Question about cadwell silver/gold?

DivyathFyr · April 2017

Hmm im kinda confused on one part
I beat the main story but i still got lots of zones left to do should i do those first and then do the other factions aka cadwells? Or should i just skip it and go straight to cadwells quests?
And what does cadwell silver and gold do anyway?
The reason im doing this cause i want more skill points and need mage books still havrnt got 10 yet

SilverWF · April 2017

DivyathFyr wrote: »

The reason im doing this cause i want more skill points and need mage books still havrnt got 10 yet

Then you need to do that
You can install a special addon for that and filter pins on your map to show only quests with SP as rewards.
If you are playing not on PC... welll... do everything then.

alexkdd99 · April 2017

Caldwell silver and gold is how you play the main story line for the other factions. Before 1tam, you couldn't get to the other alliances without Caldwell. If you want skill points then do the main quest, or just hunt down all the skyshards. 1 way you do quest for skill points, the other you just explore and hunt skyshards. Which ever you prefer.

idk · April 2017

It's all a personal choice. Though if your really interested in the main story for each alliance I'd finish the one you already started. Also, side quests rarely enhance the alliance story so you can streamline it.

There is a website somewhere that lists the casserole quests for each alliance and those are the main alliance storyline quests.

DivyathFyr · April 2017

Im totally confused lol i did main story line with some side quest of course and now i can do cadwells's , well all i want is more skill points so should i finish up my side quest stuff i never finished and then do cadwells? Or is better to just do cadwells now so i can get the other alliances main story points? And once i finished that then do the all the side stuff?

So if im getting this right what cadwell is is just the main story line of other factions? So theres no side quest there then?

Graydon · April 2017

I'm confused too. What are the main story quests for the other factions? How do you know if you have completed the right ones?

There doesn't seem to be any monitor that shows progression of Caldwell's Silver and Gold. Heck I haven't even seen Caldwell since I finished the main story.

Example - I'm doing my 2nd faction (silver) now. How do I know that I'm progressing to the gold part of the quest?

Thanks to all who answer. I should have asked this long ago.

DHale · April 2017

Since tamriel one there is no requirement to do it unless you want to. You have the quest either do it or don't. But there are a few things you get including skill points.

wolfdoggie_ESO · April 2017

In the quest log there's a Cadwell's journal tab that lists the objectives and locations.

LadyNalcarya · April 2017

Here's a list of quests.
Keep in mind that "scaling info" is outdated (it refers to pre-1 Tamriel system), and now everything is scaled to cp160.

DivyathFyr · April 2017

Hmm weird i noticed that cadwell quests aka other faction zones gives me more exp per kill is that true? I thought no matter what level or quest it will scale up to it??
Well before cadwell i was getting fraction of the exp that i get now during cadwells hmm so u get more exp or something doing cadwell?

Magdalina · April 2017

DivyathFyr wrote: »

Im totally confused lol i did main story line with some side quest of course and now i can do cadwells's , well all i want is more skill points so should i finish up my side quest stuff i never finished and then do cadwells? Or is better to just do cadwells now so i can get the other alliances main story points? And once i finished that then do the all the side stuff?

So if im getting this right what cadwell is is just the main story line of other factions? So theres no side quest there then?

Only quests that give you skillpoints are the main quests of each zones. I think there's a list somewhere online but basically npcs will be sending you to meet up with them in next zone to continue main quest there once you're done with current zone's main quest. For example for AD, in Grahtwood main questline is (spoiler!) helping queen Ayrenne get through Orrerry to prove she's ready to be queen, you'll have to do several quests for that which will all grant a skillpoint, then after you're done with that she'll be like "cool, now meet me/my people in Marbruk in Greenshade" - that means there're no more quests in Grahtwood that will award skillpoints and the next one is in Marbruk. Just follow the npcs' guideline(or look the full skillpoints' quests list up).

So if you haven't done all the zones of your alliance(as in the main questline for them), you can go do them or you can go do the same in other alliances(which is basically what Cadwell's is), it really doesn't matter skillpoints-wise. To monitor Cadwell's progress, there's a tab in your journal. You'll only see Cadwell after completing Silver(all the zones of whichever alliance he sends you to first) then Gold, and there really isn't much point unless you enjoy questing. Well you also get Soulshriven motif for Silver I think and Cadwell's pot for Gold.

AmmonErebos · April 2017

havent looked recently... but should be a progression in a tab when you press J of how cadwells goes... the areas listed.. are the SKILL POINT areas for those zones... so if your after skill points only... then the side quests and do main storyline quest only.

The main storyline starts in first town usually... and if you get granted another quest immediately after completing that one.. you are on the right track. main zone storyline quests always get quest given if you continue chat after one quest is completed... or another quest giver npc appears immediately next to that quest end.

