Quests (Skyrim)

This page lists all Quests in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Main Quest

Main article: Main Quest (Skyrim)

Act I

• Unbound
• Before the Storm
• Bleak Falls Barrow
• Dragon Rising
• The Way of the Voice
• The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller

Act II

• A Blade In The Dark
• Diplomatic Immunity
• A Cornered Rat
• Alduin's Wall
• The Throat of the World
• Elder Knowledge
• Alduin's Bane

Act III

• Season Unending
• The Fallen
• Paarthurnax
• The World-Eater's Eyrie
• Sovngarde
• Dragonslayer
• Epilogue

Notes

• Paarthurnax is completely optional and can be completed after the main quest also but then albeit harder since he isn't stationary and on his designated post.
• Season Unending will not be given if the Civil War is already complete.

Faction Quests

Dark Brotherhood

• Delayed Burial
• Innocence Lost
• With Friends Like These...
• Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!
• Sanctuary
• Sentenced to Death
• Mourning Never Comes
• Whispers In The Dark
• The Silence Has Been Broken
• Bound Until Death
• Breaching Security
• The Cure For Madness
• Recipe For Disaster
• To Kill An Empire
• Death Incarnate
• Hail Sithis!
• Dark Brotherhood Side Contracts
• Where You Hang Your Enemy's Head
• Locate the Assassin of Old
• Dark Brotherhood Forever
• Contracts
  • Contract: Kill Beitild
  • Contract: Kill Narfi
  • Contract: Kill Ennodius Papius
  • Contract: Kill Lurbuk
  • Contract: Kill Hern
  • Contract: Kill Deekus
  • Contract: Kill Ma'randru-jo
  • Contract: Kill Anoriath
  • Contract: Kill Agnis
  • Contract: Kill Maluril
  • Contract: Kill Helvard
  • Contract: Kill Safia

The College of Winterhold

• First Lessons
• Under Saarthal
• Hitting the Books
• Good Intentions
• Revealing the Unseen
• Containment
• The Staff of Magnus
• The Eye of Magnus
• Aftershock

The Companions

• Take Up Arms
• Proving Honor
• The Silver Hand
• Blood's Honor
• Purity of Revenge
• Glory of the Dead
• Animal Extermination
• Hired Muscle
• Trouble in Skyrim
• Family Heirloom
• Escaped Criminal
• Rescue Mission
• Striking the Heart
• Stealing Plans
• Retrieval (Skyrim)
• Totems of Hircine
• Purity
• Dragon Seekers

Thieves Guild

• A Chance Arrangement
• Taking Care of Business
• Loud and Clear
• Dampened Spirits
• Scoundrel's Folly
• Speaking With Silence
• Hard Answers
• The Pursuit
• Trinity Restored
• Blindsighted
• Darkness Returns
• The Bedlam Job
• The Fishing Job
• The Numbers Job
• The Burglary Job
• The Heist Job
• The Shill Job
• The Sweep Job
• Imitation Amnesty
• Summerset Shadows
• Silver Lining
• The Dainty Sload
• Deliver Moon Sugar to Ri'Saad
• Under New Management

The Blades

• Paarthurnax
• ​​The Blades
  • recruit followers
  • fight dragons

Bards College

• Tending the Flames
• Find Rjorn's Drum
• Find Finn's Lute
• Find Pantea's Flute

Civil War Quests

The brewing Civil War in Skyrim is between two main factions, the Imperials and the Stormcloaks. Both sides are essentially the same, with plenty of actors throughout the region relaying the evils of both sides. Minor factions, especially in Whiterun between the Battle-Born and Grey-Mane families, exist throughout the empire. Should you decide to officially take sides, killing one or the other may affect your gameplay.

Imperial Legion

• Joining the Legion
• The Jagged Crown
• Message To Whiterun
• Defense of Whiterun
• Reunification of Skyrim
  • ​False Front
  • The Battle For Fort Dunstad
  • Compelling Tribute
  • The Battle For Fort Greenwall or The Battle For Fort Sungard (depending on the outcome of the main quest Season Unending)
  • Rescue From Fort Kastav
  • The Battle For Fort Amol
  • Battle For Windhelm

Stormcloaks

• Joining the Stormcloaks

• The Jagged Crown
• Message To Whiterun
• Battle for Whiterun
• Liberation of Skyrim
  • Rescue From Fort Neugrad
  • Compelling Tribute
  • The Battle For Fort Sungard or The Battle For Fort Greenwall (depending on the outcome of the main quest Season Unending)
  • A False Front
  • The Battle For Fort Snowhawk
  • The Battle For Fort Hraggstad
  • Battle For Solitude

Daedric Quests

Main article: Daedric Quests (Skyrim)

Azura	The Black Star
Boethiah	Boethiah's Calling
Clavicus Vile	A Daedra's Best Friend
Hermaeus Mora	Discerning the Transmundane
Hircine	Ill Met By Moonlight
Malacath	The Cursed Tribe
Mehrunes Dagon	Pieces of the Past
Mephala	The Whispering Door
Meridia	The Break of Dawn
Molag Bal	The House of Horrors
Namira	The Taste of Death
Peryite	The Only Cure
Sanguine	A Night to Remember
Sheogorath	The Mind of Madness
Vaermina	Waking Nightmare
Nocturnal	Thieves Guild*

Note: To earn Oblivion Walker you have to collect 15 Daedric artifacts which are given to you after completing the above quests.

