hello, im currently level 40 90hours in , was going for daedric artifacts and theres one called a daedras best freind , guy clled lod looking for a dog? barbas , lod got killed by a dragon now i cannot speak to him , any other way of finding his dog ? it just seems stupid to load back i dont save that much any help ? lod is the blacksmith in falkreathmy current quest says "speak to lod" hes dead on the fllor near his home, ive also tried going to rimerock barrow to get rueful axe but until i find this dog it just remains a steel battleaxe

I dont know if you have to speak w lod to activate it but i ran into the dog a few feet down the path out of town.

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yh thanks im pressuming you cant activate him without lod, stupid how a quest giver can die by a dragon, ive search where he spose to appear so il have to leave it

I first met Barbas when I was asked by a npc in Falkreath if I would chase down a stray dog for him. He'll give you some meat you place on the road just outside town, wait for a few mins and Barbas will appear. That's how I got the quest anyway. Hope that helps.

the npc is falkreath is LOD the guy who is dead, a dragon frost breathed him now i cant start this quest , i took fresh meat from zods body still get nothin

You don't need to talk to Lod to start the quest. You can still find Barbas wandering on the roads around Falkreath (I found him on one of the roads to the west of Falkreath).

See here.

Scouse Lemon:

I first met Barbas when I was asked by a npc in Falkreath if I would chase down a stray dog for him. He'll give you some meat you place on the road just outside town, wait for a few mins and Barbas will appear. That's how I got the quest anyway. Hope that helps.

If you can manage to start this quest and take it to it's conclusion you can get really cool stuff out of it.

ive tried everything, i have entered falkreath from every path , i have placed fresh meat on the road and waited. the guard of falkreath asked me about a dog and said speak to LOD the blacksmith, im just wondering if i can never get this quest going.. which is shame because it counts towards oblivion walker, im going to come back to it after i finish other things because i must of spent 2hours looking for barbas now!

I have exactly the same problem. Lod was killed by a dragon and now the quest chain won't progress past needing to speak to Lod. Let me know if you find the dog and where because I've got very fed up with looking.

@full metal tony - unfortunately once lod is dead barbus returns to heamers shame and remains a stone statue and therfore can never do the quest. the only way is for restarting the game when lod was alive.

Is Lod permanently dead? I have had non-essential but named NPCs killed in a dragon attack reappear later as if nothing happened. The owner of one of the farms near Whiterun was frozen to death. I looted his corpse and his house with the key in his pocket. I went back later to get some wheat and there he was hale and hearty working in his garden.

yeah he is , i looked at 50hours gameplay and now im on over 100 and hes still dead, it just means cant get oblivion walker, but oh well i still enjoy the game

Just get both of Hircines Artifacts to make up for this one.

saviours hide DOES not count towards oblivion walker, i have all except daedras best freind. yes you can get 16 artifacts only 15 count .

well tell that to my friend since that was the only way he was able to obtain it. As well as countless other gamers who have.

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Rueful Axe and the Skeleton Key are the only artifacts that do not count.

In my game, Lod is still alive. I got the fresh meat from him, but Barbas won't show up. When I go to the shrine, he's already a statue. From everything I've read, if Lod is still alive, then you can still complete the quest. I really have no idea why I can't find this dog lol.

Savior's Hide DOES count.  I got the achievement after doing 14 daedric quests.  I never attempted one of them, because I couldn't find the orb thing to start it.

I had the same problem so I just wandered the woods and found the little mutt. So just look in the woods I think.