Enodoc · April 2017

@Graydon You should have a new tab in the journal called Cadwell's Almanac, with this icon

That lists all the POI objectives you need to complete. For a breakdown of those by quest, see Cadwell's Almanac.

For a flow chart of each alliance's main quest, which includes an indication of which quests give skill points and which ones are required for Cadwell's Almanac, see:
Aldmeri Dominion
Daggerfall Covenant
Ebonheart Pact

Graydon · April 2017

Enodoc wrote: »

@Graydon You should have a new tab in the journal called Cadwell's Almanac, with this icon
That lists all the POI objectives you need to complete. For a breakdown of those by quest, see Cadwell's Almanac.

For a flow chart of each alliance's main quest, which includes an indication of which quests give skill points and which ones are required for Cadwell's Almanac, see:
Aldmeri Dominion
Daggerfall Covenant
Ebonheart Pact

Awesome!

Thank you. I will check this out after work.

JahneeO · April 2017

Finishing Cadwell's Silver and gold also gives you his pot hat in your collectibles.

Don't know if you are a completionist or not...

Ajaxcat · September 2018

I know this is an older thread but I have a question about Cadwell's silver and gold. My main is EP and has finished up including (for example) all the quests in Riften. When you are offered the Silver and Gold one of the things the game tells you is that "even friends will see you as another soulless drifter" (something to that effect). If I take it does that mean that when I go back to say Riften, the npc's there will no longer thank me for various tasks? I find that immersive and I'd prefer not to lose that since I could just look up all the skill point quests and just do them since 1tam.

Thanks in advance for help on this noobie question

silvermistktralasub17_ESO · September 2018

no, you will still be thanked for what you've done before.

@Alassirana

SneakyBo, ExSO_Gold, Demure Dragon Dealings

Leocaran · September 2018

Ok. I have to ask. What happens if you are doing other alliance's quest line without finishing (or even starting) your own? What will that do to Cadwell's quests or whatever?

silvermistktralasub17_ESO · September 2018

from what I gather, it doesn't mess them up, however, I'm not an expert, as I've never done things out of order. 10 cadwell's gold characters, and all from start to finish...prefer it that way.

@Alassirana
SneakyBo, ExSO_Gold, Demure Dragon Dealings

Ajaxcat · September 2018

Leocaran wrote: »

Ok. I have to ask. What happens if you are doing other alliance's quest line without finishing (or even starting) your own? What will that do to Cadwell's quests or whatever?

Leocarran:

My noobie research indicates that anything you've done that counts toward Cadwell's stuff will count as done in your "Cadwell journal" when you accept it. If not I'll repost as I'm going to be doing this soon and I know I've accidentally done some of them. I'm pretty sure I read that though.

Leocaran · September 2018

Ajaxcat wrote: »

My noobie research indicates that anything you've done that counts toward Cadwell's stuff will count as done in your "Cadwell journal" when you accept it. If not I'll repost as I'm going to be doing this soon and I know I've accidentally done some of them. I'm pretty sure I read that though.

silvermistktralasub17_ESO wrote: »

from what I gather, it doesn't mess them up, however, I'm not an expert, as I've never done things out of order. 10 cadwell's gold characters, and all from start to finish...prefer it that way.

Cool. Because I'm doing AD quests with a friend whose char is from EP, while my char is from DC. Mostly because we are tired of mushrooms, volcanoes and brown ash from Vvardenfell. Elves' locations are nice.

Neoealth · September 2018

Graydon wrote: »

I'm confused too. What are the main story quests for the other factions? How do you know if you have completed the right ones?

There doesn't seem to be any monitor that shows progression of Caldwell's Silver and Gold. Heck I haven't even seen Caldwell since I finished the main story.

Example - I'm doing my 2nd faction (silver) now. How do I know that I'm progressing to the gold part of the quest?

Thanks to all who answer. I should have asked this long ago.

It is really confusing for sure. They did a bad job in letting players know what quests were main quests and what are side quests. You have to resort to the quest marker add on and/or using an online guide.

VoidParticle · November 2018

Still more spoonfeeding than skyrim. It's actually not that hard to understand. Complete the zones in order and you'll always get a quest to go to the next area and eventually to the next region. If you miss 1 area in a region just look for the unfilled icon in the map and go there.

If you can't find the area still then google that specific area. Don't whine that you need a PC Gamer magazine walkthrough of ESO. If you're REALLY having such a hard time you'd hate playing older ES games. So much of ESO dialogue and lore can be skipped it's unreal, you literally get pointed in the direction you need to go if you do it in order and stop trying to jump around.

pizzamanub17_ESO · May 2019

Sorry to necro this, but I am still confused on one point about Cadwell's Silver.

