Favorite Skyrim Quest/s

[StealthyAlchemist]

I don't know if there is a forum for this already, but i was wondering what everyones' favorite quest/s in Skyirm are/is.

One of the quests I like personally is Season Unending because it allows you to mix things up in Skyrim politically allowing for the allegiances of towns and cities to change and I just like to have different jarls together that aren't the preset order. My current game has a different mix of jarls. (Ulfirc Stormcloak, Elisif the Fair, Balgruuf the Greater, Brina Merilis, Laila Law-Giver, Idgrod Ravencrone, Thongvor Silver-Blood, Kraldar, Siddgeir) The Stormcloaks control 3 of 5 major holds and I'm not even aligned with them. I'm aligned with the Empire (sort of).

Just wondering what everyones favorite quest/s are/is. Post it here!!

[Pancake]

The one where we should meet the Greybeard for the first time. Actually I'm just taken a liking to climbing those mountain steps. I was in awe with the scenery of High Hrothgar slope the first time I played Skyrim, and that's pretty much the only quest that I don't fast travel.

Dawnguard radiant quest that involve killing vampire in guise of a travelling merchant/pilgrim is quite interesting, but the repeatable nature of the quest kills the beauty of it. If only we just had to do it one time.

[dzio]

One suggestion - if anyone is describing endgame quests (from any questline), I'd suggest using spoiler tags. I know Skyrim has been released ages ago, but not everyone has completed every questline yet.

That said, my favourite so far is one of the last Dark Brotherhood quests (or rather a series of quests):

Spoiler:

the assassination of the Emperor

. There are just so many different kinds of tasks and so many twists. And it really doesn't feel like the generic "go there, kill him, come back" quest, every step had its own unique flavour and together they covered pretty much every kind of assassination-related activity possible in the game:

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there's feigning an accident, poisoning, impersonation, stalking the victim, framing someone, sneaking into a hard to reach and very well guarded location... And of course my personal favourite, stabbing people in the face.

[Street_Assassin]

Hmm probably one from the Companions in Whiterun where

Spoiler:

you become a werewolf

. I was totally not expecting that once i saw Aela the Huntress in her other form i was like YESS this is what i been waiting for! it was fun to be so powerful and fearless

[philfredobob]

''Beyond Death''

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The quest where you and Serana go into the Soul Cairn and try to find Valerica. i loved what the Soul Cairn looked like, and exploring was great fun. the final battle against Durnehviir was excellent, much better than most other Dragon fights, and the rewards for the quest were great. this was an all round great quest, it had a great twist in the end as well.

''Touching the Sky''

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The quest where you and Serana enter the Forgotten Vale in search of Auriel's Bow. of course the place we explored was really nice, but what i loved the most was the final discovery about Arch Curate Vyrthur. when he said ''Look into my eyes, Serana'' i was going ''Oooh, it all falls into place!'' it was the best twist in Skyrim, and it made me love the Dawnguard questline even more. not to mention the many battles throughout in small Falmer villages and other fights were good!

I love the Dawnguard questline, because i felt every quest in it seemed to have it's own twist, whereas all the other quests in Skyrim seemed to lack any kind of twist.

Oh, I almost forgot
''Lost to the Ages''

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this was a fun quest, one of the few memorable ones in Skyrim. I like Katria, and by the end of the quest I wished that she wasn't dead there's just something fun about exploring an old ruin with a ghost. though the final rewards were a bit underwhelming, the quest itself is solid and good fun.

[Jo'than]

+1 on "Lost to the Ages".

Starting out, it's "Hmm. I wonder what's gonna be in the boss chest." And then it blossoms into this multi-faceted quest all over Skyrim.

It has a funny little follow-up, if you bump into Taron Dreth after completing the quest.

And a funny line...

Spoiler:

if you take the armor from Katria's dead body.

[Corty]

A Night to Remember was very funny and I didn't expect it^^

[dzio]

I ruined it for myself by using persuasion every time and missing out on all the craziness. :[

[dozer1771]

+1 For “Lost to the Ages”

And my personal favorite - “The Path of Knowledge” I absolutely love Neloth. Compared to many other NPCs in Skyrim, he is well planned and very well developed. I really enjoyed all of the quests he is a part of. I would have liked for him to be a regular follower, but being who he is, that's very unlikely.

[Jun Satou]

One of my most favourites, since there are so many is 'The Cure for Madness'.

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I don't know what it was, the first time I played through it, but when Arnbjorn was outside saying 'don't worry I gave it as good as he did' or something like that I got the chills that someone half dead was inside waiting for me to find him and finish him off. No, I wasn't scared...!

