Oblivion:The Forgotten Chests of Pale Pass

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Contents 1 Quick Walkthrough 2 Detailed Walkthrough 2.1 Locating the Message 2.2 Treasure Chest Trail 3 Notes

A treasure hunt in Pale Pass leads to a magical ring hidden many years ago by an unlucky thief. edit Quest Giver: Thief's Message at Frozen Barrel Location(s): Pale Pass Reward: Circlet of Omnipotence

The numbers on this map indicate the item locations if you get really stuck.

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

Note: This quest does not appear in your journal.

1. Locate the hidden message in a Frozen Barrel in a lake.
2. Find the chests, and use each key found with the next one.
3. Reach the last chest to recover the Circlet of Omnipotence.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] Locating the Message

Follow the Serpent's Trail to Pale Pass. This is part of the quest Lifting the Vale. Follow the path to the ruined fort. Southeast of the ruined fort there is a Frozen Barrel in a lake (ESE of the entrance to Mouth of the Serpent). It contains a message of some unlucky thief informing you that he hid a magical ring in a chest and a Rusty Key.

[edit] Treasure Chest Trail

There are three chests to be found, two of them contain a key to the next chest, and the last one contains the Circlet of Omnipotence.

• The Rusty Chest is in the bottom of the western, second broken tower of the fort (not the main tower with the entrance to the Mouth of the Serpent). You may need to search very carefully to find the chest, because it's hidden by the grass and partly buried in the ground. This chest contains the Old Key.
• The Old Chest is located southeast of the entrance to Mouth of the Serpent. Follow the path south, back towards the Serpent's Trail, past the statues on either side and you will reach a fallen column. Travel in the direction pointed by the column and jump onto the rock at the base of the curved wall you find. The chest is just to the south and contains the Forgotten Key.
• The final treasure chest, the Forgotten Chest, is southwest of the door from the Serpent's Trail through which you first entered Pale Pass. From the door go west up the hill (to the right if you are facing the door), sticking to the natural rock wall that forms the outer edge of the valley. The chest will be in front of an odd rock outcrop shaped like a small "U" which sticks out of the rock wall. In the chest you will find the Circlet of Omnipotence.

[edit] Notes

• The console command tg, which toggles the grass display on and off, can make the chests a bit easier to spot.
• All of the chests in Pale Pass respawn, so you can return to the Forgotten Chest in a week and take another Circlet. You cannot wear two Circlets of Omnipotence at once, but you can sell one or put in your storage.