Oblivion Walker Achievement

Overview

My personal guide to getting all 15 daedric artifacts.

Oblivion Walker

This my quick guide on how to get all 15 Daedric Artifacts (DA for short) to unlock the achievement. Need to be at least level 30 to get them all as quickly as possible, Boethiah’s Calling is the last one to become unlocked at level 30. This guide includes the DAs. thier powers, and quick walkthrough of the attached quest.

Daedric Artifacts (DAs)

• Even though there are seventeen possible artifacts to get, the Skeleton Key and Rueful Axe does not count towards the Oblivion Walker achievement.
  [*Do not have to have all DAs on you, just need to complete the quests and have them on you or in a chest.
• Can only be achieved by 1 character, not shared between multiple characters.
• DA’s can’t be destroyed for their enchantments.
• DA’s can be sold, if wanted to do so.
• Guards may make comments towards you, if DAs are equipped.

Using Console Commands

• If quest gets bugged or need to start over use command, example below.
  • setstage DA01 10
• You can try using commands to get the DAs, but won’t trigger achievement. Need to complete quests to trigger the game to give you the items.
  • player.additem 0063B27 1 (example)
  • 00063B27 – Azura’s Star
  • 00063b29 – The Black Star
  • 0004A38F – Ebony Blade
  • 000D2846 – Masque of Clavicus Vile
  • 0001C4E6 – Rueful Axe (doesn’t count towards as DA towards achievement).
  • 0001A332 – Oghma Infinium
  • 0002ac61 – Savior’s Hide
  • 0002ACD2 – Volendrung
  • 000240D2 – Mehrunes’ Razor
  • 00052794 – Ebony Mail
  • 0004E4EE – Dawnbreaker
  • 000233E3 – Mace of Molag Bal
  • 0002C37B – Ring of Namira
  • 0003a070 – Skeleton Key (doesn’t count towards as DA towards achievement).
  • 00045f96 – Spellbreaker
  • 0001cb36 – Sanguine Rose
  • 0002ac6f – Wabbajack
  • 0002AC60 – Hircine’s Ring
  • 00035066 – Skull of Corruption

DA01 Black Star, Quest Black Star

Black Star (Necalear) or Azura’s Star (Aranea)
Black Star counts as DA, Azura’s Star doesn’t

Quest Giver – Aranea Ienith

Quick Walkthrough

• Starts out as a miscellaneous quest to go visit the Shrine of Azura. (If completed and you got Azura’s Star, just restart the quest by using command setstage da01 10 to start the miscellaneous quest).
• Visit the Shrine of Azura, find the Elven mage in Aranea’s Vision.
• The Elven Mage, Nelacar, can be found in the Frozen Hearth Inn located in Winterhold.
  • To find Azura’s Star, head to Illalta’s Deep.
  • Need to return to Nelacar to get the Black Star

  

DA02 Ebony Mail, Quest Boethiah’s Calling

Enchanted with muffle, inflicts 5 points of poison damage per second to nearby enemies, and a shadowy effect when sneaking.

Quick Walkthrough

• Getting the quest started
  • Reaching level 30 will spawn a book Boethiah’s Proving around Skyrim
  • Killing a Boethiah follower will have a copy of the book on the corpse.
  • Going straight to the Sacellum of Boethiah, bypassing the other two.
• Find the Shrine and cult of Boethiah.
• Lead someone to become trapped by the shrine and slay them.
  • Just go to any inn, hire a mercenary, take them to the shrine. Interact with them, click wait here, and then click on the pole.
• Speak to Boethiah’s Conduit.
• Slay everyone at Knifepoint Ridge (doesn’t have to be stealthily).
• Retrieve and equip the Ebony Mail.

DA03 Rueful Axe or Masque of Clavicus Vile, Quest A Daedra’s Best Friend

Rueful Axe does 20 points of Stamina damage.
Masque of Clavicus Vile fortifies barter 20 points, fortifies speech 10 points, and fortifies magicka regeneration 5 points.

