Skyrim talk:Scroll Scouting

The UESPWiki – Your source for The Elder Scrolls since 1995
Jump to: navigation, search

No Quest[edit]

I never got this quest. I completed the previous quest (Prophet) and went through the soul cairn and got the blood scroll. However I gave the dragon scroll to the Orc in the college of winterhold. I've talked to him and there's NO option to buy it back. I'm essentially blocked from Dawnguards main quest. There's not even a quest in my quest book called "Scroll Scouting" and I've talked to everyone and it is just bugged. Anyone have something similar or some help please. — Unsigned comment by 71.199.19.62 (talk) at 05:48 on 3 July 2012

Only need Two Scrolls?[edit]

When i did this quest I only had to obtain 2 scrolls, Blood and Dragon, and only blood and dragon are in my inventory..but when i went to the sanctuary (or whatever that place was called) to do the moth priest ritual my character pulled up three scrolls like as if i had obtained the third one (sun). Am i the only one that has this problem? I mean its not really a problem and it didnt create any glitches that i know of but still..I kindve wanted to find the third scroll.--Planetjohn12 20:39, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

That's the scroll Serana carries when you find her. You've already given it to him to read, during the Prophet quest. ABCface 20:45, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Quest Bug[edit]

If you already have the Dragon Elder Scroll, the game will not recognize the fact and will require you to "buy it back" from urag. Costing you 3k and gaining a duplicate elder scroll. 24.246.152.183 01:11, 25 August 2013 (GMT)

Seconded, though I can't rule out mod interaction as a possible culprit in my case. Can anyone confirm that having the Elder Scroll (Dragon) in your inventory when you receive this quest still points you to Urag... without mods? —Jellybee22 (talk) 01:33, 30 September 2013 (GMT)
Playing on XBox, I've never seen this quest start when I had the Skyrim elder scroll in my inventory. It just passes silently, and I just get Chasing Echoes in my quest log. So I suspect mod interaction is the cause. --Morrolan (talk) 01:50, 30 September 2013 (GMT)

Buy Back Dragon Scroll Bug[edit]

I need to buy back the scroll from Urag but can't complete the transaction. He says he'll sell it for 4000 gold but my only available option to reply is "I'll come back later." Which I thought meant I had to steal the scroll. But the case it's in requires a key. I'm Arch-Mage and the funny thing is, I just sold that $%^$& thing before starting Dawnguard because I figured I would never need it since I hadn't for the last 300 hours... 71.160.135.114 07:54, 30 September 2013 (GMT)

Possible Article Error Re: Quest[edit]

It says that in order to get the Dragon scroll you need to complete Elder Knowledge - ie progress through the main quest.

However, I thought getting the scroll technically forms part of daedric quest Discerning the Transmundane - meaning you don't necessarily need to have started the main questline at all. I know those quests overlap to a degree, but I didn't think starting DtT necessarily starts EK, too. Am I wrong, or is the article mistaken? — Unsigned comment by 5.64.89.39 (talk) at 00:27 on 28 October 2014

You don't need to get the scroll in order to complete the daedric quest. The daedric quest unlocks the scroll, which is trapped inside a bit of dwarven machinery. If you take the scroll before EK starts, then EK never starts and when you head up to talk to Paarthurnax he just tells you to pull the scroll out and read it. This quest is almost identical to EK, except that it's triggered by a different quest and it doesn't activate the special "I'm the Dragonborn, let me in!" dialogue options to get into the College. However it too is silently skipped if you already have the scroll. --Morrolan (talk) 01:37, 28 October 2014 (GMT)