Arniel's Endeavor
Quest Giver	Arniel Gane
Location	The College of Winterhold
Prerequisite	Membership to the College
Reward	Unique Conjuration spell
Faction	The College of Winterhold
Type	Side Quest
QuestID	MGRArniel01 MGRArniel02 MGRArniel03 MGRArniel04

Contents 1 Background 2 Walkthrough 2.1 Part one - Dwemer Cog 2.2 Part two - Warped Soul Gem 2.3 Part three - Dwemer Convector 2.4 Part four - Keening 3 Trivia 4 Bugs

BackgroundEdit

This quest has four phases. Speaking to Arniel Gane of The College of Winterhold will reveal he is working on a secret project and requires the Dragonborn's help.

WalkthroughEdit

Part one - Dwemer CogEdit

Arniel will first ask the Dragonborn to find ten Dwemer cogs. Initially, he will not say what he wants them for. This quest may be started either prior to receiving the Staff of Magnus quest, or after the Staff of Magnus quest has been completed. After obtaining the cogs head back to Winterhold.

• The Dwarven Storeroom outside Mzulft has four inside.
• Mzulft itself, accessed in the quest Revealing the Unseen, has many more than ten. Some are in containers or on tables, some can be looted from defeated automatons.

• Dwemer Museum in Markarth (Understone Keep) has roughly fifteen. Head right as soon as the museum is entered. There are four under a novice locked case and another ten just lying around.

This part will become available after the Good Intentions quest is reached. Before that, he will not speak about the Dwemer Cogs at all.

Part two - Warped Soul GemEdit

After turning in the cogs to Arniel, he requests that Enthir be asked about delivering some purchased goods. After a discussion with Enthir, the Dragonborn is tasked with finding a staff (the Staff of Tandil) at a random location (some are listed below), and returning it to Enthir as payment for a Warped Soul Gem that is warped beyond the ability to capture a soul with.

Known locations of the staff include:

• Brittleshin Pass
• Fellglow Keep
• Ilinalta's Deep
• Cragwallow Slope
• Morvunskar
• Greywater Gorge
• Falkreath Watchtower (crossroads)
• Harmugstahl
• Yngvild
• Rannveig's Fast
• Boulderfall Cave
• Ansilvund
• North Brittleshin Pass
• Hob's Fall Cave
• Southfringe Sanctum
• Movarth's Lair
• Sunderstone Gorge
• House of Clan Battle-Born in Whiterun (behind the locked door)

Part three - Dwemer ConvectorEdit

This part of the quest cannot be started until the quest The Eye of Magnus is complete.

Upon speaking to Arniel again, it is discovered that his project is going terribly. He claims to have forgotten to take into account the heat gain and has consequently destroyed his only working model.

It is at this point that he reveals he is attempting to discover how the Dwemer disappeared "instantly, and completely" by recreating the event. The parts the Dragonborn helped recover were made into a Dwarven convector, which broke during his last attempt to recreate the event. When asked if he wants to build another, he says that he would rather have the Dragonborn find the convectors, scattered throughout Skyrim, made by the Dwarves themselves. Arniel Gane then teaches the spell required to heat the convectors (a novice destruction spell). "Three seconds burn is all that is necessary.", he says. Arniel postulates that by doing this, the Dwemer may possibly be contacted again.

The locations of Dwemer convectors are marked on the map, but cannot be fast-traveled to.

• Two North East of Markarth.
  • One just north of Deep Folk Crossing, just beyond the north gazebo and over the hill.
  • One due east and across the river from Druadach Redoubt.
• Two near Mzulft.
  • One is in the Dwarven storeroom south of the arrival point when fast traveling to Mzulft.
  • The Second is inside Mzulft, in the first room after the hall on a table.
• One west of Shor's Stone and north of Autumnshade Clearing
• One south of Ivarstead
• One at the Ruins of Bthalft

Upon completing this part of the quest and returning to Arniel, the Dragonborn is thanked and told that the final piece will be arriving soon.

