I wiped my game cleared the cash, reinstalled, still nothing :(This thread is locked. Hello all. Maybe this is the same issue you are having, in which case, I would say it sounds like a bug dealing with Miraak's absorb trigger. This is a known bug. Download: Manual; File information. Dragon souls not absorbing It's a real problem and ruining the main quest for some. I'm having this issue to, anyone blaming the Unofficial Skyrim Patch isnt 100% right, I clean saved, killed dragon, NO unofficial patches at all, didnt absorb a soul from the body. Along the way i noticed that the dragons weren't dropping their souls. I've had numerous times where the dragon does not give a soul despite dying; some dragons seems to spawn incorrectly I guess and do not count as dragons that gives souls, which is very frustrating, although I've only had it happen with lower-level dragons. i hope this helpsXD, As far as I know the last major instance of this bug started with the release of Dragonborn, as it edited something that the Unofficial Skyrim Patch also changed. Dragonborn USP fixes this issue. So where can I find this 'Properties' control to check for conflicts? I fast traveled back there a few days later and the dragon was outside, obviously dead. When you don't absorb a dragon's soul it means you have already killed it. It's happened about 7 times in a row. The main issue is, I'm at the watch tower, therefore I NEED to absorb the soul for the main story to actually continue, meaning its a game breaking glitch. Joecool2222 9 years ago #1. Started a new game and the first dragon attack by the watchtower was the same...no soul. -That- is the real 'last resort' (when you've pretty much given up troubleshooting the issue). In order to prevent dragon soul farming Bethesda made it so that already killed and respawned dragons don't release souls. Started a new game and the first dragon attack by the watchtower was the same...no soul. There is actually a point after when you encounter Miraak for the first time, and then I fought a dragon on Solsthiem, he actually steals the soul from you. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. If you already cleared that area and kill the same dragon again, no soul for you, the body will stay intact. I got Dragonborn, and started playing through it. I could Search him for loot but no Soul. Dragon Soul Absorb Fix; Dragon Soul Absorb Fix. Until you kill him, you'll only get roughly 10% of all the dragon souls you collect. After several months of play with a number of popular mods (I don't run the ones with lots of bugs) I loaded up a game today. Then you take out your knife and fork and get yourself some decent dragon steak :P. This resulted in the mainquest being effectively stuck. If I play in another game and kill a dragon there, I still can't absorb his soul. Version. Respawned dragons do not give up souls only loot. Its a common bug, I killed two dragons once and they were still in dragon shape not skeletal, But if you exit skyrim then come back but first you save then the dragon souls can be absorbed. Log In to add custom notes to this or any other game. And my character is ALWAYS absorbing the dragon souls. Original upload 15 February 2013 1:33AM. Quote: I have Legendary and had the same problem stuck on first dragon could not absorb soul. Instead of you absorbing it, it goes it him. I slew a dragon but no soul transferred. The NPCs also didn't register him as being dead. A reload from an earlier save didn't help. This has happened to me too, and it's a glitch. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. Ive tried disabling the Unofficial Skyrim patch, Installed the Unofficial Dragonborn Patch still not worked unless it doesnt work with dragons I killed just before it. The Unofficial Dragonborn Patch should have been updated far enough to include the fix for that at this point so if you do use the USKP, try the Dragonborn patch with it, Even with the unoffical dragonborn patch it doesn't work. Wish I knew which those were, but I had cleaned my master files using TES5Edit, so I thought I had screwed up something there. However, some dragons respawn, at which point you can't absorb their soul twice, an example being a dragon at a dragon nest. I have Legendary and had the same problem stuck on first dragon could not absorb soul. Still no soap. Most likely you can't absorb dragon souls until you defeat it. PC Xbox 360 PC PlayStation 4. Also, if you go to locations on the map that are supposed to have dragons/word walls, you can't absorb the soul if it's the same type of dragon.