Oblivion:A Venerable Vintage

Current Best Route

Quest stages are indicated in parentheses at the end of each step when they are updated. Keep in mind that these optimized steps are within the context of the 100% speedrun route, meaning that certain items and setups are sometimes assumed to have already been performed prior to the start of the quest.

1. Fast travel to Fort Carmala, south of Chorrol.
2. Make a save before entering the fort. Inside, stay right until you find a Wooden Chest with 2 Shadowbanish Wine next to a coffin. Take the wine, then Load Warp out. (10)
3. Fast travel to Fort Dirich, SW of Fort Carmala.
4. Make a save before entering the fort. Find and take 2 Shadowbanish Wine by hugging the left wall until you find a flat-topped wooden chest.
5. During Caught in the Hunt, open the chest outside at the top of Fort Grief to get the 2 Shadowbanish Wine.
6. Fast travel to Weye, the village West of the Imperial City. Enter the Wawnet Inn.
7. Talk to Nerussa.

   ↳ Wine. (20)

   ↳ Wine. (✔ 100)

Bugs

Currently there are no known bugs associated with this quest that affect the 100% route.

Route Logic Considerations

• You need a total of 6 Shadowbanish Wine, which cannot be duped with Scroll Duping. If there is another way to duplicate or quickly spawn all of the Shadowbanish Wine from a single source, this quest could be improved.
• Caught in the Hunt is currently the only known quest to have a dungeon that contains Shadowbanish Wine. For this reason, that quest should be done up to the point of arriving at Fort Grief prior to doing this quest.
• There may be more ideal locations to find Shadowbanish Wine. A thorough analysis of all dungeons should be performed at some point.
• You can save one backtrack by talking to Nerussa after already acquiring all 6 bottles of the Shadowbanish Wine.

Script Analysis

No script analysis has been done for this quest.

Quest Stages

A Venerable Vintage (SQ08)

Stage	Finish	setstage Scripts	Journal Entry
10			I've come across a bottle of wine with markings I've never seen before. I can barely make out "Shadowbanish Wine" on the label. It must be quite valuable. I should hold onto it until I find out more.
20			I've spoken to Nerussa, the publican at the Wawnet Inn just outside the Imperial City. She's searching for a rare wine named Shadowbanish Wine that she says is most commonly found in fort ruins. She tells me if I retrieve six bottles, I'll be well compensated. Looks like I'll need to keep a careful eye out.
30			I've recovered six bottles of Shadowbanish Wine. I should bring them back to Nerussa at the Wawnet Inn for my final reward.
100	✔		I've given six bottles of Shadowbanish Wine to Nerussa. In return, she paid me a large finder's fee of 1000 gold. She also told me if I find any more bottles of the wine, she'd gladly pay me 100 gold each for them.