Oblivion talk:Blood of the Daedra

Section Changed

I changed this section so it ties into the daedric quests pages (and not into a non-existent Gutted Mine Quest), moved Azura-specific material to the Azura quest page, and merged together redundant bullets. Some bullets I deleted and why:

"Half way between the Lake Arrius Caverns and Azura's Shrine you'll find the Ayleid Well where you can refresh your magical strength. (Note it can only be used once so don't use it unless you really need it)."

I took this comment out, because it's easily possible to travel from Lake Arrius Caverns to Azura's Shrine without passing any ayleid wells. (And there is more than just one ayleid well, and they can be used more than once, just not more than once per day....)

"If you are willing to go for a tough fight, try the Mask of Clavicus Vile. This can be obtained even with characters below level 10 by killing the NPC Umbra at Vindasel first, and then visiting the shrine. You will have to persuade Ma'Raska at the shrine, but this is possible if the character already has Umbra's sword in their possession when they visit Clavicus Vile's shrine."

This information is already available on the Clavicus Vile page. And this info doesn't give you much help with deciding which daedric artifact to give to Martin: even if you think that the Masque of Clavicus Vile is one of the less useful artifacts, is it worth giving up Umbra just to get an artifact to give to Martin? --Nephele 04:09, 3 June 2006 (EDT)

Oghma Infinium

Is it true that the Oghma Infinium (from Hermaeus Mora) can not be given to Martin for this quest? My understanding (and what it says on the Hermaeus Mora quest page) is that Blood of the Daedra must be started (not finished) to be able to start on Hermaeus Mora's quest. And I thought one of the reasons for this requirement was to ensure that a player would be able to get a daedric artifact to complete Blood of the Daedra (even if a player did this quest really late in the game, and had somehow managed to get then lose all of the other artifacts). I'm working towards being able to test this myself, but it'll probably be a few more weeks. In the meantime, can anyone confirm whether or not the Oghma Infinium can be used here? --Nephele 15:15, 2 August 2006 (EDT)

I just tested this, and I was indeed able to give Martin the Oghma Infinium to complete this quest. Not that it's a particularly smart choice (especially since at that point you have all 14 other artifacts), but it it possible. So I've modified the page accordingly. --Nephele 02:24, 19 September 2006 (EDT)

Level One

Is it possible to do this at level one, or will I have to gain a level? I've completed all the city/misc quests, fighter/mage/thief/dark brotherhood and arena quests, as level one. Now I have to gain a level? rats... — Unsigned comment by Klash72 (talk • contribs) on 19 August 2006

Wabbajack

No doubt a debate of "value" could go on forever, but I thought the Wabbajack was pretty darn funny turning mud crabs into daedra or deer (ie: worth keeping for occasional laughs). I mean, who needs yet another enchanted warhammer or mace or ring? You can only use 1 weapon at a time and 2 rings at once anyway. But I'll let it go - I agree the Azura Star is likely the worst Daedra Artifact to waste this way. The Sanguine Rose is likely the artifact I'll use for this. --Angmojoe 11:34pm, 04-Sep-2006 (CST) Besides being a reusable soul gem, what good is azura's star? Why not just grab a grand soul gem with a grand soul and duplicate it? Mikeyboy52 07:28, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Duplication isn't really legit, it's a glitch/bug. 98.198.83.12 19:28, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Doable at level 1

Murder Umbra (the warrior), take Umbra (the sword) to Clavicus Vile's shrine. Clavicus Vile will ask you to "Give me the sword, as we agreed" - even though you haven't talked to Clavicus yet, haven't paid 500 septims, and have made no such agreement. You get the Mask of Clavicus Vile, and you can hand it in to Martin.

I think it would be a lot easier to gain a level and use wabbajack than killing umbra at level one... --Viccce 13:44, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

The original author of this isn't stating what's the easier way— he's saying that it's possible to acquire an Artifact at Level 1, thus it should be possible to conduct this quest at Level 1. The quest information at the top of this page says that Level 2 is required to finish the quest (in order to obtain an artifact). — Unsigned comment by 192.91.171.36 (talk)

There are various "easy" ways to get her killed even at level 1. Also some people may find the Wabbajack to be quite useful at higher levels and some may like to just play around with it whereas the Masque Of Clavicus Vile is almost completely useless. --Sundaroct131088 06:56, 14 August 2007 (EDT)

Yes, but it requires you to give up the Umbra sword, which is much more valuable than either Wabbajack or the Masque. So it's really a toss-up... --TheRealLurlock ^Talk 10:16, 14 August 2007 (EDT)

Umbra being worth more than the Masque or Wabbajack is debatable. I found Goldbrand, and even just a dadric longsword enchanted with a sigil stone to be more useful, as they both have a high base damage and then the very high, and in the sigil stone's case, unbeatable damage enchantments. For me, Umbra is just sitting in a display case looking pretty. --Darkle 27 August 2007

True. Now that I think of it, although it IS possible to do this quest at level 1, doing it at level 2 is recommended. --Sundaroct131088 06:39, 18 August 2007 (EDT)

For posterity's sake, I'd say the ability to finish the Clavicus Vile quest (thus this quest as well) at Level 1 is mentionable, in the article's Notes at least. If we were to limit the information in this wiki to the best recommendations rather than what is possible to accomplish in this game, we might as well remove the stats on leveled rewards below that of the Level 25+ versions, because it would be "recommended" to hold off on those quests until you reach Level 25. —Dark Spark 18:49, 17 April 2009 (EDT)

Fair point. I thought we already did mention that, but I've not added a note about level 1 completion. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 02:00, 18 April 2009 (EDT)

Blade of Ebony

The blade of ebony isn't on the list of what martin say when he recieves the artifact... --Viccce 13:46, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out. --Nephele 14:05, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

Way to keep all artifacts and still do this quest.

