Find Runil's Journal

Type

Miscellaneous

Quest ID
Favor205

Find Runil's Journal is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Background

Runil, a priest of Arkay, can be found in the town of Falkreath. When speaking to him, he may ask the Dragonborn to find a journal that he kept during the Great War.

Objectives

Find Runil's journal inside <radiant location>.
Return Runil's Journal to Runil.

Walkthrough

Runil will send the Dragonborn to a radiant location (usually a cave) to find the journal and return it to him. Possible locations include:

When the Dragonborn returns with the journal, he is very grateful and rewards the Dragonborn with a leveled amount of . Completing this quest raises Runil's disposition towards the Dragonborn, and will allow them to take miscellaneous items from the Falkreath Hall of the Dead without incurring a bounty.

Journal

Journal Entry
Objective: Find Runil's Journal inside <radiant location>
Objective: Return Runil's Journal to Runil
Quest complete

Trivia

Completing this quest goes towards Assisting the People of Falkreath.

Bugs

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This quest cannot be offered if the player already has a fetch quest open for Frida, Noster Eagle-Eye, Roggi Knot-Beard, or Oengul War-Anvil. This is because all of these characters' quests are encoded as a single quest, which cannot be open more than once at a time.
- To fix this, simply complete any open quests for any of these characters.