Can You become the Thane of Riften if a NPC dies before you complete a quest that’s required

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Can you still become a Thane in Riften if Wujeeta dies before telling you about the skooma? I was just starting to ask her when a dragon came down and wrecked everything.

Can I become the Thane of Riften even though this NPC died before I could finish this required quest?

Best Answer

Nope, The Skooma Trade is the opening quest to Becoming a Thane of Riften, so you have to finish it before being able to start the quests leading to being Thane. Resurrecting her will still consider her dead, whether you use magic or the console.

From then, your choices are:

  • Pick a previous save, before the dragon
  • If on computer, you can force start the quest using the console (~ key), and the command setstage FreeformRiftenThane 10 ; save before doing it though, just in case
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