Oblivion:Go Fish

Help Aelwin contribute to his retirement savings by obtaining the scales from some Rumare Slaughterfish for him to sell. Quest Giver: Aelwin Merowald in Weye Location(s): Weye Reward: Jewel of the Rumare ID: SQ09

A fresh Rumare Slaughterfish

Quick Walkthrough

1. Find Aelwin pacing around his house and speak to him.
2. He will ask you to obtain a dozen Rumare Slaughterfish scales.
3. Dispose of the Slaughterfish and return to him for the Jewel of the Rumare.

Detailed Walkthrough

Slaughterfish Problem

Aelwin Merowald can be found walking around his house in Weye after about 7 or 8 in the morning. Talk to him and go through his dialogue in order to receive a quest to kill twelve Rumare Slaughterfish. When talking to him, it is advisable to not select the option to laugh at him, since laughing will decrease his disposition towards you by 60 points and end the conversation. If you lower his disposition below 20, he will not even start a conversation with you; a Charm spell will be necessary to get his disposition over 20 and receive the quest.

Gone Fishing

Follow the green arrow on the compass and kill the fish. While the marker is normally accurate, it will sometimes be quite far off. If in doubt, look around or use Detect Life magic; sometimes you will have to swim away from the marked spot for several seconds in order to find the fish. It will also be much easier to find the fish during the day.

Once you've killed and looted the first fish, the marker should point to the next one (there might be a short delay). Continue this until you have 12 scales. You appear to have an unlimited amount of time and the fish don't move, so you can swim to the shore and rest if necessary. If the green marker arrows don't move on, try hitting the fish's floating corpse, or leaving and waiting for a few hours, then coming back.

Talk to Aelwin again and he will give you a unique ring called the Jewel of the Rumare that gives you constant effect Water Breathing and Fortify Athletics 4 points, a rather nice reward for such a simple task.

Retirement Savings

Aelwin mentions that the fish scales will be sold to an alchemist and the money made will contribute to his savings for his retirement. If you are the thieving type, select the Where are your savings? dialogue option. If you increase his disposition to at least 70, he'll mention that his savings are locked in a box in his house and he has the key. After Aelwin tells you this, you can pick his pocket for the key or kill him and take it. The chest is located to the left of the fireplace in his house, though there is only a small amount of gold in the chest. Note that the key will not appear in his inventory if you do not successfully ask him about his savings.

Notes

• The following two Journal discrepancies occur:

• Although the quest journal says that the Weye settlement is southwest of the Imperial City, it is actually due west.
• The quest journal states that Aelwin is getting too old, therefore you need to do the legwork for him. Aelwin however says the reason he can't get the scales is because a slaughterfish injured his leg.

• After you finish the quest, you can pickpocket Aelwin and take back the Rumare Slaughterfish Scales, but it's not advisable to do so as you can't sell them or remove them from your inventory, as they are still classed as quest items. They will also be stuck in your inventory if you happen to collect the scales, but Aelwin dies before you can hand them over.
  • This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Oblivion Patch.
  • You can remove the Quest Item status of the scales yourself with the following command: setquestobject 00185FE2 0
• Aelwin is located very close to the wilderness, so he might wander off and feed the local wolves. If that happens, you will have to resurrect him using the console, using the command Resurrect 00185FE1, but on Xbox or PS3 you cannot complete the quest.
• The only way to get the Jewel of Rumare is if Aelwin hands it to you; the ring will not be on his corpse if you kill him.
• It is not advised that you kill these fish before making the quest active, as it may lead to the marker indefinitely pointing to the first fish.

Bugs

• There seems to be a problem for some users where one of the fish is stuck inside a rock in the pond. There is also a problem with the marker pointing at the location of the fish that has just been killed. There appears to be no direct fix to either problem using the console or otherwise. The TCL command via console shows no fish inside the rock and movetoqt places the player hovering a few feet above the water. Creating the scales in your inventory using the console doesn't make the quest continue.
  • This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Oblivion Patch.
  • Resurrecting a slaughterfish with the resurrect command and then killing it can be used to finish the quest if the player has already killed one fish but the next one is stuck or cannot be found.
  • Alternatively, simply search the lake for other Rumare Slaughterfish (see next tip). Unfortunately, this can be a slow and frustrating business. However, it is possible to use the console to spawn new fish directly in front of you: player.placeatme <formid>, where <formid> ranges from 00068825 through 00068829 (see Rumare Slaughterfish for details).
• These fish sometimes spawn above the water, above the rocks, and above the shorelines. It's best to save after every kill. If you run into a problem with the fish spawning like that and you are unable to attack them, first try an area of effect spell. This sometimes "knocks" the fish back into the water where you can attack it. Otherwise, you will have to reload to correct the Slaughterfish's location.
  • This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Oblivion Patch.
• Some of the Rumare Slaughterfish spawns are not initially disabled properly which can lead to the quest incorrectly updating stages if the player picks up the scales from the corpses. This will then cause other stages to misfire, leading to the quest not enabling new targets when it should.
  • This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Oblivion Patch.
• Each time you ask Aelwin "Where are your savings?" a copy of his key is added to his inventory, meaning he can end up with several copies.
  • This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Oblivion Patch.
• Aelwin's retirement savings chest was supposed to contain a minimum of 500 gold (a fixed amount combined with a leveled amount) but due to an engine bug the 500 never appears, only the much smaller leveled amount.
  • This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Oblivion Patch.

Journal Entries

Go Fish (SQ09)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Aelwin Merowald at the Weye Settlement southwest of the Imperial City is looking to acquire 12 Rumare Slaughterfish Scales to sell to a customer. He's asked me to do the legwork, as he's getting quite old and can't handle the difficult task. The Rumare slaughterfish is a special breed of slaughterfish that can only be found in Lake Rumare, directly north of Weye.
15		(First slaughterfish is dead. Enable the second)
20		(Second slaughterfish is dead. Disable the first and enable the third)
25		(Third slaughterfish is dead. Disable the second and enable the fourth)
30		(Fourth slaughterfish is dead. Disable the third and enable the fifth)
35		(Fifth slaughterfish is dead. Disable the fourth and enable the sixth)
40		(Sixth slaughterfish is dead. Disable the fifth and enable the seventh)
45		(Seventh slaughterfish is dead. Disable the sixth and enable the eighth)
50		(Eighth slaughterfish is dead. Disable the seventh and enable the ninth)
55		(Ninth slaughterfish is dead. Disable the eighth and enable the tenth)
60		(Tenth slaughterfish is dead. Disable the ninth and enable the eleventh)
65		(Eleventh slaughterfish is dead. Disable the tenth and enable the twelfth)
90		I've acquired 12 Rumare Slaughterfish Scales. I should bring them to Aelwin Merowald at the Weye Settlement as soon as I can.
100		I've given the 12 Rumare Slaughterfish Scales to Aelwin Merowald and he's rewarded me with a magical ring. (Disable the eleventh and twelfth slaughterfish)
110		Aelwin Merowald at the Weye Settlement needed 12 Rumare Slaughterfish Scales. After berating me for fishing "his" waters, he traded me an amulet for the scales.
200		With Aelwin's death, it is impossible to complete this quest.

Notes

• 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 random order.
• 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 SQ09 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. See SetStage for more information.