Does finding the elderscroll early ruin game? : V

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:43 am

Hey guys, just wondering, I found the elder scroll early in the game, well im about level 22, and have only done a little bit of main quest, just came across its location when I was roaming, and go everything needed to go further, ended up getting the scroll, is this going to break my game, or do anything like that?

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:31 pm

Did you pick up the scroll, if you did then you might want to reload to an earlier save. I haven't heard of problems occuring by getting it early but it could be possible. I don't think it ruins it because that quest ties into the one that gets you the scroll in the 1st place.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:47 am

How id you get it? Don't you need a lexicon to open its container?

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:14 pm

There is a spoiler section on this forum, you know...

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:03 am

Hey guys, just wondering, I found the elder scroll early in the game, well im about level 22, and have only done a little bit of main quest, just came across its location when I was roaming, and go everything needed to go further, ended up getting the scroll, is this going to break my game, or do anything like that?

There's only one person you can sell it to....DON'T! And you should be ok.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:09 pm

It won't break anything.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:14 pm

I finished the entire main questline by level 12, so...

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:53 pm

No spoilers, huh? Okay, keep it just don't sell it.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:54 pm

I'll take it.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:31 pm

If not selling it, how do you get rid of it? I can't remove it from my inventory, even to place it in a chest at home. And the damn thing weighs20.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:56 pm

Hey guys, just wondering, I found the elder scroll early in the game, well im about level 22, and have only done a little bit of main quest, just came across its location when I was roaming, and go everything needed to go further, ended up getting the scroll, is this going to break my game, or do anything like that?

Have you just ruined the game for the rest of us?

Some of us can figure out a lot from just reading a title...

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:29 pm

Unless the game glitched or you (if you have the PC version) used the console to get the scroll or move up the quest sequence, you should *not* have been able to get it at all without having a certain item.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:54 pm

If not selling it, how do you get rid of it? I can't remove it from my inventory, even to place it in a chest at home. And the damn thing weighs20.

It doesn't weight anything, like any quest item, despite what it says in the description. Just keep it until you get to the point in the main quest where you can use it, and I think it should be ok. If you want to be sure, though, reload an earlier save and get it later when you have the quest

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:42 am

Actually I can verify you can get the scroll before even knowing it exists in-game.

And you can continue with the main quest, you just get to skip the part where you go get it.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:32 pm

Does anyone know if it is needed after the main quest, because I sold mine after.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:14 pm

no finding the elder scroll really aint a spoiler, how to get it, and what to do with it would be.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:02 am

Spoiler

After I beat the main quest, I sold the scroll to the librarian for 2000 gold. Were there any other quests that needed the scroll?

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:45 pm

not that i know of SFBryan, i did the same as you, and was like uhhhh what i do lol. but i looked on here, and found its all good. how do you do the spoiler button thing? oh and to answer your question, according to the forum here.... the answer is no

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:21 pm

The third button on the options bar says "Special BBCode". Press it and then press spoiler and type in the box.

Spoiler

The button you click to give him the scroll doesn't ask if you want to confirm. I would have reloaded, but he made me feel so important, telling me I'd go down in history. I figured it wouldn't allow me to sell it unless it was no longer needed, and that it would be safer in the college. Too bad you can't jack it. Are there any keys to those book shelves?

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:16 pm

I did it without even knowing it was part of the mainquest, no problems for me.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:47 am

...you cant get the ES without following the main quest..it requires an item only gotten by the main quest..so yeah..

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:45 pm

...you cant get the ES without following the main quest..it requires an item only gotten by the main quest..so yeah..

What are you talking about, I got the elder scrolls before the main quest (didn't even know the quest I was doing was relevant). Also you can't sell it to the college librarian until you have done the MQ using it, so your fine.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:04 am

Spoiler

This happens if you stumble onto the daedric quest that's linked through the lexicon.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:48 am

...you cant get the ES without following the main quest..it requires an item only gotten by the main quest..so yeah..

Spoiler

Actually, you can find the hermit guy without starting the main quest, before you can encounter dragons, who gives you the quest to enter the Dwemer ruin, which therein allows you to get the Elder Scroll. The quest from the hermit is separate from the main quest, and thus can be started and completed with no prerequisites.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:50 pm

...you cant get the ES without following the main quest..it requires an item only gotten by the main quest..so yeah..

I got the scroll from the non-main quest.