* - Does not count towards Oblivion Walker achievement.

Dungeon Quests

The following 24 Quests are quests relating to specific dungeons and maps:

(Note: Quests listed with "*" appear as Miscellaneous Quests in the Quest Journal, and are named according to the Official Skyrim Game Guide

Dungeon	Location
Medresi Dran And The Wandering Dead	Angarvunde
A Love Beyond Death	Ansilvund
Composure, Speed, And Precision	Angi's Camp
Leap Before You Look	Bard's Leap Summit
Melka And Petra	Blind Cliff Cave
Repentance	Darklight Tower
Siege On The Dragon Cult	Forelhost
What Lies Beneath	Frostflow Lighthouse
The Pale Lady	Frostmere Crypt
A Scroll For Anska	High Gate Ruins
Ancestral Worship	Hillgrund's Tomb
Forgetting about Fjola	Mistwatch
Hunter and Hunted	Moss Mother Cavern
The Lost Expedition	Nchuand-Zel
The Nilheim Scam	Nilheim
Otar's Mad Guardians	Ragnvald
The Legend Of Red Eagle (Quest)	Rebel's Cairn
Wilhelm's Spectre	Shroud Hearth Barrow
The Secret At The Sleeping Tree	Sleeping Tree Camp
The Savior of Selveni Nethri	Southfringe Sanctum
Infiltration	Treva's Watch
Evil In Waiting	Valthume
Silenced Tongues	Volunruud
Ashore In A Sea Of Ghosts	Yngol Barrow

Miscellaneous Quests

Sorted by place of acquisition: hold/town, city or place'. Note: some are actual Side Quests and have their own quest lines which count towards the Sideways Trophy/Achievement, others are miscellaneous objectives and count towards Hero of the People trophy/achievements

Eastmarch

Windhelm

• Blood on the Ice (side quest)
• Repairing the Phial (side quest - requires The White Phial and Throat of the World)
• The White Phial (side quest)
• Harsh Master
• Rise in the East (side quest)
• Find the Thalmor Assassin
• Argonian Dock Workers
• Shavee's Amulet
• Deliver Adonato's Book to Giraud Gemane

Narzulbur

• Find the Forgemaster's Fingers

Kynesgrove

• Find Roggi's Knot-Beard's Ancestral Shield

Darkwater Crossing

• Deliver Sondas's Note to Quintus

Falkreath Hold

Falkreath (City)

• Steal the Private Letter for Dengeir
• Destroy the vampire Vighar
• Deliver Berit's Ashes to Runil

Haafingar

Solitude

• Light's Out! (side quest)
• The Man Who Cried Wolf (side quest)
• The Wolf Queen Awakened (side quest)
• Speak to Greta about going to the Temple of Divines
• Convince Vittoria Vici to release the Spiced Wine Shipment

Dragon Bridge

• Steal the Dragon's Breath Mead for Olda

Hjaalmarch

Morthal

• Laid to Rest (side quest)

Saarthal

• Forbidden Legend (side quest)

The Pale

Dawnstar

• Visit the Museum in Dawnstar
• Collecting the fine cut void salts for Captain Wayfinder
• Mine (or just just obtain) a Quicksilver Ingot and sell it to the mine owner

The Reach

Soljund's Sinkhole

• Soljund's Sinkhole of Draugr

Left-Hand Mine

• Clear Kolskeggr Mine

Markarth (City)

• The Lost Expedition (side quest)
• The Heart of Dibella (side quest)
• Bring The Last Scabbard of Akrash to Ghorza
• Bring Hjalti's Sword to the Ghost of Old Hroldan
• Bring the Stallion's Potion to Roerek
• Bring a Daedra Heart to Moth Gro-Bagol, the Jarl's personal blacksmith
• Kill Nimhe inside Nchuand-Zel Excavation Site
• Investigate the Hall of the Dead
• Bring a Dwarven Helmet to Calcelmo
• Talk to Mulush about Omluag, at the smelter
• Speak to Degaine
• Find evidence of Ogmund's Talos worship
• Retrieve Lisbet's shipment from Deepwood Redoubt
• Recover Hrolfdir's Shield

Forsworn

• The Forsworn Conspiracy (side quest)
• No One Escapes Cidhna Mine (side quest)

The Rift

Frokki's Shack

• Kyne's Sacred Trials (side quest)

