Skyrim:Nerveshatter (quest)

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Track down the Daedric artifact Nerveshatter. Quest Giver: Bandit's Note on Hidden Treasure Location(s): Svarig's camp (unmarked), Crystaldrift Cave Reward: Nerveshatter ID: ccBGSSSE025_MiscQuest_Nerveshatter Added by: Saints & Seducers

A fusion of amber and madness ore is needed to find this hammer

Quick Walkthrough

1. Find more information on the bandits' mysterious leader.
2. Investigate Crystaldrift Cave.
3. Place amber and madness ore on the embers near Gadnor's body.
4. Retrieve Nerveshatter.

Detailed Walkthrough

After reading Svarig's journal during the quest Balance of Power, you are given a miscellaneous quest to learn more about the gang's mysterious benefactor. Following the quest marker directs you to a camp east of Svarig's camp. Under one of the tents you'll find a knapsack containing the Bandit's Note on Hidden Treasure, which points you to Crystaldrift Cave.

Upon entering the cave, you'll find the body of Gadnor on a stone bier, along with a small campsite. Next to the campsite is a makeshift altar to Kynareth, some minor loot, and the journal Gadnor's Last Wishes. The journal explains that, according to his wishes, a friend of Gadnor placed him here and placed an illusion over his beloved warhammer Nerveshatter. In order to reveal the hammer, one must place 1x amber and 1x madness ore on the brazier near Gadnor's bier.

Doing so will reveal Nerveshatter and you can claim your prize. When you do so, Seducer bandits will show up and attack you.

Notes

• Both amber and madness ore materials are rare, but you are guaranteed to find both if you did the quest Restoring Order. Within Solitude Sewers lies many hollowed tree stumps with a high chance to contain amber. On Thoron's desk lies a piece of madness ore. Both items can be bought from Ri'saad.
• After gaining Nerveshatter, you can take back the Amber and Madness Ore.
• Don't miss the Gadnor's Staff of Charming he holds on the rock and the Moonstone Ore Vein on the South wall half-way up the ramp.

Quest Stages

Nerveshatter (ccBGSSSE025_MiscQuest_Nerveshatter)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
2		Objective 5: Find more details on the bandits' new lead
5		Objective 10: Investigate Crystaldrift Cave
10		Objective 20: Obtain amber (<Global=ccBGSSSE025_AmberOreObtainedGlobal>/1)
20		Objective 21: Obtain madness ore (<Global=ccBGSSSE025_MadnessOreObtainedGlobal>/1)
30		Objective 30: Place amber and madness ore near Gadnor's resting place
40		Objective 40: Retrieve Nerveshatter

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 21, 200.

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 ccBGSSSE025_MiscQuest_Nerveshatter 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 ccBGSSSE025_MiscQuest_Nerveshatter.

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