Quick Walkthrough

• Receive quest once you reach level 10.
• A guard or Lod himself will come up to you and say he has been looking for a dog (Barbas) who can be found west of Falkreath along the road beyond the fork where he will approach you.
• Travel to the Shrine of Clavicus Vile.
• Join Barbas outside Haemar’s Shame.
• Retrieve the Rueful Axe with Barbas.
• Return to the Shrine of CLavicus Vile with Barbas and the Rueful Axe.
• Give the Axe to Clavicus Vile or kill Barbas with the Rueful Axe.
  • Masque of Clavicus Vile counts as a DA.
  • Rueful Axe does not count as a DA.
• Speak to Clavicus Vile.

DA04 Oghma Infinium, Quest Discerning the Transmundane

• After reading the book, the option to choose a path will not be given again. Each path add five skill levels to six skills
  • Path of Might – heavy armor, one-handed, smithing, two-handed, archery, block.
  • Path of Shadow – light armor, speech, pickpocket, alchemy, sneak, lock picking.
  • Path of Magic – destruction, restoration, conjuration, illusion, alteration, enchanting.
  

  Quest Giver – Septimus Signus found in Signus’ Outpost above College of Winterhold.

  Quick Walkthrough

• To start the quest (3 options)
  • Runs along with the quest Elder Knowledge.
  • Speak to Urag in the College of Winterhold.
  • Head directly to Septimus Signus’s Outpost.
• Find Septimus Signus.
• Transcribe the Lexicon.
• Give Lexicon to Signus.
• Harvest Blood from High Elf (Altmer), Wood Elf (Bosmer), Dark Elf (Dunmer), Wood Elf (Bosmer), Falmer, and Orc Blood (Orsimer)
  • Halted Stream Camp Falmer and (Dead corpse laying in a pit, go through the back door).
  • The locations below, are the locations I went to get the blood.
  • Orc, just go to any Orc stronghold and stealth kill, in and out.
• Bring blood to Septimus.
• Take the Oghma Infinium.

DA05 Saviors Hide and/or Ring of Hircine, Quest ill Met By Moonlight

Savrios Hide Increase magic resistance by 15% and poison resistance by 50%.
Ring of Hircine grants the wearer unlimited werewolf transformations per day, in werewolf form.

Quest Giver – Mathies or Sinding

Quick Walkthrough

• Starting out
  • While in Falkreath, you may hear rumors of the savage murder of a little girl.
  • Walk to the graveyard on the edge of town where her parents are holding a funeral and talk to them.
• Speak to Sinding
• Kill the great beast (The White Stag)
• Begin the hunt
• Join the Hunt
• Kill and Skin Sinding
• Kill the hunters
• Talk to Sinding
• Speak to Hircine.

DA06 Volendrung, Quest The Cursed Tribe

Absorb 50 points of stamina damage per hit.

Quest Giver – Atub in Largashbur (Orc stronghold).

Quick Walkthrough

• Available once player reaches level 9.
• Travel to Largshbur and speak to Atub.
• Bring troll fat and a daedra heart to Atub.
  • I was able to get a daedra heart and troll fat from Shrine of Mehrunes Dragon
• Observe Atub’s Ritual.
• Speak to Yamarz and follow or meet him at Fallowstone Cave.
• Defeat the Giant and grab the hammer.
• Once you grab the hammer, Yamarz will attack you.
• Return the Hammer to Largashbur and place it on the shrine.
• Leave hammer on the shrine or take it.

DA07 Mehrunes’ Razor, Quest Pieces of the Past

Has a 1.98% chance to instantly kill any opponent, except for Miraak and Karstagg.

Quest Giver – Silus Vesuius who lives in Dawnstar where he operates a museum inside his home.

