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Rescue Mission
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Quest Giver	Vilkas or Skjor
Location	Whiterun
Prerequisite	Take Up Arms
Next Quest	None
Reward	None
Faction	Companions
Type	Radiant

It is a radiant quest that may be taken after completing the first quest in the main Companions quest-line.

OverviewEdit

There is a variant in which the Dragonborn must travel to Hag's End and rescue Abelone of Dawnstar. Run to Hag's End, and in the room where the third encounter with the Hagraven occurs, (the room with the oil pit after the three consecutive iron gates that are trapped with spears) Abelone is in a (expert) locked cell.

Possible objectivesEdit

Rescue Erdi from Treva's Watch and escort her back to Solitude.
Rescue Sayma from Shimmermist Cave and escort her back to Solitude.
Rescue Ulfberth War-Bear from Hag's End
Rescue Acolyte Jenssen from Serpent's Bluff Redoubt and escort back.
Rescue Olfina Gray-Mane from Serpent's Bluff Redoubt and escort back.
Rescue Mralki from Silent Moons Camp and escort back.
Rescue Rorik from Redoran's Retreat and escort back.
Rescue Amren from Serpent's Bluff Redoubt and escort back.
Rescue Tormir from Mara's Eye Pond and escort back.
Rescue Faendal from Broken Fang Cave (if Faendal's joined the Blades). Also can be found in Shimmermist Cave at times.
Rescue Rolff Stone-Fist from Chillwind Depths and escort back.
Rescue Ulundil from Uttering Hills Cave and escort back.
Rescue Sven from Halted Stream Camp and escort back.
Rescue Mikael or Aerin from Rannveig's Fast and escort them back to Whiterun or Riften respectively.
Rescue Ysolda from Serpent's Bluff Redoubt and escort back.
Rescue Leigelf or Pactur from Lost Echo Cave escort back.
Rescue Roggi Knot-Beard from Tolvald's Cave and escort back.
Rescue Benor from Chillwind Depths and escort back.
Rescue Rorlund from Broken Fang Cave and escort back.
Rescue Hermir Strong-Heart from Ilinalta's Deep and escort back.
Rescue Amren from Redoran's Retreat and escort back.
Rescue Amren from Valtheim Towers and escort back.
Rescue Orla from Halted Stream Camp and escort back. If one waits or fast travels and Orla returns to the Temple of Dibella without you taking leave of her, one may need to pick an Expert-locked door to complete the mission.
Rescue Heimskr from Rannveig's Fast and escort back. Also can be found in Shimmermist Cave.
Rescue Fridrika from Knifepoint Ridge and escort back.
Rescue Belethor from Shimmermist Cave and escort back.
Rescue Mjoll the Lioness from Lost Echo Cave and escort back. Aerin is there as well, due to him always following Mjoll around.
Rescue Idolaf Battle-Born from Rannveig's Fast.
Rescue Lodvar from Mara's Eye Pond and escort back.
Rescue Katla from Serpent's Bluff Redoubt and escort back.
Rescue Irgnir from Yngvild and escort back to Dawnstar.
Rescue Irgnir from Moldering Ruins and escort back to Dawnstar.
Rescue Eltrys from Lost Echo Cave and escort back to Markarth.
Rescue Narri from Treva's Watch.
Rescue Voada from Blind Cliff Cave and escort back to Markarth.
Rescue Alvor from Lost Echo Cave and escort back.
Rescue Gwendolyn from Rannveig's Fast and escort back.
Rescue Nazeem from Lost Echo Cave and escort back.
Rescue Ungrien from Gloomreach and escort back to Riften.
Rescue Erik the Slayer from Lost Echo Cave.
Rescue Danica Pure-Spring from Shimmermist Cave and escort back to Whiterun .
Rescue Fruki from Hob's Fall Cave .
Rescue Carlotta Valentia from Stillborn Cave.
Rescue Xander from Ilinalta's Deep.
Rescue Faida from Ravenscar Hollow and escort back to Dragon Bridge.
Rescue Ennis from Uttering Hills Cave and escort back to Rorikstead
Rescue SigurdFrom Rannveig's Fast and escort back to Whiterun.
Rescue Hillevi Cruel-Sea from Broken Helm Hollow.
Rescue Orgnar from Serpent's Bluff Redoubt and escort back.
Rescue Illdi, Faendal or Lemkil from Silent Moons Camp and escort back.
Rescue Kjeld from Rannveig's Fast.
Rescue Kjar from Shimmermist Cave and escort back.
Rescue Camilla Valerius from Rannveig's Fast.
Rescue Sinding from Ravenscar Hollow and escort back to Falkreath.
Rescue Ogmund from Stillborn Cave and escort back to Markarth.
Rescue Lydia from Knifepoint Ridge and escort it back.
Rescue Jervar from Knifepoint Ridge and escort back to Whiterun.
Rescue Hamal from Embershard Mine. She may move to the Temple of Dibella before the Dragonborn can get to her, requiring a trip to the temple's inner sanctum to finish the quest.
Rescue Olfina Gray-Mane from Moldering Ruins and escort her back to Whiterun.
Rescue Fihada from Damphall Mine and escort back.
Rescue Sorli the Builder from Hrodulf's House and escort back.

