The Covetous Countess

Volkodav · March 2016

Well,.. I found the three items needed and it registered that I had them.Then when I went to leave,I was seen and killed.Now the damn quest says I need to find the same three things again.It took me forever and ever to find those three items.
Plus,it is actually costing me more than the payment I will get in the end.
I have never abandoned a quest yet,but I must say I am close.

Xendyn · March 2016

I always carry those Counterfeit Pardons on me when I'm doing those.
Make yourself some Invis pots, that can help, too.

I also practiced at getting away from the guards after reading some advice on here and they rarely manage to kill me now if I do get caught.

Abandoning the quest won't hurt anything. You'll be able to pick up another one at the Tip Board. Might get a better one even.

Good Luck

SantieClaws · March 2016

Wayrest Castle is a fine place for liberating many things easily - and very near the Outlaw Refuge. Maybe go and build up a nice supply of liberated items from there first?

Taking things from drawers and cupboards - the right drawers and cupboards - tends to be much less risky than the picking of the pockets.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Volkodav · March 2016

Xendyn wrote: »

I always carry those Counterfeit Pardons on me when I'm doing those.
Make yourself some Invis pots, that can help, too.

I also practiced at getting away from the guards after reading some advice on here and they rarely manage to kill me now if I do get caught.

Abandoning the quest won't hurt anything. You'll be able to pick up another one at the Tip Board. Might get a better one even.

Good Luck

I had a lot of those pardons,but I have them on two other charactes who are just starting the Thieves Guild quests.They'll need t hem.
I am mostly mad that even after the game registered my items and told me to go back to further the quest,once I was killed,it ignored all my hard won work. It took me like two hours to even find them.

Volkodav · March 2016

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

Wayrest Castle is a fine place for liberating many things easily - and very near the Outlaw Refuge. Maybe go and build up a nice supply of liberated items from there first?

Taking things from drawers and cupboards - the right drawers and cupboards - tends to be much less risky than the picking of the pockets.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Where's Wayrest? Not in Hew's Bane,right? I thought we have to stay there.

SantieClaws · March 2016

Oh no - the items you take for the Countess can be from anywhere

Farorin · March 2016

I've heard a few people complain about this quest, but for me it is the easiest and quickest of the lot.

Volkodav · March 2016

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

Oh no - the items you take for the Countess can be from anywhere

Oh thank God I didnt dump the quest~
Thank you for that info!

Volkodav · March 2016

Farorin wrote: »

I've heard a few people complain about this quest, but for me it is the easiest and quickest of the lot.

Ok,where did you go to get your items so easily?:}

Abeille · March 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

Wayrest Castle is a fine place for liberating many things easily - and very near the Outlaw Refuge. Maybe go and build up a nice supply of liberated items from there first?

Taking things from drawers and cupboards - the right drawers and cupboards - tends to be much less risky than the picking of the pockets.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Where's Wayrest? Not in Hew's Bane,right? I thought we have to stay there.

You can steal the items in any map. You don't have to stay in Hew's Bane.

Remember you need to launder them before turning the quest in. She wants "clean" items.

Also let me just say that some of the stuff that Countess say is really creepy.

Xendyn · March 2016

You can steal them from anywhere unless it tells you a specific area. Also you can get them from Troves sometimes. I have some of those items saved.

The items are stolen goods, so as with any other stolen item, until you launder them, they are vulnerable.

SantieClaws · March 2016

This one will give you her top secret list of the three best places she thinks have many items unwatched

Wayrest castle - don't bother with the throne room though - too many witnesses - no witnesses at all in the king's bedroom ...

The room at the top of the inn in Dragonstar, Craglorn (one khajiit and many lootable chests)

The basement barracks area in the castle in Wrothgar - again many chests.

Yours with busy paws
Santie Claws

Volkodav · March 2016

You guys are all so helpful.My great thanks!
I know places where there are tosn of houses with dressesrsplanty of people to pick pockets,and stuff.
I'd go now,but the NA server just went down for maintenance.

