and it has been glitching since I got it. When I open up any menus inside of the game (such as your personal inventory or the inventory of ...
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Why does the vampire leather hood have a cream colored appearance when worn?

The vampire leather hood displays as a black leather hood in the inventory, but is cream colored when equipped. Cant find anyone complaining about this, I've seen videos of this hood and it's not ...
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How do I finish the main quest after breaking the Diplomatic Immunity (Thalmor Embassy party) quest with a mod?

I recently downloaded a mod that needs you to go into the Thalmor Embassy: Become High King of Skyrim. I went into the Thalmor Embassy before you did in the main quest, and now everyone I need to talk ...
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Skyrim ps3- Dragon Glitching

There is a dragon, south of Markarth, that is registered as an enemy on the mini map, but when I go to kill it, it doesn't start attacking me like it should. I get it's health points to 0, but it ...
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Follower lost custom equipment after wedding

I've had Illia as my follower since level 25-ish and she carries most of my rare equipment that I don't have room for. However, I recently married some random in the game and then continued about my ...
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Dragonborn DLC is in a different language from the rest of the game

I have the Dragonborn DLC installed, but the characters voices all seem to be in Polish. Yet, the rest of my game is in English and I don't know why. How do I resolve this issue?
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PS3 Save runs very slow on PC

I've always played Skyrim on PS3 but now I'm moving to PC, so I've taken the save form the console and put it on my computer. The problem is that when it loads, it's completely lagged, it takes ...
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How can I cure Farkas and Vilkas after the purity test bugs out on Xbox 360?

I know there is a bug with curing Vilkas of Lycanthropy before Farkas after I put myself in this, but somehow I think I just made it worse. I was able to ask Vilkas four times about becoming cured ...
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Why is the enemy healthbar being retargeted?

I've been having a small host of glitches in Skyrim lately, and I'm hoping to fix one of them here. Whenever I fight multiple enemies, the enemy health bar display remains locked on whatever enemy I ...
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Which code/variable to look for to reset hearthfire Northwing extentions

I know that console command: sqv byohhousepale sqv byohhousefalkreath sqv byohhousehjaalmarch Will give me a ton of enable/disable stats ...
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Skyrim randomly closed

I have the USP installed (unofficial Skyrim patch). As I was taking over Fort Greenwall I got the achievement but then as soon as that popped up the game just closed suddenly. No error message, ...
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Do Piles of Gold like the ones in Gyldenhul Barrow respawn when the dungeon resets?

I couldn't find any information on the piles of gold on either of the wikis except for the ID and the amount of gold it typically yields.
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How do I load saved games from another hard drive in Skyrim?

My C: drive is getting full and one of the big issues is all of my Skyrim saved games. I've installed an internal SSD (A:) strictly for Steam games and have transferred Steam to that drive. However, ...
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Console command to set Lydia steward at a homestead?

I am trying to keep Farkas as my not-a-follower follower by keeping Proving Honor unfinished. Some time late in the game I decided to build a homestead and therefore need a steward. Unfortunately, the ...
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Help! I can't share save files with my wife

I bought Skyrim VR a while ago, installed some mods (inluding Skyrim Script Extender) with the ModNexus Vortex tool. My wife created a character and played for a while, but our gaming PC was logged ...
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Skyrim: Special Edition (vanilla) crashes on the loading screen when starting a new game

So, when I start a new game via the main menu, the game will crash to the desktop. Extra info: Models on main menu (dragon) and loading screen are both missing. The game crashes even when not using ...
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The quest "A New Source of Stalhrim" won't start because Baldor never gets kidnapped

As I just said in the title, the quest "A New Source of Stalhrim" won't start because Baldor never gets kidnapped. He's still there as if nothing has happened, there is never dialogue from ...
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Can I choose who to induct at Sky Haven temple while using Amazing Follower Tweaks?

I'm playing Skyrim VR with the Amazing Follower Tweaks mod. I would like to induct a couple of my followers into the temple, but I want to pick out who they are. The problem I have is, AFT lets me ...
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Lydia won’t follow me!

I’ve seen that many other people have had a similar problem where Lydia will only sit in your bedroom in breezehome. However, unlike some people, I don’t want to kill her, I actually enjoy her company ...
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Investing after marriage

I cannot seem to invest in ghorza gra-bagol after I marry her. I have both the required skill tree park and gold to do so, but it only gives me the option to say that I'll do it later.
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Post-Civil War Not Able to Decorate Hjerim

So I have completely finished the civil war quest line for the imperials. I finished the blood on the ice quest line after the civil war quest line, once everything was cleaned up and Lonely-Gale was ...
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How do I reset actor memory in Skyrim?

Braith still thinks her parents are deceased even after I resurrected them. I tried 'resetai','disable' followed by 'enable', 'recycleactor', base ID spawns... so pretty much everything i think. ...
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Workbenches won't appear in Main Hall- Skyrim

For the Heathfire extension you can build houses, and for each section of the house is a workbench to add in furnishings. None of them are appearing for me except the entry way, how can I fix it??
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Limit to Black Star, Black Souls, Recharging enchanted weapon during civil war

I started the civil war thinking I'd level my enchanting pretty quickly by using a weapon enchanted with soul trap with the black star and constantly recharge the weapon after every kill. In theory ...
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Can I disable the General Stats recording everything I do?