The way i did this and kept all artifacts is to get Sanguine Rose, which is pretty easy to get, and do the duplicate items on it. Even though its unique and you cannot usually duplicate unique items, it works. (I had three because i had no room left in my inventory for more) I took them to martin, but just to be safe i dropped two of them and gave him the remaining one. He takes it just as he would normally, but after the conversation i picked up the other weapons. I can still use them and i am done with the quest. And at the end of the game, You can still have every artifact. -JRM

Azura's Star and the Ring of Khajiiti are also subject to this glitch and can be used similarly. --Sundaroct131088 07:10, 14 August 2007 (EDT)

Wabbajack also works I just duplicated it

So can Umbra, but it's really hard to do. You have to kill Umbra without her using any of the Sword's charge. And then you have to keep it from Clavicus Vile. But otherwise It's fairly easy to duplicate.

Mehrunes Razor

Can it be used in this quest? I am doubtful, but just checking, anyway. --Merco 13:00, 9 October 2007 (EDT)

No - just the ones mentioned on the page can be used. --Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 02:11, 10 October 2007 (EDT)

Bug?

On rare occasions starting this quest will permanently stop you from getting Azura's Star. Even when this quest is complete, the quest will stay in your quest log.

I've moved this bug comment here from the main page because it really doesn't provide any useful information. I've never heard of such a bug before, and saying that simply occurs on "rare occasion" doesn't provide readers with any useful information about what causes it. And I'm not sure what exactly is supposed to be the problem about having a quest you haven't done stay in your quest log. All in all, this really needs a lot more information before it seems ready to be on the main article. --Nephele^Talk 10:30, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

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Someone added this; I thought instead of deleting it I'd move it here, but there really is no use for this since the artifact locations are listed Jplatinum16 02:53, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Prev/Next quests

In more or less descending order of likelihood:

• Blood of the Divines should show Bruma Gate as a pre-req quest
• Or Blood of the Daedra should show Next Quest as both Bruma Gate and Blood of the Divines and Miscarcand should show both B.o.t.Divines and Bruma Gate as prereqs
• Or Blood of the Daedra should show 'enables optional quest Blood of the Divines', and Miscarcand is correct
• Or Blood of the Daedra should show Next Quest as Blood of the Divines, and 'enables optional quest line Bruma Gate', and Miscarcand should show Prev Quest as Blood of the Divines.
  

Anarchangel 20:58, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

As this issue is discussed in multiple places, please continue here: Oblivion_talk:Blood of the Divines.

Jarcionek (talk) 18:24, 4 September 2013 (GMT)

Minor Glitch

I got the skeleton key and went up to Martin to give it to him. Before I could, however, he began talking about the next item, the Blood of a Divine. I hadn't given him any artifacts before (I could give him an artifact after he finished talking about the Divines). After talking about the Divines, I gave him the key, and he told me to talk to Jauffre about the Bruma Gate. When I went up to Jauffre, there was an option about the Armor at which point I saved and quit,

Is this a one time thing or what?

75.198.71.82 22:11, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Stuck at the quest?

If i accidentally sell all the 14 artifact and read the oghma infinium, is there anyway to complete the quest or i will be stuck at it forever?117.4.241.249 15:20, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Moved note

• The Mysterium Xarxes itself is a daedric artifact, as it is written by Mehrunes Dagon, but no one thought to use it.

Already covered by a previous note. --AKB ^Talk 04:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Best items for a low leveler

im level 2 at the moment and i wanna save all the other quests so that i can walk around without having to look out for gates, so what shrine can i go to apart from Azura because i dont wanna be infected with the vampires disease.←…→

Azura Bug

I just tried doing this quest, right after Azura spoke with me the quest sort of hangs. It gives me a green arrow in front of the Azura statue and nothing else. When I talk to the other three there they comment on Azura speaking to me, and one of the guys talks to me about the vampires but I cannot progress. Don't know if I missed something or have a bug.207.6.65.73 08:34, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

What stage of the quest are you at? – Robin Hood↝talk 07:23, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Ring of Khajiiti

Since all of these artifacts appear in skyrim except for the ring of khajiiti and the goldbrand and the goldbrand was supposebly wielded by titus mede 2 in 4e 175, wouldnt the champion of cyrodiil have given martin thye ring of khajiiti?

Not necessarily: Martin just remarks that the artefact in question won't be seen again for "many years", a rather vague timespan that may well have passed anyway by the time the events in Skyrim come to pass. --Cbh (talk) 21:19, 13 January 2013 (GMT)

Recommended Artifact

Which of the artifacts would be recommended for this quest? Nahkriin (talk) 11:10, 1 May 2013‎

It's basically player-choice. The article lists which artifacts can be used, and each one has a little tidbit explaining the notable benefits or disadvantages of choosing it. Depending on your playstyle and preferences, you can choose whichever one you prefer to use. — ABCface^◥ 03:27, 31 May 2013 (GMT)

Getting rid of artifacts before this quest

What would happen if you were to throw away all of the daedric artifacts (and use the Ohgma Infinium) and therefore be unable to give one to Martin? SpyroCoolLP (talk) 14:13, 30 January 2014 (GMT)

You would not be able to continue the game. --AKB ^{Talk Cont Mail} 15:43, 30 January 2014 (GMT)