Mysterious stones in Skyrim. Stones of Barenziah

During your adventures in the world of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, you may stumble upon a certain mysterious gem that looks like a floating red gem in an open golden box. After that, you will be sent to Riften (Riften) to look for someone who can appreciate this thing.

At the entrance to the city you will meet Maul (Maul), who will tell you that you will have to solve this mystery. And he will be right, in their lair - the Ragged Flagon tavern - you need to talk to Vex about this mysterious stone.

She will tell us that these stones are part of the crown of Barenziah, which are of value if you put them all together. There are 24 Barenziah Stones in total, and they are scattered throughout Skyrim. After which we will receive the quest " Look under every stone» (No Stone Unturned) to find them.

Most of them can be found by completing the Thieves Guild side quests, but in order not to waste time, here is a list of Barenziah Stones. All locations are easy to find on.

Stones of Barenziah in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

Whiterun(Whiterun) - Halls of the Dead, at the end of the catacombs.
Whiterun(Whiterun) - Jarl's room in Dragonsreach Castle (Dragonsreach).
Whiterun(Whiterun) - Jorrvaskr, Kodlak's room.
Solitude(Solitude) - yours, in the bedroom.
Solitude(Solitude) - Jarl's room in the Blue Palace.
Riften(Riften) - Jarl's room in Mistveil Keep.
Windhelm(Windhelm) - Royal Palace (Palace of the Kings), the room of the mage Jarl - Wuunferth.
Windhelm(Windhelm) - House of Clan Shatter-Shield.
Markarth(Markarth) - Treasury House, in Thonar's bedroom.
Markarth(Markarth) - Understone Keep, Dwemer Museum, in the first room on the left.
(College of Winterhold) - Archmage's room.
Old Lady Rock(Dead Crone Rock), located south of Markarth - opposite the wall with.
House "Black Heather"(Black-Briar Lodge), located east of Riften (Riften) - on the second floor, next to the bed. Important! Do not confuse it with the estate in the city itself.
Ansilvund(Ansilvund), located north of Riften (Riften) - on the table between the coffins.
Stone Creek Cave(Stony Creek Cave) - next to the laboratory.
Retreat Ranmweig(Rannveig's Fast), located south of Morthal - in front of the wall with.
Fellglow Fortress(Fellglow Keep), located northeast of Whiterun (Whiterun) - in a room with an altar for .
The Fastidious Sload Ship(Dainty Sload), next to the Solitude Lighthouse - on the table next to the chest.
Divided Gorge(Sunderstone Gorge), located northwest of Falkreath - on a table in front of the wall with .
Ingvild(Yngvild), the island northeast of Dawnstar (Dawnstar) - the last room.
Hoba cave(Hob's Fall Cave), located between Dawnstar and Winterhold - next to the alchemist's laboratory.
Pine outpost(Pinewatch), a house northeast of Falkreath, next to Helgen - a secret room in the basement.
Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary(Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary), located west of Falkreath - Astrid's room.
Thalmor Embassy(Thalmor Embassy) - in the room of the ambassador on the 2nd floor. We get there during the passage of the main quest. Important! Do not try to get there before the main quest, as this will lead to a whole bunch of bugs. After completing the quest, getting there is also difficult, the easiest way is to use the coc ThalmorEmbassy01 console command.

After extracting all the stones, Vex will ask you to find the crown of Barenziah itself. To do this, we will have to go to Tolvald's Cave, which is located north of Riften. Pretty dangerous place that is teeming with Falmer, so be better prepared.

Stones of Barenziah

Hello. In this guide told about the location of all the stones of Barenziah.
All of them 24 pieces
So let's go
Map of locations containing the Stones of Barenziah
Detailed description of the location of all the stones of Barenziah

