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Issue Data
Status: Fix Pending
Issue Type: Bug Report
Project: Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
Component: Skyrim SE: Vanilla
Category: Actors & AI Packages
Assigned To: Nobody
Platform: All
Severity: Very Low
Votes: 0
Watching: N/A
Opened By BlackPete on Aug 6, 2024 8:28 pm
Last Edited By DarthVitrial on Sep 26, 2026 4:43 pm

Issue #34271: Bleak Falls Barrow dragon continues to respawn

 
For whatever reason, the Bleak Falls Barrow dragon is continuing to respawn every time the area resets. When you approach the lake just past Anise's Cabin, you're able to see him flying around in circles. This has happened twice since I updated to the latest versions of USSEP and CRF. Unless I mistaken, this particular dragon encounter is meant to only occur once.

Below is what appears in the console when using the sqv command on dunBleakFallsBarrowQST:
Spoiler:
QF_dunBleakFallsBarrowQST_000354CC
Script state = ""
::Alias_BleakFallsDragon_var = alias BleakFallsDragon on quest dunBleakFallsBarrowQST (000354CC)
::FlyoverScene_var = (00015CA4)
- 1 Aliases for quest 'dunBleakFallsBarrowQST' (000354CC)-
REF 'BleakFallsDragon'-> NONE
--- Quest state -----------------------------
Enabled? No
State: Stopped
Current stage: 92
Priority: 30


The output indicates the quest isn't enabled and is also stopped, yet somehow the dragon is still managing to respawn.


Note: The good news is the corpse no longer persists indefinitely and is removed relatively quickly, so at least that part is fixed.

Related Issues: 15086  

Comments

5 comment(s)
BlackPete said:
 
Alias Dragon on Quest DLC2SoulSteal

Now the skeleton seems to be back to not despawning and appearing all over the area again. Miraak stole its soul during the course of the Dragonborn questline and that alias apparently isn't being cleared even though Miraak is dead.

Comment #1 Feb 19, 2026 4:24 am
DarthVitrial said:
 
So to clarify, Miraak specifically stole the soul of the Bleak Falls dragon?

Comment #2 Sep 26, 2026 4:21 pm
DarthVitrial said:
 
The fix may be to add a "clear this alias on unload" script TO the Dragon alias on DLCSoulSteal.

Comment #3 Sep 26, 2026 4:34 pm
DarthVitrial said:
 
If I'm correct that the reason it's not being deleted is because it's stuck in the DLC2SoulSteal alias, this should fix it going forward. The USSEP retroactive update would also need to do something where it checks if the dragon in the alias exists and is not loaded and clears out the alias if so.



Attached Files:

34271.esp
USSEPClearAliasOnUnload.psc

Comment #4 Sep 26, 2026 4:43 pm
BlackPete said:
 
Yes, that's correct. He stole its soul. That totally screwed things up because the script stayed stuck in the alias on that reference. I still don't know whether the dragon is supposed to continue to respawn beyond the first time it's encountered.

Comment #5 Sep 26, 2026 5:24 pm  Edited by BlackPete on Sep 26, 2026 5:25 pm
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