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Issue Data
Status: New
Issue Type: Bug Report
Project: Unofficial Oblivion Remastered Patch
Component: Vanilla Game
Category: Quests & Dialogue
Assigned To: Nobody
Platform: Windows PC
Severity: High
Votes: 0
Watching: N/A
Opened By darthsariah77 on Oct 28, 2025 9:00 am

Issue #35990: Valdemar's ghost is already dead before player fights his skeleton

 
This happened the first time I went through the Sancre Tor prison during the blood of the divines quest. When I reached the quest marker, I found that Valdemar's ghost had already spawned & was dead on the floor. I killed his skeleton anyway thinking that might reset his ghost, but it made no difference.
The quest updated saying that all 4 undead blades were defeated & redirected me to the shrine room. However since the dead ghost couldn't get there, the magical barrier would never be lifted, making it impossible to progress in the quest.

I tried the prison area again, sprinting all the way to the end so I could check on Valdemar's ghost. He was already spawned in but at least alive this time. He didn't do anything after I killed his skeleton though - seems similar to the issue described in #35387. So I had to kill the swarm of wraiths that chased me through the prison, then wait an hour, & finally he made his way to join the rest of the blades which allowed me to complete the quest successfully. This bug is also reported on the quest's UESP page.

Related Issues: 35387