Skyrim:Smith 'N Slash

Defeat an Orc blacksmith and her bandits to obtain an enchanted set of armor. Quest Giver: Added by asking an innkeeper for work after purchasing the Alternative Armors - Orcish Plate Creation Location(s): Whiterun Guard Barracks, Embershard Mine Reward: Set of enchanted Orcish Plate armor ID: ccBGSSSE054_Quest Added by: Alternative Armors - Orcish Plate

Smith 'N Slash

Quick Walkthrough

1. Go to the Whiterun Guard Barracks and read the dossier.
2. Enter Embershard Mine.
3. Kill Yakhtu gra-Orkulg and obtain her journal from her body.
4. Read the journal.
5. Kill the bandit chief and retrieve the Orcish Plate armor.

Detailed Walkthrough

Guard Barracks

To start this quest go to the Whiterun Guard Barracks and read the dossier which is found on a shelf in the back room.

Embershard Mine

Head to Embershard Mine just southwest of Riverwood. Battle on through the numerous bandits (some noticeably wearing the armor) and make it to the final grand waterfall chamber. Here battle some more bandits including a Chief Bandit wearing the full set and the Orc woman Yakhtu gra-Orkulg. Loot her body to find Yakhtu's Journal. Read it to complete the quest.

Finally loot the Bandit Chief to acquire an enchanted full set. Upon leaving the mine you'll have several sets of Orcish Plate Armor including the enchanted one.

Notes

1. As detailed on the Embershard Mine page, the actual chief bandit in here is not actually designated a "Bandit Chief" by name, and appears to just a normal "Bandit", until you search his corpse and find out that he's carrying the good stuff.
2. If the cave is already in a "Cleared" state when you enter it, and has not respawned normally, a few bandits including the chief will still be spawned. The chief will still drop his full enchanted set, but there is no guarantee of getting a full unenchanted set of Orcish Plate from the few bandits in the cave if it has not had time for a full respawn.
3. As a result of the cave having a maximum level as well as a minimum, Yakhtu (min level 15, scales up with player) will be considerably tougher than the bandit chief she technically serves (max level 10).
4. Yakhtu has a named key, which opens a locked chest of smithing supplies next to the table in the large room.

Quest Stages

Smith 'N Slash (ccBGSSSE054_Quest)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Bandits have long been an issue for the people Skyrim [sic]. If I visit the Guard House in Whiterun, I might find some information on them. Objective 10: Search for a dossier at the Guard Barracks in Whiterun
20		Bandits have long been an issue for the people Skyrim [sic]. At the Guard House in Whiterun, I found a dossier that might have information on their whereabouts. Objective 20: Read the guard's dossier
30		Bandits have long been an issue for the people Skyrim [sic]. At the Guard House in Whiterun, I found a dossier that has information on an Orc blacksmith forging weapons for bandits at Embershard Mine. Objective 30: Find the blacksmith in Embershard Mine
40		At Embershard Mine, I found an Orc blacksmith forging weapons for bandits. I managed to eliminate her. I should check her body to see what else I can uncover. Objective 40: Examine the body
45		At Embershard Mine, I found an Orc blacksmith forging weapons for bandits. I managed to eliminate her and found a journal on her body. Objective 50: Read the journal
50		At Embershard Mine, I found an Orc blacksmith forging weapons for bandits. I managed to eliminate her and read a journal on her body. It mentioned crafting valuable Orcish Plate armor for bandits. Objective 60: Retrieve the Orcish Plate Armor
1000		At Embershard Mine, I found an Orc blacksmith forging weapons for bandits. I managed to eliminate her and read a journal on her body. It mentioned crafting valuable Orcish Plate armor for bandits. I defeated a bandit wearing the armor and claimed it for myself.
2000	Finishes quest	At Embershard Mine, I found an Orc blacksmith forging weapons for bandits. I managed to eliminate her and read a journal on her body. It mentioned crafting valuable Orcish Plate armor for bandits. I defeated a bandit wearing the armor and claimed it for myself.

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.

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 ccBGSSSE054_Quest 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 ccBGSSSE054_Quest.

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