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Nocturnal's Quest

Nocturnal's Quest is a quest.

Details

Property	Description
Giver	Daedra Princes
Membership	Any
Requirements	None (a Prince's summoning, on its day of the year)
Summary	Nocturnal: slay a monster in its stronghold to ease Nocturnal's pain, and gather three treasures that were its price.

Objectives

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

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Slay the target in the stronghold of the quest dungeon and ease Nocturnal's pain	No
2	Find Auriel's Bow, the price of the target's life, in the quest dungeon	Yes
3	Find the Warlock's Ring, the price of the target's life, in the quest dungeon	Yes
4	Find the Staff of Magnus, the price of the target's life, in the quest dungeon	Yes
5	Meet Nocturnal's slave the quest giver's friend at the quest building in the named town for the Skeleton's Key	No

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
You took the target's bribe, killed the mage anyway, and still walked off with Nocturnal's Skeleton's Key.	Scripted reward	No added gear
The target is dead, Nocturnal rests easier, and her Skeleton's Key is yours.	Scripted reward	No added gear
You sold Nocturnal's bargain for the target's bribe, and the mage lives on.	No added payment	No
The contract with Nocturnal lapsed unfulfilled.	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.

Possible quest foes

Foe	Group size
Mage	1
Frost Daedra	1

These are the script’s possible foe groups, including conditional encounters. They are not all guaranteed to appear together; repeated attacks and ordinary dungeon enemies can add more. Follow a foe’s reference for its combat rules before choosing weapons.

Artifact loot

Artifact	Acquisition
Skeleton's Key	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices
Auriel's Bow	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices
Warlock's Ring	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices
Staff of Magnus	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices

These are quest-script items, separate from ordinary enemy or chest drops. When the quest selects an artifact route, the listed artifacts are alternatives rather than a reward bundle.

See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.

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