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  • Daniel141182
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    Solstise Summonations
    Letter from the Stirk Fellowship
    Worm Cult Correspondence

    West Weald Writings
    Letter from Aradros these are listed as fixed on test server. So see if anyone find them
  • Daniel141182
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    Solstise Summonations
    Letter from the Stirk Fellowship
    Worm Cult Correspondence

    West Weald Writings
    Letter from Aradros
  • lonewolf26
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    On the PTS I found the "Items Needed for Curative" post quest location.
    Located within the Grotto Docks section witin Deetra Grotto near where you turn the quest in. It is lying on the ground near some crates kkyur719tir3.png
  • lonewolf26
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    Worm Cult Correspondence post quest location on the PTS.
    Travel to the Isle of stirk. You can get there from the Mage's Guild in Shornhelm (Thanks Gwaerendes) using the portal in the back.

    From there go the Western Edge of the map. It will be found on a crate next to a row boat where you would have found it on the quest.

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  • MreeBiPolar
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    Tobyja wrote: »
    Tobyja wrote: »
    *Phew*, i could grab that piece of paper today (PC EU). Just wondering, why it was Holgunns #20 for me and not for you also.
    Maybe it is (if not a server) an instance thing, so i would try (if you didn't do so yet) an instance change via imperial city for example. I'll keep my fingers crossed. And thanks for info on this possible - pitfall.

    It WOULD have been Holgunn's #20 for me if I could finish it... I have finished the previous 19, and can't finish the 20s either for him, or for Lady Arabelle... Only the AD ones...
    Ah, now i see. Guess my eyes were to tired that day, somehow i saw a "5" somewhere, sorry.
    What's with older, location related quests? Maybe that is what makes a difference.
    Did you finish Those She Devours earlier, or is it still open on your Khajiit?

    Ok, I have managed to get it.

    This time, when I was approaching the cave, I have encountered the corpse with a quest marker (previously, I didn't) saying it was killed by something fiery (I assume a fire atronach or some such, though I didn't encounter it), but when I made it through the cave, the book was readable and had the quest marker on it, not only on the compass.

    Previously, I just went through the cave and had only two objects on that side interactable.

    So if anyone has the same issue, make sure you tick the corpse before the cave/mine entrance.
  • LMarshall910
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    Dungeon Delver Documents - Seekxilts' Journal

    If anyone has been struggling to find this, note that you will need two people in order to get into the "Hidden Entrance" of Naj-Caldeesh.

    Both of you have to stand on a pressure plates in either corner of the below room in order for the door to open. The book can then be found in the corridor.
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  • lonewolf26
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    Unfortunately I've been unable to find locations on the PTS for either Letter from the Stirk Fellowship or the Letter from Aradros. I'm hoping other adventurers are having better luck.
    I've checked the regents study, Stirk, and many Fighters Guilds but have not found the Letter from the Stirk Fellowship. Maybe it's in a Mages Guild, or some bulletin board or wall somewhere.

    For the Letter from Aradros I tried running down the King Nantharion connection checking all over Vashabar and outside Hoperoot (I cannot get inside Hoperoot post quest). I've not yet checked Oathsworn Pit, Hastrel Hollow, or Miscarcand.
    Edited by lonewolf26 on 11 August 2026 21:11
  • kliqIMB
    kliqIMB
    Soul Shriven
    Season One Books

    Violet Vvardvark Tavern Receipt

    I was playing through the new Sheogorath quest line with my wife last night and we were ground and both on the quest "A Taste of the Finer Things". In the Curd Cave Cheesery you are instructed to "picked up a crumpled note" which gives this Lorebook. Unfortunately, if one player picks it up and backs out of the pop-up before the other player interacts with the Lorebook, then the quest auto-progresses for both players and the other player is unable to receive credit for the Lorebook.

    I had hoped upon finishing the quest itself that the Lorebook might be outside somewhere, but to no avail that I could find. I also searched for it again when you go back into the Curd Cave Cheesery later in the quest chain and it wasn't available either.

    I think this behavior could also impact the "Othuk's Note" Lorebook in the quest "A Madcap Mystery", but I didn't want to test it on either of our accounts because we're usually extremely careful about this sort of thing. When we got to Othuk's Note, I opened it first, stayed on the screen, and then my wife opened it, and we both received credit.
  • msgeek
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    Thanks to Shinni's amazing addon release for eidetic memory books on console, I finally got around to tackling my ~500 outstanding books, having previously put it on hold when addons were announced. After a lot of cross-referencing, and removing the books that are known bug/fix u51, here's my final list of outstanding. If anyone could sanity check I've not missed a way to get these it would be hugely appreciated.

