Uploaded April 2012 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
There seems to be a bug with Castle Dour after the Stormcloaks have taken Solitude. While it doesn't seem to happen at all times, Castle Dour seems to have a sort of shop behavior. Meaning that Castle Dour is opened during daytime and fully locked down at night time, but with no opportunity to pick the lock.
The things that seem to work as a sort of solution to this problem are, as far as I know, not permanent. Reloading a saved game and/or restarting the game might at least temporarily work. PC gamers can consider using the console to unlock the door, should they get to deal with this problem, but I haven't tried that myself yet.
There seems to be a bug with Castle Dour after the Stormcloaks have taken Solitude. While it doesn't seem to happen at all times, Castle Dour seems to have a sort of shop behavior. Meaning that Castle Dour is opened during daytime and fully locked down at night time, but with no opportunity to pick the lock.
The things that seem to work as a sort of solution to this problem are, as far as I know, not permanent. Reloading a saved game and/or restarting the game might at least temporarily work. PC gamers can consider using the console to unlock the door, should they get to deal with this problem, but I haven't tried that myself yet.
