# Evergloam: To the Bat Cave!

Clear out a nest of vampires.

- Quest Giver: Nocturnal
- Location(s): Evergloam Castle.
- Prerequisite Quest: The Bow of Shadows.
- Next Quest: Azura's Crescent
- Reward: see Reward
- ID: EV03

Ruins in the Bat Cave

## Quick Walkthrough

1. Nocturnal summons you to Evergloam
2. Find a cave full of vampires
3. Kill them
4. Profit!

## Detailed Walkthrough

### Vampires

The quest starts when Amusei finds you and asks you to take some Mandrake Root to Evergloam. It doesn't grow there, and although Cyndil doesn't have a disease, Nocturnal is concerned that she might get infected with vampirisim.

There have always been vampires in Nocturnal's realm, as they're attracted by the permanent darkness. However, now that Cyndil's around, they can smell mortal blood, and they're becoming more of a nuisance. Nocturnal would like you to do something to try and discourage them. There's a cave where she suspects they're congregating, just behind the castle.

### Visit the Bat Cave

She's encouraged bats to take up residence in the same cave. They have a fireball spell, and don't like vampires any more than Nocturnal does. However, they can't reach all the parts of the cave, so they haven't stopped the vampires from living there. They won't be too pleased to be disturbed by you either.

Get past the bats in the first part of the cave, and you may find them fighting with the vampires outside the ruin of an older castle. There's a door into the ruin at the level where you arrive, and you can fight your way through the castle ruin to get to two other doors. One just leads out to the ledge opposite where you came in, and the main exit leads out to the lower level. The boss vampire isn't in the ruins, but at the end of a cave tunnel leading off the lower level.

### Reward.

Near the vampire boss is a chest that contains some enchanted arrows and some gold. If you take the arrows back and show them to the smith at the castle, she'll make more, and have them available for purchase (leveled) after about three days. The arrows have a fire damage plus light enchantment that makes them good against vampires, who like to go invisible, and are vulnerable to fire.

Nocturnal will pay a bounty for every vampire's dust you bring her from here on, regardless of whether you got it in her realm. The more you kill elsewhere, the less will find their way here. The vampires in the cave will respawn, so this is a reliable source of income. She pays the same as Roland Jenseric, but the vampires here are closer, so you don't have as far to walk.

## Notes

- Nocturnal only needs one sample of Mandrake Root, but she takes all you bring. If you want to keep some for your own use, drop it before talking to her.
- The game has Arrows of Sunlight (glass), Arrows of Brilliance (Elven), Arrows of Illumination (Dwarven), and Flare Arrows (Steel). I added Arrows of Glowing (Iron) and Arrows of Illumination (Silver) to provide a better spread of levels. The smith will have all but the Dwarven ones, (according to your level).

## Journal Entries

To the Bat Cave! (EV03)
Stage | Finishes Quest | Journal Entry
--- | --- | ---
10 |  | Amusei brought me a message from Nocturnal. She's concerned about Cyndil, and could I come to Evergloam Castle?
20 |  | I've arrived back at Evergloam Castle. I should find out why Nocturnal wants me.
30 |  | I forgot to bring any mandrake root. I need to go back and get some.
40 |  | Nocturnal has told me that the vampires are most likely hiding in a cave behind the castle. She's put bats in the cave to try and keep them out, but they keep coming back. Perhaps killing their leader would help?
50 |  | I've entered the caves behind the castle. I need to kill as many of the vampires as I can. Nocturnal doesn't mind if I have to kill some of the bats, but I need to remember they're there to help suppress the vampires.
60 |  | I've killed the leader of the vampire band in the caves. I should report my success to Nocturnal.
70 |  | I found some enchanted arrows in a chest. They look useful.
80 |  | Nocturnal was pleased that the vampires were dead, but she expects that more will move in over time. She'll reward me for every vampire I kill, no matter where I do that. I just have to bring the dust as proof.
90 |  | I showed the arrows to the castle smith. She thinks she'll be able to make more of them.
100 | 0 | The smith has succeeded in making more of the arrows. They'll be just the thing for killing vampires!

Notes

- Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
- Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in random order.
- If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
- On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering `setstage quest stage`. Where `quest` is the internal name of the quest, and `stage` is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages. See SetStage for more information.