No More Wild Goose Chases - Expanded
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #2 of 7 Collectables, Treasure Hunts and Puzzles mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Rather than relying on external guides, this mod adds three lore-friendly books that naturally point the player toward the locations required for some of Oblivion's most infamous "wild goose chase" quests: The Collector, A Venerable Vintage, and the Daedric Shrines.
The books are integrated into appropriate locations throughout the world and add unvisited world map markers for their respective locations once read: The 10 Ayleid ruins that contain the Ten Ancestors (Ayleid Statues), the 8 ruined forts that contain Shadowbanish Wine, and the 15 Daedric Shrines.
Included books:
[]Herminia Cinna's Research on the Ten Ancestors - Found in Herminia Cinna's house in the Elven Gardens District, inside of her locked desk upstairs. As an Ayleid scholar, Herminia has compiled the archaeological evidence linking the Ten Ancestors to specific Ayleid ruins throughout Cyrodiil.[/]
[]Sinderion's Notes on Shadowbanish Wine - Found in Sinderion's basement in the West Weald Inn, in Skingrad. As an accomplished alchemist, Sinderion has gathered scattered references to the rare vintage while investigating the unusual properties attributed to it.[/]
[]Traven's Record of Daedric Shrines - Found in Arch-Mage Hannibal Traven's private quarters at the Arcane University. As Arch-Mage, Traven has compiled a scholarly catalogue of Cyrodiil's known Daedric shrines to aid the Guild's study of Daedric activity and artifacts.
No More Wild Goose Chases - Expanded adds lore-friendly books that reveal unvisited world map markers for The Collector, A Venerable Vintage, and Daedric Shrines quests in Skyrim. It keeps the discovery balanced and faithful to the game's lore, making collection quests less tedious without breaking immersion. With 336 endorsements and recent updates, it's a solid quality-of-life mod for completionists.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-trusted with 336 endorsements and over 11k downloads.
- Saves hours of aimless wandering on tedious collection quests.
- Keeps the game immersive with lore-friendly books instead of a simple map marker dump.
⚠️ Cons
- Only covers three quests — if you're stuck on other collectathons, this won't help.
- Requires you to actually find the books first, which might still involve some searching.
For Skyrim completionists who hate backtracking through The Collector, A Venerable Vintage, and Daedric Shrine quests. Also great for players who want a lore-friendly way to cut down on guide-checking. Skip if you prefer pure exploration without any hand-holding.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Place the mod files directly into your Skyrim Data folder, or use a mod manager for easier uninstallation.
- Make sure the mod is loaded after any mods that alter the same quests or world map markers to avoid conflicts.
- Check the mod's page for any patches if you use popular quest overhaul mods like The Paarthurnax Dilemma.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Oblivion Mods
- Author
- Dispensation - lubronbrons - ACHILLES
- Version
- 2.0
- Downloads
- 11,298
- Endorsements
- 336
- Category
- Collectables, Treasure Hunts and Puzzles
- Created
- 3/13/2020
- Updated
- 7/5/2026
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