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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Game Add-Ons (DLC) Hints

Post-Quest Notes

  • 1 of 8: Serana will talk to you right after the quest is over. What you say to her will only determine whether she leaves your company right then. If she does, you can talk to her again anytime to get her to follow you again.
  • 2 of 8: You can also ask her to turn you into a vampire. This will let you experience what it's like to be a vampire lord now that you've finished the Dawnguard quests.
  • 3 of 8: Before you leave the cathedral, loot Harkon's ashes to get a lot of good stuff, including his unique vampire-friendly sword.
  • 4 of 8: Leave the castle and talk to Serana again to get a new dialogue option about her getting cured of vampirism. If you encourage her to do so, she'll run off to see Falion in Morthal, and you'll be able to find her again at Fort Dawnguard several days later. She'll be cured, and will be available as a follower again (though you'll no longer have the option to have her turn you into a vampire or convert elven arrows into Bloodcursed elven arrows).
  • 5 of 8: Fast-travel to the Castle Volkihar Balcony area, then enter Valerica's lab (which the game calls a "study"). Use the teleporter to return to the Soul Cairn area, then run across it to reach the Boneyard castle. Valerica should be at or near her alchemy table in the area where you first found her. Trade a few last soul husks to her for soul husk extract potions if you want to, since you're about to lose the option to do that. (If you do what the next hint says to.)
  • 6 of 8: Tell her that Harkon is dead, then return to her lab in the castle to find that she's moved there. You can't get any more soul husk extract potions from her, but you can return to the courtyard with the moondial in it and harvest the plants in her new garden.
  • 7 of 8: Return to Fort Dawnguard and tell Dexion Evicus that the Elder Scrolls have served you well, then choose any dialogue option to get him to ask for the scrolls. You can then choose to keep them, give them to him, or sell them to him for 6000 gold. (Note that there's no reward for keeping the scrolls or giving them away.)
  • 8 of 8: Serana and all the other Dawnguard followers who survived the assault on Castle Volkihar will continue to be available as followers, and all the surviving merchants will continue to be merchants. You can also continue doing the randomized Side Quests.