Oblivion talk:Arrow of Extrication

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Contents 1 Quest Issues 2 Gray Fox Doesn't Show Up 3 How not to get kicked from the mages guild 4 No keys to this door! 5 Page Updates 6 Help.Please! 7 Stuck 8 Fathis Aren Bloodprice 9 Alternative 10 Moved from article 11 Gate Closed 12 No Giant Slaughterfish 13 Can't receive the quest

[edit] Quest Issues

Upon reaching the tower I was immediately attacked and was not able to sneak anywhere. I was able to steal the arrow and Aren's Tower key after misleading the many enemies and using a Chameleon potion. If you are seen you will get kicked out of the Mages Guild. Next, I killed off all the enemies except Aren and used the key to go outside. I snuck back in and Aren was in his study. I had killed him and reloaded, so I knew about his 'strange' key (see below) and wanted to see if it opened anything special.

On Aren's person is a key called Aren's Strange Key. Does anyone know what this is for? There is a door that will only open with a key in the Grotto area, but it still doesn't work once you have both of Aren's keys. - Greywolf

This is so far the most annoying quest I've found in Oblivion... after waiting a week in game time Fathis NEVER leaves. I've killed off his minions several times, they keep respawning, but Fathis is always there mixing potions right in front of his chest. I'm going to try the "lead him to falling to his death" idea and if that doesn't work I'm giving up until I can get a powerful enough Telekinesis spell to access the chest without him attacking me. I don't want him chasing me all the way back to his room in the castle, I'd never be able to get back into the tunnels to grab the loot I had to drop or for re-spawns of Daedra for loot/cash, etc. Jondrasar 14:12, 26 April 2006 (EDT)

(Response to "On Aren's person is a key called Aren's Strange Key...")

This is the key to the door to his tower. If you nick it, you can skip the entire dungeon altogether. I did this went I bumped into him leave bravil castle (he had a weapon drawn, a dagger I believe, and was waring armor and leather pants. I think he may have been effected by an AI bug). ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.84.20.82 (talk • contribs).}

I used 100% chameleon for that part, and just took the items from the chest in front of his eyes. You can do that with potions assuming your Alchemy skill is high enough and your apparatus (apparati?) good enough to make potions with 25% or higher Chameleon effect, as I'm told the effects of multiple potions stacks. You can also enchant multiple items with Chameleon to get the effect up if you want. Quillan 14:36, 26 April 2006 (EDT)

Ahh, good idea, I'll try that, thanks... he wouldn't leap to his death no matter where I lead him, lol. I can sneak up right beside him but as soon as I go for the chest he sees me. Jondrasar 14:39, 26 April 2006 (EDT)

I did this quest after completing the Mage's Guild questline, and was able to walk right up to him and take the arrow without any reaction from him. I did have to fight all his minions, but he was not aggressive towards me at all. I was not punished by the Mage's Guild for this either. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bludlust (talk • contribs).}

There is a scroll within the dungeons "touch of rage" which works on fathis, and while killing him will probably still get you kicked out of the mages guild, if you enrage him, and wait till he pulls his axe on you before running away, he will usually fall off of the edge without dying if you get onto the ledges right outside the room he's in. After that, while he's running or walking back to his room, you can grab the arrowhead and other loot before he comes back. --Aaronbegin 01:22, 12 May 2006 (EDT)

Hello, for some reason Amusei won't approach me, I didn't speak to any beggar at any point during the previous quest. Any other known issues with this?

[edit] Gray Fox Doesn't Show Up

No matter what I do or how long I wait, Gray Fox won't appear in the home of Malintus Ancrus in Chorrol. Non-patched version of Oblivion. The only thing that has changed when compared to Turning a Blind Eye is that I became a Vampire (for the first time) during the rest needed for Amusei to approach me. I'm clueless, I don't know where to start, except for ridding myself of Vampirism which I would actually like to preserve O:) --Irfy 22:11, 16 August 2006 (EDT)

Patched version = no change. I completed the main quest, became Arch-Mage, started Dark Brotherhood quests, completed Fighters Guild quests, and and and - came back occasionally, and still the same. Resolved with

SetStage TG09Arrow 25

Using stage 20 would bypass the meeting with Gray Fox, but wouldn't allow the beggars to reveal me further directions. 25 progressed me past the beggars stage.--Irfy 18:02, 10 September 2006 (EDT)

I haven't necessarily completed all of the mage's guild stuff. But I was also able to just take anything i liked out of the chest with the arrow head in it--JDHannan 02:06, 17 October 2006 (EDT)

ok I like using the movetoqt cheat on my pc and when I did it to Turning a Blind Eye The Gray fox didnt show! I've tryed everything even curing my vampirsn and that still didnt WORK!!!! Any help?

[edit] How not to get kicked from the mages guild

Remember, it isn't a crime if you aren't seen.

I came to this quest before completing all of my reccomandetion quests for the mages guild and were promptly expelled when I killed Arathis or when I stole the arrow. As I didn't have any invisibility or chamelon effects I started to think I had to reload. (I did this quest as a lvl 5 stealth char)

However, I discovered a solution to my problem. If I alerted Arathis to my presence by attacking a guard creature and then drawing him away from his study without attacking him, I could run back and take the doorkey and the arrow from his chest. If Arathis was far enough away, so that he couldn't see me open the chest, I avoided expulcion from the mages guild. I then ran out the front door, jumping down to the ground and managed to avoid beeing followed outside.

This was done on a patched version. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.202.88.222 (talk • contribs).}

[edit] No keys to this door!