    Note: I consider books where a work-around exists to obtain via grouping with another player to still be bugged. They will remain on my list until a true fix is implemented.

    Archipelago Books and Almanacs - Arnoit and Lisette: The Truth
    In the library in castle mornard, vastyr. Can't be accessed post-quest

    Daedric Cults - Or Else
    Windtorn house, Riften. Doesn't appear to be there post-quest?

    Hearts and Flowers - Letter to Raerana
    Frostmoon Farmstead, Rift. I've literally jumped on the shelf where this is supposed to be. No sign of it?

    Season One Books - Librarian Henard's Journal
    Hidden Library (TG Quest). No post-quest location?

    Season One Books - Noth's notes on Maddy
    Shivering Isles (Sheo Quest). No post-quest location?

    Season One Books - Silver-Eye's Orders
    During TG Quest. Not there post-quest?

    Solstice Summations Part 2 - Hastily Written Observations
    Ashbound Hall. Can't be accessed post-quest.

    West Weald Writings - Memorial to Uriel Weatherleah
    Weatherleah Estate. Not there post-quest?


    Thanks!
  • Tobyja
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    Don't know of differences between console and pc, for pc i can say...
    msgeek wrote: »

    Archipelago Books and Almanacs - Arnoit and Lisette: The Truth
    In the library in castle mornard, vastyr. Can't be accessed post-quest
    right, same so

    Daedric Cults - Or Else
    Windtorn house, Riften. Doesn't appear to be there post-quest?
    it is. Post quest in front of the fighters guild, between Viveka and Andrin
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    Hearts and Flowers - Letter to Raerana
    Frostmoon Farmstead, Rift. I've literally jumped on the shelf where this is supposed to be. No sign of it?
    don't know, have not played through - pre quest it's not there

    Season One Books - Librarian Henard's Journal
    Hidden Library (TG Quest). No post-quest location?
    right, not yet at least

    Season One Books - Noth's notes on Maddy
    Shivering Isles (Sheo Quest). No post-quest location?
    nope

    Season One Books - Silver-Eye's Orders
    During TG Quest. Not there post-quest?
    nope

    Solstice Summations Part 2 - Hastily Written Observations
    Ashbound Hall. Can't be accessed post-quest.
    fixed together with other Ashbound Hall-writings. Post quest with these in a small camp north of Ashbound Hall
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    West Weald Writings - Memorial to Uriel Weatherleah
    Weatherleah Estate. Not there post-quest?
    don't know, have not played through - pre quest it's not there

    Thanks!

    "Am Beginn einer jeden Katastrophe steht eine Vermutung."
  • msgeek
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    Tobyja wrote:
    Don't know of differences between console and pc, for pc i can say...

    Thank you! that's two off my my list. Your responses on Letter to Raerana and Memorial to Uriel Weatherleah did make me wonder if perhaps I hadn't completed the quests, but double checking, it looks like I have.
  • Tobyja
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    msgeek wrote: »
    Tobyja wrote:
    Don't know of differences between console and pc, for pc i can say...

    Thank you! that's two off my my list. Your responses on Letter to Raerana and Memorial to Uriel Weatherleah did make me wonder if perhaps I hadn't completed the quests, but double checking, it looks like I have.

    You're welcome. And in addition to
    msgeek wrote: »

    Hearts and Flowers - Letter to Raerana
    Frostmoon Farmstead, Rift. I've literally jumped on the shelf where this is supposed to be. No sign of it?
    don't know, have not played through - pre quest it's not there
    just played it and post quest this one is located close beside (also quest related) Rilyn's Journal in Rilyn's cave, southwest of Frostmoon Farmstead
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    Edited by Tobyja on 17 August 2026 14:59
    "Am Beginn einer jeden Katastrophe steht eine Vermutung."
  • msgeek
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    Tobyja wrote:
    You're welcome. And in addition to

    Amazing! Legend!
  • Tobyja
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    B)
    "Am Beginn einer jeden Katastrophe steht eine Vermutung."
  • kliqIMB
    kliqIMB
    Soul Shriven
    kliqIMB wrote: »
    Season One Books

    Violet Vvardvark Tavern Receipt

    I was playing through the new Sheogorath quest line with my wife last night and we were ground and both on the quest "A Taste of the Finer Things". In the Curd Cave Cheesery you are instructed to "picked up a crumpled note" which gives this Lorebook. Unfortunately, if one player picks it up and backs out of the pop-up before the other player interacts with the Lorebook, then the quest auto-progresses for both players and the other player is unable to receive credit for the Lorebook.

