Position self off corner of tile grid when no tiles lighted.
Use Slow Time shout if you have it.
Quickly walk the rows of tiles touching each tile ONLY ONCE.(no follower`s help)
All tiles should be same color
This is how it`s SUPPOSED to be done but I`m like you and haven`t been able to do it after multiple tries.
Good luck on getting that gate open , I finally just gave up on it.This is my first time using the reply so I hope I did this right. I don't have the slow time shout so I guess I'll back up before the quest, do whatever it takes to get the slow time shout and try it with that. I did run as fast as I could and covered all the squares, but maybe I'm not fast enough. I even got so desperate that I dragged all of the dead bodies nearby onto the squares. Then I dragged all of the stuff laying around, like pots, bows, etc. and put them on the squares too. I thought it would help, but then when I tried to run, I kept kicking the pots so I gave up. Hopefully when I get my slow time shout it will help, but I'm thinking it may be a bug.
I'm wondering what I did wrong that I didn't have a slow time shout because I've replayed the game a few times and I didn't realize it until just now, but I never did get ALL of the shouts. Sometimes it wouldn't let me because it said I needed dragon souls, yet I had SEVERAL dragon souls, but I'm slow so it will take some time. Thank you for your help.
Good luck on getting that gate open , I finally just gave up on it.
You should do better . As your namesake says , " I am ze locksmith of love , no ?"
I play a mage character and used telekinesis. It worked perfectly but that is the only use I had for it in the WHOLE GAME. Tolfdir(alteration spell guy in the college of winterhold) sells it and you can find it inside the labyrinthian.A friend is claiming that he used Telekinesis to bypass those floor puzzle and grab the ring. I haven't tried that as I don't have that spell. Has anyone tried that route?
If you rush it while the Draugr are still running around, possibly with a follower, and summons, then there's a possibility that all the pressure plates are triggered by the melee.Odd - I've done this quest with three characters and haven't had any issues with getting the door open.