Balreth bugged

Seems that old and fun bug is now back ingame.

Am playing a DK with mix of heavy, Med and light armor,  killed using a bow and the quest bugged out.  Balreth made it to the lava 1 time.  Not sure of the gear comp or weapon had anything to do with it.

Apparently going in as a group fixes or with enough kills will fix it but then the portal despawns.  Launch day fun.  The server is pretty stable though.

Edit:  Confirmed grouping will allow for a clean completion,  just gotta wayshrine out.

Yep I tried soloing and group a few times, no luck for me to get the last part (I kill him then nothing).

Funny thing is I never had him bugged in beta lol.

I've heard lots of "you have to <insert thing here> and it'll work". I've tried them all except one. Someone said the NPC has to be in combat when you kill Balreth. Considering how the NPC just kind of quickly poofs out of the instance after I've killed him each time maybe there's something to that. Only problem is that I can't kill him anymore because he no longer spawns whether I log out or not. *sigh*

Ah well. Lots of other quests to do.

I got stuck in there, everything worked out except the exit part.  I finally used my head and opened up the map and switched it to another zone, then teleported out.

Someone tried the solution below and worked. Mine, I can't get Balreth to spawn anymore.

It is confirmed the cause is the NPC getting out of combat. To get the NPC back into combat, get Balreth low, die, port out of the portal at the entrance, port back in and the NPC should be tanking Balreth or attacking him. At this point you need to kill him rather quickly spamming anything you have to kill him before the NPC stops attacking again.

I've attempted to not cast Magicka spells in hopes he would stay in combat and not restore Magicka, I've attempted not to use the Talisman, and this seems to be the only solution that works.

Blaze and the other dude is bugged of me.. :(

Maybe tonight when I log in I will get a different instance.

Ok, I got in a group and we killed him before the NPC stopped attacking him. That worked. Yay!!

I did him solo and it worked when I didn't loot his body. Not sure if they hotfixed him yet, but that's how I finally got it done.

I had to log in a few times to get him to appear initially. Then a party member zoned in when i could see him. I was told not to loot Balreth until after the next guy spawned. That worked for me.

Blaze is bugged for me and many others....submitted a bug report. Hopefully it gets fixed.

Blaze seems to be unbugged after the server maintenance – I was able to interact with the altar & make him spawn this morning, after 2 days of trying. Logged in and there was a quest marker right there on the altar  :)

I had the NPC bug the first time I killed him. Someone suggested in chat to just wait 10 minutes. So I ported out and did some crafting. I went back into the portal and it had reset to before the fight. This time I understood the mechanics better and killed him much more quickly. I still got a bug where I couldn't port out, but I just mapped out and found the NPC to finish the quest.

In the ESO Forums a community manager has posted about the Balreth bug, "We do have a fix in place for this and it will be rolled out very soon". Hoping that "very soon" is actually soon!

Hopefully before I get to that quest :)

So I can confirm the NPC dropping out of combat was the issue for me. After multiple attempts to get through the quest I found the following:

If Balreth won't respawn abandon the quest and pick it back up again

While killing Balreth watch the NPC closely. The moment he drops combat go out the portal and come back in. If he is not fighting him, leave again nod come back until he is. You may have to do this multiple times during the fight depending on how long it takes you to kill Balreth. 

Once Balreth is dead and his spirit is collected, the portal will disappear. Use your map to exit to the nearest waypoint.

You can also group for him - a group of 4 killed him in about 10 secs - although we did have to wayshrine out we were able to bind his soul.

Wife and I killed him 5 times,  yes grouped, yes we had to log in and out and got separated, had to travel back to her server 2 times, total log in's 7 times before kill,  After all of that his spirit would not spawn, we did not loot him either it just would not rez and we could not complete the trap him part of the quest any of the times we killed him, yes we logged in and out to see if it would spawn, and no dice.  2 log out and back in's after kills 2.5 hrs wasted it was total rotten experience frustrating us to NO END.