Consolidated outstanding Greymoor bug thread (PC/Mac) - Updated re patch v6.1.7

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · June 2020

The June 3 v6.0.6 patch did not address some known quest and other issues, nor did patch v6.0.7 (June 15), nor the PC/Mac server maintenance on July 7, nor Patch v6.0.9 on July 13. I will try to keep this consolidated bug thread updated for issues specific to the Greymoor update (currently updated as of September 21 patch 6.1.7, which fixed a few new bugs but not the older ones). Note that these issues are specific to PC/Mac; I'm assuming Consoles may see some of these issues later too but I don't play on PS/4 or XBox1. Many bugs were fixed in v6.0.8 on June 29 - but not all; some issues remain problematic.

"Greymoor Rising" quest step broken at "Listen to your Companions" or "Listen to Svana" step. Quest boss may also become unkillable, but a relog may help with that issue. Update: Acknowledged by Zos (to be fixed in a future patch), and the workaround is to leave and return after 15 minutes to reset the instance. [Listed as fixed in v6.0.8. but apparently still broken.]
Greymoor main quest broken: High king Svargrim unkillable, keeps resetting at 0 health. More info here and in this thread too. (Not fixed yet as of August 23).
A few specific NPC merchants/traders/stablemasters will not speak to a stage 4 vampire even if Mesmerised. (Also refer to further discussion below, and this thread).
Prisoner of the Past (Blackreach delve quest) can sometimes get stuck at 3/4 items collected if you don't wait for the first set of ghosts to complete their dialogue scenes. (Still broken as of August 30.)
(Annoying) Using Werewolf form in a zone results in getting a bounty when you go into town, even if not in WW form, unless you relog or rezone first. (The game does not register the change of state when you have LEFT WW form, for justice system purposes.) Zos is investigating.
(Annoying) Some players are unable to complete the Wrothgar Relic Hunter achievement since Greymoor, due to relics mysteriously going into the museum on their own (but not counting for the achieve). This also prevents you from getting the Hero of Wrothgar achievement.
(Minor) Blackreach - randomly going in and out of combat while exploring. (Still an issue after U27.)
(Minor) Some Blackreach Castle Dour and new Stone Garden dungeon trash loot is level 1, 1g each. (Still an issue after U27.) Vampire Dust and Stony Sliver trash loot are incorrectly dropped at level 1 instead of scaled to the character level, so you get less value for your trash than you should.
(Minor) Players who do not own Greymoor should be able to get Antiquity leads, but cannot "steal all" from thieves troves if they include an Antiquity (and instead have to loot one item at a time).
(Cosmetic) Some quest characters' mouths do not move during dialogue.
(Cosmetic) "Crooked Smile"/"Dislocated Jaw" visual effect on some characters, especially orcs, sometimes after fighting. Update June 29: Zos can't reliably reproduce this yet, no fix in sight.

There are several other reports of vampire-related bugs, but I'm trying to only list issues that have been reported by several players. One of the Harrowstorm bug threads also had some other bugs listed in this thread; I'll try to include them above later today.

PC issues fixed since launch

Bugs which have been fixed on the quiet at some point in v6.1.5 or later, but not mentioned in patch notes:

(Annoying) Sunspire and Elsweyr dragon breath roar persists during and after battle. Very loud and annoying. Going into your Champion Points and out again (Alt key) gets rid of the audio bug (until the next dragon), or go into audio settings and toggle sound off/on. Update Sep 21: This appears to have been partially fixed in 6.1.6 or earlier(?), the roar usually ends after combat now.
(Annoying) Screen tilt/shake during Antiquity digs - confirmed as a bug in this thread. Update Sep 21: I think this was fixed in Stonethorn v6.1.5 (but not mentioned) - digs sometimes jiggle slightly but don't go crazy anymore.
(Minor) Picking up one of the Greymoor delve daily quests (The Preservation of Life) prevents being able to pickup the boss daily, until you complete or abandon the delve daily. Confirmed by ZoS in this thread. This seems to have been fixed in v6.1.5 or later, not happening to me anymore.

Bugs fixed in Update 27 StoneThorn v6.1.5 on August 24 (PC/Mac):

(Annoying) Some people cannot combine the 50 Stone Husk fragments (dropped in Labyrinthian) in inventory, to create the Stone Husk combat dummy. This was apparently disabled by ZoS due to an exploit where some people managed to create multiple combat targets with their fragments; fixed (and enabled) now in Update 27.
(Cosmetic) Ransir NPC visual missing in a Hounds of Hircine quest step in Blackreach, although you can still speak to him... invisibly. (Zos is working on a fix, as per this thread.) One of the comments below indicate that the issue was fixed in U27, not occurring anymore.

