A Cornered Rat - Esbern Won't Open the Door

[SkyrimKitten]

I'm having some trouble with the pc edition....

 

Esbern will not open the door in the ratway ive done this mission over 50 times now hoping he will open this door he starts to open it u hear the chains and then he just stops.... and i don't know why it's really annoying me.....but i really need help with this...

 

 

Playing on Pc No DLC

[David]

Hit the tilde key ( ` ) to open the console and enter the following.

setstage MQ202 160

Esbern should open the door, and hopefully all will be well. If he refuses to talk after the above, however, enter the following...

setstage MQ202 170

That forces Esbern's dialogue.

 

If all else fails, the following console command will complete the quest - A Cornered Rat.

CompleteQuest MQ202