Anoooother Complication... I can't find the key to the door in the Beavil Wizard's grotto, it wasnt on either of the conjurers or the dremora. ---m'aiq the liar 09:59, 27 January 2007 (EST)

Answer:

There is not key that I found. But you know that big huge crevase with water is? About ten feet in after you pass the little barrier of rocks and WELL before the hole to the giant fish, theres a hole that you can enter to get to the other side. Stupid I know. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.7.233.38 (talk • contribs).}

[edit] Page Updates

Hello,

After doing this mission a few times recently I've updated the Arrow of Extrication page to include the approximate underwater location of the entrance to Fathis Aren's tower. I described it's location along the North wall, and above the hole leading to the giant slaughterfish. While I don't have any pictures, I hope I can continue to shape up this particular page, as it apparently doesn't meet UESP's higher standards of quality. -edecoder

Hello!

I cant get into that freakin door! it says thats its locked, and you told me to go on a underwater passage? :S I cant find it... is it as deep as you can near the door to the sea or longer up? Please I need your help, I wanna do Thiefs Guild quests!!! ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.232.18.216 (talk • contribs).}

There is no key to the door and you have to use the underwater passage. The passage is only a short way down the shaft, well above the door to the sea and the giant slaughterfish. --Nephele^Talk 12:20, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Help.Please!

Dam, im on the xbox 360 platform-(Regarding Aroww Of Extrication Quest) and when I enter the door to take me to the north wing..it goes into loading and then its all looking good, then right at the end of loading, the screen goes dim and freezes up. I tries restarting my xbox but no hope. I even went back to the shop and changed the disk..still no hope i think its a common glitch but have never heard of anyone else with he same problem. Has this ever occurred to you or is there a way of fixing it? help, please because this is holding up my thieves guild questline. And also while im at it..I cant find the Grey Fox in Malintus Acrus' house, UESP suggests i try ion Helvius Cecia's house but he's still not there!...where is he? Please anyone with answers please help...Much appreciated. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by OblivNerd (talk • contribs).}

I Have the same Problem I not If you done this but before I joined the Theives guild I killed both the Count of Bravil and Wizard (can't remeber his name) you needed In this guest I think that cused the glitch ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.63.118.235 (talk • contribs).}

I'm probably not the best person to respond to this but no I have never seen or heard of this glitch. Try playing your save file on another friends Xbox 360 and see if it still happens. --Piercethetruth 04:37, 20 November 2007 (EST)

Funny thing, the same thing is happening to me (sort of). Should mention, I'm using a 360 as well. Here's what happens: At the tower, I had castEase of Burden (feather 50), and saved. If i let the spell run out in the tower, I'm fine, till i try to fast-travel out of there, and it freezes. If I don't let it run out, I can fast travel once, but, the seccond time I try to do so, or I try to use the quick-wait, or I try to sit here till the spell runs out, it freezes. Very curious. Well, I don't have a solution, but, I'm going to go try some things. Feel free to AIM me at "bluekatstogie" if you want to talk about this, maybe share some insight. Thanks everyone! ~ Post by tToH @ 69.207.240.79 19:35, 18 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Stuck

PLEASE someone help im stuck i cant find the key ive killed the fish and conjurers and demora but im stuck what do i do? ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.236.176.209 (talk • contribs).}

There is no key. Read the article and follow the walkthrough. --Nephele^Talk 03:11, 6 December 2007 (EST)

[edit] Fathis Aren Bloodprice

I've edited where it says you must pay a Bloodprice for Fathis Aren's death. You will only have to pay a bloodprice if he dies in the castle. However, kill him in his tower and you do not have to pay a bloodprice. The Gray Fox also states this in your quest instructions. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.17.35.131 (talk • contribs).}

[edit] Alternative

Here's a further way of doing it if you are in the Mages Guild: I'm Arch-Mage, I happened to sneak into the tower with my companion Leonidas, Fathis attacked him instead of confronting me and Leonidas killed him!…whislt I went to get the key and the arrowhead. Of course I did not steal anything else. I only killed a few evil creatures and such and got away without penalty from the Mage-Guild.^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by HunkyDork (talk • contribs).}

Heres a fun way to do it...just get Fathis to attack you then have him follow you up to the top level of his tower...then block push (hold block and walk into him) him off...it doesnt count as murder or anything...and you can take everything from the chest where you found the arrowhead

[edit] Moved from article

"I've tried this whole thing, but it led me to a dead end and the Gray Fox won't come" Does this make sense to anyone? It was after the 1st paragraph. The comment was made by User:70.219.91.194.-Puddle 21:59, 27 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Gate Closed

someone help im playing this quest and as soon as i get to the tower the gate is closed i try to open it but the handle is rusted in place i cant get in the fort! someone help me plz!!!! ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.176.98.52 (talk • contribs).}

[edit] No Giant Slaughterfish

I'm playing on the 360 version, and when I enter through the Door in the Niben Bay, but when I enter the Giant Slaughterfish isn't there... Kurohikaru 20:48, 30 July 2008 (EDT)Kurohikaru

Nevermind he was up near the hole in the wall... Although I have no idea how... Kurohikaru 20:50, 30 July 2008 (EDT)Kurohikaru

[edit] Can't receive the quest

Amusei won't give me the quest. I went to the imperial city, andhe's continuing his normal routine, and has nothing special in is dialogue. In fact, I just checked, and the Grey Fox is still in Helvius Cecia's basement! Is it possibly because, in my journal, the log of the Turning a blind eye go's like this:

(first journal entry) (entering the catacombs) (taking the stone) (finding the temple) (the gray fox has rewarded me.)

Did the fact that I somehow took the stone before the game recognized i had found the temple screw something up? and if so, is there anyway to fix this on the XBOX 360 version? Dan 9410 13:36, 21 October 2008 (EDT)