Skyrim:
Side Quest Checklist
Interactive checklist of all Skyrim side quests.\n\n\n\nNote: This guide is still a work-in-progress!
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| A Love Beyond Death | Location: Ansilvund. Quest begins automatically once player is part way through the dungeon. Description: Defeat Lu'ah Al-Skaven Reward: Ghostblade |
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| Ancestral Worship | Location: Speak with Golldir outside Hillgrund's Tomb Description: Help Golldir vanquish a necromancer that has defiled the tomb of his ancestors. Protect Golldir (optional). Reward: Gain Golldir as a follower if he survives the quest. |
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| Blood on the Ice | Location: Visit the Windhelm graveyard at night and talk to a guard standing near a corpse behind the graves. Description: Investigate a string of murders in the city and bring the suspect to justice. Reward: Necromancer amulet |
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| The White Phial | Location: Speak with Nurelion, shop owner of The White Phial alchemy shop in Windhelm Description: Retrieve the magical artifact for Nurelion |
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| Repairing the Phial | Location: Speak with Qyintus Navale in The White Phial Prerequisite: The White Phial Description: Gather ingredients to repair the phial Reward: The White Phial |
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| Rise in the East | Location: Speak with Orthus Endario in the East Empire Company Description: Help the East Empire Company dispatch of a band of pirates Reward: Possible follower Adelasia Vendicci |
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| Tending the Flames | Location: Bard's College Description: Gain membership into the Bard's College by completing tasks for Viarmo, including retrieving a book from Dead Men's Respite Reward: Bard's College membership |
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| Lights Out! | Location: Speak with Jaree-Ra in Solitude (usually outside near Angeline's Aromatics) Description: Join a badit gang and rob an Imperial ship |
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| The Man Who Cried Wolf | Location: Speak with Falk Firebeard (usually found in the Blue Palace, he is the Jarl's Steward) Description: Investigate Wolfskull Cave |
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| The Wolf Queen Awakened | Location: This quest is given via a letter from Falk Firebeard delivered to the player by courier sometime after the completion of The Man Who Cried Wolf Prerequisite: Reach level 10+ and complete The Man Who Cried Wolf Description: Defeat The Wolf Queen in a tomb underneath Solitude Reward: Shield of Solitude |
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| Forbidden Legend | Location: Begin quest by reading a copy of the book Lost Legends found throughout Skyrim (there is one at this marker in Farengar Secret-Fire's library in Dragonsreach) Description: Investigate the Gauldur Legend which begins at Folgunthur Reward: The Gauldur Amulet, Gauldur Blackbow, Staff of Jyrik Gauldurson, Gauldur Blackblade |
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| Laid to Rest | Location: Begin quest by speaking with the innkeeper about the burned down house in Morthal Description: Investigate the deaths of two people from the burned house |
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| Rising at Dawn | Location: This quest obtained by speaking to any bartender in Skyrim, about Falion in Morthal, after the player has become a vampire. Prerequiste: Become a vampire Description: Find a cure for vampirism (this quest can be redone as many times as needed if the player becomes a vampire again) Reward: Cured of vampirism |
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| Silenced Tongues | Location: Begin quest by picking up the journal titled Heddic's Notes on the ground immediately after entering Volunruud. Or enter the Elder's Cairn in the depths of Volunruud. Description: Recover the ceremonial weapons and enter Elder's Cairn where a word wall and various loot await |
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| The Pale Lady | Location: Begin quest by talking with Eisa Blackthorn outside of Frostmere Crypt. Or if Eisa is killed, loot her body and read her journal. Description: Recover the stolen sword Reward: The Pale Blade (if The Pale Lady is killed) |
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| A Scroll for Anska | Location: Speak with Anska shortly after entering High Gate Ruins Description: Help Anska recover the scroll from the Dragon Priest Vokun Reward: Dragon Priest Mask Vokun |
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| Evil in Waiting | Location: The spirit Valdar will engage the player upon entering the Valthume Vestible. Help Valdar to begin the quest. Description: Summon and defeat the Dragon Priest Hevnoraak Reward: Dragon Priest Mask Hevnoraak |
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| The Forsworn Conspiracy | Location: After first entering the city of Markarth, the player will witness an attack by a Forsworn zealot. Shortly afterwards, the Breton Eltrys will give the player a note to meet him in the Shrine of Talos. Speak with Eltrys at the shrine to begin the quest. Description: Investigate the Forsworn presence in Markarth |