Dragonreach . Jarl's chambers, we go up the stairs, behind the door, on the left, there will be a room, on the bedside table
Whiterun .Hall of the Dead, go into the catacombs, go down the left stairs and look at the first grave on the left
Whiterun . Jorrvaskr, in Kodlak's room, on the bedside table, to the left of the bed
blue palace .The Jarl's quarters, the room farthest from the throne, on the bedside table
Solitude . "High Spire", our own house, on the third floor in the bedroom Need to purchase a house
"Picky Sload" . In the captain's cabin, right on the table Thieves Guild Special Mission in Solitude
College of Winterhold . The chambers of the Archmage, to the left of the bed in one of the cabinets After completing the quest "In the Depths of Saarthal"
Markarth . Treasury, in the far left room, next to the bed Quest "Conspiracy of Outcasts"
Understone Fortress . Dwemer Museum, first room, on the left, on the table Thieves Guild Quest "Hard Answers"
old lady rock . Climb to the very top, on the altar near the Wall of Words Quest Daedra "Shards of Past Glory"
Windhelm . Clan House Shattered Shield, second floor, first bedroom on the left
Royal Palace .Vunfert mage's room, first door to the left at the entrance and then straight to the end of the Quest "Blood on the Snow"
Mistveil Fortress Jarl's quarters, door in the middle, on the bedside table
Residence "Black Heather" . In the main hall, up the stairs, to the left, in the room on the bedside table Quest "Gave your word - keep it"
Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary . In Astrid's room, first room on the left, on the table You must join a guild
Ansilvund . Burial chambers, in the room in which you kill Lou "a
Stone Creek Cave . In the cave we go upstream, the first turn to the right, in the alchemist's room, on the table
Abode Rannveig . Go down to the very bottom, on the table
Fellglow Fortress. On the second level of the fortress, in the laboratory of the alchemist Quest of the College of Mages of Winterhold "Library Books"
Divided Gorge . Next to the Wall of Words, on the table with corpses
Ingvild .In the room behind the throne room Arondil's Diaries Quest
Hoba cave . In the room with the alchemy table, on the shelf
Thalmor Embassy .Elenwen's private quarters, second floor, first bedroom on the left, on the bedside table
smoking cave .Next to Necromancer's corpse
Pine outpost. There is a door in the room with the tombs of the draugs, behind it on the shelf on the right Special task of the Thieves Guild in Markarth

After collecting all the stones, we return to Vex at the Thieves Guild, she says that only the last detail remains - you need to find the crown of Barenziah itself, and sends us to Tolvald's cave. After returning the crown, you will receive a unique effect "Thieves' Fortune", which will increase the chance of finding precious stones in all sorts of chests.

Once, while wandering around Skyrim, Dovakin met an unusual faceted ruby, hovering over a golden box. Well, how not to take one? I took it.

And then the trouble began. First, the stone cannot be sold! And who's to say how much it costs? Secondly, it cannot be thrown away - quite a lot is clearly connected with it. interesting story. Nothing to do. You have to complete the quest.

The first thing Dovakin went to was the appraiser. But here's the annoyance, who will tell the truth to a stranger? If you want information, earn trust. And so Dovakin ended up in the Thieves Guild. My son prefers children's electric cars more. And this also has its own meaning, although it will not spoil the eyes behind the monitor ...

In Riften, in an eatery infested with rats, where it is not only embarrassing, but also problematic for a decent person to enter, with his mouth open, he listened to a story that has long become a legend: “There once was a terribly lucky thief in the world. managed to steal the crown of the Queen of Morrowind: Barenziah herself. But since you can’t just sell such booty, he dug out all the stones from the crown, and drove one at a time. So they walk around the world. But I won’t buy it from you - not it's a popular commodity these days. If you collect all 24, then we'll talk. But if not, keep it for yourself, for good luck..."
24? where do you get that much? Dovakin spat on this matter, threw a pebble into his backpack, and went his own way ...

The Dragonborn trampled the Skyrim roads a lot, killed a lot of dragons, people and all sorts of animals, but by some miracle he collected all 12 kilograms of cargo, of dubious value (do not throw away the boxes, besides, all the owners somehow unanimously made absolutely identical packaging for their trinkets).

And so, returning to the thieves guild, with a satisfied smile on all 24 remaining teeth, he laid all this stuff on the table in front of Vex. She, surprised by such a collection, said: “I didn’t think that you would go so far, but since all the stones are here, it’s time for you to find out about the last part of the set: oddly enough, the thief didn’t saw the crown, but drove it entirely. And this the crown, if my sources are right, is now somewhere in the depths of Torvald's cave, to the north of here. And one more thing. This crown is classified as a thieves' paragon: when assembled, it will greatly enhance our thieving abilities ... "

“So, that is, they won’t pay me for the stones anyway,” thought Dovahkiin. The smile faded quickly, and he went into the cave. As it turned out, the crown was carried by a caravan of refugees from Morrowind. They exchanged a glass dagger for a map of the underground passage, which turned out to be littered, and spiders, trolls and Falmer settled in the cave. Waving goodbye to silent ghosts, and no less silent, but fresh corpses, Dovakin, with a crown, returned to the thieves. They quickly collected the crown and hoisted it on a pedestal, which they dragged from nowhere. It only remained to hope that it was not from the temple... "Hey, what about the money?!" - Dovakin was indignant, but no one answered him. What money, to bring the crown is already an honor!

