Rotting Skeleton quest bugged

p0v3rty · 15. April 2011, 05:58

I killed the skeleton - now I cannot complete the quest.

Anyone know the spawn code for the Rotting Skeleton used for the Necro Guild quest of the same name?

What also might work - anyone know a chest unlock console cheat (PC)? That may allow me to open the chest and complete the quest.

Thanks if you can help.

**Toccatta** · 15. April 2011, 06:24

An unlock cheat won't help you. The way the system works, the items are added to the chest when you complete a particular stage of the quest. If you haven't managed to reach that stage, using a cheat code on the chest would only allow you to open an empty chest.

Unfortunately, since the rotting skeleton is a quest NPC, even if you were to spawn a new one, it's very unlikely it would allow you to complete the quest. Normally, an NPC spawned via the console doesn't have correct dialog or respond to quest instructions.

Your best bet is to simply reload a previous save and try again. The autosave should store one every 15 minutes or when you transition from an interior to an exterior (or vice versa). Even if you accidentally killed the skeleton and prevented it from opening the chest, you should have a relatively recent prior save. If not, then consider it a learning experience about saving the game.

p0v3rty · 15. April 2011, 07:12

I don't have a previous save as it was hours and hours and hours before I realized it was a quest NPC, so I'll keep chugging along and let that quest "rot" in the quest log. Maybe I'll do it right with the next character. Thanks.

TwT · 16. April 2011, 02:20

i havent done that yet is good to know not to kill the skeleton

**beholder** · 18. April 2011, 16:47

What version of the game are you running and how did you kill that skeleton?

7Vincent7Black7 · 18. April 2011, 17:12

Does the game not keep record of every save for a file, and in regard to this save type, the only thing is I wish it would only show these saves in mid gameplay and when on title screen if you have only two files it would show only the one autosave and two most recent manual saves for the two different files. It's kind of confusing for me.