Vaernima's Quest

Vaernima'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	Vaernima: destroy a lich who spurned her in its dungeon and bring its dust to her friend for the artifact.

Objectives

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

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Destroy the target in the quest dungeon, the faithless servant who spurned Vaernima	No
2	Bring the lich's dust on your hands to the quest giver's friend at the quest building in the named town for the Skull of Corruption	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
The lich is dust, and Vaernima's servant gave you the Skull of Corruption. Your sins will reach Vaernima embellished.	Scripted reward	No added gear
The days ran out, and Vaernima's Skull went to some other corruptible soul.	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
Lich	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
The Skull of Corruption	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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