That's all. Now a couple of details. The only reward for this tedious quest is the unique effect "Thieves Luck", which will increase the chance of appearing in jewelry chests (as if there weren't enough of them before). And this despite the fact that the price of red stones is 200 coins, and the crown is made of pure gold. Anyway.

Stones can be found:

1. Winterhold - College of Winterhold - Chambers of the Archmage. Lying on a shelf.
2. Markarth - Understone Fortress - Dwemer Museum. Behind the golden lattice door, lies on the table.
3. Markarth - Treasury - In the bedroom on the nightstand to the right of the bed.
4. Whiterun - Dragon's Reach - Jarl's chambers. In one of the rooms lies on the bedside table.
5. Whiterun - Hall of the Dead - Catacombs. On one of the grave beds at the very end of the hall.
6. Whiterun - Jorrvaskr - Living quarters. The quarters of Kodlak White-Mane.
7. Windhelm - House of the clan Shattered Shield.
8. Windhelm - Royal Palace - top floor. Mage Jarl's room.
9. Fortress of Fellglow - in a room with tables of an alchemist and an enchanter. (A bug is possible when the stone is missing).
10. Fastidious Sload - on the table next to the captain's chest.
11. Ingvild - the room behind the throne of Arondil
12. Solitude - Blue Palace - on the second floor in Jarl's bedroom.
13. Solitude - High Spire Estate.
14. Smoldering Cave near the corpse of a necromancer, on the map as a location is not displayed, 20 steps west of the embassy, under the mountain, turn on the detailed map with the L key. (Before patch 1.4, this stone was in the Thalmor embassy.)
15. Shelter of the Dark Brotherhood - a table next to the table with a map. Close to Falkreath.
16. Riften - Mistveil Fortress. Jarl's quarters - on the cabinet to the left of the bed.
17. Residence "Black Heather" - on the bedside table in the room. Close to Riften.
18. Abode Rannveig - on the table in the room with cages.
19. Cave Stone Stream - near the table of the alchemist.
20. Khob's cave - to the left of the alchemy table.
21. Ansilvund (northeast of Shor's Stone village), Burial Halls, on the table between the coffins according to the quest in this tomb. Not far from Riften.
22. Old Lady's Rock - on a table near the dragon wall. You come here on the quest Shards of Past Glory (the stone may be hard to see because of the blood on the table).
23. Divided Gorge, located northwest of Falkreath - on a table in front of a wall with a word of power.
24. Pine outpost, house northeast of Falkreath, next to Helgen - secret room in the basement - Bandit's hideout.

Known bugs: you cannot continue the quest by collecting 24 stones before meeting with the appraiser.

Decision:
setobjectivecompleted TGCrown 20 1
setstage TGCrown 30

P.S. Leaving the thieves' den, the Dragonborn glanced at the crown: beauty! But something about her symmetrical beauty seemed strange to him. Looking closely, he realized: there were 25 stones ...

Who Gives: The quest will start when you find one of the "unusual stones"
Location: Skyrim
Reward: perk

Fast walkthrough:

Find one of the 24 "Strange Stones" Barenziah's Stone
Bring it to Vex at the Thieves Guild in Riften
Find the remaining 23 stones and return to Vex
Restore the Crown of Barenziah and return to Vex.

Detailed walkthrough:

In various places in Skyrim, there are items referred to as "Unusual Stones". Many do not know anything about them, but not Vex in Riften. Vex will tell you that this is one of the 24 four stones from the Crown of Barenziah, and they alone do not represent value, only if they are brought together. You will have to find all 24 stones.

Location of stones:

Some stones can only be found by starting certain quests or doing certain things:

Have to start the Dark Brotherhood questline
You will have to go through the main quest, namely you will find a stone after completing the quest "Diplomatic Immunity"
Will have to buy a house in Solitude, which costs 25 thousand
You will have to start the mage quest line in Winterhold in order to gain access to the chambers of the Arch-Mage.

