Skull of Corruption (Skyrim)

"What a foul and unnatural weapon you wield, I've never seen its like."

- Hold Guard

Skull of Corruption is the Daedric artifact of Lord Vaermina and is obtained during the quest "Waking Nightmare". It is a dream-dependent staff of different usage than its predecessor during the Oblivion Crisis.

Acquisition
It can be obtained in the quest Waking Nightmare which begins in Dawnstar. Vaermina compels the Dragonborn to kill priest Erandur while Erandur begs that the weapon be destroyed. Allowing Erandur to destroy the skull does not make obtaining the Oblivion Walker achievement impossible as you can get one more Daedric Artifact by glitching. There are seventeen possible artifacts to collect (although the Skeleton Key doesn't count towards the Oblivion Walker achievement).

Collecting dreams
In order to collect dreams to power the staff, simply cast it on a sleeping person. This is not counted as an aggressive action thus targets do not become hostile.

The College of Winterhold becomes an effective place of harvest for dreams due to the large number of sleeping members and the ease of access.

Another effective location for harvesting dreams are soldier barracks in a city, such as Windhelm, as there are usually quite a large number of guards (usually three to four) that can be found sleeping inside. When you collect a dream or use one in an attack, the game notifies you of how many dreams are left in the staff.

Soul Gems are still needed to charge the weapon.

Bugs

 * Leaving it on the weapon rack near the enterance in Breezehome has been known to delete it. It will not reappear in Nightcaller Temple; it will simply vanish.

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