Rescue Mission is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is a radiant quest that may be taken after completing the first quest in the main Companions questline. It can be repeatedly completed, if the Dragonborn asks the leaders of the Companions for work.
Rescue Hamal from Embershard Mine. She may move to the Temple of Dibella before the Dragonborn can get to her, requiring a trip to the temple's inner sanctum to finish the quest.
Rescue Heimskr from Rannveig's Fast and escort back.
Rescue Heimskr from Shimmermist Cave and escort back.
Rescue Olfina Gray-Mane from Moldering Ruins and escort her back to Whiterun.
Rescue Olfina Grey-Mane from Serpent's Bluff Redoubt and escort her back to Whiterun.
Rescue Olfina Grey-Mane from Shimmermist Cave and escort her back to Whiterun.
Rescue Orgnar from Serpent's Bluff Redoubt and escort back.
Rescue Orla from Halted Stream Camp and escort back. If one waits or fast travels and Orla returns to the Temple of Dibella without taking leave of her, one may need to pick an Expert-locked door to complete the mission.
Rescue Ysolda from Serpent's Bluff Redoubt and escort back.
Rescue Ysolda from Shimmermist Cave.
Journal[]
Rescue Mission – CR08
ID
Journal Entry
10
<Alias=Victim> has been kidnapped and taken to <Alias=Lair>. I need to get <Alias.PronounObj=Victim> back to <Alias=VictimHome>.
Objective 10: Rescue <Alias=Victim> from <Alias=Lair>
20
Objective 20: Talk to <Alias=Victim>
21
Objective 21: Escort <Alias=Victim> back to <Alias=VictimHome>
22
Objective 22: Take your leave of <Alias=Victim>
25
I rescued <Alias=Victim> from <Alias=Lair> and escorted <Alias.PronounObj=Victim> back to <Alias=VictimHome>.
Objective 25: Return to <Alias=ShortName=Questgiver>
50
I found <Alias=Victim> in <Alias=Lair> but <Alias.Pronoun=Victim> died.
Objective 25: Return to <Alias.ShortName=Questgiver>
100
Quest complete
150
Quest failed
250
Quest failed
Trivia[]
Unlike the other radiant quests from the Companions, once this quest is offered, it cannot be declined; the Dragonborn must finish it in order to get other quests from the Companions.
If Dragonborn is installed, then there is a small chance that either the kidnapped character's location may take place on Solstheim, or their destination may be on Solstheim. If the kidnapped character lives on Solstheim, then they might be called citizens of Skyrim by Vilkas and Skjor, even though Solstheim technically belongs to the Province of Morrowind.
Bugs[]
This section contains bugs related to Rescue Mission. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:
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The quest can become stuck and continuously loop objective 22 if the NPC partially or completely exits the cell they are found in.
Killing the NPC will fail the quest and can be started again, as it is a radiant quest.
PC (Fix) Use the console commandsplayer.moveto "refID", where the refID is that of the NPC (without quotations), followed by setstage cr08 25 to advance the quest.
If the victim NPS is Eltrys and the quest "The Forsworn Conspiracy" has been completed, Eltrys will have been killed and will not be present at the provided location. This is also applicable for any NPC who was previously killed.
PC (Fix) Use the console command completequest cr08 or setstage cr08 25
If the victim NPC is Fruki, her cage may already be open but she will only reach a certain part of the cave and not be able to exit.
Reload a save before entering the cave.
The victim NPC may not move after being reached.
Proceed to the victim's home and the quest will update.
Feeding on Belthor as a vampire may cause this quest to start and Belthor will say "Thanks for rescuing me". There is no way to complete the quest.
360 When entering Shimmermist Cave, the victim NPC may not be captive but rather walking around in the first open room past the bridge and water, usually with a Chaurus. The NPC will be unable to be talked to. Clearing out the cave will update the journal to "Talk to <Alias=Victim>", but any attempt to do so results in the NPC merely repeating their default scripting.
360 (Fix) Open the victim NPC's inventory by pickpocketing them, then exiting their inventory. This will update the quest and the victim NPC will act as normal.
When trying to rescue some NPCs, the location will not be shown by the marker. After clearing the cave the quest will advance to objective 20. However, the NPC will not be inside the cave.
PC (Fix) Use the console command completequest cr08 or setstage cr08 25.
Upon entering Whiterun to the immediate right is a small area with a barrel on the west wall. Climb this barrel and jump over the wall to the north outside of the cell. From here some glitched NPCs can be accessible by walking towards their marker. Complete the needed objective of talking to them then fast travel to where they need to go after this. It may be necessary to enter and then exit a building in the area for the quest to update.
If the victim NPC is spoken to before all enemies in the dungeon have been killed, they may follow but the quest will not update upon arrival to their home.
Kill all enemies in the dungeon before proceeding to talk to the victim NPC.
