Oblivion Bug *spoiler warning*

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I have found a bug with the Hackdirt Quest in Oblivion - not fatal but potentially bloody annoying. I’ve put the problem, and a workaround, further down. I have kept the “spoiler” element of it to a minimum, but I’ve had to give a few details.
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Problem:
Once you have accomplished the aim of the quest then you will be attacked by all and sundry - the village acts like any hostile dungeon. You will naturally grab anything lying around that you need, and there is no red cursor to warn you that you shouldn’t. Items in your inventory will not be marked as stolen.

However, when you get back to a town, the Guards will have you down as having stolen possibly hundreds of items and there will be a massive bounty on you. Time in jail leads to a fairly considerable loss of skills.

If you want to do the quest, the best compromise after completing it, but before returning to a town, is as follows:

Use the ~ tilde key to open the console.
Type player.setcrimegold 0 and return.
You will still have the “crime” on your character record, but with a zero bounty, so the guards will ignore it.

The only other way is to assume that every object anywhere in the village belongs to someone else and to touch nothing, but this is rather impractical, not to say unfair.

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Thou shalt not steal! :wink:

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I’m not stealing anything just looting corpses

Found underground chambers with a couple of heros in tow and a bit stuck with piles of loot but I can’t get out to sell it it’s really good I forget what daylight looks like :slight_smile:

Ming

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Finished Oblivion :frowning: and reloaded Morrowind the other day to check it out, didn’t like it much when I first installed it

Yes it was because I didn’t get it have to own up :slight_smile:

Was jerky and took forever to do anything it seemed. Now with knowing about building a more useful character (I just answered the questions last time, ended up as a poison dwarf with a limp) it’s bloody amazing and another total addiction starting up it’s really good and RPG. I’ve got an Eye on Gothic III now too out in England in a few weeks. Bit late finding out what all the fuss was about but better late :slight_smile:

Ming

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I understand Ming Oblivion is quite addicting! I just cant figure out how to make lots of money without being a thief? and the Fighters guild does not pay well!