What the Thread Is Worth (questline step)

What the Thread Is Worth is a step of The Thirteenth of Frostfall.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Questline	The Thirteenth of Frostfall
Previous step	Three Stars
Wait after previous step	At least one game hour
Minimum level	6+
Season	only while the Witches' Festival runs (20 Oct to 7 Nov 2026)
Play mode	Online
Account	Registered account required
Offered by	Morwen, a Wyrd Sister of Glenmoril

Objectives

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

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Tell Morwen of Glenmoril at the named town what the spindle is worth	No
2	Sell the spindle to the mage of the Mages Guild at the quest hall in the named town	No
3	Take the spindle to the priest, a priest of Arkay, at the quest temple in the named town	No

Choices

Decision	Choice
What is the Bluff's spindle of starlit thread worth?	Burn it in Hircine's fire
What is the Bluff's spindle of starlit thread worth?	Sell it to the Mages Guild
What is the Bluff's spindle of starlit thread worth?	Take it to the priests of Arkay

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 burned the covens' spindle in Hircine's fire, and the starlight went back where it came from. Glenmoril will not forget it.	75%	Yes
You sold the covens' spindle to the Mages Guild, who paid well and will want to know how it was made.	125%	Yes; one reward tier higher
You took the covens' spindle to the priests of Arkay, and they cut its thread through.	100%	Yes
Morwen of Glenmoril settled the spindle's fate without you.	No added payment	No

Outcome	Change type	Target	Change
You burned the covens' spindle in Hircine's fire, and the starlight went back where it came from. Glenmoril will not forget it.	Faction reputation	The Glenmoril Witches	+10
You took the covens' spindle to the priests of Arkay, and they cut its thread through.	Faction reputation	The Order of Arkay	+5

Named gear

Outcome	Item	Base item
You burned the covens' spindle in Hircine's fire, and the starlight went back where it came from. Glenmoril will not forget it.	Morwen's Hunt-Charm	Amulet
You sold the covens' spindle to the Mages Guild, who paid well and will want to know how it was made.	Starglass Rod	Staff
You took the covens' spindle to the priests of Arkay, and they cut its thread through.	Thread-Cutter	Dagger

A named reward uses its listed base only if your class can equip it; otherwise the fitted reward has a different base and no special name.

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.

Previous step: Three Stars.

Online, a failed outcome does not apply its faction-reputation penalties. Legal-standing changes and choices made during the quest are separate.

Scripted gold

Payment	Base amount (gold)
Gold payment	300–600

These are the script’s unscaled payment ranges, before the outcome multiplier and any party split. A payment still requires its quest objective or branch; the listed payments are not automatically awarded together.

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