Part four - KeeningEdit

After leaving The College of Winterhold for a few days after dropping off the modified soul gem, conversing with Arniel (it's possible to find him in Hall of Countenance) will reveal that once again Enthir is giving him trouble. When Enthir is asked about it, however, he claims that this time it isn't actually his fault. He says he did not keep close tabs on this package because Arniel set up the delivery himself. Enthir suggests searching for the courier, and directs the Dragonborn to one of the following radiant locations:

• Autumnshade Clearing
• Broken Helm Hollow
• Cragslane Cavern
• Cragwallow Slope
• Cronvangr Cave
• Darklight Tower
• Darkwater Pass
• Faldar's Tooth
• Gallows Rock
• Lost Knife Hideout
• Mara's Eye Den
• Mistwatch
• Morvunskar
• Pinepeak Cavern
• Tolvald's Cave
• Treva's Watch
• Uttering Hills Cave
• Redwater Den

Once the Dragonborn retrieves the package, (which turns out to be the dagger Keening) returns to the College and gives it to Arniel, he will give a brief monologue about what he is attempting to do, and then proceed to hit the soul gem with the dagger. Eventually, there is an explosion of energy, and his body vanishes (similar to when the Dwemer vanished after Kagrenac used Keening and the other tools on the Heart of Lorkhan) leaving the Dragonborn with a completed quest, Keening, and a conjuration spell to summon Arniel's shade.

TriviaEdit

• Keening can fall through the floor and appear in the room below.
• His shade may appear in the college as if he were still alive, he sleeps, talks and walks around as a shade. 
• It's possible to find the Courier before taking the fourth part of Arniel's Endeavor quest, then you have an option to give Keening to Arniel after Enthir reveals the location of the Courier.

BugsEdit

This section contains bugs related to Arniel's Endeavor. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following: Confirm all bugs with other editors on the talk page before adding them below. Always try reloading an old save first, before asking for assistance. Don't discuss possible bug fixes or origins. Leave those and all other first-person-anecdotes on the talk page, not the article. Always add  360  ,  PS3  , and  PC   to clarify which system the bug appears on.

