Skyrim:Tolfdir the Absent-Minded

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Help Tolfdir find his missing alembic. Quest Giver: Tolfdir Location(s): College of Winterhold Prerequisite Quest: Under Saarthal Reward: 30 gold, an empty Soul Gem ID: MGR01 Required Items: Tolfdir's Alembic Difficulty: Easy

Tolfdir's Alembic

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Tolfdir.
2. Hunt down his missing alembic in the College.
3. Return to Tolfdir.

Detailed Walkthrough

This quest can only be started after Under Saarthal has been completed and if Tolfdir is located in the College of Winterhold. Therefore, it actually cannot be started until Tolfdir returns to the college late in Hitting the Books.

If you talk to Tolfdir, he will ask for the recovery of his missing alembic. The alembic will appear in one of three randomly-selected locations in the Hall of Countenance:

• On the top floor: in the northern room, on top of a barrel to the right of the central dining bench.
• On the top floor: underneath the left display case in the enchanting room.
• On the bottom floor: on a crate in the eastern room, with the big barrel in it.

Tolfdir compensates the player with 30 gold and an empty lesser or common soul gem. The quest can be repeated.

Notes

• Finding Tolfdir's Alembic before triggering the quest will not change the quest dialogue or outcome; you can simply start the quest and give the alembic to Tolfdir to receive your reward.
• Unlike other games where alembics are a major part of Alchemy (In Skyrim all alchemy equipment is permanently attached to alchemy stations), this is the only alembic item found in Skyrim.

Quest Stages

Tolfdir the Absent-Minded (MGR01)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		;player has accepted quest
20
200

 

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 MGR01 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 MGR01.