Skyrim:Making Friends and Influencing People

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Assist the people of the hold. Reward: Progress towards becoming Thane ID: FavorJarlsMakeFriends

Radiant Options

This is a radiant quest which you can receive in any of the nine holds of Skyrim. The name of the objective appearing in your journal will be one of the following, depending upon the hold:

• Assist the people of Eastmarch
• Assist the people of Falkreath
• Assist the people of Haafingar
• Assist the people of Hjaalmarch
• Assist the people of the Pale
• Assist the people of the Reach
• Assist the people of the Rift
• Assist the people of Whiterun
• Assist the people of Winterhold

Quick Walkthrough

Before starting this quest, you must first befriend the Jarl of the hold.

1. Speak to the Jarl to receive the quest.
2. Complete three or five objectives for the people of that hold.
3. Return to the Jarl.

Detailed Walkthrough

You will need to complete three objectives for the minor holds Falkreath, Hjaalmarch, the Pale, and Winterhold. For the major holds Eastmarch, Haafingar, the Reach, the Rift, and Whiterun, you will need to complete five objectives.

Bugs

• "Assist the people of Haafingar" may not be cleared from your quest log by Solitude's jarl once completed, though you are able to become a thane and gain a housecarl in your home (once purchased). The concern may be complicated by having already helped five people before talking to the jarl for the first time.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.2 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.
  • Entering the console command setobjectivecompleted FavorJarlsMakeFriends 30 1 after becoming a thane may resolve this.
  • Continuing to assist the people of Haafingar can cause the counter to update to 6/5, at which point the objective is completed and cleared from the quest log.
• "Assist the people of the Rift" may not always show up on your journal, although it is still active and can still be completed as normal. ^?

Quest Stages

Making Friends and Influencing People (FavorJarlsMakeFriends)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		(Objective is assigned): Assist the people of the Reach (<Global=FriendsCountReach>/<Global=FriendsTotalMajorHold>)
15		(Quest Completed for the Reach)
20		(Objective is assigned): Assist the people of the Rift (<Global=FriendsCountRift>/<Global=FriendsTotalMajorHold>)
25		(Quest Completed for the Rift)
30		(Objective is assigned): Assist the people of Haafingar (<Global=FriendsCountHaafingar>/<Global=FriendsTotalMajorHold>)
35		(Quest Completed for Haafingar)
40		(Objective is assigned): Assist the people of Whiterun (<Global=FriendsCountWhiterun>/<Global=FriendsTotalMajorHold>)
45		(Quest Completed for Whiterun)
50		(Objective is assigned): Assist the people of Eastmarch (<Global=FriendsCountEastmarch>/<Global=FriendsTotalMajorHold>)
55		(Quest Completed for Eastmarch)
60		(Objective is assigned): Assist the people of Hjaalmarch (<Global=FriendsCountHjaalmarch>/<Global=FriendsTotalMinorHold>)
65		(Quest Completed for Hjaalmarch)
70		(Objective is assigned): Assist the people of the Pale (<Global=FriendsCountPale>/<Global=FriendsTotalMinorHold>)
75		(Quest Completed for the Pale)
80		(Objective is assigned): Assist the people of Winterhold (<Global=FriendsCountWinterhold>/<Global=FriendsTotalMinorHold>)
85		(Quest Completed for Winterhold)
90		(Objective is assigned): Assist the people of Falkreath (<Global=FriendsCountFalkreath>/<Global=FriendsTotalMinorHold>)
95		(Quest Completed for Falkreath)

 

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 FavorJarlsMakeFriends 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 FavorJarlsMakeFriends.

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