Morrowind:Fargoth's Hiding Place

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1 Quick Walkthrough
2 Detailed Walkthrough
3 Notes
4 Quest Stages

Find out where good ol' Fargoth is hiding his money.^edit

Quest Giver: Hrisskar Flat-Foot at Arrille's Tradehouse in Seyda Neen
Location(s): Seyda Neen
Prerequisite Quest: Fargoth's Ring
Reward: 100 gold, Engraved Ring of Healing, Journeyman's Lockpick
Disposition: +40 Disposition
ID: MS_Lookout

Not just an ordinary tree stump...

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

Talk with Arrille at Arrille's Tradehouse to find out about Hrisskar Flat-Foot's money troubles.
Talk with Hrisskar about finding Fargoth's hiding place.
Observe Fargoth at night and locate his hidden stash.
Return to Hrisskar for a petty reward.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] A Nord's Money Troubles

In the starting town of Seyda Neen, you can find out from Arrille that Hrisskar Flat-Foot has been having money troubles lately. Hrisskar, in the bar upstairs, will reveal that he believes Fargoth, who he regularly bullies for money, has been holding out on him and he asks you to help find Fargoth's hidden stash.

[edit] Lighthouse Lookout

If you wait until night and stand on the lighthouse you can watch Fargoth (around 10 PM) sneak to his secret hiding spot in the stump of a tree in the muddy swamp you can see from the lighthouse. This only happens if you have the quest from Hrisskar. Climb down and check out Fargoth's hiding place: the tree stump will contain 300 gold, a journeyman's lockpick, and possibly Fargoth's Engraved Ring of Healing (if you gave it back to him in the Fargoth's Ring quest).

[edit] Return to Hrisskar

Return to Hrisskar to complete the quest. He will take the 300 gold and give you back 100 for your troubles.

[edit] Notes

You could simply choose to not complete the quest by not returning to Hrisskar with the gold and keep everything from Fargoth's horde. The extra 200 gold is a handy sum when starting off. Of course, once funding becomes a bit larger, you can return to Hrisskar and give him the gold to complete the quest.
Upstairs in the lighthouse, there's an Unarmored skill book, The Wraith's Wedding Dowry – don't forget to read it while you're there.
If you rest in the town itself (not in a building or bed), Fargoth will stay in his "sneak" pose and refuse to speak to you even once it's daytime.
If you ask Fargoth himself about his hiding place, it will lower your disposition with him by 10 points, even after completing the quest.
When you are at the top of the light house, as soon as Fargoth starts to sneak you can jump down and he will go into the swamp regardless of your presence.

[edit] Quest Stages

These Codes can be used along with the Journal Console Command and Quest ID given above the chart(s) to update the quest to a certain point.

MS_Lookout
Index	Journal Entry
10	Hrisskar Flat-Foot asked me to do him a favor. He believes that Fargoth has been hiding money from the Imperials, and he'd like to know where it's gone. If I will work for him, he will give me a share of the bounty.
20	I've agreed to help Hrisskar find the money that Fargoth has been hiding away. I am supposed to keep an eye on him from atop the lighthouse in town, and watch where he goes. Hrisskar believes I should watch him at night. I'm not supposed to approach him at any time. I should then retrace his footsteps and find out where he's hidden the money. When I've found it, I should report back to Hrisskar.
30	I've decided not to help Hrisskar.
40	I've found Fargoth's hidden stash. He keeps it in a hollow treestump in a muck pond in town.
100	Hrisskar was grateful that I found the money that Fargoth had been hiding. He rewarded me with some gold, and told me I could keep anything else I found in the bag besides the money he wanted.