[Just_Mad]

I quite enjoyed 'Deceiving The Herd' -One of the side quests for the Vampire Faction in Dawnguard, I wish the Dark Brotherhood radiant quest's where closer to this, to be honest. It involved actual thought, attention to the schedule of your chosen victim, and repercussions... all in all, very enjoyable, and repeatable!

'Proving Honor' for the companions quest-line has a massively enjoyable 'boss fight,' namely just you being locked in a room with wave upon wave of Draugr advancing, playing Legendary and at level 20+ there is quite fun.

Also, I would have to mention the quests from 'Beyond Death' and on-wards in either of the Dawnguard questlines, as they were just absolutely fantastic. Similarly, most quests toward the latter half of Dragonborn and the Dark Brotherhood.

[Zephyr]

The only one that keeps occurring to me is "Darkness Returns".

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I love going through the Twilight Sepulcher with just the clues for each test, especially the room where you have to move around the light. It has a really different feel from most quests. And the Katatonia easter egg gives it style points.

[AbiwonKenabi]

Not sure which one was my favorite, but I really liked the Daedric quests this time around. They got really creative with where each quest showed up and did a good job incorporating each Prince's sphere of influence. Sanguine's and Sheogorath's really stand out for me.

Much better than Oblivion's "Get quest from statue, Go to this place, get/kill things, return to statue, profit" sort of monotonous Daedric quests.

[xDante]

A Night to Remember was a good quest, it was something new and it was actually pretty funny.

And the one where you have to attend a party at the embassy.

I also enjoyed all the quests leading up to

Spoiler:

the assassination of the emperor in The Dark Brotherhood.

[DikaSmausha]

I think killing your first dragon, for the very first time, at least, is really good. But then the rest of dragon fights are disappointing.

[StealthyAlchemist]

I enjoy the Dark Brotherhood questline. They allow you to eliminate your targets however you wish. There are no restrictions on your methods which makes for better roleplaying as well.

I also enjoyed Blood on the Ice because it gives off that Sherlock Holmes feeling allowing you to do some detective work to advance through this quest. However, I felt the quest was too short (like many in the game) and there should have been at least a few more suspects.

I also enjoyed some of the Thieves Guild quests, especially the one where it is possible for Brand-Shei to get arrested. I don't know why, but in these Elder Scroll games, I enjoy sending characters to jail.

[Ebony Dragon]

Blood on the Ice has two parts to it. I originally thought it was glitched, but no it wasn't.
I forget the names, but definitely Mara quests. Espescially the last one, when you have to reunite the two lovers, whom are ghosts.
My friend and I laughed because I had to fight a Dragon, and I was also running from the nearby Giants, when this random Elk came out of nowhere and was identified as an enemy.

[Linkuya]

Every guild quest line. They were superbly penned, and incredibly engaging.

[Snail's Pace]

"A Night to Remember" - I like the humor. And it was perfect for my Character #1.

I forget the names, but definitely Mara quests. Espescially the last one, when you have to reunite the two lovers, whom are ghosts.
My friend and I laughed because I had to fight a Dragon, and I was also running from the nearby Giants, when this random Elk came out of nowhere and was identified as an enemy.

If you were in the area that I suspect you were, I have been attacked several times there by normally harmless animals (deer, elk, foxes). Eventually, I found a possible reason why:

Spoiler:

There was a spriggan nearby.

[DikaSmausha]

Every guild quest line. They were superbly penned, and incredibly engaging.

Did you just say the Companions were engaging?

[Linkuya]

Every guild quest line. They were superbly penned, and incredibly engaging.

Did you just say the Companions were engaging?

Yeah, I don't recall it being unenjoyable.

[DikaSmausha]

I found it bland, but to each his own.

[Crusader's Amour]

I'm not too fond of the Companions either, at least not the main questline. I think it's silly that what is basically the mercenaries guild only really gives you mercenary work as sidequests; the main questline is all about lycanthropy, essentially, which is not really what I signed up for. And having so many missions be essentially "go and slaughter some Silver Hand" was...not good, especially since the Silver Hand are pretty uninteresting antagonists.

[StealthyAlchemist]

If the Silver Hand had an actual figurehead, then the group and story would have been more interesting. The Empire has Tullius, Stormcloaks have Ulfric, Dark Brotherhood has Astrid/ Night Mother, Greybeards have Arngeir, Blades have Delphine/ Esbern, Thieves Guild has Brynjolf/ Mercer/ Karliah, Companions have Kodlak, etc. Although there are other factions that don't have leaders as well which decreases the value of each of those factions. (Psijic Order, Summerset Shadows, Synod, Vigilants of Stendarr) Most factions are only notable during maybe one quest and then turned into common bandits, tossed aside, or have no story involved with them completely. (Except if DLC is acquired.)

[Crusader's Amour]

The Vigilants of Stendarr do have Keeper Carcette, but she never really does anything.