I've decided to finally undertake the Dawnguard DLC quests on the Xbox 360 (I'm level 241). I have the first quest to talk to the leader of the dawnguard, and when I activate it (only quest activated, even deactivated misc. quests) my compass directs me north from Riften, and when i checked the world map to see where and fast travel close by, it directs me southeast of the Nightengale Hall. I went to the mark on the map, and no one was there. I continued towards where the map says Fort Dawnguard is, yet when I got within sight of an overpass (like the guardpost on the southern edge of Riverwood) a message popped up in the top left corner of the screen saying I can't go this way and I could progress no further. My only bounty is 80 septim in Hjalmarch, and I'm confused as to why I can't go on or why the map and compass are disagreeing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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To get to Fort Dawnguard you must go through Dayspring Canyon, which you access through a gap in the mountain near that path you can't get through. As for why the compass would point you north from Riften, I don't know. I always follow the marker to the entrance to Dayspring Canyon.
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Found the entrance by watching a tutorial on youtube (hate doing that, I prefer to figure it out without watching videos) but even when standing on the doorstep of the Canyon, i was still pointed far to the north by the compass. It was a bit odd.
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If you can't find Dayspring Canyon just follow the compass. It worked for me.
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I was on a Companions Silverhand quest and the marker kept pointing to the secret entrance to the Dawnstar Sanctuary. One other time I had to go to Ivarsted on an assasination run and the marker was set at Riften. Must be small bugs that never get fixed.
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The reason for this is because Fort Dawnguard is in that direction but Dayspring Canyon goes around the inpenetrable mountains and walls of rock you find if you walk directly to the marker and takes you to the Fort. The Fort is actually BEHIND the mountains. The canyon goes around them. Just like Castle Volkihar is off from the main map so is the fort. Solstheim is also.
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