JournalEdit

Journal Entry
<radiant NPC> has been kidnapped and taken to <radiant location>. I need to get <radiant gender> back to <radiant city>. Objective: Rescue <radiant NPC> from <radiant location>
Objective: Talk to <radiant NPC>
Objective: Escort <radiant NPC> back to <radiant city>
Objective: Take your leave of <radiant NPC>
I have rescued <radiant NPC> from <radiant location> and escorted <radiant gender> back to <radiant city>. Objective: Return to <quest giver>
Quest complete

BugsEdit

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It is possible to end up stuck in a loop of "take your leave of [person]". This is due to the NPC being glitched into the ground, with the arrow signifying their position, making it impossible to complete the quest. However, if the target is near one of the cities (for example Whiterun) one can glitch out of the map and proceed to the target on foot and be able to reach it as long as it doesn't hit the "out of map boundaries". Once the target is reached and brought back to their city, the game may glitch again where it won't let the Dragonborn complete this objective in taking their leave. In fixing the bug, the rescued NPC may need to be killed to "complete the mission". A possible workaround in the PC version is to activate god mode with "tgm" console command, teleport to the NPC with "player.moveto X", being X the NPC's refID, then get the stage numbers from the quest with "player.sqs cr08" command and use "setstage cr08 [stage number]" to complete. The stage number can vary from quest to quest. The god mode is because the NPC can be floating in the air. With that, they won't die from falling damage. Known glitch with rescue missions involving Eltrys: if the quest The Forsworn Conspiracy has been completed, then Eltrys will have been killed by the guards in Markarth. As such, he will already be dead. The mission will not fail, however, the mission will become stuck on "Talk to Eltrys". Recommended fix: for PC, use the console to advance mission status. Rescuing Fruki, the cage is already open and she asks to be escorted home. She may not follow the player out of the cave, but rather reaches a certain point in the passage and stops. This occurred when the Dragonborn took the dead-end passage to deal with the mage at the bottom after rescuing Fruki. Work-around: loaded the autosave at entry and re-ran the rescue going down the dead-end first. Fruki then properly followed out of the cave and back to Dawnstar. The hostage may not follow the player after being saved. Arriving at their hometown should update the quest. Feeding on Belthor in Whiterun then talking to him while he is still seduced caused a Rescue Quest to open up. Belthor says, "Thanks for rescuing me" and a quest in miscellaneous objectives saying saying kill the master vampire. The vampire was supposed to be located in Halted Stream Cave, however, only bandits were present. The arrow leads to a point in the cave where the vampire should be standing, however, there is no vampire there. Reloading from just before the cave does not work. 360 Solution: Don't talk to Belthor if feeding on him. 360 When entering Shimmermist Cave, the "target" may not be captive but rather walking around in the first open room past the bridge and water, usually with a Chaurus. The NPC will be unable to be talked to. Clearing out the cave will update the journal to "talk to (NPC)", but any attempt to do so results in the NPC merely repeating their default scripting. No known solution. When trying to rescue Danica Pure-Spring from Shimmermist Cave, the location of the cave will not be shown by the marker. The marker will point to a place to the west of Whiterun. After clearing the cave it will say that the rescue mission is complete and to speak with Danica. However she is nowhere to be found inside the cave, and the marker will still show up in the middle of nowhere. Travel back to Whiterun and jump over the city wall using the barrel in the small area to the left of the gate. Walk to the map maker and find Danica there, talking to her updates the quest. Fast-travel back to Whiterun and go inside the Temple of Kynareth. Exit the temple and the Quest updates. Take your leave from Danice and return to Jorrvaskr to complete the quest. This can also occur while attempting to Rescue Olfina Gray-Mane from Moldering ruins. A potential fix for NPC's who are not showing up at the quest location or where the quest marker is showing them to be. CONFIRMED with Olfina Gray-Mane. Upon entering Whiterun to the immediate right is a small area with a barrel on the West Wall. Climb this barrel and attempt to jump over the wall to the North, this may take several tries and the Dragonborn may appear to be stuck on the wall as well but keep trying and the Dragonborn will fall out of the map into this "unloaded map area". From here some NPCs who appear to be glitched out of the playing world can be accessible by walking towards their marker. Complete the needed objective of talking to them then fast travel to where they need to go after this. CONFIRMED with Carlotta Valentia, 3/7/13, on X360 with all patches +Hearthfire +Dragonborn. During a rescue mission of Aeri from Embershard Mine the cage where she was held is relatively close to the mine entrance. Upon rescuing her from the cage, she started following, the map updated with a marker to her home town (Anga's Mill), but arriving there and going to the quest marker with her following did not finish the quest and she kept following behind. To avoid this, make sure to kill every bandit in the mine before unlocking Aeri's cage (after killing the last one, the game prompts to speak to Aeri). If she has already been rescued is following, killing all the bandits in the mine resolves the issue. This might work for other similar situations during this Radiant quest. If you have killed the person, then well you can't finish it....

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RescueMission glitch?

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- Imperial-Dovahkiin
  
  I went to Vilkas asking for work and he gave me the Rescue Mission, I had to find Aerin in Bloodskal Barrow, I kill the Reaver Highway man ... 2013-03-03T21:41:48Z
- Imperial-Dovahkiin
  
  Ok... Eventually I travelled to Riften to check if he never loaded in the cave and maybe he was still there and I see him still following Mjoll... 2013-03-03T21:56:45Z

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