    I had hoped upon finishing the quest itself that the Lorebook might be outside somewhere, but to no avail that I could find. I also searched for it again when you go back into the Curd Cave Cheesery later in the quest chain and it wasn't available either.

    I think this behavior could also impact the "Othuk's Note" Lorebook in the quest "A Madcap Mystery", but I didn't want to test it on either of our accounts because we're usually extremely careful about this sort of thing. When we got to Othuk's Note, I opened it first, stayed on the screen, and then my wife opened it, and we both received credit.

    Apologies for the shameless bump here. Mostly doing so to ask a follow-up which is: Is this behavior expected? My wife and I quest together somewhat infrequently (I like to go in order, she likes to explore wherever), but I can't recall this ever happening before? Just trying to see the likelihood that my character is just busted forever now. Since this is a "Quest" Lorebook—the assumption being everyone had to have picked it up to continue the quest—my worry is that it'll be overlooked or somehow not possible to include like a normal post-quest one would.
  • Tobyja
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    kliqIMB wrote: »
    kliqIMB wrote: »
    Season One Books

    Violet Vvardvark Tavern Receipt

    I was playing through the new Sheogorath quest line with my wife last night and we were ground and both on the quest "A Taste of the Finer Things". In the Curd Cave Cheesery you are instructed to "picked up a crumpled note" which gives this Lorebook. Unfortunately, if one player picks it up and backs out of the pop-up before the other player interacts with the Lorebook, then the quest auto-progresses for both players and the other player is unable to receive credit for the Lorebook.

    I had hoped upon finishing the quest itself that the Lorebook might be outside somewhere, but to no avail that I could find. I also searched for it again when you go back into the Curd Cave Cheesery later in the quest chain and it wasn't available either.

    I think this behavior could also impact the "Othuk's Note" Lorebook in the quest "A Madcap Mystery", but I didn't want to test it on either of our accounts because we're usually extremely careful about this sort of thing. When we got to Othuk's Note, I opened it first, stayed on the screen, and then my wife opened it, and we both received credit.

    Apologies for the shameless bump here. Mostly doing so to ask a follow-up which is: Is this behavior expected? My wife and I quest together somewhat infrequently (I like to go in order, she likes to explore wherever), but I can't recall this ever happening before? Just trying to see the likelihood that my character is just busted forever now. Since this is a "Quest" Lorebook—the assumption being everyone had to have picked it up to continue the quest—my worry is that it'll be overlooked or somehow not possible to include like a normal post-quest one would.

    Thought, someone else with better english would answer you to that point, but i will try...
    This behavior is - sadly - expected by experience. In the past, this issue occurs every now and then, although it was promised (at least one time), that ZOS will avoid it in the future.
    Personally it is the main reason for me to play quests alone, at least for the first go - in group with others only after that.
    Your workaround with let staying the reading screen open till other party members also hitting it, sounds as a good idea to me. Never tried that on my own. An other option to avoid the missing book problem would be, not to complete a quest and cancel it instead.
    I mean, in the latest past they fixed a lot of problematic eidetic memory entries and placed a lot of post quest locations for many books, writs, papers, whatever... but they are still far away from cover them all.
    In my eyes it is a shame for a game, which do have "scrolls" in its name.
    But especially in case of the latest Sheo and Thieves quests i still have hope, that they give us post quest locations in time.
    We will see.
    "Am Beginn einer jeden Katastrophe steht eine Vermutung."
  • AzuraFan
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    I'm missing the following book from Season One books: An Ode to the Prince of Madness.

    According to UESP, it's found in the Shivering Shack, but somehow I missed it during the questline. Now there's no shivering shack for me. Is it located anywhere post-questline?
  • Tobyja
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    AzuraFan wrote: »
    I'm missing the following book from Season One books: An Ode to the Prince of Madness.

    According to UESP, it's found in the Shivering Shack, but somehow I missed it during the questline. Now there's no shivering shack for me. Is it located anywhere post-questline?

    Afraid it's not. Don't know of a post quest loca. Not yet at least.
    Edited by Tobyja on 2 September 2026 22:43
    "Am Beginn einer jeden Katastrophe steht eine Vermutung."
  • Dactylz
    Dactylz
    So I have 14 books left, 7 of which are ToT clues, do you have a higher chance of getting the clues to drop when you win games? Or is it entirely random?
  • Tobyja
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    Dactylz wrote: »
    So I have 14 books left, 7 of which are ToT clues, do you have a higher chance of getting the clues to drop when you win games? Or is it entirely random?

