Urag gro-Shub
Race	Orsimer
Gender	Male
Level	10
Class	Mage
Faction	The College of Winterhold
Rank	Librarian
Services	Librarian Book merchant
Essential	Always
Ref ID	0001C1B4
Base ID	0001C193

"Disrupt my Arcanaeum, and I will have you torn apart by angry Atronachs."

―Urag gro-Shub^[src]

Urag gro-Shub is an Orc mage and the librarian of The Arcanaeum at The College of Winterhold in Skyrim.

He is a merchant of books and takes his job very seriously. He initiates the Hitting The Books quest when the Dragonborn approaches him, requesting research materials for the Eye of Magnus. The books Urag sells and requests vary over time.

Interactions

Hitting the Books

After finding the books at Fellglow Keep, gro-Shub rewards the Dragonborn with six skill books: Racial Phylogeny, Daughter of the Niben, Catalogue of Weapon Enchantments, Response to Bero's Speech, The Black Arts On Trial, and 2920, Hearth Fire (v9).

Fetch Me That Book!

After joining the College of Winterhold, Urag may send the Dragonborn to collect various rare books. He pays the Dragonborn with as a reward. Once enough are collected, he sends word to the Orc Strongholds so that the Dragonborn can gain entry.

Shalidor's Insights

Urag requires assistance with locating Shalidor's Insights, rare manuscripts scattered across Skyrim.

Elder Knowledge

After speaking to Paarthurnax about learning Dragonrend, the Dragonborn needs to recover an Elder Scroll to travel back in time to Alduin's defeat atop The Throat of the World. Urag gro-Shub is able to provide the Dragonborn with two texts on Elder Scrolls, Effects of the Elder Scrolls and Ruminations on the Elder Scrolls, one of which is authored by Septimus Signus. As a former member of the college, Urag knows his whereabouts and directs the Dragonborn to him. If the Dragonborn collects the Elder Scroll at Alftand, it can later be sold to Urag for 2,000 . In The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard, the Dragonborn requires the same Elder Scroll for the quest "Scroll Scouting". If the Dragonborn sold it to Urag, he sells it for 4,000 . Alternatively, he can be persuaded to sell it back for 3,000 . An Arch-Mage Dragonborn can purchase the scroll back for 2,000 if you are far enough in the story line.

Scroll Scouting

The Dragonborn need the scroll once again and it can be purchased from Urag if it's been sold to him once before.

Ancient Falmer Tomes

Four ancient tomes written in the Falmer Language are scattered throughout the Forgotten Vale. They can be sold to Urag gro-Shub at the College. For each Unknown Book, he will award 1000 and a translated version of that book.

Quests

• Hitting the Books
• Fetch Me That Book!
• Shalidor's Insight
• Elder Knowledge
• Discerning the Transmundane
• Scroll Scouting
• Ancient Falmer Tomes^DG

Wares

At The Arcanaeum he sells various books, including exceptionally rare ones. Sometimes, he sells books that share the same name as ones needed for Fetch me that Book!. Some of these books are difficult to locate elsewhere.

Rare books

Name
Amongst the Draugr	14
An Accounting of the Scrolls	20
Chaurus Pie: A Recipe	11
Death of a Wanderer	12
Dragon Language: Myth no More	14
Effects of the Elder Scrolls	25
Final Lesson	14
Flight from the Thalmor	13
Great Harbingers	13
Lycanthropic Legends of Skyrim	20
Magic from the Sky	12
Nerevar Moon and Star	30
On Oblivion	10
On Stepping Lightly	12
Opusculus Lamae Bal	14
Short History of Morrowind	15
Skyrim's Rule	14
Spirit of the Daedra	25
The Apprentice's Assistant	12
The Madness of Pelagius	12
The Posting of the Hunt	25
The Tale of Dro'Zira	11
The Third Door	11
Treatise on Ayleidic Cities	25
The Wraith's Wedding Dowry	10

Rare series

• Ancient Tales of the Dwemer
• The Song of Pelinal

Bugs

• During the quest Fetch me that Book!, Urag may not recognize that the Dragonborn is in possession of the book.
  •  PC   Solution: Type this in the Console Command: setstage MGR20 20
•  360   Books he sends the Dragonborn to collect may not appear if the location is labeled as "cleared" or if the room containing the book requires the death of a boss to open.

Behind the scenes

• Unless otherwise stated, the information above was obtained from in-game play or from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Creation Kit ^[1]

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (First appearance)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard

References