Should i play shivering isles first

When you enter withdrawal, consume some more. When you reach the door to Kelp Fen, go through. Pass through this area and enter the Drone Tunnels. Head through here and enter the Bramble Halls. Pass through here and enter the door to the Sanctum of Decadence.

Search this building and grab the Chalice of Reversal. Leave by the other exit for a shortcut out of here, then return to Crucible.

Head back to the House of Mania and hand over the chalice to Thadon. Upon doing so you'll unlock:. For a map reference, Cylarne is located in the very Northwest of the Shivering Isles on the Isle of Flame, oddly enough. You may start to notice around this time that you are running into some of those large crystal formations, or obelisks, and you may also notice that they infinitely spawn Knights of Order who then merrily proceed to try and kill you.

There is a way to stop this. Go to the formation and find the mage there. Kill him, or rather knock him unconscious. While he's out, quickly place three Hearts of Order in the crystal formation to stop the Knights of Order coming through it. Anyway, cross the bridge to the Isle of Flame and enter Cylarne. Have a talk with both Vika and Chuna, then decide who to join up with.

It doesn't make any difference. For this walkthrough, we'll be joining up with Chuna. Head through the gate and speak with Aurmazl Kaneh. Choose to help with the battle and join the assault on the Mazken. Fight your way through to the Altar of Despair and kill the Dark Seducer Commander, then mop up any remaining Mazken forces. Talk to Kaneh afterward about relighting the Flame of Agnon. Head back out to the courtyard and step into the Flame of Agnon, then return to Crucible now that you are quite literally on fire.

Head to the Sacellum Arden-Sul and enter. Make a choice here to light the Flame on the Mania side, or the Dementia side; it doesn't matter which. If you choose to light it for Mania, you will receive the Raiment of Arden-Sul.

If you choose Dementia, you'll receive the Raiment of Intrigue. Whichever you choose, step into the bowl-shaped depression behind the gate the priest opens to light the Flame and unlock this achievement:. Speak with Sheogorath before leaving the temple. He'll give you a new quest called "Ritual of Accession".

Speak to each priest to learn what the ritual requires. To get both of the next two achievements in the same playthrough, you must make a backup save before speaking with Sheogorath again he gives you two choices that will change the next events , otherwise you will have to play through the DLC again to choose the option you discard now.

It doesn't matter which choice you decide to pick first, but for the walkthrough we will start with "Mania". Go back to the palace and ask around until someone directs you to Wide-Eye. Go to the House of Mania and speak with her. You may need to raise her disposition first, but she'll eventually spill her guts. Wait in the Palace grounds until noon and follow her to the Greenmote Silo. Descend the ladder after she opens it to enter the underground passages.

You must make your way through this area without being detected. If you are, then reload. Reach the chamber at the end and grab two doses of Greenmote.

You must sneak back out without being detected as well. Go back to the House of Mania during the afternoon and sneak into the kitchen. It's one of the many wine bottles on the shelf next to the food. Sneak back out and go to the dining area and wait until 8PM. Watch Thadon die, then snag a sample of his drug-tainted blood.

Return to the Sacellum Arden-Sul and place Thason's blood in the bowl on the altar. After the cutscene, speak to Sheogorath again to unlock:. Go back to the palace and talk to people until someone directs you to Kithlan, Syl's steward, and Anya Herrick, her Courtier. Find each of them and raise their disposition as high as possible, then speak with them. Kithlan will give you a key to the private wing of the palace.

Anya will offer to help distract the guards. Give Anya a few minutes, then use your key to enter the private wing. Enter Syl's bedroom only to find a body double.

Follow Kithlan back out the door to the garden area. Take a left and manipulate the statue against the wall to open a secret passage. Begin fighting your way through these trap-filled passages in pursuit of the runaway Syl. When you reach the chamber at the end, you can, um, kill Syl. Take her heart and return to the Secullum Arden-Sul. Place Syl's heart in the bowl on the altar and watch the cutscenes.