Vendrath · March 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

I had a lot of those pardons,but I have them on two other charactes who are just starting the Thieves Guild quests.They'll need t hem.
I am mostly mad that even after the game registered my items and told me to go back to further the quest,once I was killed,it ignored all my hard won work. It took me like two hours to even find them.

But that's part of the quest, you have to not only collect them all, you have to get away with it.

Volkodav · March 2016

Vendrath wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

I had a lot of those pardons,but I have them on two other charactes who are just starting the Thieves Guild quests.They'll need t hem.
I am mostly mad that even after the game registered my items and told me to go back to further the quest,once I was killed,it ignored all my hard won work. It took me like two hours to even find them.

But that's part of the quest, you have to not only collect them all, you have to get away with it.

It didnt say that,It just said to get them.I didnt even see them in my inventory.

UrQuan · March 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

Vendrath wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

I had a lot of those pardons,but I have them on two other charactes who are just starting the Thieves Guild quests.They'll need t hem.
I am mostly mad that even after the game registered my items and told me to go back to further the quest,once I was killed,it ignored all my hard won work. It took me like two hours to even find them.

But that's part of the quest, you have to not only collect them all, you have to get away with it.

It didnt say that,It just said to get them.I didnt even see them in my inventory.

But they're stolen items, so if you get caught (before laundering them) the guards will take them from you and then you can't give them to the countess...

Volkodav · March 2016

UrQuan wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

Vendrath wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

I had a lot of those pardons,but I have them on two other charactes who are just starting the Thieves Guild quests.They'll need t hem.
I am mostly mad that even after the game registered my items and told me to go back to further the quest,once I was killed,it ignored all my hard won work. It took me like two hours to even find them.

But that's part of the quest, you have to not only collect them all, you have to get away with it.

It didnt say that,It just said to get them.I didnt even see them in my inventory.

But they're stolen items, so if you get caught (before laundering them) the guards will take them from you and then you can't give them to the countess...

Right.I was hoping this wasnt the case,darn it.

SantieClaws · March 2016

You have to get all the items home and safely laundered - if the guards catch you then all the precious items are gone!

That is why this one thinks that the looting of drawers and trunks is a safer bet for this quest than the picking of the pockets.

Also anything you save and launder can be used for a future quest so even if you think you don't need it now launder it so you have a nice pile of ready laundered items (that the guards won't take) to choose from in future.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Volkodav · March 2016

I dont pick pockets unless I absolutely have to. XD
(meaning unless the quest demands it)

UrQuan · March 2016

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

You have to get all the items home and safely laundered - if the guards catch you then all the precious items are gone!

That is why this one thinks that the looting of drawers and trunks is a safer bet for this quest than the picking of the pockets.

Also anything you save and launder can be used for a future quest so even if you think you don't need it now launder it so you have a nice pile of ready laundered items (that the guards won't take) to choose from in future.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Hmm, Santie Claws is clearly an experienced and clever wealth redistribution professional.

SantieClaws · March 2016

Indeed. Sometimes Khajiit never quite knows what she might find when she puts paw to pocket ...

Santie always carries hand wipes.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Volkodav · March 2016

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

You have to get all the items home and safely laundered - if the guards catch you then all the precious items are gone!

That is why this one thinks that the looting of drawers and trunks is a safer bet for this quest than the picking of the pockets.

Also anything you save and launder can be used for a future quest so even if you think you don't need it now launder it so you have a nice pile of ready laundered items (that the guards won't take) to choose from in future.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Very wise words.I shall make it my personal quest to gain a large stockpile for those quests.
Thank you.

Tib · March 2016

Completing other Kari's Tip Board quests always gives you a box of already laundered items, so spare some of these. Heists also give you laundered items as rewards.

Try to spare items from a few different categories. Like children's toys, euhmm.. wardrobe accessories, devices. Items that have more than one category have the chance to be more useful.

According to the latest edit on UESP -

The requested objects vary as follows:

Drinkware, Utensils, and Dishes
Cosmetics, Linens, and Wardrobe Accessories
Ritual Objects and Oddities
Writings and Maps

Hope this helps, good luck! Personally I think it's the easiest quest of them all

Volkodav · March 2016

Thanks for all the info.I wont get rid of things as quickly now. XD

Enodoc · March 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

I am mostly mad that even after the game registered my items and told me to go back to further the quest,once I was killed,it ignored all my hard won work. It took me like two hours to even find them.

