Skyrim:Rogatus's Letter

Deliver a letter to a farmer's son. Quest Giver: Rogatus Salvius Location(s): Salvius Farmhouse, Old Hroldan Inn Reward: 25 gold Disposition: =1 (Rogatus Salvius) ID: FreeformSalviusFarmA Difficulty: Easy

Leontius, the Prodigal Son

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Rogatus Salvius at Salvius Farm.
2. Agree to take a letter to his son.
3. Deliver Rogatus's Letter to Leontius Salvius at Old Hroldan Inn.

Detailed Walkthrough

Just Another Day on the Farm

Salvius Farmhouse is just to the east of Markarth Stables as you approach Markarth. The farm is tended by Rogatus Salvius and his wife Vigdis, and Salvius will be outside during most of the daylight hours. Speaking to him will reveal a caustic nature and a long list of complaints. At the moment, he is upset at his son who works at the Old Hroldan Inn and never visits. He'll ask you to do him a favor by delivering a letter admonishing his son for his familial neglect.

Some Things Never Change

Old Hroldan Inn is across the hold, almost directly east of Markarth. Traveling along the road will take you near a few Forsworn encampments, but should be relatively safe. It can also be approached by traveling over the mountains to the west of Rorikstead. Leontius Salvius is typically outside chopping wood or on the porch during the day. He can be found inside the inn at night. He'll thank you for the letter, wistfully reproaching the content, and pay you twenty-five gold for delivering the letter.

Notes

• This quest is nearly identical to Delivery radiant quests, but is not included in their radiant scheme.
• This quest counts towards Assist the people of the Reach.

Bugs

• Rogatus may not have any dialogue when you try to return his letter.
  • Try the usual methods, such as restarting, resetting, cache clearing, and resting. Coming back after doing other things may work as well.
• If pickpocketed back from Leontius, the letter will still be marked as a quest item and can't be dropped.
  • Typing player.removeitem 000931c2 1 into the console will remove it from the player's inventory.

Quest Stages

Rogatus's Letter (FreeformSalviusFarmA)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Objective 10: Deliver Rogatus's letter to Leonitus [sic]

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 20, 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 FreeformSalviusFarmA 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 FreeformSalviusFarmA.