(Skyrim) Vilja joining bard college. Wilbert stuck outside

[rhn]

I am running into some issues with the "Vilja joining the bard college" quest on this playthrough. It has been a while since I last played, so not entirely sure if quest is broken or intended to work this way.

For some reason, Wilbert is outside the college, standing at the top of the steppes of the main door. Maybe he went outside for the burning of king Olaf and never went in again? I tried sprinting into him to nudge him, but he just goes back to standing on the stairs.

I have retrieved the 4th chants book. I hand the book Wilbert and he goes: "As for the chants", conversation ends, book is removed and I receive some skill books. The quest updates and completes the "Bring the book of chants...." objective, but nothing else happens. Quest remains active with no new objectives.

I can talk to Wilbert again and "Bard's reward"(I assume because I finalized bard college membership on PC) gives me the instruments, but doesn't seem to trigger anything else. Wilbert refuses to talk about tasks or performances, claiming he will only speak of them inside the college. But he stays outside on the steppes. Tried waiting and quick travelling away and back. Nothing changes.

Vilja doesn't bring up any new dialogue after either dialogue option. Not really sure how to proceed with quest, or get tasks/performance jobs from Wilbert.

Was something supposed to happen to further the quest, or do I have to wait for something? From what I remember, Vilja is supposed to learn the chants. And dill Wilbert go back inside on his own eventually?

Not sure if something major is broken, since I also have issues with her romance quest: emmates.proboards.com/thread/2806/skyrim-vilja-romance-never-tired

Thank you for any help.

[Aatrnasyn]

Don't know if this will help, but you could try getting Wilbert's Ref form ID by bringing up the console while you're standing in front of him and clicking on him. Once you know his Ref form ID (should be something like 39056A5C, depending on your load order), exit the console, travel into the interior of the Bards College, reenter the console, and type: PRID <his Ref form ID>, hit enter, then type: moveto player That should force move him next to you, inside the college. If his conversation is still whacked, you could then also try hitting him with Vilja's reset spell. Maybe one or the combination of those two tricks will help. Good luck!

[rhn]

Apr 25, 2021 5:27:03 GMT Aatrnasyn said:

Don't know if this will help, but you could try getting Wilbert's Ref form ID by bringing up the console while you're standing in front of him and clicking on him. Once you know his Ref form ID (should be something like 39056A5C, depending on your load order), exit the console, travel into the interior of the Bards College, reenter the console, and type: PRID <his Ref form ID>, hit enter, then type: moveto player That should force move him next to you, inside the college. If his conversation is still whacked, you could then also try hitting him with Vilja's reset spell. Maybe one or the combination of those two tricks will help. Good luck!

Moving him inside with the console seems to have done the trick. Instead of just abruptly ending conversation, he actually gives the book to give to Vilja that starts her learning the chants. Seems like there was some trigger requiring him to be inside for that part to fire. Quest still remains active, but from what I remember Vilja will later update/finish it when having studied the chants. So guess that is fine too.

Thank you very much for helping.