Volkodav wrote: »

I dont pick pockets unless I absolutely have to. XD
(meaning unless the quest demands it)

If I remember rightly, you don't actually have to steal any items for The Covetous Countess if you already have them. The "stealing" entry is a hint for how to get the items; the objective itself is to obtain clean items. So if you already have them, all you need to do is launder them. If you already have laundered items (eg, from Laundered Shipments), then you only need to deliver them.

anitajoneb17_ESO · March 2016

L2Steal ;-)

Dubhliam · March 2016

nurrtibub16_ESO wrote: »

Completing other Kari's Tip Board quests always gives you a box of already laundered items, so spare some of these. Heists also give you laundered items as rewards.

Try to spare items from a few different categories. Like children's toys, euhmm.. wardrobe accessories, devices. Items that have more than one category have the chance to be more useful.

According to the latest edit on UESP -

The requested objects vary as follows:

Drinkware, Utensils, and Dishes
Cosmetics, Linens, and Wardrobe Accessories
Ritual Objects and Oddities
Writings and Maps

Hope this helps, good luck! Personally I think it's the easiest quest of them all

^
THIS.

Also, you should consider these sets for thieving:
3 piece Nightshade (body, 1 weapon max)
5 piece Night Mother (jewlery, weapons, 1 body max)
4 piece Bahraha (4 medium body = for heists) OR 4 piece Serpent/s Spirit (4 medium body = regular thieving)

Combined with Legerdemain and TG passives, stealing is like taking sweet rolls from milksops.

SantieClaws · March 2016

This one uses a full set of Night's Silence when working.

Faster to slip away into the shadows ...

Always remember to tuck your tail out of sight also.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Dubhliam · March 2016

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

This one uses a full set of Night's Silence when working.

Faster to slip away into the shadows ...

Always remember to tuck your tail out of sight also.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

The Dark Stalker passive from the vampire skill tree does the same thing as 5 piece bonus from Night Silence.
It is a waste of 5 slots IMO.

But yeah, if you are a WW and don't want to cure, or for some reason you don't want to become a vamp, Night Silence might be a good set to go to.
Not the LA version, mind you.
You need someone to craft you MA Night Silence for body pieces.

Volkodav · March 2016

Dubhliam wrote: »

nurrtibub16_ESO wrote: »

Completing other Kari's Tip Board quests always gives you a box of already laundered items, so spare some of these. Heists also give you laundered items as rewards.

Try to spare items from a few different categories. Like children's toys, euhmm.. wardrobe accessories, devices. Items that have more than one category have the chance to be more useful.

According to the latest edit on UESP -

The requested objects vary as follows:

Drinkware, Utensils, and Dishes
Cosmetics, Linens, and Wardrobe Accessories
Ritual Objects and Oddities
Writings and Maps

Hope this helps, good luck! Personally I think it's the easiest quest of them all

^
THIS.

Also, you should consider these sets for thieving:
3 piece Nightshade (body, 1 weapon max)
5 piece Night Mother (jewlery, weapons, 1 body max)
4 piece Bahraha (4 medium body = for heists) OR 4 piece Serpent/s Spirit (4 medium body = regular thieving)

Combined with Legerdemain and TG passives, stealing is like taking sweet rolls from milksops.

I actually got all three of those,plus I won the assistant and the Merchant Lord's costume.
Oh,and I also got the Shadow Dancer set from the troves.
I'll remain remindful of the different perks for each set.
Thanks.

Farorin · March 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

Farorin wrote: »

I've heard a few people complain about this quest, but for me it is the easiest and quickest of the lot.

Ok,where did you go to get your items so easily?:}

I just hand onto the Laundered shipments and stolen shipments you get as a reward for the other quests, then open them up until I find what i need. Even without them, usually I steal such volume that at least half of my free space is stolen good, making it very likely I will have the items needed for the quest.