Background
Walkthrough
The location of the anomaly may vary each time the quest is done. When the Dragonborn arrives, an anomaly is found spawning Magic Anomalies which are highly resistant to magic. The Dragonborn must defeat all of the apparitions to close the anomaly. Despite Tolfdir's recommendation to bring the Staff of Magnus, the Staff is not actually needed and, in some cases, seems to have no effect at all.
Reward
The Jarls are paying the College of Winterhold for clearing out the anomalies throughout Skyrim. As Arch-Mage, the Dragonborn receives a scaled amount of gold, described as a share, of 500 – 1,500 each time this quest is completed. However, if the aftershock was in Winterhold Hold then there will be no reward, as the inhabitants of Winterhold are already angry enough with the College.
Repeating
Every three days, Tolfdir can be asked about any tasks that need completing. He then marks the map with the location of a new rupture. Alternatively, when traversing the world, a Rupture can be found, and closing it will automatically start the quest.
Journal
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ID | Journal Entry |
10 | There have been reports of some sort of magical anomaly in Skyrim. Tolfdir fears it is a side-effect of Ancano's meddling with the Eye of Magnus, and has asked that I look into it. He suggested I take the Staff of Magnus with me, just in case.
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20 | I have found and shut down the magical anomaly Tolfdir was worried about. I should return to him and let him know it's been dealt with.
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200 | A magical anomaly was reported in Skyrim; it seems to have been connected to Ancano's meddling with the Eye of Magnus. I successfully shut it down before it could become a greater problem.
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201 |
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Bugs
This section contains bugs related to Aftershock. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:
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- The rupture and anomalies may not appear at the quest marker at all. To fix this bug, simply spawn a few anomalies, kill them and the quest will advance (00053F1D). If this fails, using the command
setstage MGR30 20
will advance the player to the end of the quest. - The rupture may spawn underwater, rendering the quest impossible to complete due to the fact that no anomalies appear.
- 360 The rupture may spawn randomly causing the quest to start giving the objective of "Return to Tolfdir."
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