Skyrim:Kyne's Sacred Trials

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Participate in Kyne's Sacred Trials by hunting the guardian beasts of Skyrim. Quest Giver: Froki Whetted-Blade Location(s): Froki's Shack Reward: Kyne's Token ID: dunHunterQST Suggested Spells: Fire Damage Suggested Level: 20 Difficulty: Medium

The Guardian Mudcrab

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Froki Whetted-Blade.
2. Defeat the Guardian Mudcrab, Guardian Skeever and Guardian Wolf.
3. Return to Froki.
4. Defeat the Guardian Bear, Guardian Mammoth and Guardian Sabre Cat.
5. Return to Froki.
6. Defeat the Guardian Troll.
7. Return to Froki.

Detailed Walkthrough

Visit Froki's Shack and speak to Froki, a hunter. He will lament the worship of the Divines and pine over the old Nordic traditions that honor Kyne. If you agree, he'll grant you a blessing to seek out the guardian beasts of Skyrim and perform the Sacred Trials of Kyne. All the guardian beasts are unseen until you engage in the quest and inhabit areas populated by normal creatures of their same species. You'll have to go out and hunt the lesser beasts first before he gives you the set of greater beasts to hunt. The final trial is to hunt and kill Kyne's troll champion. If you struggled with the guardian mammoth, this part is potentially even more difficult. The troll spirit is inside Graywinter Watch and will almost immediately attack alongside two other normal trolls making this a tough fight for lower level players. It is a very small cave and if you sneak on entering, all three can be picked off from the entrance (fire bow recommended). Any sort of fire damage is useful on all the creatures involved in this quest, especially the trolls. Two dead bandits have minor loot, alongside Froki's bow (on a barrel). Froki will reward you with Kyne's Token upon completion of the quest.

Guardian Beast Locations

• Mudcrab Guardian Spirit - Whiterun Hold, just west of Broken Fang Cave, and southeast of Gjukar's Monument (map)
• Skeever Guardian Spirit - The Pale, around the Windward Ruins (map)
• Wolf Guardian Spirit - Falkreath Hold, unmarked wolf den southwest of The Guardian Stones (map)
• Ursine Guardian - Falkreath Hold, south of Knifepoint Ridge (map)
• Mammoth Guardian Spirit - Whiterun Hold, unmarked Mammoth graveyard just west of Loreius Farm (map)
• Sabre Cat Guardian Spirit - Winterhold, just west of Bleakcoast Cave (map)
• Guardian Troll Spirit - Whiterun Hold, inside Graywinter Watch (map)

Notes

• You can use the Animal Allegiance shout on all the guardians, thus making them stand there while you kill them.
• You can find Froki's bow inside Graywinter Watch. He'll allow you to keep it if you tell him you found it.
• The Guardian Bear is located near two interesting features:
  • A fairy circle of white caps with a copy of Father Of The Niben and a random staff laying in it.
  • A shrine of Akatosh with a copy of Tragedy in Black at its base.
• From the guardian sabre cat follow the face of the ice wall southwest. A novice-locked chest and a copy of 2920, Rain's Hand, v4 can be found in a small alcove to the southeast.
• Difficulty for this quest is based on the ability to kill a mammoth. If you're able to kill one in open combat you should be able to handle this quest. Alternatively, the mammoth can be killed by ranged attacks from the hill to the north.
• Despite being spectral in appearance, the guardian spirits seem to retain all aspects of their represented species and are killable with normal weapons. They leave behind ghostly remains, but the loot table matches their represented species as well.
• If you decline this quest, Froki will not offer it to you again, but the decline option remains in your dialogue choices.
  • If you back out before Froki offers the quest, it is as if you declined the quest.
  • Running "setstage dunHunterQST 21" should allow you to do the quest if you are in this situation.
• If you own Lakeview Manor, on your return it may be attacked by bandits, which can engage in combat and kill Guardian Wolf and his pack. Still, the quest will progress as normal.
• Although Froki says "you can count me as a friend" upon completing the quest, there is no change to his disposition, and low-value items in his house are still marked as stolen.
• An Emperor Crab Guardian Spirit is added by the Fishing Creation, although it's unrelated to this quest.

Bugs

• When asking Froki "What should I do now" after being assigned to hunt the guardian troll, his response may loop indefinitely. Exiting the conversation breaks the loop.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 2.0.4, fixes this bug.
• If you don't mention finding his bow before informing him you killed the Guardian Troll, there is no dialogue about it.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 2.0.4, fixes this bug.
• Froki's Bow respawns, making it possible to own multiple copies of this unique weapon.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 1.3.2, fixes this bug.

Quest Stages

Kyne's Sacred Trials (dunHunterQST)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
20		I met an old Nord named Froki who offered to guide me through the Sacred Trials of Kyne.
21		I met an old Nord hunter named Froki who told me about Kyne's Sacred Trials. He has marked me so that the guardian skeever, wolf and mudcrab should appear to me when I visit their lairs. Objective 30: Defeat the Guardian Mudcrab Objective 31: Defeat the Guardian Skeever Objective 32: Defeat the Guardian Wolf
50		I met a hunter named Froki who sent me on Kyne's Sacred Trials. I have defeated the first three guardian beasts as instructed. Objective 50: Return to Froki
51		The Nord hunter Froki is guiding me through the Sacred Trials of Kyne. I defeated the first group of guardians and have been tasked to seek out the guardian bear, sabrecat and mammoth spirits. Objective 60: Defeat the Guardian Bear Objective 61: Defeat the Guardian Mammoth Objective 62: Defeat the Guardian Sabre Cat
70		The Nord hunter Froki is guiding me through Kyne's Sacred Trials. I have defeated several guardian spirits as instructed. Objective 70: Return to Froki
71		The Nord hunter Froki is guiding me through the Sacred Trials of Kyne. I have defeated several spirit guardians and have now been asked to seek out the Troll guardian as my final challenge. Objective 80: Defeat the Guardian Troll
80		The Nord hunter Froki guided me through the Sacred Trials of Kyne. I have defeated the final guardian, a troll spirit. Objective 100: Return to Froki
100	Finishes quest	The Nord hunter Froki is guiding me through the Sacred Trials of Kyne. I had to defeat the guardian spirits of many beasts, and was rewarded with the Blessing of Kyne.
200	Fails quest

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 10, 15, 30, 31, 32, 60, 61, 62.

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage dunHunterQST stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest dunHunterQST.

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