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| No One Escapes Cidhna Mine | Location: Quest begins immediately after the player is arrested and jailed in Cidhna Mine, following quest The Forsworn Conspiracy Prerequiste: Complete quest The Forsworn Conspiracy, and get arrested. If player resists arrest during prerequisite quest, this quest will not begin until the player speaks to a Markarth guard and gets arrested. Description: Side with the Forsworn OR the Silver-Blood Family, and escape Cidhna Mine Reward: Silver-Blood Family Ring OR Armor of the Old Gods |
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| The Heart of Dibella | Location: Quest is begun by entering into the Temple of Dibella's Inner Sanctum. For trespassing, the Dibella priestess Hamal will ask the player to complete a task, of which the player must accept, else this quest will be unavailable. Description: Bring the chosen Sybil of Dibella to Hamal Reward: Agent of Dibella ability |
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| The Lost Expedition | Location: Retrieve and read Alethius's Notes next to his body near the end of the Nchuand-Zel Excavation Site to begin this quest Description: Delve into the Dwermer ruins Nchuand-Zel and uncover what became of the lost expedition party |
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| Infiltration | Location: Speak with Stalleo at the camp just adjacent to Treva's Watch near the bridge Description: Help Stalleo reclaim his family castle from bandits Reward: Detect Life Spell Tome |
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| Kyne's Sacred Trials | Location: Speak with Froki Whetted-Blade inside Froki's Shack Description: Slay various ghostly beasts throughout Skyrim Reward: Kyne's Token |
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| Repentance | Location: Illia will engage the player upon first entering Darklight Tower. Help her to begin the quest. Description: Reach the top of Darklight Tower, clearing enemies on the way, to defeat Illia's mother Reward: Illia as a follower, Staff of Hag's Wrath (looted from Silvia) |
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| Siege on the Dragon Cult | Location: Speak with Captain Valmir at the camp just outside Forelhost and help him with his mission Description: Fight your way through Forelhost and retrieve the dragon priest mask. Reward: Dragon Priest Mask Rahgot |
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| The Book of Love | Location: Speak with Dinya Balu inside the Temple of Mara in Riften Description: Complete various requests in the name of Mara throughout Skyrim Reward: Agent of Mara ability, Amulet of Mara |
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| Unfathomable Depths | Location: Find From-Deepest-Fathoms who circumambulates the Riften Fishery and speak with her to begin quest Prerequisite: Level 14+ Description: Return the Dwarven lexicon given by From-Deepest-Depths to Avanchnzel Reward: Ancient Knowledge ability |
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| Delayed Burial | Location: Speak with the jester Cicero near the broken down cart in the road or with Vantus Loreius at Loreius Farm Prerequisite: The player must not be a Dark Brotherhood member. This quest becomes unavailable after completion of the Dark Brotherhood quest With Friends Like These... Description: Convince Loreius to fix Cicero's cart wheel OR report Cicero to the guard patrolling the road near the cart at Loreius's behest |
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| In My Time of Need | Location: Whiterun Prerequisite: Begin the main quest Dragon Rising Description: Help Alik'r warriors find Saadia who is in The Bannered Mare OR help Saadia by killing Kematu and his mercenaries in the Swindler's Den |
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| Missing in Action | Location: After witnessing an argument between two men from clan Battle-Born with Fralia Gray-Mane near her market stall, speak with Fralia Description: Rescue Fralia's son Thorald from imprisonment in Northwatch Keep |
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| The Blessings of Nature | Location: Speak with Danica Pure-Spring inside the Temple of Kynareth Description: Restore the Gildergreen tree in Whiterun to its former beauty by traveling to Orphan Rock to retrieve a weapon that can extract sap from the Eldergleam tree in Eldergleam Sanctuary Reward: Nettlebane, one point Restoration, Danica Pure-Spring as a Restoration trainer |
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| The Golden Claw | Location: Speak with Lucan Valerius Description: Retrieve the stolen Golden Claw from Bleak Falls Barrow. Note that this quest follows the bulk of the quest objectives as main quest Bleak Falls Barrow and both can be done simultaneously Reward: Camilla Valerius becomes available for marriage |
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| Amren's Sword | Quest Giver: Amren |
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| Andurs' Arkay Amulet | Andurs asks the Dragonborn to recover his amulet so he can rebuke the corpses that have risen in the Catacombs. |
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| A Lovely Letter | This quest can be started either by speaking to Faendal, the Bosmer archer located at Riverwood's lumbermill, or by speaking to Sven, the Nord bard found in the town's Sleeping Giant Inn. |
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| Forgetting about Fjola | Quest Giver : Christer (He's inside the tower, to the left just before the first door) |
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| Medresi Dran and the Wandering Dead |