Lycanthropy Spell Missing?

[Mirrorshades ●]

Hi all --

I finally managed to complete the Hircine's Ring quest as a werewolf, and am now looking forward to all the fun stuff about being a lycanthrope with none of the bad.

Problem. Lycanthropy spell seems to have vanished from my spell book.

I can still change into a werewolf, by "Use"-ing the ring from my inventory screen. However, once I'm in beast form, I can no longer open the inventory to switch back. Additionally, the ring doesn't show in my list of available magic items to use from the main screen... so I appear to be stuck in beast form.

Anyone know of a way to restore the Lycanthropy spell to my spellbook? I suppose I could get cured, then go through the trouble of getting re-infected... but that seems like kind of a hassle. (Also, from a RP perspective, this was unintentional; I just happened to get bit by a werewolf unexpectedly and decided to play it out. Getting cured and then infected again would kind of break that.)

Open to any suggestions, including a way to hack/edit the savegame files if necessary. I honestly have no idea where it went -- I haven't seen it there since I got the ring, so I figured maybe I didn't need it any more. Or maybe there's another way to change back and forth that I just haven't figured out yet?

Any advice is appreciated!

[MrFlibble ●]

I've checked the official patch changelog and also , but none seem to mention your problem. I think you could try running fixsave on your saved game.

However, maybe this is how the artifact was intended to work?

[Mirrorshades ●]

I did try fixsave, it did not have any affect.

I was thinking it might be by design, but then I can't find the way to change back to normal from were-form. If I try to use a magic item, it does not appear in the list. If I try to access the inventory, it tells me, "You cannot use the inventory while shape changed."

So I'm baffled!

[MrFlibble ●]

So far I've only found mentions in another forum of the fact that the Lycanthropy spell may somehow screw up the game - up to crashes - and that getting the ring solves this issue (apparently, by removing the need to use the spell).

Here's a video of a guy whose PC became a werewolf and he is trying to get the ring to fix that:


The guy did not lose the Lycanthropy spell when he picked the artifact, but he continued to use the spell from his spellbook, not the item itself, to transform into a werewolf and back.