Oblivion talk:Go Fish

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I've noticed a bug where you are directed to speak to him after gathering the rumare scales, but he won't finish the quest. His disposition seems fine and he will merrily volunteer that only his death will let you at his savings. I don't know if practising speecrcraft on him bugged the fish scale quest. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.229.96.124 (talk • contribs).}

I've noticed another bug where, while you're killing fish, the quest arrow points to a place where there is no fish at all, it's very hard to find the fishes and this is the quest that took me the longest of all so far and the most boring time so far simply because I have to search the entire lake to find a single fish before the next one comes.^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.190.253.145 (talk • contribs).}

I and several others have experienced this problem as well. The fish is usually somewhat close to the marker; Detect Life can be quite helpful here. I've changed the text of the main article to note the difficulty. --Robin Hood 14:55, 13 October 2007 (EDT)

I have the 360 version of this game and have experienced the glitch where the quest arrow gets stuck on the dead slaughterfish, but whenever I repeatly attack the dead fish corpse with a one-handed blade, it seems to correct the problem and the marker goes to the next fish. I don't know if it works with other weapons, but I suppose it would. Mystic 13:02, 4 September 2007 (EDT)Mystic

Contents 1 High-level recommendation 2 Amulet? 3 Markers 4 Funny 5 Slaughterfish

[edit] High-level recommendation

I started this quest at level 17+. Needless to say, the leveled slaughterfish were lethal. I was totally able to circumvent damage by Water-Walking in sneak (w/35% Cham. but I don't think it changed anything), and I was able to sneak-attack the fish. They stay close enough to the surface (normally) to be hit without having to dive.

I also experienced the flying-fish glitch which made two of the twelve fish appear to be suspended in midair by a fine cord which could be attacked. When the arrow was misplaced, I searched around the intermediate area of the quest (the section above the map text), and found my suspended fish after it appeared out of nowhere.

This is definetly the most problematic quest I've faced.---FromHereOn 17:57, 28 November 2007 (EST)

[edit] Amulet?

How do you get to quest state 110, and what is the amulet you get? --Robin Hood 14:55, 13 October 2007 (EDT)

I don't believe it's possible; at least, I can't see how it would happen from the script. There is, however, something called the Jewel of the Rumare as a unique amulet, so it might have been in the quest at some point during development. You can use the console command player.additem 000856EF 1 to add it to your inventory if you want to see it. --Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 02:40, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

Thanks, Rpeh, I'll check it out. --Robin Hood 12:26, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Markers

The markers for the fish are indeed not always correct, and it has nothing to do with delay, or not seeing the fish, or what have you. I, and others, have confirmed this independently. For the most part, the markers will be correct, but can be off be a significant amount as well. If you wish to debate the accuracy of this fact, let's do it here before reverting.

Just to provide more detail on this, in the case that happened to me today, I had killed the previous fish and taken the scales, and the marker had updated to the new fish, which was well away from the previous one, so there was no mistaking it. When I got there, there was no fish. I swam around, tried saving & re-loading, fast-travelling and coming back, most of which will usually work to force it to update the marker and/or the fish, if there was any discrepancy. I even tried TCL to see if the fish had fallen through the bottom of the map. This process took place over several minutes, and as I say, the marker had visibly updated after the previous fish, so there was no doubt in my mind that it was pointing to the next fish at this point. Eventually, I found the fish about three or four seconds of swimming away from where the marker was pointing. Noticeably, once it saw me and it started moving, the marker corrected itself to where the fish actually was.

My suspicion is that the marker is probably off once in a while for other people as well, but because they move, it self-corrects. Since the fish don't even animate (much less move) until they spot you, there's no self-correction going on. It's also possible that it has something to do with being underwater, though I've never had any problems with other underwater markers, so I think that's less likely. Whatever the problem is, though, it clearly IS a problem with the Rumare Slaughterfish in this quest. --Robin Hood 16:44, 13 October 2007 (EDT)

Which version of the game are you playing, and have you updated to the latest patch? I've played through this quest several times and never had a problem. --Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 02:35, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

It's the latest patch on the PC. In four times doing the quest, I've had one where it occured three or four times, two where everything was flawless, and this most recent time where only one fish was a problem. So obviously it's something that occurs intermittently, and not all that frequently, but I've seen it reported by others as well over the last year, and some were clearly not experiencing delay issues, so I know it's not just me. It's possible it's related to a certain setting, or something like that...who knows. Oh, and I *have* re-installed between one set of those games, so I know it's not a faulty install, and the first time it happened, I was "mod-free", so it's not a mod doing it, either. If it happens again this time around (I just restarted from a fresh install due to technical issues), I'll save my game just so I can send it to people and prove it to them. :) --Robin Hood 02:59, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

I'm not saying I don't believe you - just that I've never seen it! The fix you've put on the page seems fine so let's leave it there and see if anybody else suggests a solution. --Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 03:15, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

It wasn't taken that way at all, sorry if it came across that I did. I just noticed the "bugs" section on the page, though, and am wondering if we should move it down there so as not to interrupt the flow of the walkthrough section. If anyone else agrees, feel free to modify as needed. --Robin Hood 12:23, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

My apologies for removing it in the first place, it's just that I've never seen this happen before. We'll leave the note there for now and see if there are other opinions on the matter. By the way, you said that others had confirmed this also- Could you show us where it's been discussed or was it someone outside the wiki who discussed it? Thanks.--Willyhead 05:49, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

I've done some web-surfing and found that other players (writing in certain forums) have had the same problem. I dunno how it's caused though...--Willyhead 05:53, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

Yeah, it was also reported here on one of the centralized Bugs/Glitches pages, but was later removed...this was probably about a year ago, so tracking it down at this point would be an exercise in futility, I suspect. --Robin Hood 12:24, 14 October 2007 (EDT)

Okay, so I'm doing it this time, and for the first time (at least that I've noticed), the marker was off during combat, but not before it started. See Screen Shot 2 (notice the fish to the right of "my" right fist, but the green marker pointing towards Weye); Screen Shot 3 (yes, it really is a Rumare); and Screen Shot 4 (yes, that really is my active quest <g>).

I think I win - I've tried tcl, hitting the two newest dead Rumare Slaughterfish with a series of weapons (dagger, longsword, claymore, arrow, fists), advancing the quest stage using the console, saving/reloading, sleeping, waiting, fast travelling, and Detect Life. Nothing. Anywhere. I made sure of that by using the clear-underwater-view glitch. Heck, I've even cleaned out all the clams in that portion of the lake. Guess I have to spawn one and see what happens. 71.181.6.169

[edit] Funny

Doesn't anyone else find it funny the jewel of the rumare is worth more then all the scales and his savings alone? ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Umbacano (talk • contribs).}

[edit] Slaughterfish

I'm in "Go fish" and really stucking with it. I followed the green maker on map but see nothing. I searched the terrain, it's same with the map, i used "Detect life" too but see nothing. I searched during day and founded 3, another day was 2, and another day was 1. I'm very tired with this mission. And now i can't find seventh fish although diving all day. Can it a bug? If it is, please tell me method to fix it. Thanks. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 118.68.81.12 (talk • contribs).}

Follow the tips on the quest page and on this page. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 03:48, 18 July 2008 (EDT)