Oblivion:Alchemy Training

Persuade a Master Alchemist to instruct you further. Quest Giver: Ardaline or Brotch Calus at the Bravil Mages Guild or in Bruma Location(s): West Weald Inn, Skingrad Reward: Master Alchemy Training ID: TrainingAlchemy Required Items: 1 bottle of Tamika Vintage 399 and 1 bottle of Surilie Brothers Vintage 399 Required Level: Alchemy skill of 70

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Quick Walkthrough

1. When you reach a 70 Alchemy skill, speak with Ardaline at the Bravil Mages Guild or Brotch Calus in Bruma to learn who can teach you more.
2. Speak with Sinderion in Skingrad to learn what he requires to train you further.
3. Retrieve two special bottles of wine and he will agree to train you.

Detailed Walkthrough

The Recommendation

Once you have an Alchemy skill of 70 head to the Bravil Mages Guild to speak with Ardaline or to Bruma to speak with Brotch Calus to learn who can instruct you more in Alchemy. You will be told that Sinderion, an Altmer alchemist in Skingrad, is the one you are looking for. He can be found in the basement of The West Weald Inn.

Gathering the Items

After speaking with Sinderion, he will tell you that he will only accept you for training once you bring him two bottles of wine: Tamika Vintage 399 and Surilie Brothers Vintage 399. Both can be randomly found in any container that stocks upper class drinks, and he will accept stolen wine.

Places where you are guaranteed to find both wines are:

• 6 bottles of Surilie and 7 bottles of Tamika are in Castle Skingrad, in the Wine Cellar
• 1 bottle of Surilie and 4 bottles of Tamika are in the basement of Roland Jenseric's House in the Imperial City Temple District
• 1 of each are in Castle Bravil, in the Lord's Manor North Wing
• 1 of each are upstairs in the Private Quarters of The Main Ingredient in the Imperial City Market District
• 1 bottle of Surilie and 2 of Tamika are found by the wine racks in the Frostcrag Spire vault
• 1 of each are in the West Wing of Cloud Ruler Temple (taking them is not counted as stealing if you have joined the Blades)

Places where you are guaranteed to find the Surilie only are: 2 bottles are in the Cheydinhal Mages Guild (on the table on the top floor) 2 bottles are in Lord Drad's Estate 2 bottles are in Cyronin Sintav's House (upstairs in the Private Quarters) in the Imperial City Elven Gardens District 2 bottles are in Rythe Lythandas's House in Cheydinhal 1 bottle is in Crowhaven 1 bottle is in Heinrich Oaken-Hull's House in Anvil 1 bottle is in the basement of Pennus Mallius' House in the Imperial City Temple District 1 bottle is in the basement of The Foaming Flask in the Imperial City Talos Plaza District 1 bottle is in the Imperial Guard Quarters in the Imperial Palace 1 bottle is in Vilena Donton's House in Chorrol

Places where you are guaranteed to find the Tamika only are: 4 bottles are upstairs in The All-Saints Inn (in Willet's Private Quarters) in the Imperial City Temple District 2 bottles are in Willow Bank in Cheydinhal 1 bottle is in the Arch-Mage's quarters in the Arcane University 1 bottle is in Lost Black Rock Chasm 1 bottle is in the Chorrol Mages Guild (on the table immediately to the left as you enter) 1 bottle is in Kvatch Castle in the Count's Quarters 1 bottle is upstairs in the Lustratorium, Arcane University 1 bottle is in the Anvil Castle Royal Quarters 1 bottle is on the top floor of Francois Motierre's House

After you bring him one of each wine, Sinderion will agree to train you.

Journal Entries

Alchemy Training (TrainingAlchemy)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		I need to seek out Sinderion in Skingrad if I wish to learn more about Alchemy.
20		Sinderion has asked that I bring him a bottle of Tamika's Vintage 399 wine, and a bottle of Surilie Brother's Vintage 399 wine. I should acquire them so that he will agree to train me.
100	Finishes quest	I have completed Sinderion's task, and he has agreed to train me in Alchemy.
200	Finishes quest	Sinderion is dead. It will be impossible for me to receive further Alchemy training.

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.
• It is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage TrainingAlchemy stage, where 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.