Oblivion:Hermaeus Mora

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. Reach level 20 and complete all the other Daedric Shrine quests.
2. Fast travel to Hermaeus Mora’s Shrine, which is very far west of Bruma.
3. Activate the shrine and wait for the cutscene to end. (20)
4. Equip and hotkey the Mora’s Soul Trap spell.
5. Cast Mora's Soul Trap on the following NPCs during their quests when you would normally kill them:
   • Caelia Draconis during Next of Kin for the Imperial soul. (33)
   • Alval Uvani during A Matter of Honor for the Dark Elf soul. (35)
   • Kurdan gro-Dragol during Caught in the Hunt for the Orc soul. (39)
   • Oleta during Restoration Training for the Redguard soul. (38)
   • J'Ghasta during Broken Vows for the Khajiit soul. (34)
   • Jakben, Earl of Imbel during Boots of Springheel Jak for the Breton soul. (31)
   • Shaleez during Final Justice for the Argonian soul. (30)
   • Havilstein Hoar-Blood during The Coldest Sleep for the Nord soul. (37)
   • Ungolim during A Kiss Before Dying for the Wood Elf soul. (32)
6. Fast travel to the Quest Marker to activate the shrine. Wait for the cutscene to end. (✔ 100)
7. Keep the Oghma Infinium book quest reward, but do not read it.

Bugs

• This quest requires all the other Daedric Shrine quests to be completed first. Mephala has a bug that can potentially conflict with this.

Route Logic Considerations

• This quest requires all the other Daedric Shrine quests to be completed first.
• The Oghma Infinium quest reward needs to be kept for when we Class Reset during the Skill Grind.
• The NPCs that are used for acquiring all of the souls will vary depending on route logic, but in general we want to target NPCs we had to kill anyway, primarily from the Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild Blood Prices, and Master Training quests, although some side quests like Caught in the Hunt are also utilized. Ideally we want to have Hermaeus Mora started early enough into these questlines that we have at least one of each race left so that we can acquire all of the souls during other quests.
• Since a specific player level is required to start this quest, it is best done after the first instance of Power Leveling in the route logic.
• Like most Daedric Shrine quests, there are unskippable cutscenes that we need to find a way to avoid.

TODO: Add a table of all the NPCs that are killed anyway for future routing efficiency.

Script Analysis

No script analysis has been done for this quest.

Quest Stages

Hermaeus Mora (DAHermaeusMora)

Stage	Finish	setstage Scripts	Journal Entry
10			A man has told me that Hermaeus Mora wishes for me to visit his shrine.
20			Hermaeus Mora wishes for me to gather for him ten souls, one of each of the races.
30			I've captured the soul of an Argonian.
31			I've captured the soul of a Breton.
32			I've captured the soul of a Bosmer.
33			I've captured the soul of an Imperial.
34			I've captured the soul of a Khajiit.
35			I've captured the soul of a Dunmer.
36			I've captured the soul of an Altmer.
37			I've captured the soul of a Nord.
38			I've captured the soul of a Redguard.
39			I've captured the soul of an Orc.
40			I have gathered a soul from each of the ten races for Hermaeus Mora. I should return to his shrine.
100	✔		Hermaeus Mora was pleased with the souls I brought him. He has rewarded me with the Oghma Infinium.