Skyrim:Onmund's Request

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Help Onmund negotiate the return of a family amulet from Enthir. Quest Giver: Onmund Location(s): College of Winterhold Prerequisite Quest: Under Saarthal Reward: Onmund's friendship and availability as Follower/spouse Disposition: =1 (Onmund) ID: MGRAppOnmund01 Required Items: Grand Staff of Charming

Onmund's Amulet

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak with Onmund.
2. Speak with Enthir.
3. Retrieve the Grand Staff of Charming from a random location.
4. Return the staff to Enthir.
5. Return the amulet to Onmund.

Radiant Options

Possible staff locations are:

Eastmarch	Falkreath Hold	Haafingar	Hjaalmarch	The Reach	The Rift	Whiterun Hold	Winterhold
Ansilvund Cragwallow Slope Mara's Eye Pond Morvunskar	Bloodlet Throne Brittleshin Pass Falkreath Watchtower Haemar's Shame Ilinalta's Deep Shriekwind Bastion Southfringe Sanctum Sunderstone Gorge	Northwatch Keep Pinemoon Cave Potema's Catacombs Wolfskull Cave	Movarth's Lair	Harmugstahl	Boulderfall Cave Redwater DenDG	Broken Fang Cave Fellglow Keep Moldering RuinsDG	Hob's Fall Cave Yngvild

Detailed Walkthrough

Start this quest by speaking to Onmund at the College of Winterhold. He will talk about his regret for trading his family amulet to Enthir. He will not tell you what he traded the amulet for, but will ask your help in obtaining the amulet back from Enthir.

Speak with Enthir about this. With a sufficiently high speech skill he can be persuaded to just return the amulet. Otherwise he will say that the trade is final. However, he will trade the amulet for the Grand Staff of Charming from a certain (randomly selected) location. The selected location will usually include a Boss-level caster foe, guarding a chest containing the staff, among other appropriate items.

Note: Enthir may ask you to retrieve the same staff (or, at least, another instance of the same type of staff) from a different (randomly selected) location for the Arniel's Endeavor quest.

Return the staff to Enthir, and he will give you the Onmund's Amulet. Return the amulet to Onmund to complete the quest.

Reward

The only reward for completing the quest is Onmund's friendship: once you return his amulet, he becomes available as a follower, as well as a potential candidate for marriage.

Bugs

• You cannot speak to Enthir if The Staff of Magnus quest is active. ^?
• If the staff is found before starting the quest, it will have weight, and can not be removed from the player's inventory. The quest will not show an icon on the map and dialogue options are not available to return the staff to Enthir. To fix these issues, equip the staff, and activate a weapon rack. An icon will then appear, hinting to pick up the staff. Picking up the staff will update the quest journal, directing you to return the staff to Enthir.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.4 of the Official Skyrim Patch.
  • The console command setstage MGRAppOnmund01 30 will allow you to advance. Also if you successfully persuade Enthir to give back the amulet and complete the quest, the staff is no longer considered a quest item and can be dropped/stored/sold normally.

Quest Stages

Onmund's Request (MGRAppOnmund01)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Onmund has asked me to help him get an amulet with sentimental value back from Enthir. (Objective is assigned): Speak with Enthir
20		Enthir insists that Onmund sold him the amulet in question, and he will not go back on a trade. If, however, I can recover a particular staff for Enthir, he'll give me the amulet. I'll need to search <Alias=StaffLocation> for the staff. (Objective is assigned): Find the staff for Enthir
30		I have found the staff that Enthir wanted, and need to deliver it to him so that he'll exchange it for Onmund's amulet. (Objective is assigned): Deliver the staff to Enthir
40		Enthir agreed to return Onmund's amulet to him, and has given it to me. I need to make sure it gets back to Onmund. (Objective is assigned): Deliver the amulet to Onmund
200		Onmund is grateful that I was able to deal with Enthir and return his amulet.

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 255.

 

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 MGRAppOnmund01 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 MGRAppOnmund01.