Skyrim – How to Complete ‘Taking Care of Business’ for the Thieves Guild if Bersi is Dead

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I was walking into his shop and talking to him, when out of nowhere vampires jumped out and they killed Bersi in the process. Now the quest is still ongoing, even though I've looted everything that he owns and smashed all the urns (including in Riften and the Hall of the Dead where his body is).

I've done everything I could do and even resurrected him as a zombie. How can I complete this quest?

Best Answer

If you are playing on console, it seems like you're out of luck. Bersi will need to be alive to finish Taking Care of Business, so you'll have to reload a save from before he died.

If you are on PC, you can use console commands to bring him back to life. I'm not too familiar with console commands for Skyrim, but it looks like you hit ~ then click on Bersi, then enter resurrect.