Looking at the Wiki linked in this thread, I can see the flowchart and the list of all the quests required for Silver. What I can't tell is whether you have to do basically the entire story, or just the indicated ones, because of prerequisites.

For example, I'm EB, so my silver is DC. I started out in Stros M'Kai with the Broken Spearhead quest. But the first quest required for Silver is Reclaiming the Elements in Glenumbra.

Can I completely skip Stros M'Kai and run to Glenumbra and pick up Reclaiming the Elements? That quest doesn't list a "prerequisite", but a "previous" quest. So can you just run around picking up only the ones listed in Cadwell's journal?

max_only · May 2019

pizzamanub17_ESO wrote: »

Sorry to necro this, but I am still confused on one point about Cadwell's Silver.

Looking at the Wiki linked in this thread, I can see the flowchart and the list of all the quests required for Silver. What I can't tell is whether you have to do basically the entire story, or just the indicated ones, because of prerequisites.

For example, I'm EB, so my silver is DC. I started out in Stros M'Kai with the Broken Spearhead quest. But the first quest required for Silver is Reclaiming the Elements in Glenumbra.

Can I completely skip Stros M'Kai and run to Glenumbra and pick up Reclaiming the Elements? That quest doesn't list a "prerequisite", but a "previous" quest. So can you just run around picking up only the ones listed in Cadwell's journal?

The quests with the unique arrow are the ones you need to follow. I think you CAN skip Stros M’Kai, but I didn’t because I did my Cadwell’s Silver before the zone guide update.

By the way, if the thread is 2 years old, just make a new one.

pizzamanub17_ESO · May 2019

max_only wrote: »

pizzamanub17_ESO wrote: »

Sorry to necro this, but I am still confused on one point about Cadwell's Silver.

Looking at the Wiki linked in this thread, I can see the flowchart and the list of all the quests required for Silver. What I can't tell is whether you have to do basically the entire story, or just the indicated ones, because of prerequisites.

For example, I'm EB, so my silver is DC. I started out in Stros M'Kai with the Broken Spearhead quest. But the first quest required for Silver is Reclaiming the Elements in Glenumbra.

Can I completely skip Stros M'Kai and run to Glenumbra and pick up Reclaiming the Elements? That quest doesn't list a "prerequisite", but a "previous" quest. So can you just run around picking up only the ones listed in Cadwell's journal?

The quests with the unique arrow are the ones you need to follow. I think you CAN skip Stros M’Kai, but I didn’t because I did my Cadwell’s Silver before the zone guide update.

I decided to just find out for myself - I finished the spearhead quest in Stro M'Kai cause I was almost done anyway, but then I ran straight to the Wyrd Tree quest giver (north of Chill House) and picked up the required quest. I skipped everything before that in the story, so you don't have to do *all* the unique arrow quests apparently. You can indeed just jump right to the specific ones required for Cadwell's Silver.

Enodoc · June 2019

pizzamanub17_ESO wrote: »

max_only wrote: »

pizzamanub17_ESO wrote: »

Sorry to necro this, but I am still confused on one point about Cadwell's Silver.

Looking at the Wiki linked in this thread, I can see the flowchart and the list of all the quests required for Silver. What I can't tell is whether you have to do basically the entire story, or just the indicated ones, because of prerequisites.

For example, I'm EB, so my silver is DC. I started out in Stros M'Kai with the Broken Spearhead quest. But the first quest required for Silver is Reclaiming the Elements in Glenumbra.

Can I completely skip Stros M'Kai and run to Glenumbra and pick up Reclaiming the Elements? That quest doesn't list a "prerequisite", but a "previous" quest. So can you just run around picking up only the ones listed in Cadwell's journal?

The quests with the unique arrow are the ones you need to follow. I think you CAN skip Stros M’Kai, but I didn’t because I did my Cadwell’s Silver before the zone guide update.

I decided to just find out for myself - I finished the spearhead quest in Stro M'Kai cause I was almost done anyway, but then I ran straight to the Wyrd Tree quest giver (north of Chill House) and picked up the required quest. I skipped everything before that in the story, so you don't have to do *all* the unique arrow quests apparently. You can indeed just jump right to the specific ones required for Cadwell's Silver.

Correct, if you're trying to complete Cadwell's Silver as fast as possible, you can just pick up only the ones listed in Cadwell's Almanac. But you will miss out on quite a bit of the story if you do so (if that matters to you). The flow chart and the unique quest marker indicate all the quests that are part of the storyline, but Cadwell's Almanac only requires some of them. (The ones required for Cadwell's are indicated in the flow chart by the darker colour.)