Quick Walk through

• Available once you reach level 20.
• Speak to Sinding
• Available once player reaches level 20.
• Help Silus recover and reforge Mehrunes’ Razor.
• Speak to Silus inside his house.
• Retrieve the following piecess
  • Pommel of Mehrunes’ Razor – Located in Dead Crone Rock in Markarth. Kill Drascua and search her corpse.
    • Dead Crone Rock has a Word Wall at the top of the tower guarded by the hagraven Drascua.
  • Blade shards of Mehrunes’ Razor – Cracked Tusk Keep, a bandit stronghold west of Falkreath.
  • Hilt of Mehrunes’ Razor – Can be located in Morthal in Jorgen’s house. Pick the novice-level locked door and then pick an adept-locked chest in Jorgen’s house.
• Bring all pieces back to Silus and meet him at the Shrine of Mehrunes’ Dragon
• Speak to Mehrunes’ Dragon
• Even though its optional, you must kill Silus in order to receive the Mehrunes’ Blade.

DA08 Ebony Blade, Quest The Whispering Door

Two-handed, absorbs 10 points of health from enemies per hit. Can only be upgraded by slaying friendly characters (persons favor that has been completed). Increasing the absorbed health points to a maximum of 30 points.

Quest Giver Hulda who can be found in the Banned Moore in Whiterun

Quick Walk Through

• Must complete Dragon Rising and be level 20 or higher to start quest.
• Speak with Hulda at the Banned More in Whiterun until she mentions something about Balgruul’s strange children.
  • Keep Hulda asking about any work or rumors until it pops up.
  • it begins as a miscellaneous quest.
• Speak to Balgruuf.
• Go and speak Nelkir.
• Listen to the whispering door.
• Speak to Nelkir.
• Obtain the key to the whispering door from Farengar (pickpocket or kill him).
• Open the whispering door.
• Retrieve the Ebony Blade.

DA09 Dawnbreaker, Quest The Break of Dawn

Sets enemies on fire while dealing even more damage to undead like draugr and vampires. Chance to make undead explode upon death and set nearby enemies on fire.

Quest Giver: Meridia, Statue of Merdia, west of Solitude.

Quick Walkthrough

• Quest becomes available at level 12.
• Obtain Meridia’s beacon.
• Return Meridia’s becaon to Mount Kilkrearth.
• Replace the beacon.
• Guide Meridia’s light through the temple.
  • Follow the light.
  • Active pedestals to guide the light.
• Retrieve the dawnbreaker

DA10 Mace of Molag Bal, Quest The House of Horrors

Deals 25 points of damage to stamina and magicka. If the target dies within 3 seconds, it fills a soul gem.

Quest Giver – Vigilant Tyranus who can be found in Markarth
Quick Walkthrough

• After entering Markarth, Tyranus will ask for help to search an abandoned house for evidence of daedric activity.
• Search the abandoned house
• Tyranus will stop talking, immediately after there will be loud noises coming from downstairs.
• Tryanus will try to run and leave the house, but it’s locked.
• When you try to leave, you will hear a voice that only you can hear: “No. Kill him. Crush his bones. Tear at his flesh. You will kill. You will kill, or you will die!”
• Find the priest of Boethiah (Logrolf the Willful) from a random forsworn camp, and bring him back to the abandoned house to only kill him, and afterwards speak to Molag Bal.
• Must kill the priest to receive the Mace of Molag Bal

DA11 Ring of Namira, Quest The Taste of Death

Ring of Namira grants the user with a 50 point stamina boost and the bonus of feeding on corpses granting +50 health and +50% health regeneration.

Quest Giver – Eola who can be found in the Hall of the Dead.

Quick Walkthrough

• Upon entering Markarth you will hear rumors that the Hall of the Dead has been closed, preventing people from entering.
• Go to the Silver-Blood Inn and speak to Kleppr behind the bar.
• Investigate and speak to Verulus about the Hall of Dead being safe.
• Clear The Draugr from Reachcliff Cave and speak to Eola.
• Return to Verulus to convince her to follow you and lead her to the Shrine of Namira to kill and feast on her.

DA12, Skeleton Key, Trinity Restored/Blindsighted/Darkness Returns

Skeleton Key is an unbreakable lockpick that can be kept indefinitely so long as you elect to delay the Thieves Guild questline.

