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I am playing through the final stages of the Dragonborn DLC and am stuck at Sahrotaar. I have hit him with bend will and have tried to mount him in order to fly him around, but even once I'm standing on his head/neck, nothing happens.
Is this a common glitch? Does anyone know how I can resolve this so I can continue with my game? Thanks.
SOLVED: I found that all you need to do when you can't ride him after he lands from Bend Will is
1. Attack him and do damage to him until he starts attacking you but don't kill him (This is to get him out of the neutral state where he just looks at you).
2. Then re-use Bend Will again after it has recharged and you should have the option to ride him up to Miraak now.
Tested this on PS4 so it should work without the need for Mods or console commands.
As this relates also to the Ethreal Miraak Glitch, you have to ride the dragon up to the battle in order to get past the Ethreal Miraak Glitch, otherwise, you can't kill the ridden dragon for Miraak to absorb and he will stay in an ethreal state. You only need to Bend Will the flying dragons and kill them to get Miraak out of that state but you can't do this to the ridden dragon if you bypassed riding him with commands or Mods.
Hope this helps!