Bugs listed as fixed in June 29 patch v6.0.8 (PC/Mac, not consoles):

Receiving xp causes game stutters and freezes for some players. (Also refer to this thread for more info). Note that this bug may also affect OTHER apps on your PC while ESO is running, e.g. if you want to type in a comment below a Youtube video. Update: fix for this issue was apparently included in PC patch v6.0.8 on Monday, June 29:

Fixed a framerate stutter that could occur when updating skill experience or rank. This is something you would typically experience when killing a monster.
A few specific Antiquities (gold) leads are not dropping, recently confirmed by ZoS in this thread.
Greymoor: draugr in delves that wake up from a wall coffin are untargetable and unkillable. (I have not checked to see if this issue affects Eastmarch/Rift delves too). NOTE: this was fixed in v6.0.6 for SOME (but not all) draugr in the Dragonhome delve - but is apparently still broken in Midnight Barrow AND parts of Dragonhome. (Original report by @RT01100111 )
Harrowstorms are sometimes broken, mostly in Western Skyrim, cannot be completed (no enemies), and preventing further storms from spawning in other zone locations. Workarounds are to do storms in Blackreach instead, or to port to other people (Guildmates/friends) in the hope that you reach an instance of Skyrim where the storms are working properly. Several other changes were also made to make the Harrowstorm daily easier to complete each day.
(Cosmetic) Western Skyrim ground textures are occasionally missing. (I noticed this today at the entrance to the Shadowgreen delve, but also sometimes in other places).

Previous bugs that were fixed in June 3 patch v6.0.6:

Gold Antiquity digs broken, main treasure does not align with actual location (dig up sparkly area instead)
(Blackreach) "Digging up trouble" quest broken at "read the note" step. Note does not appear, relog doesn't work.
MULTIPLE antiquity-related issues listed as fixed in this update.
Normal Maelstrom and normal DSA weapons used to not drop (or dropped only rarely). (This was mentioned in ESO Live as being a bug.)
No "final sale" warning when selling blue quality stolen items to a fence.

[Hotfixed June 16](Nchthunkarst public dungeon in Blackreach) Dwemer spider adds in the Haj Mota encounter were giving unintended bonus XP, fixed. (Lol I wonder if anyone was actually exploiting or even noticed this bug - seems trivial).

[Hotfixed June 15]Changing factions prevents you getting Rewards for the Worthy mails for any new AP earned.

[Hotfixed June 4](Blackreach) Vampire Feeding Grounds world boss sometimes glitches, boss would refuse to fight.
[Hotfixed June 4](Trivial) Main login screen scrolling banner message at bottom refers to v6.0.5, even after June 3 patch v6.0.6 was applied.

[Hotfixed May 28](Greymoor) Danger in the Holds main quest step broken when you need to destroy a witch pike in Morthal Barrow, if you do this too quickly before the dialogue ends (or if others nearby kill it).

risiblewilbury · June 2020

Receiving xp causes stutter and frame drop for some players, this hasn't been fixed yet.

Taleof2Cities · June 2020

This really should be in the Bugs Forums, @Pyr0xyrecuprotite, and not General Discussion.

Psiion · June 2020

Greetings!

This thread has been moved to the Bug Reports section of the Forums.

Enjoy the Journey!
-Kage

Ghanima_Atreides · June 2020

Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »

[*] Greymoor: draugr in delves that wake up from a wall coffin are untargetable and unkillable. (I have not checked to see if this issue affects Eastmarch/Rift delves too). NOTE: this was listed as fixed in v6.0.6 for the Dragonhome delve

Just wanted to report that this has not, in fact, been fixed. I've just been in Dragonhome and a number of draugr remain untargetable/unkillable.

maboleth · June 2020

Sometimes NPCs will talk without opening mouths.
Sometimes the terrain glitches and there's no higher texture loaded in certain places (similar to what Cyrodiil had for years occasionally). I've heard this happening also in Elsweyr now and possibly elsewhere. Logging off/on fixes it.
Drinking a stealth detection potion will NOT show the visual effect (the eye) if stealth detection isn't first on the list.
No sound when drinking a potion (not sure if this is a new feature or a bug).
Killing a NPC with a Blade of Woe in Skyrim turns the music to Battle music that just won't go away (even though no bounty).

Sephyr · June 2020

Mesmerize not working on NPCs in Western Skyrim (specifically the banker, guild merchants) to make them interactable.
In other cities, it's half and half where NPCs either see you as a Stage 4 or just as a regular human without the usage of Mesmerize.

Feeding on NPCs does not restore health.

Mist Form doesn't always toggle properly in highly intensive situations (Cyrodiil, trials, harrowstorms).

Weapon swap still gets locked in highly intensive situations (same as above).

Blood Scion needs more invulnerability frames through transformation as the player character is stuck there for all to group up around and wail on.

maboleth · June 2020

Sephyr wrote: »

Mesmerize not working on NPCs in Western Skyrim (specifically the banker, guild merchants) to make them interactable.
In other cities, it's half and half where NPCs either see you as a Stage 4 or just as a regular human without the usage of Mesmerize.

Mesmerize somewhat works everywhere, except for those you mentioned (I tested the banker, not working). You need to stand in front of the merchants with their heads turned to you. If they are not facing you, it won't work. Makes sense though.

Sephyr · June 2020

maboleth wrote: »

Sephyr wrote: »

Mesmerize not working on NPCs in Western Skyrim (specifically the banker, guild merchants) to make them interactable.
In other cities, it's half and half where NPCs either see you as a Stage 4 or just as a regular human without the usage of Mesmerize.

