On the first puzzle of the quest Under Saarthal (the one with the six pillars), I enter the correct combination, but the door still doesn't open, and arrows are still shot at me. I've reloaded the game a couple hundred times, I've left the room, and it still doesn't work. What do I do?
Why won’t the first door in Saarthal open
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Best Answer
Double-check the pillars after you have set them all and before you pull the lever -- there is an extra little "trick" there that will become apparent after you set the last pillar and then check their state before pulling that lever.
I spent an hour on this one myself, and only realized what was happening after putting the game away and coming back to it the next day. Once I realized what was going on, I got through the door pretty quickly through simple trial-and-error.