Main Story line bugged - Castle of the Worm

Caligamy_ESO

Was running thru the main story quests on my new warden character and everything was fine until I reached the fight with Mannimarco's projection. After the battle Abnur Tharn came up from the ground and they did their Harry Potter style battle but as soon as I hit Mannimarco Abnur was pushed outside of the forcefield, and I was stuck inside of it unable to interact with him.

I logged off and on and was able to speak with him but on the very next stage of the quest where Cadwell shows up to unlock the door for you on the other side, he just stood there and could not be interacted with. Logged off/on again and nothing changed, teleported out of the dungeon and went back in. This time when I met Cadwell in the lake filled with Clanfears he gave me the dialog that SHOULD have been given at the top of the Castle. From there everything proceeded as it normally did, he hammered on pipes, unlocked doors, etc.. Eventually I reached another locked door with no option to interact with it and simply cannot advance thru the main questline now.

FrancisCrawford

That quest has been bugged in various ways for years. It's less bad than it used to be, but I've still had issues with it very recently.

If you have to abandon it and retry it a few times, you're no worse off than many, many other people who have played the game.