Mesmerize somewhat works everywhere, except for those you mentioned (I tested the banker, not working). You need to stand in front of the merchants with their heads turned to you. If they are not facing you, it won't work. Makes sense though.

I know how it works, there's specific ones that are based on a factional system (as the ones I mentioned). The other portion is that others who SHOULD be bewildered by your ghastly appearance aren't. There's no consistency, hence it's a bug.

Places of inconsistency;

Guild traders in quite a few major city hubs such as Daggerfall aren't even bothered that you're a Stage 4, yet the merchant up the stairs is? That's a bug.
Both bankers, about 30% of the vendors, and all of the guild traders in Western Skyrim won't accept the input of Mesmerize. Bug.
Some stablemasters won't accept the input of Mesmerize. Bug.

I could go on and on, but you get the point. Myself and others had bug reported this in game numerous times on the PTS and it still made it to live.

maboleth · June 2020

It's beyond me that they let the game with those bugs - vampires are the main thing now, yet people cannot interact properly with sellers, traders and banks due to mesmerize not working and other issues. Waiting for stage 3 takes 3 hours.

IMO, everything around vamps should be a priority for this patch. But instead we will wait 25 days for these issues to be solved - if not then, then 2 more weeks after that.
I accepted that no game is perfect, but at this new cadence of incremental patches, we will get more and more bugs with less time between major updates (and new bugs). Only if they start releasing big fat patches every other week it will be ok.

Ravensilver · June 2020

While excavating, screen will tilt back and forth, as if it wanted to turn clockwise or counter-clockwise. Sometimes several times per excavation. Makes me sea-sick... ^^;;

ghost_bg_ESO · June 2020

just will live this one here "freezing after exp" https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/529545/100-fps-on-a-144hz-monitor-getting-stutters-in-combat

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · June 2020

Ravensilver wrote: »

While excavating, screen will tilt back and forth, as if it wanted to turn clockwise or counter-clockwise. Sometimes several times per excavation. Makes me sea-sick... ^^;;

I'm personally not sure if this is a bug or just an additional intentional challenge that may throw you off. Would be nice to know if it is intentional or a bug though. (And yes, I know what you mean). This issue has been confirmed as a bug, and added to the list above.

Chaos2088 · June 2020

Cant use the new skill lines at all, skills do not stick to where I allocate them.
If manage to get them to stay (bad skill points!) I cant seem to swap bars anymore. Having to spend 21k gold to unlock via skill shrine is frustrating.
Also cant rez anyone as well.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · June 2020

Updated original posting with a few further known bugs, to try slow down the number of duplicate bug report threads.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · June 2020

maboleth wrote: »

Killing a NPC with a Blade of Woe in Skyrim turns the music to Battle music that just won't go away (even though no bounty).

This one could be another version of the endless dragon roar audio bug? Try the known workarounds (turn audio off/on, or go into CP settings and out again). I have used the BoW a couple of times and not experienced this issue - is it only on specific NPCs?

Deminia · June 2020

Harrowstorms that either never spawn or take hours to spawn and some that seem to get stuck in animations with no enemies.

UntilValhalla13 · June 2020

Sometimes the highlighted excavation area on the map doesn't register, and prevents the glowy wayfinder memento thing from activating. You have to reload UI to get it to work.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · June 2020

UntilValhalla13 wrote: »

Sometimes the highlighted excavation area on the map doesn't register, and prevents the glowy wayfinder memento thing from activating. You have to reload UI to get it to work.

@UntilValhalla13 This issue is listed as fixed in June 29'ths patch v6.0.8.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · July 2020

Deminia wrote: »

Harrowstorms that either never spawn or take hours to spawn and some that seem to get stuck in animations with no enemies.

@Deminia most of the Harrowstorm issues appear to have been fixed now in patch 6.0.8. on June 29. Were you still having issues after this?

[I have also added the Werewolf justice system bug to the list above.]

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · July 2020

Anyone else disappointed by the lack of actual fixes in Patch v6.0.9 today (July 13)?

AlienMagi · July 2020

I dont know if this issue started since greymoor because im a new player, but it might be worth adding that using the block button while mounted breaks your character personality's run and walk animations.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · August 2020

Updated original post re Update 27; surprisingly few of the listed bugs have been fixed.

Nairinhe · August 2020

After U27 patch, for me:
Rasir is visible
Gwendis voice matches her dialogue in the Lady of Blood
Didn't encounter any more missing voice/face animation on NPC, but may have gotten lucky
During main Greymoor quest got only one bug: after getting Svargrim's health to 0 he stood still for about a minute or two before he decided to finally acknowledge the fact that he's dead. No relogging was required.

Also, I own Greymoor but can't use "take all" if lead is with stolen things and have to take lead first and then take all as usual

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · September 2020

Updated original post re PC/Mac patch v6.17 on September 21. No new listed fixes (that I could find) for the listed items, although a few issues do appear to have come clear in recent weeks (not broken anymore), despite not being mentioned in recent patch notes.