Why does Skyrim crash during the second half of the Waking Nightmare quest

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Skyrim crashes whenever I try to save during the second half of the Waking Nightmare quest in the Nightcaller Temple. Is there anything I can do about this?

Best Answer

I encountered this bug recently as well, and in fact you do not need to complete the quest without saving (and good thing too, I was pretty underlevelled for it).

All you need to do is make your way outside and save there. This seems to clear out whatever it is that was causing the game to crash, and allows you to complete the quest with quicksaves:

  1. Immediately after the Dreamstride, pull the soul gem that's powering the barrier out of the sconce its in. This takes down the barrier to the previous part of the temple.
  2. The NPC Priest of Mara comes through the now clear corridor and blathers at you for a little bit about how amazing you are.
  3. Run past him, up the stairs and out of the temple to Skyrim proper.
  4. Save your game while standing outside of the temple - can be a quicksave or a full save, doesn't matter.
  5. Go back inside the temple and complete the quest. You will be able to save.
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