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Following in the footsteps of the original crusader,The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredsends you on a quest to collect the many fragments of the lost equipment born by the Pelinal Whitestrake. And in the process, you’llrevivethe original order of knights who worked under him.
Gathering each piece of Pelinal Whitestrake’s attire, however, is a task so difficult that it makes sense no one has done it in over an age. With several tricky puzzles to clear (some involving other attire pieces first), you’ll have to not only put your brain to unlocking each item but also decide in what order you’ll start your search.
How To Start The Priory Of The Nine
The quest begins automatically when youfind Sir Amiel’s corpseinside Sir Pelinal Whitestrake’s tomb.Pick up his ringto initiate this quest.
However, do not leave the tomb without firsttaking Sir Pelinal’s helmeton the way out.
After picking up Sir Amiel’s ring,look at your mapto see the Priory of the Nine marked as a quest location on your map. It is located in theWest Wealdbetween Skingrad and Bravil.
Travel there andenter the priory.
Inside,take an immediate leftto find a strange engraving on the floor.Interact with the floorby inserting Sir Amiel’s ring.
Go downstairs, and you’ll find the armory. There’s nothing here for you exactly, so take whatever pleases you and continue down into the undercroft.
Approaching Sir Pelinal’s cuirass, you’ll see a magical barrier. Get close enough, and Sir Amiel will appear. He will challenge you to a battle against the Knights of the Nine. Defeat them all, including Sir Amiel at the end.
The nine are registered as ghost-class enemiesand therefore resist Cold damage. However, you can damage them with normal weapon attacks.
To survive,we recommend having aProtectspell and access to sustainable healing.There will only be a short break in between each fight, not giving you much time to regenerate if you are playing as a lower level.
How To Gather The Crusader’s Gear
Take up the cuirasson the back wall. Then,speak to all nine knightsin the room. They will tell you the locations of the:
We highly recommend doing these quests in the above order.
At any point,you can use the back armor rack to place your itemsof the Crusader set if you are in need of somewhere to store the items this questline will give you.
How To Find The Boots Of The Crusader: Nature’s Fury
Travel to Kynareth’s Shrinewest of the Imperial City into the Great Forest. This area is not marked on your map location, so use your map marker.
Upon arrival,speak with Avita Vesnia, the head priestess of the Kynareth enclave.
Exhaust her dialogue, asking into the trial until the prompt to agree to the trial appears.Travel even further west, deeper into the forest, until you see alarge outcropping of rocks, one rock seeming as if it has a strange rock-faced door upon it.
Turn aroundto see a bear approaching you; however,do not attack it.Allow the bear to strike youmultiple timesuntil the quest progression prompt appearsand the bear wanders off.
We recommend wearing ashieldand using it to block the bear’s attacks
Enter the shrine grotto,which appears behind the rock door. The Boots of the Crusader will beon the mantle ahead.Pick them up and equip them immediately.You willneed them for the next quest.
How To Find The Mace Of The Crusader: The Path Of The Righteous
Head to the Chapel of Zenitharin Leyawiin. As you enter, a new knight, Sir Carodas Oholin will welcome you inside. Exhaust his dialogue and thenhead down into the Chapel Undercroft.
Inside, there are several undead. Defeat them all first before proceeding.
At the far end of the undercroft,interact with the coffin of Saint Kaladas.This will transport you to a brand new area. Inside, you’ll see a great chasm separating you and the mace on a far pedestal. Visibly, it looks like there is no way forward.
To proceed, you mustequip the Boots of the Crusader, allowing you to see the way forward. With the boots equipped, you may walk up to the mace andtake it for yourself.
After you take the mace andreturn to the upper level of the Great Chapel, several Aurorans will appear and ambush you.Defeat them all and then speak to Sir Carodas Oholinwho will offer to join you on your quest. you’re able to accept him for a free follower or let him stay at the Chapel.
Kantav Cheynoslin almost always dies during this encounter.
How To Find The Gauntlets Of The Crusader: Stendarr’s Mercy
Travel to the Great Chapel of Stendarrin Chorrol. As you enter, you will find the gauntlets in the back left corner.You should interact with them, but you’ll find they will not move.
After interacting with them,speak to the high elf priest, Areldur, about the gauntlets.Tell him that you’ve come to retrieve them.
The priest will redirect you tofind Kellen down in the Chapel Hall. He should be resting in the room to the right.Talk to Kellenand ask him about his curse. Helpfully, he’ll boomerang you back up tochat with Arelduragain.
It turns out that Areldur has not been so forthcoming with his knowledge.Ask him about Kellen specifically, and he’ll reveal that he’s had the answer all along.
Do what Areldur could not:
Returning downstairs, go into your magic inventory andselect your new spell: Lay Hands.Cast this spell on Kellen, and this will transfer the curse to yourself.
After the curse has been transferred, you can nowsuccessfully go back to the gauntletsupstairs topick them upand continue your quest.
Don’t worry too much about the curse. You will receive a boon removing this condition by simply continuing the Knights of the Nine questline.