Afterward, speak with Sheogorath again to unlock:. You'll now have a new quest called "Retaking the Fringe". Seems Order has overrun the place, so let's go check it out. Fast travel back to the Gates of madness and head through the door to return to the Fringe. Make sure you have three Hearts of Order in your inventory before starting this quest they are looted from the Knights of Order enemies. Head down the path to Passwall and defeat the Knights of Order there, then speak with Grakendo Udico about what's going on.

Decide who you want to be in charge of the troops. When you've made any preparations you want, speak to her again and tell her you're ready for battle. Fend off the invaders, then speak to Udico again.

Follow your compass marker to the ruins and lay waste to the defenders. Locate the door to the underground passages and head on through.

Fight your way through the passages and enter the door to the Fane. Pass through here and go through the door to the Great Chamber. You'll meet Mayor Shelden just inside so take him with you, or don't.

Head down into the chamber and knock out the Order mage. Quickly put three Hearts of Order into the Obelisk to overload it. Beat a hasty retreat out of this place and enter the Felles. Use the button up the stairs to open the door at the end of this area and exit through the next door to the Fales. Quickly run through this area and beware of the falling rocks.

They will kill you. Exit the door at the end back to the Fringe. Head back to Passwall and speak with Udico, then return to Crucible. Return to the Palace and speak with Sheogorath. He'll give you a new quest called "Rebuilding the Gatekeeper", which should be fairly self-explanatory. Go to Xaselm. For a map reference, it's just a short distance Northeast of the Gates of Madness.

Make your way through this large but linear area and enter the door to the Experiment Chambers. Descend deep into this area of the dungeon, then go through a hole in a collapsed wall in the room at the end. Head down the tunnel and take a right, then go through the door to the Sanctum of Vivisection. Is there like a year in the game? If there was a year, is there only certain things you can do on a particular day of the in-game year? Also, are you able to buy things such as a horse?

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Keep me logged in on this device. Forgot your username or password? User Info: dragonknight dragonknight 10 years ago 1 Ok, so i just got this game. When would be the best time for me to start these quests, i guess my question is. Im not like dying to do these certain quests or anything, just would like to know if theres a time that would be better to start these quests I'm not racist.

User Info: XVision84 XVision84 10 years ago 2 I haven't done Shivering Isles yet because I have many friends who've completed the game and some people on forums tell me not to do Shivering Isles before being completely done Cyrodiil.

User Info: dragonknight dragonknight Topic Creator 10 years ago 3 is there only one way to reset your infamy back to zero? User Info: dragonknight dragonknight Topic Creator 10 years ago 5 Also, can you go back to the main world once you started the shivering isles quest?

User Info: dragonknight dragonknight Topic Creator 10 years ago 8 one last question. User Info: dragonknight dragonknight Topic Creator 10 years ago 10 K, got another question.

Oblivion secrets and more. Help finding this dude's blog. Back To Top. Board index Who is online Switch to Full. Discuss the uesp. A place to discuss and ask questions about the fourth part of The Elder Scrolls series and its expansions. What level to start Shivering Isles? Hello, UESP. I know its advisable to do KotN early, but what about SI? Re: What level to start Shivering Isles? Theoretically, you could start at any level, even level 1, the scaling of the game makes it possible whenever you want.

There is the issue of level scaling of rewards to consider though. Another option is to return to Tamriel and use any house s that you own in Tamriel. You need to be 25 to get in, at least with the current edition on Steam.

I played through Oblivion for the third time just to replay the shivering isles. Knights of the Nine quests start at the beginning of the game or as soon as the add-on is installed.

Talk to them to learn more, then go to the Anvil Chapel to check it out. Unlike other official downloads, Knights of the Nine introduces new dialogue into NPC interactions throughout the entire game. Oblivion and its two expansion packs. It does not contain any of the other official plug-ins. At the start of the Umaril the Unfeathered quest, you become Divine Crusader.