Exact location:

	Location	Notes
		Halls of the Dead, Catacombs (to the first room, then along the left stairs, and the stone will be on your left)
		Dragonreach, Jarl's room
		Jorrvaskr, Kodlak's room
	Solitude	Blue Palace, Jarl's room
	Solitude	Your house in Solitude, must be purchased for 25 thousand
		Mistveil Keep, Jarl's Room
	Windhelm	Royal Palace, Wunfert room
	Windhelm	Shattered Shield Clan House in Windhelm
		Treasury (at the end of Tonar's bedroom, which is to the left of the front door)
		Understone Fortress Doormer Museum (on the table in the first room, on the left)
	College of Winterhold	Chambers of the Arch-Mage
	old lady rock	On a stone table, opposite the wall with the word of power
	Manor "Black Veresk"	East of Riften (in the bedroom on the second floor)
	Ansilvund	Northeast of Shor's Stone Village or due north of Riften
	Stone Creek Cave	South of Eastmarch, Imperial Camp (in the last room, on a table)
	Abode Rannveig	Southwest of Morthal (next to the Alchemy Set)
	Fellglow Fortress	To the northeast (closer to the east) of Whiterun (go up the steps and to the right)
	Picky Sload	A ship stationed southwest of the Solitude Lighthouse
	Divided Gorge	Northwest of Falkreath (on the table next to the word of power). Because many have problems finding this location below is a screenshot.
	Ingvild	Island northeast of Dunstar (bedroom behind the throne)
	Hoba cave	On the north coast, between Dawnstar and Winterhold. Near the alchemy laboratory.
	Thalmor Embassy	On the second floor
	Pine outpost	In the house to the west of Helgen (there is a button in the basement of the house that opens the door to the bandits' lair)
	Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary	Astrid's room

Show Vex the full set of stones and she will send you to restore the Crown of Barenziah. The cave is full of Falmer, be prepared. After you return the crown, you will receive a unique perk, thanks to which you will be able to find the best stones (i.e. if you find just a sapphire without a perk, then with a perk you will find a flawless sapphire). Attention! The perk doesn't always show up in Active Effects, but it should work anyway!

Divided Gorge:

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One of the Thieves Guild quests "Look under every stone". To complete this task, the player must complete four points. If one of the unusual stones is found before joining the faction of thieves and the character takes it to the fence Kuvalda, he will in any case send him to Vex, and she, in turn, to Brynjolf, who will offer to complete tasks to join the Guild.

There are twenty-four stones, they look like rubies floating in the center of the casket. They are called "Unusual stone"

First step. The player needs to join the Thieves Guild.
Second step. Find an Unusual Stone.

These two points may change places, depending on the situation, but the linearity of the task will not change from this.

Third step, you need to collect a collection of stones, that is, twenty-four pieces and take them to Vex. And the last point, find the crown of Barenziah for Vex.

As soon as the player finds the first stone, they will activate the task Take an unusual stone to an appraiser Skyrim is not rich in antiques connoisseurs, and the only buyer who will be interested in the find will be Vex.

But in order to become the owner of all the strange minerals, the character will have to shed blood and spend a lot of money.

One of the stones is in the Dark Brotherhood hideout, in Astrid's room. To get the stone, the hero will have to make a difficult choice. The player must either become a member of this organization or wipe it off the face of the earth. Another of the stones is in the chambers of the Archmage in Winterhold. The player will have to become a member of the College in order to gain access to the Savos Arena.

The remaining stones can be found during other tasks.

There are only three stones in Whiterun. Their hero can be found in the Hall of the Dead, in the Dragon's Reach and in Kodlak's room. There is only one stone in Riften, which is located in the Jarl's bedroom, which is located in the Mistveil fortress. In the Thalmor Embassy, one stone lies on the second floor of the building. There are two stones in Solitude. The player can find one of the minerals in the jarl's chambers in the Blue Palace, the other in the High Spire, only if he acquires the estate for a tidy sum.

In Pine Gate, finding a stone is not easy. The relic is located in a house where there is a lair of bandits, which can only be entered by pressing a secret button. In Windhelm, the hero will find two stones, one in the Royal Palace, the other in the Shattered Shield.

Another lost jewel will be found in the Hoba cave in the north. The player will have to look for two stones in Markarth, one is gathering dust in the Treasury, the other in the Understone Fortress. One of the stones is stored on Ingvild. Another one on the Old Woman's Rock. And another one in the Divided Gorge.

The remaining six stones can be found in Ansilvund, in the Black Prince's estate, on a ship near the Solitude lighthouse, in the Stone Brook cave, in Fellglow's fortress and in Rannveig's Abode.

When the entire set is completed, the player can safely return to Vex. She will send a hero to restore Barenziah's crown to a place infested with flamers. After the player delivers the artifact to the Vex, they will receive a permanent skill "Thieves' Luck", which will positive influence on the search for gems with a high value.

After receiving the reward, the Skyrim quest “Take an unusual stone to the appraiser” will be completed.