How To Find TheShieldOf The Crusader: Wisdom Of The Ages
By far, the hardest part of the set to find is theshield.Located in Fort Bulwarkin the Black Forest (near the border of Black Marsh), it is guarded by conjurers and puzzle traps.
In fact, the front door (which is located on the waterfront at the bottom) is guarded byseveral conjurers that you need to defeat before entering.
Once inside, there are several dead ends in this dungeon. To avoid them all,go down the southern pathwhen you reach a split, but don’t go so far as the conjurers.
Do not allow the conjurers to lead you down into the arrow trap halfway through the hall. Instead,keep your eyes on the right side (to the west) for a wooden door.
You can choose to continue down the southern path for loot at the far dead end. However, the loot is often not very good and is guarded by two higher-level conjurers.
Take out the Clannfear(or another scaled daedra) in the center beforecontinuing through the room and the doorat the very end (we’ll come back here later).
Continue through the cave areauntil you come to a crossroads again. Ahead, there are two conjurers, and one will be scaled two levels higher than the other.
Defeat both andlook at the tablein the far corner.Find the Conjurer’s Note and read itto discover that the candles have some sort of significance.
Directly to the left of the tablewhere you found the Conjurer’s Noteis a lever you must turn. It rests rightunder the torch on the wall, and it can be very easy to miss.
Turning this lever will open the gate at the crossroads outside the room.Go through the gate and down to the second lever,which will open the gate in that large room we went through earlier and lower the drawbridges.
Return to that room downstairs andgo through the newly opened gateon the north side.
On the far side is a tile puzzle in which you muststep on the tiles in the correct order.
The solution to this puzzle is to essentiallycreate a right arrow: >.
From the bottom left tile:
Continue further into the dungeon
The next room is a prison chamber. There are two prison cells, but you shouldcheck the one at the endto find a man crying for help inside.
Free himand introduce yourself to Sir Thedret.Exhaust all of his dialogueto get this very important clue:
When the eyes of the guardian are on you, Julianos will show you favor.
Travel back a little to go through the west room door and face another conjurer. This will prevent the conjurer from showing up later when you least expect them.
Across from the conjurer’s room is a bed chamber with a chest you can loot.
At last,go through the door to the northfrom the prison chamber where you freed Sir Thedret. Inside, you’ll be met by two more doors.
For now,go through the smaller door to the west,where you will face as many as three conjurers.
The bigger door will lead to a dead end, but it will have some loot.
Go up the narrow staircase on the left side, following the winding path until you reach a large room with several arrow traps on the ceiling that are constantly shooting.
Take thenarrow staircase on your left, and thenturn the handle on the leverto the right of the first drawbridge to lower it.
The arrows here are a timed puzzle. Therefore,wait until the arrows rain in front of you and then begin moving forward.Follow the arrowsas they move until you get to the handle for the second drawbridge.
Walk past the handleinto the corner before turning it, and thenwait for your momentto cross the second drawbridge safely.
There is a hidden chest behind the headless statue at the end.
Go down the stairs and into the next room, where you shouldfight both conjurersbefore attempting the puzzle. Using what Sir Thredet shared with us,look at the bases of the statues. There aretiny handlesat their bottoms.
Use those handles toturn the statues to face the center pressure plate.This will turn off the lights andopen the door on the south side.
The next chamber has nine statues with empty chests inside them.
To solve this puzzle, go up to themain chest and stand on the pressure plate.Open the main chest, and there will be one random item inside.
Your task is toput this item in the correct chest. The puzzle solution is as follows, starting from the back left corner (from the chest) and moving clockwise.
You’ll know you got a statue right when it turns around from facing the wall.Continue the processuntil all nine statues are the right-way-round, and the door forward will open.
There are hints given (little floating, glowing projections of an item over a chest) each time you open the main chest and take an item.
However, the hint given does not reflect the item you received. For example, you may pick up the gem but receive a hint for the location of the helmet instead.
Finally, the next chamber is the final one. No puzzles this time.Just pick up theshieldon the altar ahead. The exit from Fort Bulwark will be on either side of the altar on the ground. Follow it andtake the first door up the incline.
How To Finish The Priory Of The Nine
With all above relics collected,return to the prioryto speak with Sir Amiel.
As you enter the priory, you’ll meet Lathon again, the ward of Sir Roderic, whom you might have met earlier during your pilgrimage.
Unfortunately, Sir Roderic has perished - but not before learning ofthe location of the Greaves of the Crusader and the Sword.
Lathon will hand you the greaves, butthe sword will need to be tracked downin the following quest at Underpall Cave (or Underpall Keep).
After telling you everything he knows,Lathon will ask to be made a knight of the order.
After speaking to Lathon, you will be moved seamlessly into your next quest.
If you decide to make Lathon a knight, he can follow you to Underpall Cave. However, for some reason, he will only ever stand outside the door and never enter. After multiple attempts, we could not make Lathon come with you for the quest inside though he is intended to be able to do so.
