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Darksiders II

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Skyrim Daedric Quests: Sheogorath & Boethia

Just a short little update on two more of the Daedric item quests that I finished yesterday. Enjoy!

Sheogorath - Wabbajack - Staff

So, Wabbajack. Want to cause random explosions? Want to turn people into harmless chickens/bunnies/cakes? Want to occasionally turn people into Dremora? <-- Bad luck on this one. The Wabbajack does all that and more. It's description is "causes an unpredictable effect" and boy does that not even come close to doing it justice. The first time I used this on an enemy he turned into a chicken and just wandered around for a while before poofing back into his previous state. Unfortunately just because they look like chickens doesn't mean they'll just die (that would be a bit ridiculous) and when you hit them they will revert back to their original form, or you can Wabbajack them again and see what else they turn into. The best one I've gotten so far was an explosion that took down about 80% of a dwarven centurion in one hit and then on the next hit, killed and turned him into a sweet cake. Mmmmmmmmm.

Where do I get my chicken morphing staff of cakes?
In solitude outside of the Jarl's palace (The Blue Palace) you'll see a homeless guy ranting and raving about how his master left him. Indulging the clearly disturbed hobo in conversation leads you to begin a quest called "The mind of madness". You're asked to find this guy's master who apparently went into the abandoned wing of the blue palace, you'll need a key which you can ask one of the servants in the palace to give you (They are marked). Oh, and the hobo gives you a hip bone too, he says you'll need it, sounds like good advice to me. Upon entering the abandoned section of the mansion you're quickly teleported into another dimension where you see Sheogorath and Pelagius the Mad having a meal in a very Alice-In-Wonderland type setting. After interrupting their meal Sheogorath agrees to return to reality if you can use Wabbajack to heal some of Pelagius' madness. You're sent to several areas with incredibly strange puzzles which really aren't very difficult and are quite entertaining so I'll leave out the full description here, the only thing you'll need to really know is just to be creative.

Once you finish these tasks Sheogorath returns you to the house and allows you to keep Wabbajack to do with what you will. It is actually quite an effective weapon that only has one negative effect that I've seen (Being the dremora transformation) so enjoy your new toy!

Boethia - Ebony Armor - Armor (It's better than it sounds)
Alright, this was pretty cool and mildly surprising since the armor is classified as "heavy" and is enchanted with an effect you'd expect on "light" armor. Whenever you go into "sneak mode" as I'll refer to it here, you're covered in shadows and you move silently. It literally shrouds your character in darkness, its pretty cool to look at. I did this quest on my level 30 warrior so I'm not 100% sure if the reward is the same for each character but I assume it is.

How do I get my shadowy ebony armor?
Somewhere along the line you'll be attacked by a priest of Boethia or something (its totally random) and he'll be carrying a book called "Boethia's Proving" which will instruct you to go to the shrine, which is located just outside of Windhelm. Upon reaching the summit of the mountain that the shrine is on you'll be confronted by a priestess of Boethia who will instruct you to bring someone who trusts you to the altar of sacrifice and then, well, sacrifice him to appease Boethia. At this point you'll just need to go pick up a follower that you've befriended and lead him to the altar, once you reach the sacrificial pillar you need to give your follower an order (interact with him and say "I need you to do something") and have him move to the pillar. He will be magically bound up and all you need to do is stab him/her dead. After he is dead Boethia will contact you and after a short conversation she instructs the entire encampment of people (There are around 10 maybe) to have a battle royale to determine who is fit to carry out her mission. After taking a dump on all of them (they are pretty easy) you're instructed to go to a cave and kill Boethia's current champion and retrieve his armor. After waltzing through the camp of bandits and beating the champion to death you'll have your new shadowy armor along with an entire set of ebony gear with the exception of the helmet. This is a great quest to do if you need an ebony set and aren't pursuing smithing or don't want to spend the money on crafting it yourself.


If I find any other Daedric Quests I'll post them up! Thanks for reading!

Ninja Edit: Wabbajack just blew someone up into a pile of money. <3
Ninja Ninja Edit: The Boethia assailant seems to show up when you hit level 30

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