Dungeon Delving

"I tracked it to a group of bandits nearby. But I'm no fool. [...] I don't know why I'm saying this, but if you find it in your travels, I'd be grateful to you."

―Amren^[src]

Dungeon Delving is a quest in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in which the Dragonborn must recover an item for someone that they have lost and has ended up in a dungeon. It is a radiant quest which requires the Dragonborn to find a lost item for several characters.

ObjectivesEdit

Find the item inside the dungeon
Return the item to the owner

WalkthroughEdit

Dungeon Delving (Jarl - Hagravens) – Favor157
Recover Hrolfdir's Shield	Igmund	Markarth	Hrolfdir's Shield	Leveled , befriending the Jarl of The Reach
Dungeon Delving (Jarl - Caves) – Favor158
Find the Helm of Winterhold	Korir	Winterhold	Helm of Winterhold	Leveled , befriending the Jarl of Winterhold
Dungeon Delving (Bandits) – Favor204
Quest	Questgiver	Location	Item	Reward
Amren's Sword	Amren	Whiterun	Amren's Family Sword	1 level boost in One-Handed & Block
Shahvee's Amulet	Shahvee	Windhelm	Shahvee's Amulet of Zenithar	1 level boost in Light Armor & Lockpicking
Dungeon Delving (Caves) – Favor205
Retrieve the Ring of Pure Mixtures	Frida	Dawnstar	Ring of Pure Mixtures	1 level boost in Alchemy
Find Runil's Journal	Runil	Falkreath	Runil's Journal	Leveled
Find Noster's Helmet	Noster Eagle-Eye	Solitude	Noster's Helmet	1 level boost in Sneak
Find Roggi Knot-Beard's Ancestral Shield	Roggi Knot-Beard	Kynesgrove	Roggi's Ancestral Shield	1 level boost in Block
Queen Freydis's Sword	Oengul War-Anvil	Windhelm	Queen Freydis's Sword	1 level boost in Smithing

LocationsEdit

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Amren's Sword: Halted Stream Camp Redoran's Retreat Silent Moons Camp Swindler's Den Valtheim Towers (listed as Valtheim Keep) White River Watch Shahvee's Amulet: Cragslane Cavern Gallows Rock Lost Knife Hideout at the Lost Knife Cave Stony Creek Cave Uttering Hills Cave (listed as Uttering Hills Camp) Retrieve the Ring of Pure Mixtures: Forsaken Cave Hillgrund's Tomb Find Runil's Journal: Bloated Man's Grotto Darkshade (listed as Darkshade Copse) Embershard Mine Greywater Gorge Halldir's Cairn Moss Mother Cavern Southfringe Sanctum Find Noster's Helmet: Broken Oar Grotto Shadowgreen Cavern Steepfall Burrow Find Roggi Knot-Beard's Ancestral Shield: Ansilvund Cronvangr Cave (listed as Cronvangr Hall) Cragwallow Slope Lost Knife Hideout at the Lost Knife Cave Stony Creek Cave Uttering Hills Cave Queen Freydis's Sword: Ansilvund Cronvangr Hall Cragwallow Slope Lost Knife Hideout at the Lost Knife Cave Stony Creek Cave Uttering Hills Cave Find the Helm of Winterhold: Driftshade Refuge (listed as Driftshade Sanctuary) Fort Fellhammer (listed due to a reference bug) Hela's Folly (listed due to a reference bug) Hob's Fall Cave Saarthal (listed due to a reference bug) Snow Veil Sanctum (listed due to a reference bug) Wreck of The Pride of Tel Vos (listed due to a reference bug) Yngol Barrow (listed due to a reference bug) Yngvild Ysgramor's Tomb (listed due to a reference bug) Recover Hrolfdir's Shield: Bleakwind Bluff Blind Cliff Cave Dead Crone Rock Hag's End Lost Valley Redoubt

RewardEdit

Level	Gold
1–9	500
10–19	750
20–29	1,000
30–39	1,250
40+	1,500

JournalEdit

Dungeon Delving – Favor157
10	Objective 10: Find <Alias=QuestItem> for <Alias=QuestGiver>
15	Objective 15: Bring <Alias=QuestItem> to <Alias=QuestGiver>
20	Quest complete
Dungeon Delving – Favor204, Favor205, Favor158
ID	Journal Entry
10	Objective 10: Find <Alias=QuestIten> inside <Alias=Dungeon>
15	Objective 15: Return <Alias=QuestItem> to <Alias=QuestGIver>
20	Quest complete

TriviaEdit

Completing this quest makes it so the questgiver can be asked for marriage.
This quest counts as the favor for Becoming Thane.
Completing this quest raises the questgiver's disposition towards the Dragonborn, and will allow them to take miscellaneous items from their houses or other living places without incurring a bounty.