Oblivion talk:Necromancer's Moon

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Contents 1 Quest Item Notes 2 Shade of the Revenant 3 Bug 4 Note Bug 5 Black soul gem 6 Repairing the orrery bug

[edit] Quest Item Notes

Under the Dark Fissure section the handwritten note is mentioned. It is branded a quest item and as such not allowed to be dropped. I am using the console to relieve myself of quest items that I do not care for, does anyone know the Form ID for this particular item? Cheers, --Steve R 17:30, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

Check Oblivion:Notes for the FormID. --Nephele^Talk 17:37, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

One thing that popped up for me -- I can't get rid of the "Hastily Scrawled Note". It gives the "can't get rid of a quest item" message and refuses to drop. Anyone know why?

I have this problem with a lot of quests -- I'm left with an unremovable quest item long after the quest has been completed. It's generally just a really irritating bug (but not too harmful since most quest items have no weight). - Zoogie 12:59, 22 May 2006 (EDT)

[edit] Shade of the Revenant

Actually, the phenomenon happened for me once on Sunday/Monday, and another time on Saturday/Sunday. So I guess it's random. - Lumpy

I went there on Middas night/Turdas Morning and the ritual did not occur for me. I'm gonna have to agree that it's random.

That might explain my experience: since I was in Skingrad on one of the relevant days, I thought I'd be clever and tried both the Fort Istrius and Fort Linchal sites; the astronomical phenomenon occurred, but there was a definite lack of black soul gem creation going on at either site. Then again, I'm not sure if it was scripted to happen at anywhere other than Dark Fissure, but I really felt for my character sitting there in the darkness and pouring rain for hours on end.--Cbh 03:27, 2 June 2007 (EDT)

The Shade of the Revenant is not random: as detailed on the page it happens once every eight days completely predictably. It happens at all sites on the same day and any one can be used to make black soul gems yourself. But to see necromancers making black soul gems you have to go to Dark Fissure. --Nephele^Talk 03:34, 2 June 2007 (EDT)

Yeah, it's handy that it's at least reliable from that point of view, but on this occasion it was the necromancers I was staking out, or rather the lack thereof at the sites in question--my own fault for not following instructions!--Cbh 18:53, 5 August 2007 (EDT)

an add-on on this quest. If you desperately want a black soul gem, the soul trap + soul gem is needed for the quest. But i just went in the cave, killed the worm, read his note, and went back to the university, getting promotion to magician. Djens

This option is already spelled out in the quest description. I've tried to do some rewording to clarify that taking the note back to Raminus is enought to complete the quest. --Nephele 01:17, 8 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Bug

I have sadly discovered that taking the note off the body of the Worm Anchorite after doing the 'cast soul trap yourself' method will cause you to be unable to drop the note, as it's not acknowledged. Has anyone else seen this? If someone has, I will add it to the bugs list. Or if no one says anything otherwise for a few days. ;) --Mikekearn 04:50, 13 June 2007 (EDT)

This has nothing to do with the order in which you picked up the note. That note is never changed to be a non-quest item, no matter how you do the quest. It's a problem that occurs with a fair number of the quest items in the game. --Nephele^Talk 14:20, 14 June 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Note Bug

Will people PLEASE stop going on about the bug with the handwritten note? I've counted at least 3 instances of it and it's rather frustrating! Volanaro 12:18, 14 December 2007 (EST)

[edit] Black soul gem

"Though the Worm Anchorite respawns every eight days, he will only ever create a Black Soul Gem once."

Are you certain this is correct? Because I could've sworn he made the gems over and over again every eights days. (If I was there) Or maybe I dreamed it...... :| 77BeTa77 11:06, 28 March 2008 (EDT)

Based on the game's scripts, he is only supposed to create a black soul gem once. He will still walk out to the altar every eight days, but he won't do anything at the altar after the first time that the player is there to witness it. --Nephele^Talk 11:52, 28 March 2008 (EDT)

I have seen the Anchorite go to the alter every eight days(as stated above) and he will put the lesser soul gem into the alter and cast a spell and (I've tested this one) take the lesser soul gem unless you kill him and if you do kill him before he takes it, (this is probably only for me seeing as I have had to polish the disk about twenty times) the soul gem has turned into a black soul gem. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Drake3555 (talk • contribs).}

[edit] Repairing the orrery bug

I have the orrery plug in installed and it turns out bothiel is stuck behind the locked door to the orrery, and it needs a key so i cant open it. if i uninstall it will she dissapear or pop up outside? (im not on pc so i cant use any console commands to get her out, if there would be any)

On this page, specifically in the "Bugs" section, it states, "One known solution is to uninstall the orrery plugin; within 24 hours Bothiel should reappear in the Arch-Mage's Lobby." --GuildKnight^Talk2me 22:03, 25 November 2008 (EST)