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Barenziah's Book

Barenziah's Book is a quest.

Details

Property	Description
Giver	Main
Membership	Any
Requirements	None (story-driven)
Summary	Recover a lost chapter of Queen Barenziah's biography from Orsinium Map and necromancers at Scourg Barrow Map.

Objectives

Use the location names in your quest journal. Follow map markers when they are available.

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Answer Queen Queen Barenziah's letter at Castle Wayrest Map	No
2	Find the lost chapter of Queen Queen Barenziah's biography in the dungeons of Orsinium Map	No
3	Take the chapter back from the Necromancers in Scourg Barrow Map, in the Dragontail Mountains Map	No
4	Bring the chapter to Queen Queen Barenziah at Castle Wayrest Map	No
5	Or bring the chapter to Gortwog in Orsinium Map, as he asked	Yes

Outcomes

Added gear requires a successful quest payment and a qualifying outcome. Quest mail alone does not count as payment.

Outcome	Gold multiplier	Gear choice
Queen Queen Barenziah has her chapter, and warned you that Gortwog is after the Totem of Tiber Septim.	100%	Yes
Gortwog has the chapter of Queen Barenziah's book, and the Queen of Wayrest Map will not soon forgive you.	100%	Yes
You turned down Queen Queen Barenziah.	No added payment	No
The lost chapter of Queen Barenziah's biography was never recovered.	No added payment	No

With Questlines enabled, these outcomes control the added rewards. Gold multipliers apply only to gold the quest actually pays. A gear choice offers a weapon, armour and jewellery; keep one. See Quest rewards and loot for rarity, payment and online reward rules.

See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.

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