Skyrim:Animal Extermination (B)

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Fulfill a contract given to the Companions to clear out a beast den. Quest Giver: Aela the Huntress Location(s): Whiterun, Jorrvaskr Prerequisite Quest: Take Up Arms Reward: Leveled Gold ID: CR02

Quick Walkthrough

1. Kill the boss beast in the random animal den.
2. Return to Aela the Huntress.

Detailed Walkthrough

Aela has received word that the Jarl has requested for a beast den somewhere in Skyrim to be cleared out. Slaughter the denizens and return to Aela for a reward.

Reward

Levels	Reward
1-9	100
10-19	150
20+	300

Radiant Options

This is a radiant quest which can send you to any Animal Den with a boss-type enemy, which means any of these 17 locations:

Eastmarch	Falkreath Hold	Haafingar	Hjaalmarch	The Pale	The Rift	Whiterun Hold	Winterhold
Cronvangr Cave Refugees' Rest	Bonechill Passage Greywater Grotto	Steepfall Burrow	Brood Cavern	Bronze Water Cave	Clearspring Tarn Crystaldrift Cave Fallowstone Cave Honeystrand Grove Pinepeak Cavern	Cold Rock Pass Graywinter Watch Greenspring Hollow Darkshade	Bleakcoast Cave

Notes

• Although there may be multiple beasts at the targeted destination, only the boss beast (the one highlighted by the quest marker) actually needs to be killed to complete the quest.

Bugs

• If the cave that it randomly chooses for you has already been cleared, you may run into a situation where the beast you need to exterminate has already been killed, and the quest marker will point at the corpse, making it impossible to complete the quest. This removes the ability to complete further tasks for the Companions, as they will remark that you have not finished your current contract. Even reanimating the corpse of the beast and killing it again will not fix the issue.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.2.6 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.
  • This can be fixed with the console command setstage cr02 20.

Quest Stages

Animal Extermination (CR02)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		I've been asked to take care of a <Alias=BeastBoss> lair in <Alias=DenHold>. (Objective is assigned): Clear out <Alias=AnimalDen>
20		I cleared a <Alias=BeastBoss> lair in <Alias=DenHold>. (Objective is assigned): Return to <Alias.ShortName=Questgiver>
100
200
250

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 0, 1.

 

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• 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 any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• 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.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage CR02 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, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest CR02.

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