Shivering talk:Ritual of Dementia

The UESPWiki – Your source for The Elder Scrolls since 1995

Moving this to the discussion page Note: After entering the Xirethard Depths, Syl has gone into the final tunnel, the guards have barricaded the door to the passage, and there doesn't appear to be any way to get past this.

Has anyone else experienced this?

There is a push-block on one of the bust pedestals that opens a passage through the wall.

Which tunnel are you referring to? There are two (I believe) push blocks within the tunnels. There is a series of tunnels with spells being spammed at you and you have to head right there. Then, in the room where you fight the Mazken, the door should be open. We need a picture of Sheogorath sitting on his throne if possible. Any takers? --Andyg 22:45, 29 March 2007 (EDT)

Nerveshatter is not a reward as such, it is just loot. Flongoid 22:50, 29 March 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Syl dies of fear?

I began the Ritual of Dementia quest to retrieve Nerveshatter, but Syl was dead on her bed when I entered her room. I re-tried this by loading a save before you choose between the Dutchess of Dementia or the Duke of Mania to no avail.

I brought her back from the dead with a spell and killed her, which registered her death as a completed task, however I couldn't take her heart seemingly because she was now an Non-Player Character.

I've never screwed around with her (get yer mind out of the gutter), so I have no idea why this happened and it sucks because Nerveshatter is apparently the most powerful in the game, and I don't want some stupid robe from the Mania mission. I play on Xbox so I don't know if I can rectify this. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.49.210.175 (talk • contribs).}

When you arrived, did you wait for a little while to see what would happen? If not, try waiting for half a minute when your find her body, and Kithlan will arrive to clarify the situation.

That you can have the quest count her as killed by first reanimating her and then killing the reanimated body is a known "bug". --Timenn 12:52, 3 June 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Problems Finding Syl

(Question moved from Oblivion talk:Technical Support)

My friend is having trouble finding syl, she isnt there and we are thinking it is a glitch. I dont know if you guys help with this kind of stuff but if you do it will be much appreciated. This problem is on the 360 also just so you know.

If you have any answers please send me a message at: Samuraijohn5@yahoo.com

Thank you for your time. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.2.246.221 (talk • contribs).}

I have also had a problem finding Syl; I get to the final chamber and she isn't there. According to my map she is about a hundred feet beyond the edge of the room, outside where I can reach. I reloaded a save and also tried to reset the cell by waiting for three days; no luck. Does anyone know of a way to fix this, or should I go to an even earlier save from before this mission? Oh, and I am also on the Xbox 360. --Mike | Contrib 04:10, 15 June 2008 (EDT)

Hmm, never mind. I figured it out; I completely failed to see a switch my first two run throughs. I guess I am too used to the map extending automatically that I assumed there was nothing left because nothing more was being displayed on it. --Mike | Contrib 04:22, 15 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Murdering the Dark Seducers

One thing I noticed when doing this quest is that when I killed a Dark Seducer who was unaware of my presence, it counted as murder and I got the Dark Brotherhood message. Anyone else get this? ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Satan's Crowbar (talk • contribs).}

I've not done this quest, but my guess would be that the Dark Seducers are not in an evil faction. If you kill anybody who isn't in an evil faction when they haven't initiated the combat, you get tagged with a murder count. --Gaebrial 06:11, 10 April 2008 (EDT)