Dragonborn:Black Book: The Sallow Regent (quest)

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Learn the Black Book's hidden knowledge. Quest Giver: The Black Book The Sallow Regent Location(s): White Ridge Barrow, Apocrypha‎ Reward: Seeker of Might, Seeker of Shadows, or Seeker of Sorcery ability ID: DLC2BlackBook05Quest Suggested Level: 30

Ficheiro:DB-quest-Black Book The Sallow Regent.jpg The Sallow Regent

Quick Walkthrough

1. Read the Black Book The Sallow Regent in White Ridge Barrow.
2. Travel through Apocrypha‎.
3. Learn the Black Book's hidden knowledge.
4. Choose your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough

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The darkness inside

Rewards

• Seeker of Might — Combat skills are all 10% more effective.
• Seeker of Sorcery — All spells cost 10% less magicka. Enchantments are 10% more powerful.
• Seeker of Shadows — Stealth skills are all 10% more effective.

Achievements

One achievement is related to this quest:

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Notes

• The section of Apocrypha‎ that you land in here is perhaps one of the more difficult areas. Besides the typical dangers encountered in this realm, the environment is badly lit (pitch black in areas), and the dark areas will quickly eat away at your health. Using spells such as Candlelight or Magelight, or carrying a torch is an effective way to avoid health damage. Alternatively, you may attempt to remain in the illuminated area under the floating eye lamps, or simply sprint through the stage using potions as needed. If you enter this area already in need of healing, it would be prudent to heal yourself immediately before moving on. Damage is dealt even if you have 100% immunity to poison, 100% resistant to magic, or use the Become Ethereal shout.
• This section has a Seeker, a High Seeker, a Lurker, and a Lurker Vindicator. It is one of the easiest sections of Apocrypha‎ if you know the Candlelight spell and attack from a long range and/or use sneak attacks.
• You can change the reward at any time by traveling to Solstheim and re-reading the book. This will transport you to Apocrypha near the reward location and you can select a different one.
• The quest rewards apply to all skills under their respective categories. Therefore Seeker of Might makes Smithing 10% more effective, and Seeker of Shadows makes created potions 10% more powerful.

Bugs

• Upon returning to Solstheim, the sound effect of the health drain may continue to play indefinitely, or your health might continue to deplete as if you're still in the shadows of Apocrypha.
  • Exiting to the main menu might solve this issue. If not, clearing the game cache should.
  • After you exit Apocrypha, load a different save then reload the auto-save that was just made and this will stop.
  • Transforming into a werewolf or a vampire lord and back will cause the sound to stop.
  • This can be corrected by saving current progress in a new file, quitting to the Main Menu, then returning to the game without loss of progress.
  • Reading the book again and returning to Apocrypha, and then rereading it to return to Solstheim solved the problem as well.
  • Another way to fix this is leaving Apocrypha by committing suicide rather than using the books to escape as dying in Apocrypha teleports you back to Nirn.

Quest Stages

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Objective 10: Learn the Black Book's hidden knowledge

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Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry

 

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 DLC2BlackBook05Quest 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 DLC2BlackBook05Quest.