Heartwood Mill

• Fight or Flight

Ivarstead

• Gather 10 bear pelt for Temba Wide-Arm
• Locate Reyda's remains

Riften

• A Chance Arrangement (Side quest)
• Taking care of Business (Side quest)
• Promises to Keep (Side quest)
• Recover Grimsever
• Discover Svidi's Wherabouts
• Retrieve an ore sample from Shor's Stone
• Ingun's Task
• Skooma Trade quests
  • The Raid
    • Bring a potion to Wujeeta to find information on a Skooma dealer
    • Report Sarthis Idren to the Jarl Laila Law-Giver
    • Stop the Skooma trade
  • Supply And Demand
    • Enter the Riften Warehouse and Find the Letter
    • Read the Letter to begin the Quest
    • Speak to Jarl Laila Law-Giver
    • Go to Cragsland Cavern and clear the area
    • Report back to Jarl Laila Law-Giver
• Unfathomable Depths (Side quest)
• The Book of Love (Side quest)
• Bring three flawless Amethysts to Talen-Jei
• Help Balimund
  • Bring 10 Fire Salts to Balimund
• Help Marise
  • Collect 5 Ice Wraith Teeth.
• Help Wylandriah
  • Retrieve Wylandriah's Soul Gem
  • Retrieve Wylandriah's Ingot
  • Retrieve Wylandriah's Spoon
• Embarrass Haelga
  • Obtain a Mark of Dibella from Indaryn
  • Obtain a Mark of Dibella from Hofgrir Horse-Crusher
  • Obtain a Mark of Dibella from Bolli
• Help Madesi with his business
  • Find 2 flawless sapphires for Madesi
  • Find a mammoth tusk for Madesi
  • Find Gold Ore for Madesi
• Deliver the purchase agreement to Kleppr in Markarth

Whiterun Hold

Whiterun

• Missing in Action (Side quest)
• In My Time of Need (Side quest)
• The Blessings of Nature (Side quest)
• Bring one Mammoth Tusk to Ysolda
• Talk to Mikael about Carlotta
• Argonian Ale
• A Night to Remember
• The Whispering Door

Riverwood

• The Golden Claw (side quest)
• Love Triangle

Winterhold

Winterhold (City)

• Find the Helm of Winterhold
• Assist the people of Winterhold

Winterhold, College

• Alteration Ritual Spell
• Conjuration Ritual Spell
• Destruction Ritual Spell
• Illusion Ritual Spell
• Restoration Ritual Spell
• Finding Tolfdir's Alembic
• Arniel's Endeavor
• J'zargo's Experiment
• Onmund's Request
• Daedric Relic
• Aftershock
• Out of Balance
• Fetch me that Book!
• Shalidor's Insights (Quest)
• Brelyna's Practice

Septimus Signus' Outpost

• Discerning the Transmundane

Blackreach

• A Return To Your Roots

Bounty Quests

These can be given by innkeepers when asked about work/rumors. Any of the Jarls or their steward/stewardess can give these when asked for work. A Bounty Note will be given to the Dragonborn identifing the type and location of the bounty.

Forsworn

• Kill the leader of Bilegulch Mine
• Kill the leader of Bruca's Leap Redoubt
• Kill the leader of Dragon Bridge Overlook
• Kill the leader of Druadach Redoubt
• Kill the leader of Lost Knife Hideout
• Kill the leader of Pinemoon Cave
• Kill the leader of Red Eagle Redoubt
• Kill the leader of Stony Creek Cave
• Kill the leader of Deepwood Redoubt

Bandits

• Kill the bandit leader at Broken Oar Grotto
• Kill the bandit leader at Four Skull Lookout
• Kill the bandit leader at Halted Stream Camp
• Kill the bandit leader at Nilheim
• Kill the bandit leader at Redoran's Retreat
• Kill the bandit leader at Rift Watchtower
• Kill the bandit leader at Silent Moons Camp
• Kill the bandit leader at Winter War
• Kill the bandit leader at Valtheim Towers (Journal entry may say "Valtheim Keep".)

Giant

• Kill the giant at Bleakwind Basin
• Kill the giant at Broken Limb Camp
• Kill the giant at Cradlecrush Rock
• Kill the giant at Secunda's Shelf (near Secunda's Kiss)
• Kill the giant at Sleeping Tree Camp
• Kill the giant at Guldun Rock
• Kill the giant at Steamcrag Camp
• Kill the giant at Blizzard Rest

Dragons

• Kill the dragon at Ancient's Ascent
• Kill the dragon at Autumnwatch Tower
• Kill the dragon at Bonestrewn Crest
• Kill the dragon at Dragontooth Crater
• KIll the dragon at Eldersblood Peak
• Kill the dragon at Lost Tongue Overlook
• Kill the dragon at Mount Anthor
• Kill the dragon at Northwind Summit
• Kill the dragon at Shearpoint
• Kill the dragon at Skyborn Altar

Global

• Visit the museum in Dawnstar
• Investigate the Bards College
• Find Amren's Family Sword inside Redoran's Retreat
• Find Red Eagle's sword
• Find Queen Freydis's Sword inside one of these locations Ansilvund, Cragwallow Slope, Cronvangr Hall, Lost Knife Hideout, Stony Creek Cave, Uttering Hills Cave
• Visit The College of Winterhold
• Go to Endon in Markarth and pick up the item
• Rising At Dawn

Related Pages

• Map of Skyrim
• Skyrim Locations
• Side Quests in Skyrim
• Sideways Achievement
• Daedric Shrines - Daedric Shrines in Skyrim