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360  In part two, when attempting to hand in the staff, the staff stays in the inventory even after handing it over. The warped soul gem will be given and Arniel will give thanks and say he has much to do. The quest will finish but the next part in the quest chain will not start. In some cases, though, the quest chain will continue. (The next quest starts after 'The Staff of Magnus' quest is finished.) Sometimes the quest for Arniel's Endeavor begins even after completion. The reason for this is unknown. But if this occurs the quest is impossible to complete.  360    PS3  The above bug can occur with no consequences whatsoever, apart from the Dragonborn being left with the staff as a non quest item. This still happens as of Xbox Patch 1.9.  PC   360   PS3 A bug occurs in part two where the staff does not appear where the quest marker indicates.  PC(Fix)   Type player.additem 0006a093 1into the console to receive the staff. Then type setstage MGRArniel02 30 into the console to advance the quest forward one stage to where the staff is given to Enthir. Give the staff to Enthir, and the rest of the quest will progress as if the bug never occurred. A bug may occur if the staff is put on a weapon rack instead of giving it to Enthir. Even if it is put back in the inventory, the quest won't continue.  PC    PS3   In part three, the warped soul gem may not heat up when Arniel's convection spell is used.  PC(Fix)   This console command will fix it: setstage MGRArniel03 20. This will allow heating the warped soul gem in any convector.  PC   360   PS3  In part three, if there are duplicates of the warped soul gem, they can be deposited into a Dwemer convector to remove them from the inventory. Keeping one is advised. Once the extras have been dealt with and the other Dwemer convectors have been used, return to Arniel to progress the quest.  PC(Fix)   Using the console command to remove duplicate warped soul gems from the inventory until one is left should solve this: player.removeitem 0006a10a 1. If that ID code does not work, one of the following will: 0006a106 / 006a107 / 0006a108 / 006a109/ 0010e44b. If stuck on the first convector used in part three of this quest, constantly seeing the message to "place the gem in the final convector", this indicates that the quest is bugged. The only workaround is to keep trying until the duplicate soul gem bug is encountered. Even though the message to use the 'final' convector will appear, it will be possible to use a second convector and continue to a third.  360   Try using very short bursts of Arniel's convection when heating as opposed to constant flow as a possible solution when receiving the message to place the gem in the final convector after only performing the mission in the first convector. Regular quest updates for second and third convectors should appear. (Done on Xbox 360.) Fix: after heating the soul gem in the first convector, try retrieving the soul gem by using the take all function instead of taking the soul gem as an individual item.  360   PC   When dual wielding the convection spell on the convector, the quest will glitch, saying to go to the final convector, making it impossible to complete the quest. In part four, if Keening has already been discovered and claimed from the courier's body, the quest marker will be attached to the courier's body, and the quest will not acknowledge possession of the dagger.  PC(Fix)   Use the console command to jump ahead in the quest to where the courier's body is looted (Keening must be in the inventory): setstage MGRArniel04 30  360   Equip the dagger, then place it in a weapon rack. Taking the item from the weapon rack should trigger the progression of the quest.  PC  After retrieving Keening and returning to the College of Winterhold, the door to the Hall of Elements from the main courtyard becomes stuck ajar so that entering the main building of the College through it is impossible. Go to the balcony level either via the Hall of Countenance or the Hall of Attainment and enter one of the doors to the Arcanaeum to reach the Hall of Elements.  PC(Fix)   The bug fixes itself after a few in-game days. Arniel will be found outside of the college, on the snowbank close to the river. After delivering the dagger, he will attempt to start his experiment but nothing will happen. Using Unrelenting force to push him from where he is standing (down towards the water) should enable him to walk back to the College. Waiting a few hours will not stop his course. It is best to do this before he is given the dagger so he is in the right spot for the end of the quest.  PC   360   PS3 There is a rare bug where after completing the quest and Arniel disappears, none of the quest reward items were left behind. He advises the Dragonborn to step back, but ignore him, and stand beside the crystal. This seemed to work for some. It is possible that Keening won't be received, but the Summon Arniel's Shade spell will. Sometimes, after he explains his experiment, he won't equip Keening and he'll strike the soul gem with his normal weapon. (For the second strike, he also misses with his hammer and hits the wall behind the gem.)  PC   The final objective in part three, "Deliver the soul gem to Arniel", is not properly set as completed by the game. This does not seem to affect game play.  360   Arniel will hit the warped soul gem with his axe, not Keening. However, he will still disappear as though he had used Keening, the difference is purely visual.  360   The first heating of the warped soul gem may repeat on the spot, completing part three. This has no observed negative consequences.  PC   The quest might ask you to put a "warpred" soulgem in a convector instead. No known fix except to reload from an earlier point.

College of Winterhold Quests
Main Quest	First Lessons • Under Saarthal • Hitting the Books • Good Intentions Revealing the Unseen • Containment • Staff of Magnus • The Eye of Magnus
Side Quests	Arniel's Endeavor • J'zargo's Experiment • Brelyna's Practice Onmund's Request • Out of Balance • Rejoining the College
Master Spell Quests	Alteration Ritual Spell • Destruction Ritual Spell • Conjuration Ritual Spell Illusion Ritual Spell • Restoration Ritual Spell
Radiant Quests	Aftershock • Tolfdir the Absent-Minded • Fetch Me That Book! • Shalidor's Insights Enchanting Pick-Up • Restocking Soul Gems
Other Quests	Lost Apprentices • Daedric Relic

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  Heartbeat sound not going away

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    Atheo95
    Hey guys, i just completed the arniels endeavour quest and the heartbeat wont go away straight away. is this normal? 2013-04-04T04:41:26Z
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    Alduin1996
    No but did you get Keening at the end. When I went to pick it up it fell through the floor I think 2013-06-10T20:35:52Z
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  Can't complete Dwemer Convector part of quest

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    A Wikia contributor
    I think I understand what causes it. I had it happen and I noticed that all the convectors that I knew about had the broken blue gems that oc... 2013-06-06T06:02:58Z
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    A Wikia contributor
    Is there any way to fix it on Xbox without loading? 2013-06-10T20:13:59Z

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