Oblivion:Fathis Ules

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Fathis Ules (RefID: 0000391B)
Home City	Imperial City, Elven Gardens District
Store	South-west courtyard, behind Fathis Ules' House.
Race	Dunmer	Gender	Male
Level	21	Class	Thieves Guild Fence
RefID	0000391B	BaseID	0002BA47
Services
Available	24 hrs/day every day
Merchant
Gold	1500	Mercantile	Master (100)
Sells	Weapons, Ammunition, Armor, Lockpicks
Buys	Armor Clothing Weapons Ingredients Potions Books Apparatus Misc. Items Magic Items
Other Information
Health	150	Magicka	155
Respons.	25	Aggress.	6
Essential	Always
Faction(s)	Fences; Eight Cities Couriers Customers; Fathis Ules; IC Citizens; Thieves Guild (Master ThiefMaster Thief ); Chorrol Citizen

Fathis Ules

Fathis Ules is a Dunmer Thieves' Guild fence in the Imperial City. He has a house in the Elven Gardens District.

Because Fathis is a Thieves Guild fence, his barter services are only available after you have joined the guild and been promoted to the rank of Master Thief (by completing the quest Arrow of Extrication). He is the best fence in the guild; with 1500 gold, Fathis has more gold than any other merchant in the basic version of the game. However, he is also a master in Mercantile and therefore other fences are more profitable for selling low-value items.

Fathis tends to spend a lot of time wandering around the Imperial City, which can make him somewhat difficult to find. As long as the Sins of the Father quest is not active (during which he can be found at the Oak and Crosier, his schedule is:

• 5am-11am every day he sleeps in Dul gro-Shug's private quarters (although he does not have a key to the house, so he will often spend long periods waiting outside)
• 11am-1pm every day he eats lunch in The King and Queen Tavern in the Elven Gardens District
• 1pm-5pm on Tirdas and Turdas he spends in the Arboretum District; every other day of the week in the Market District
• 5pm-7pm every day he eats dinner at The Tiber Septim Hotel in the Talos Plaza District
• 7pm-11pm Sundas he goes to the Temple of the One in the Temple District
• 7pm-5am every day (except 7pm-11pm Sundas) he provides services in one of two places:
  • Before the Thieves Guild quest line is complete, he sits on his vendor chest behind his house in the Elven Gardens District.
  • After the completion of the quest The Ultimate Heist he wanders around in the Thieves' Guild Hall in the Waterfront District.

[edit] Bugs

• He will offer services in each of these locations, but he will not offer services while he is traveling from one location to another. For example, if he is stuck standing outside of Dul gro-Shug's house, he is considered to still be traveling and therefore does not offer services. However, you can pick the lock on the door, and the game registers it as "unlocked" so Fathis can enter and deal with you.

• If you have completed Legacy Lost, Fathis travels to Chorrol, and you can find him at The Oak and Crosier. There is a bug once you complete Sins of the Father, that may cause Fathis to be stuck in Chorrol, and may refuse to deal with you. This bug carries on even if you are wearing the Gray Fox's cowl, giving you the Gray Fox's identity. He will still refuse to speak with you.
  • This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Oblivion Patch. ( for more information see : Sins of the Father )

• There are also additional bugs with Fathis' behavior. The official patches do not fix any of them. PC users can get one of a few mods to help Fathis behave normally, for example "Fathis Fix".

• After completing The Ultimate Heist it is possible that he will only barter with you at The Tiber Septim Hotel in the Talos Plaza District from 5pm-7pm. He will have unlimited gold and may accept even the hardest haggle even if your character has insufficient mercantile skill. This is because while he is not scripted to be able to barter inside the Hotel, the game assumes him as "dormant - not traveling" (this happens upon loading the Hotel and its occupants', it is unknown why his script for bartering and dormancy are ran at the same time upon loading) and therefore provides his services inside while he is not moving (in conversation, eating). The game determines "items sold/bought" and "gold gained/lost" differently, and only the gold gained and items gained/lost will be credited. ^{[verification needed — This needs to be discussed on the talk page]}

[edit] Related Quests

• Sins of the Father: A thief wants you to recover an item stolen by the Jemane brothers' father.