Skyrim:J'zargo's Experiment

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Help J'zargo test out a fiery new spell. Quest Giver: J'zargo Prerequisite Quest: Under Saarthal Reward: J'zargo as a follower, unused scrolls Disposition: =1 (J'zargo) ID: MGRAppJzargo01

J'zargo does not want to test all of his spells on his own.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Obtain the scrolls from J'zargo, which cast a modified version of Flame Cloak.
2. Travel to any location populated by the undead (such as draugr) and use the scrolls to kill at least three undead enemies.
3. Return to J'zargo with your results (you will retain any unused scrolls).

Detailed Walkthrough

Simply use J'zargo's scrolls near undead enemies; you should have no trouble finding them in any barrow, ruin, or tomb. The scrolls will surround you with a modified flame cloak which will damage any enemy in close proximity to you.

J'zargo's cloak causes a massive explosion whenever it comes into contact with undead. Clearly, this makes the scrolls as harmful to yourself and your allies as to the undead. Damage seems to be around 100-110 hp, so players with low health caps or reserves might be killed instantly. Also be wary of using this spell when dealing with multiple undead enemies, as multiple explosions can quickly kill even the hardiest of characters.

Another of J'zargo's oversights, is that the cloak burns friendlies, too. Ask your follower to stay behind when you test the scrolls, otherwise your follower will become hostile to you or simply walk away—in the latter case, talking to him or her can restore your normal relationship.

Make sure you use the scrolls to kill only undead enemies. A quest marker will appear with each undead killed while under the effects of J'zargo's Flame Cloak. Undead do not need to be killed by the scrolls' damage; dying of other weapon or spell damage while under the effects of the scroll will satisfy the quest conditions. However, undead that are killed indirectly by the explosions of other undead do not count. If you use up all ten scrolls without killing three undead enemies, the quest will be failed.

Undead enemies may be found in most crypts and ruins, including Bleak Falls Barrow, Saarthal, Whiterun's Hall of the Dead and Folgunthur. Undead may also be encountered in The Midden, allowing convenient completion of this quest without travel if the quest is accepted before venturing down there.

Notes

• Using the scrolls on your own reanimated dead will work, but only on Xbox 360 and PC. Attempting this on PS3 will not work.
• If you drop the scrolls, than speak to J'zargo, the quest will continue as if you used them all. ^{[verification needed]}

Bugs

• If more than exactly three undead are killed by the scrolls' effects, which is very possible you are near more than one at a time, e.g. fighting two undead with the counter already at two, then stage 30 will not occur; J'zargo won't have the dialogue option and the quest will be unfinishable.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.0 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.
• You cannot speak to J'zargo if the quest The Staff of Magnus is active. ^?
• Activating the scroll and then killing the draugr with ranged attacks does not work; it must be scroll damage for the quest to register the kill. ^?

Quest Stages

J'zargo's Experiment (MGRAppJzargo01)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10
20		J'zargo has asked for help with a project he's been working on. I'm supposed to test out Flame Cloak scrolls he made, and report back to him when I've tried them out on several undead creatures. (Objective is assigned): Test J'zargo's Flame Cloak spell on the undead (<Global=MGRJ1Test>/<Global=MGRJ1Total>)
30		(Objective is assigned): Speak to J'zargo
200		I've informed J'zargo that the Flame Cloak scrolls he created don't work exactly as he intended. I doubt he'll be asking for additional help.
255		I told J'zargo that I ran out of the scrolls he'd given me, and he no longer wants my help.

 

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage MGRAppJzargo01 stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest MGRAppJzargo01.

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