I'm playing Skyrim as a vampire and it really bugs me that everytime my vampirism stage increases I get a spell and it records in my "Spells Learned" stat, but that stat doesn't decrease when I feed ...
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How can I fix this bug that causes me to be invincible?

In Skyrim SE on PS4, there's enchanted armor/jewelry in my active effects that I've removed from my equipment but it keeps stacking as active effects! It's made me invincible and it's broken my game! ...
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How do I find Bran in Skyrim?

Bran is one of the huskies you get in the Dawnguard DLC. I cannot find him at all. I've tried fast travel, reloads, and I even recruited the other husky as a replacement. But that one died. Bran ...
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Gap in invisible boundaries at gate to Cyrodiil in Skyrim Xbox 360

I looked on the Elder Scrolls wikia on the White Gold Tower page and it says that there is a gap in the world boundaries at the Pale Pass Gate? Does anyone know where this gap is? I have no DLC/mods. ...
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What are the values of the detection events created by magic effects and weapons in Skyrim?

The formula behind detection events in Skyrim is described in the Creation Kit. Magic effects and weapons have fields in the their Creation Kit entries that correspond to how loud they are with four ...
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Skyrim-maids:2 deception reset dungeon

I have attained both lexicons for the legacy bastion foyer room, however the lexicon recepticals did not load in. I was wondering if there was a command to help me reset that room.
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When trying to link Nexus Mod Manager to Skyrim, it claims I don't have "Update.esm", A file that I have verified I do

Needing a little help troubleshooting this problem. I have the latest version of Nexus Mod Manager with the intent to mod Skyrim with all its massive collection of content from the community. I have ...
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How can I get a follower if it's bugged?

I'm playing on PS4. I've gone to multiple pages and done everything that has been said. (i.e. waiting days, going to jail, doing quests that remove or replace the follower) But the thing is, I only ...
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What is going on with my shouts?

For some reason, regardless of how long i hold the shout button and/or what max level it is, i can only use level one shouts. It even plays the charging up animation for level 2/3 shouts, but once i ...
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Maven Black-Briar won't talk to me

Maven Black-Briar won't speak to me after Brynjolf has told me to go and speak to her. Do I have to do something else first? Or is there a bug in this quest that I can fix somehow?
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I cant switch back to first person after getting off a horse

After getting off my horse I can no longer switch back to first person. I tried the hex editor where you have to find the vampire thing and it is not there, maybe because I'm not a vampire. I tried ...
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invisible followers ps3

I had a bloodhound and I accidentally told him to go home, so I caught up with him and told him to follow me. but he isn't following me and he is no where to be found is there a way to get it to ...
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Skyrim will not start and forces me to hard reboot my computer

When I play Skyrim from Steam it launches the menu, and that works fine. The problem is when I hit play it closes the launcher (as if it were about to go into the game), and then nothing, just the ...
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Dwarven Mechanism stuck

I'm trying to get the Elder Scroll via Septimus Signus. I've fought through the entire dwarven ruins and killed everything, but now the Dwarven Mechanism is stuck. I went through my inventory and I'm ...
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Skyrim undead characters not moving at all

I recently got Skyrim with all of its addons on Steam and started a new game. Everything works perfectly except for undead characters such as Draugrs and Skeletons which are frozen in place and not ...
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Four lever door in harmugstahl

I got through the door but then I accidentally walked off the ledge Back into the previous room now I'm stuck because I can't get back through please help. I'm playing the Xbox 360 version.
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XPS (Extreme Memory Profile) causing Skyrim bug to speed-stutter

I just upgraded from an socket AM3 790FX X4 at 3.1GHz (max OC) to an FX8350 AM3+ / 990FX with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 motherboard. I've kept the 2x4GB of G.Skill F3-17000CL11-4GBSR RAM from the AM3 ...
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Companions "Glory of the Dead" bug

On the PS3, I can't get the Glory of the Dead quest from Vilkas, I only get "Jobs" from Vilkas and the other two leaders. I have done all other Companions quests.
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How do I get back in the College of Winterhold?

So I completed all of the main quests for the College of Winterhold and didn't go back to the college for a while. When I go back to complete a side quest the gate is closed and it says I need a key ...
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Screen freezing while fast traveling in Skyrim. How do I stop it?

I just finished the quest Battle for Whiterun. I listened to the Jarl's speech and started the quest, Reunification of Skyrim. I am to report to General Tallius, but every time I try to fast travel to ...
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My Skyrim crashes when I fast travel?

I play on Xbox 360 and I've recently restarted my game. I'm not far in the game yet. (Only completed the first dragon fight quest). I'm currently at Riverwood and whenever I fast travel, the loading ...
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Why did the dialogue in skyrim change languages?

I recently purchased and downloaded the DLC Hearthfire for my PS3 Skyrim game. I started playing it, everything was fine and everyone in the game spoke English to me... Until I clicked on them, asked ...
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Why are all the Dawnguard NPCs holding their arms out, and can it be fixed?

Today I go to Dawnguard and I saw NPCs walking like this. They kind of look like a hangman stick-figure. Almost ALL NPCs of Dawnguard are walking around with their arms like this When I press E to ...
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