Hard Answers
Break into Calcelmo's laboratory and tower in Markarth and take a rubbing of the Falmer translation stone.
- Questline: Thieves Guild – Questline
- Given by: Karliah
- Reward: Nightingale Blade
- Where: Markarth
How to start
Speak to Karliah outside Snow Veil Sanctum, then take the journal to Enthir in Winterhold.
Good to know
Calcelmo's laboratory holds the Dwemer Puzzle Cube for Delvin, and a Stone of Barenziah lies in the Dwemer Museum on the way in.
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Collectibles from this quest
- Dwemer Puzzle Cube: In the room with the arcane enchanter in Calcelmo's Laboratory, behind Understone Keep, during Hard Answers.
- Nightingale Blade – Sword: Karliah's own sword, given to you during the Thieves Guild quest Hard Answers.
- Spider Control Rod – Staff: On a table in Calcelmo's Laboratory behind Understone Keep, entered during Hard Answers.