I’m playing through Oblivion right now and am finding certain spots a bit more difficult than others in terms of puzzles, etc. So, I figured I’d make some short blog posts about them for anyone else Googling these same issues.
** SPOILER ALERT – DO NOT READ IF YOU WANT TO FIGURE THIS OUT YOURSELF **
This quest, Untaxing the Poor, only comes after you’ve joined the Thieves Guild under the watch of The Gray Fox. The quest sends you on a mission to take back the tax and other miscellaneous items from Hieronymus Lex. The goal is to sneak into the South Watch Tower and steal the items.
Before you start this quest, make sure to have lock picks on you as you will need them in two locations. My advice is to have at least 15 or so because you just never know how many it will take to open a lock. If you don’t know where to get lock picks in Oblivion, you can grab them from Armand near the Imperial Waterfront or from Ongar in Bruma (the fence). You can also find them in some dungeons and caves once you kill certain creatures.
When you first walk into the tower, you might be wondering where to go… Well, there are ladders along the side of the wall that you can use. Go into sneak mode and then climb the ladders all the way up to the fourth floor, the Captain’s office. It’s best to do this late at night as that is when the Captain is sleeping and there aren’t as many guards. I went in around 9pm (game time) and there were no guards on the first floor, one on the second, two guards sleeping on the third and the fourth was empty.
Go all the way up to the top and go to the right (I think) and you’ll see a desk. Pick the lock and then grab the stuff from the desk. Sneak back down and out. Fast travel back to the waterfront and deliver the goods.
Questions? Ask them. Otherwise — good luck!
ahmer 3:20 am on December 30, 2009 Permalink
i love oblivion such a good game and that game forced me to get falllout 3 u should try fallout 3 real good rpg and massefect might be old know but it was best rpg of the year number 2 (massefcect) is comin out this jan but sadly nimber 1 and 2 are oon shity 360 so u would have to get em on pc like me and can u plz tell me u r id for ps3
Erin G-Homes 7:11 am on December 30, 2009 Permalink
I do have Fallout 3 and have begun playing it a little bit. There are a few Fallout 3 posts on this blog if you want to search for them!
Playstation ID = shoelover.
Gangstamike-80 shammy (Doomhammer) 7:06 am on January 11, 2010 Permalink
Oblivion is awesome. I kinda figured out a way to beat it too fast lol. I just enchanted a glass cuirass, boots, greaves, gauntlets and helm with chameleon. They each have 20% chameleon so i’m 100%. Even if I attack someone or thing they just stand there and blame it on those damned rats. lol