    Didn't play ToT for a while, afaik the higher chance is given only in a sense of getting higher tier coffers.
    While in the end it is totally random, the chances raising, maybe just slightly, with the color of the reward coffer from green, blue and violet to yellow.
    But i'm not sure, if the efford is worth it. Personally i got the clues mostly out of Kishkas violet purses received through 3 victorys over npc daylies, iirc. Seemed to be the easiest way to me.
    And, based on my experiences with time related good or bad rng spots, i hoard one or two dozen coffers (violet and blue ones, normally). Then, after a login, i opened up to 3 of them - if some rare drop has shown up (or a clue of course) i did open more (otherwise not until the next login), because chances were higher then, to got a second clue for example. My personal strategy.
    Good luck!
    "Am Beginn einer jeden Katastrophe steht eine Vermutung."
  • Dactylz
    Dactylz
    Tobyja wrote: »
    Dactylz wrote: »
    So I have 14 books left, 7 of which are ToT clues, do you have a higher chance of getting the clues to drop when you win games? Or is it entirely random?

    Didn't play ToT for a while, afaik the higher chance is given only in a sense of getting higher tier coffers.
    While in the end it is totally random, the chances raising, maybe just slightly, with the color of the reward coffer from green, blue and violet to yellow.
    But i'm not sure, if the efford is worth it. Personally i got the clues mostly out of Kishkas violet purses received through 3 victorys over npc daylies, iirc. Seemed to be the easiest way to me.
    And, based on my experiences with time related good or bad rng spots, i hoard one or two dozen coffers (violet and blue ones, normally). Then, after a login, i opened up to 3 of them - if some rare drop has shown up (or a clue of course) i did open more (otherwise not until the next login), because chances were higher then, to got a second clue for example. My personal strategy.
    Good luck!

    Thank you! I might try that!
  • kliqIMB
    kliqIMB
    Soul Shriven
    Tobyja wrote: »
    kliqIMB wrote: »
    kliqIMB wrote: »
    Season One Books

    Violet Vvardvark Tavern Receipt

    I was playing through the new Sheogorath quest line with my wife last night and we were ground and both on the quest "A Taste of the Finer Things". In the Curd Cave Cheesery you are instructed to "picked up a crumpled note" which gives this Lorebook. Unfortunately, if one player picks it up and backs out of the pop-up before the other player interacts with the Lorebook, then the quest auto-progresses for both players and the other player is unable to receive credit for the Lorebook.

    I had hoped upon finishing the quest itself that the Lorebook might be outside somewhere, but to no avail that I could find. I also searched for it again when you go back into the Curd Cave Cheesery later in the quest chain and it wasn't available either.

    I think this behavior could also impact the "Othuk's Note" Lorebook in the quest "A Madcap Mystery", but I didn't want to test it on either of our accounts because we're usually extremely careful about this sort of thing. When we got to Othuk's Note, I opened it first, stayed on the screen, and then my wife opened it, and we both received credit.

    Apologies for the shameless bump here. Mostly doing so to ask a follow-up which is: Is this behavior expected? My wife and I quest together somewhat infrequently (I like to go in order, she likes to explore wherever), but I can't recall this ever happening before? Just trying to see the likelihood that my character is just busted forever now. Since this is a "Quest" Lorebook—the assumption being everyone had to have picked it up to continue the quest—my worry is that it'll be overlooked or somehow not possible to include like a normal post-quest one would.

    Thought, someone else with better english would answer you to that point, but i will try...
    This behavior is - sadly - expected by experience. In the past, this issue occurs every now and then, although it was promised (at least one time), that ZOS will avoid it in the future.
    Personally it is the main reason for me to play quests alone, at least for the first go - in group with others only after that.
    Your workaround with let staying the reading screen open till other party members also hitting it, sounds as a good idea to me. Never tried that on my own. An other option to avoid the missing book problem would be, not to complete a quest and cancel it instead.
    I mean, in the latest past they fixed a lot of problematic eidetic memory entries and placed a lot of post quest locations for many books, writs, papers, whatever... but they are still far away from cover them all.
    In my eyes it is a shame for a game, which do have "scrolls" in its name.
    But especially in case of the latest Sheo and Thieves quests i still have hope, that they give us post quest locations in time.
    We will see.

    Thanks for the info! I really appreciate it. Yeah, it's bizarre to have quest step notes not have some sort of post-quest location for exactly this reason. Really puts a damper on questing together. Hopefully though they'll all be resolved. One day I'd like to have full completion on this character.
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