Oblivion Remastered: Necromancer's Moon Quest Walkthrough

After returning from the Ayleid ruins of Vahtacen in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, you'll open the next chapter in your journey to the top of the Mages' Guild. To understand the machinations of the dangerous stirrings of necromancy and potential cult activity, you'll have to open obscure tomes and do your due diligence to research.

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Naturally, the best kind of research is the kind you take on yourself. After scouring tomes and narrowing down the scope of your suspicions, you'll be able to take on a bit of first-hand experience, and if you choose to dabble in necromancy yourself along the way, who would be the wiser?

How To Start The Necromancer's Moon Quest

To get started, you'll need to have completed the following quests at the Arcane University:

• A Mage's Staff
• Ulterior Motives
• Vahtacen's Secret

Once these quests are complete, speak with Raminus Polus about your next tasks for the University.

While you will have to advance in order to receive your next quests for most of the Mages' Guild questline, only Necromancer's Moon does not require you to have accepted the promotion to Conjurer before taking on this quest.

After you've accepted Raminus's newest task, seek out Tar-Meena at the Mystic Library. Tell her you were sent to see her and that you're there to help.

Ask her about the Black Soul Gems. She'll direct you to read a book called The Necromancer's Moon.

That book is sitting on a table near the door between the desk and the bookshelves on the west wall.

Read the Necromancer's Moon and go over your findings with Tar-Meena.

Take the book with you back to Raminus Polus. He'll direct you to talk with Bothiel.

If you interrupt a conversation between Raminus and Bothiel before speaking to Bothiel, the prompt to talk to her might not work. To fix this bug, simply leave the room and return. Bothiel should be more receptive to conversation then.

Talk to Bothiel about the Shade of the Revenant.She'll give you a hastily scrawled note. Read it and then talk to Raminus anew.

How To Catch The Necromancers

Where you go to face the Necromancers does not matter. Although Raminus will direct you to visit Dark Fissure Cave, the following locations are just as acceptable:

1. Fort Istirius
2. Fort Linchal
3. Wendelbek

When you arrive at any of those locations, you will have a choice:

• Wait to watch the ritual yourself.
• Steal a note from a Worm Anchorite.
• Perform the ritual yourself.

Choosing To Wait For The Ritual

If you wish to watch the ceremony performed or wish to perform the ritual yourself, you'll have to wait for the correct date.

The Ritual will be performed every eight days, counting from your Days Passed statistic on your Character page (example: 1st, 9th, 17th, 25th, 33rd, 41st, 49th, etc.), and last 24 hours.

Your Days Passed should be reduced by one for each day you have spent a night in jail.

When the ritual begins, you should see a purple light emanating from the altar from far away. Other indicators include cracks of thunder and a skybox phenomenon of purple-pink coloring.

The Worm Anchorite will perform a rite at the table during this time. At this time, you can:

• Crouch and watch him finish the rite, or
• Kill him and finish the rite yourself using the directions on the note he carries.

To finish the rite, place an empty Grand Soul Gem within the altar. After, cast a Soul Trap spell on the altar.

Choosing To Steal From The Worm Anchorite

If you're not the kind of person to wait around for a light show, you can enter Dark Fissure Cave and seek out the Worm Anchorite.

He has a Handwritten Note on his person, and how you acquire it does not matter.You can kill him for it or pickpocket it. Either way, you can take this note back as your proof.

This is the riskier option as the cave is populated by several necromancers.

How To Conclude The Necromancer's Moon

To wrap up the quest, take your findings back to Raminus Polus.

Once you tell him of the events at whichever altar you visited, you'll finish the quest. This will grant you the ability to seek Advancement with him to the Magician rank.

The Magician Rank does not come with any specific benefits, but you will now seek out your tasks and assignments from Archmage Traven instead of Raminus henceforth.

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