Detailed walkthroughs for all optional quests in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, including Blackmail, Elysana's Gift, A Book for Barenziah, and The Madness of Nulfaga.
Walkthrough
- 119. Blackmail (Level Req: 4, Quest Req: None)
- Mutually exclusive with Quest 20.
- 2Speak to Prince Helseth in Castle Wayrest's great hall for a quest to deliver a letter to Lord Castellian.
- 3Choice 1: Do not read the letter. Deliver it to Castellian. Helseth pays you with a magic item.
- 4Choice 2: Read the letter.
- Give it to Castellian: Helseth pays, but your reputation with Wayrest drops significantly.
- 5Give it to King Eadwyre: Your reputation with Wayrest increases significantly.
- 620. Elysana's Gift (Level Req: 6, Quest Req: None)
- Mutually exclusive with Quest 19.
- 7Go to Castle Wayrest's throne room. Elysana asks you to deliver a cursed robe to Lord Castellian.
- 8If the recipient wears the robe, Daedra Seducers are summoned.
- 9If you wear it, Seducers attack you, and you fail the quest.
- 10Deliver the robe to Castellian. He will be attacked by Seducers, and his guards will attack you for attempting assassination.
- 11Report back to Elysana.
- 1221. A Book for Barenziah (Level Req: 9, Quest Req: 18. Blackmail)
- Requires not delivering the letter to Castellian in Quest 19.
- 13Quest begins with a letter. Retrieve a book stolen by orcs.
- 14If not retrieved in time: Necromancers steal it. Talk to Gortwog in Orsinium; the book is in the Scourg Barrow. It's easier to get from Gortwog.
- 15Getting the book from Orsinium:
- Go through the left door at the back of the great hall.
- 16Follow the passage, turn left at the first intersection.
- 17Enter a large chamber with a pyramid.
- 18The book is in the pit at the center. Doors are magically sealed.
- 19Reach the upper level to unseal doors (levitate or use the fountain in the Northeast corner to reach the balcony).
- 20From the balcony, take the left staircase.
- 21At intersections, go Left, Left, Straight, Left.
- 22Find and spin a wheel.
- 23Return to the pit and jump in. The book is through the eastern door.
- 24To exit the pit: Click the wheel on the north wall of the shaft to reach the balcony.
- 25Return the book to Barenziah.
- 26Getting the book from Scourg Barrow (if necromancers stole it):
- Leave a teleportation anchor near the entrance.
- 27Enter the Scourg Barrow. Find a room with seven coffins.
- 28Open the second coffin from the left to find a pitfall.
- 29Follow the passage to a room with many doors.
- 30Go through the door immediately to your left.
- 31At a fork, go right until you reach a rift.
- 32Drop to the bottom of the rift and follow it to where it changes textures.
- 33Find a small triangular secret door on the south side of the rift. Open it and follow it to a wheel.
- 34Spin the wheel.
- 35Cross the rift to the passage opposite the secret door and follow it to the chamber with the book.
- 36To exit: Teleport to your anchor. If no anchor, return to the beginning of the rift and levitate or climb out (walls are slanted, but some slopes allow walking).
- 37Give the book to Gortwog or Barenziah.
- 3822. The Madness of Nulfaga (Level Req: 3, Quest Req: None)
- Speak to Aubk-i to check on Nulfaga, mother of Lysandus, at Castle Shedungent in the Wrothgarian Mountains.
- 39The target room is near the entrance but requires a password from Nulfaga.
- 40Easier way: Go west from the entrance, follow the passage, go up stairs, and proceed. (The rest of the walkthrough for this quest is cut off in the source text).
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