Trinity Restored/Blindsighted/Darkness Returns are all quests completed through the Thieves Guild. Thieves Guild Quests[elderscrolls.fandom.com]

Quick Walkthrough

• Must have complete The Quest The Pursuit given by Karliah.
• Trinity Restored.
  • Listen to Karliah.
  • Meet Karliah at the standing stone.
  • Activate the armor stone.
  • Equip the Nightingale Armor.
  • Stand on the vacant Floor Glyph.
  • Speak to Karliah and Brynjolf.
• Blindsighted
  • Speak to Karliah
  • Travel to Irkngthand
  • Located and Slay Mercer Frey
  • Retrieve the Skeleton Key
  • Escape Irkngthand
  • Speak to Karliah
  • Bulleted list
• Darkness Returns
  • Enter the Twilight Sepulcher.
  • Speak to the Nightingale Sentinel.
  • Follow the Pilgrim’s Path.
  • Retrieve Nystrom’s Journal.
  • Return the Skeleton Key to Ebonmere.
  • Listen to Nocturnal.
  • Speak to Karliah.
  • Choose Nightingale Robe.

  
  
  

DA13, Spellbreaker, The Only Cure

Spellbreaker, when blocking, produces a ward-like effect that protects the user from 50 points of magic damage. No protection against Dwarven steam attacks.

Quest Giver – Kesh the Clean found at Shrine of Peryite.

Quick Walkthrough

• Quest Prererquists
  • level 10 – Obtained randomly with an encounter with one of the Afflicted (humanoid races) can be found in dwemer ruins of Bthardamz.
  • Level 12 – Get the quest from Kesh at the Shrine to Peryite.
• Need to obtain the following items.
  • Can find items easily at merchant shops around Skyrim or use commands to save some time.
  • Vampire dust (0003AD76).
  • Deathbell flower (000516C8).
  • Silver ignot (0005ACE3).
  • Flawless ruby (00068522).
• Deliver the ingredients.
• Inhale the fumes.
• Kill Orchendor and report the death to Peryite.

DA14 Sanguine Rose, Quest A Night To Remember

Sanguine Rose summons a leveled dremora to fight for the wielder for sixty seconds.

Quest Giver – Sam Guevenne who appears in Inn’s after level 14.

Quick Walkthrough

• First need to reach level 14.
• Once at level 14, Sam will be found in basically any Inn that is closests to the player.
• Accept the drinking contest from Sam.
• Will wake up you will find yourself in the temple of Dibella in Markarth.
• Help clean up the temple of Dibella
• Ask about Same and the staff in Rorikstead
• Talk to Ysolda in Whiterun about the staff
• Head to Morvunskar and search for Sam and the Staff
• Receive your reward from the Daedric Lord Sanguine

DA15 Wabbajack, Quest The Mind of Madness

Wabbajack shoots a blast with an unpredictable effect.

Quest Giver – Dervenin a homeless man who can be found in Solitude who requests that you help his master return from vacation.

Quick Walkthrough

• Gain access to the Pelaguis Wing of the Blue Palace.
• Use the key to gain access to the Pelaguis Wing.
• Search for Dervenin’s master in the Pelaguis Wing.
• Use the Wabbajack to escape from Pelaguis’ mind.

DA16 Skull of Corruption, Quest A Waking Nightmare

Skull of Corruption deals 20 points of damage but increases to 50 if powered with dreams collected from sleeping people. Can damage multiple targets at once.

Quick Walkthrough

• Learn of the nightmares of people of Dawnstar
• Follow Erandur to the Night Caller Temple (or fast travel/ sprint there then fast forward time).
• Fight your way with Erandur to the library and find the book The Dreamstride.
• Located and drink Vaermina’s Torpor in the laboratory
• Find and activate the chain that will release the Miasma
• Take the soul gem to stop the force field
• Make your way to the sanctum and kill Veren Duleri and Thorek
• Choose whether or not to kill Erandur.
  • Kill Erandur to get the staff.