Skyrim:Grin and Bear It

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Give ten bear pelts to Temba Wide-Arm. Quest Giver: Temba Wide-Arm Location(s): Ivarstead Reward: Random, leveled, enchanted weapon Disposition: =1 (Temba Wide-Arm) ID: FreeformIvarstead03

I need those pelts...

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Temba Wide-Arm.
2. Acquire ten bear pelts.
3. Return to Temba Wide-Arm.

Detailed Walkthrough

Talking to Temba Wide-Arm, in Ivarstead, will reveal her extreme distaste for bears. She will complain that bears are ruining her logging business by standing on their hind legs and scratching up the tree trunks, ruining the wood and making them almost worthless as lumber. She will offer you a handsome reward if you thin their numbers and bring back ten bear pelts as proof. Temba will accept any combination of bear pelts, cave bear pelts, or snow bear pelts. Once you bring them to her she will be pleased and will reward you with a leveled enchanted weapon.

Notes

• There are two bear dens in the vicinity of Ivarstead: Honeystrand Cave to the south past the river, and Pinepeak Cavern to the north (near the steps leading up to High Hrothgar).
• There are a number of bear pelts in the Broken Oar Grotto, a cavern north of Solitude.
• You can also buy bear pelts from any hunter in the wild.
• Giants frequently carry bear pelts.
• If you are carrying more than ten bear pelts, she will take them all, and it seems you cannot pickpocket them back.
• You can get the quest reward and keep the pelts by putting the bear pelts in a container immediately after you tell her that you got the pelts. Be warned however, that doing this will cause the quest to be stuck in your journal indefinitely.

Quest Stages

Grin and Bear It (FreeformIvarstead03)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		(Objective is assigned): Gather 10 bear pelts for Temba Wide-Arms [sic] (<Global=FFI03BearCount>/<Global=FFI03BearTotal>)
20		(Objective is assigned): Return to Temba Wide-Arms [sic]
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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 FreeformIvarstead03 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 FreeformIvarstead03.

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