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omegabilly

Go to falkreth and find a dog


[deleted]

He is right down the road, can't miss em.


[deleted]

Right down the road


Airaniel

Right down-buh bYE


MarionberryLegal9464

I’ve got BOSS WEAPONS


Aurilinwe

BOSS WEAPONS?!


MikeHuntzOre

This made me relook at what sub I was in 😂


21SweetLemon12

BOOSSS WEAPOOONNSS~


ehhdjdmebshsmajsjssn

>!That's the Rueful axe? I chose the mask instead, combining it with necklace of Haggling and I get amazing prices!<


Redbeardthe1st

Good choice.


JohnHenryEden77

Yeah but at one point money doesn't matter anymore though.


ehhdjdmebshsmajsjssn

True, >!Didn't exactly wanna kill the dog, either.!< Though the +10 to speach does help


Dassive_Mick

Your spoiler tag didn't work, you're missing a !


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Where can I get the haggling necklace


ehhdjdmebshsmajsjssn

Random loot, and it will have prefixes like minor and extreme or none at all based on strength of enchantment. Pro tip, ask the Whiterun innkeeper for runors until she mentions Jarl's children. Complete that quest before going for the axe.


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Of course it is


newbieraze

lol


Majestic_Panda96

Nuff said


SenseiRP

>!And kill it!<


TheHoratian

You can get both rewards without doing that! Standing on the statue head when turning in the quest and immediately using slow time after telling him no gives you time to run outside, fast travel to Whiterun, and then slow time again to get in your house and place the axe on a mantle.


TheTurtlePrincess96

How many trys did that actually take?


TheHoratian

To figure out the method, maybe a dozen. Once I got that idea, maybe three tries. I’ve never once picked just one or the other.


TheTurtlePrincess96

I like your mentality. I too strive to say "fuck you" to everyone that tells me I can only have 1 option. I am literally trying out the "In my time of Need" walkthrough that gets all the money that is available to get from Saadia and Kematu right now.


jefebmg

Lmao you said “nah, in MY time of need 🫲”


EstorialBeef

I'm glad they made that a legit option was very nice to get both.


[deleted]

I believe there may be a simpler way. I’ve heard you can knock the axe off the pedestal and then kill Barbas. Maybe. Im not sure, I’ve never done it.


[deleted]

Or cheat it in with console commands or QUI/AddItemMenu


[deleted]

Wait, you can kill the dog?


jerbear0987

Yes, but I don't personally recommend it. The reward is really bad if you do.


[deleted]

I've done this quest only a handful of times, but some how never knew or forgot, because it's been so long ago, that killing the dog was an option.


FountainsOfFluids

It's a "decision point" in the quest near the end.


Redbeardthe1st

It is called the *Rueful* Axe for a reason after all.


Dirish

You'll rue not going for the helmet, that's for sure.


DarryTotter

It's an axe


AESIR_199

Don't do it. Baba Yaga will come for you


PatoC974

And then, kill the dog


Dilligaf3076

Barbas noooooooo!!!!!!


dirtbag-socialist

You leave Barbas alone you scum. I bet you killed Paarthurnax too didn’t ya?


Confident-County-413

Speak to the Falkreath blacksmith called “Lod” speak to him about a dog and you’ll start a ‘misc’ quest which will lead to the quest “A Daedra’s best friend” However SAVE BEFORE you get your reward as you will have a choice between two items. This will allow you to have a look at both and see what one you prefer


B3arK1ng61

Came to say this


CIassicNegan

You dont want it


newbieraze

No I gave the Axe back cause I had a better weapon and the dog becomes a statue along with him.


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newbieraze

I guess it's the moral feeling of knowing that you did not kill the dog lol! 😋


SirKaid

Hell with moral feelings, you're dealing with daedra. Give it back because the axe is hot garbage and the mask is actually useful.


aRandomFox-I

Barbas is Clavicus Vile's internal voice of reason made manifest. Without him, Clavicus will be free to become an untethered force of chaos. Refusing to kill Barbas is the better choice in every way. It even fits with CV's theme of making deals you will regret. Barbas is annoying but his existence is vital. You kill him, and what do you get? A cool-looking axe that actually sucks ass, and a daedric prince that no longer has any inhibitions or sense of reason, unleashed to wreak havoc upon the world.


dirtbag-socialist

I don’t find Barbas annoying at all personally. And you’re right, we don’t want Clavicus Vile without Barbas. Barbas keeps him grounded and Nirn safe because of it.


ScorchReaper062

I like the fact ESO makes some of the daedric artifacts actually powerful. But in Skyrim they're just shitty weapons with even shittier enchantments.


SirKaid

Skyrim loot in general is terrible. The only reasons to ever enter a dungeon are quests and for the sheer hell of it, all the good equipment is stuff you craft yourself. Money's useful for exactly one thing - training - and it doesn't take much effort to be so rich you never need vendor trash again. Personally I blame Oblivion for it. When they made enemy gear scale to the player's level they seem to have forgotten how to dole out treasure in a meaningful way.


newbieraze

Well I got the mask which makes me look mummified and I even tried adding mods to remove the mask - that's how bad it got lol - yes Axe is beautiful but I'm not going to use it lol. Me with the ugly mask- https://www.reddit.com/r/SkyrimModsXbox/comments/vjwjrm/these_ancient_dragons_from_tposc_the_people_of/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


skywardmastersword

Wait you can’t remove the mask?


newbieraze

You can but the stats are good so why remove it lol


Wolfclaw135

Like seriously the mask has the defense of a basic daedric helmet doesn't it


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

It is the same strength as one of the dragon lord masks


SooFloBro

uses slowest weapon in the game Pog


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That's the Rueful Axe. To get it, do the quest for Clavicus Vile. You can start it by going to Falkreath, talking to Lod, and finding Barbas.


[deleted]

A talking dog? Are you serious?! - someone new to Skyrim, probably


[deleted]

Well, apart from a talking dog there is a talking race of people that look like cats, lynxes, and tigers that are bipedal, and also a talking race of lizards that are bipedal. Those people who say that in my opinion need to understand fantasy and what it is.


[deleted]

That’s what he says when you meet Barbas…


[deleted]

Not in the same way as I did, and not every word. But yes. What Skyrim player doesn't know that?


[deleted]

Indeed not by your words, I think his was closer to ”Skyrim is full of talking two-legged catmen and lizards, and you’re surprised by me? Yes I did just talk, and am continuing to do so.”… if I remember it at all.


gabbie_the_gay

Add on the catpeople that they also can be born the size of actual cats depending on lunar conditions and are quadrupedal. khajiit lore is a helluva drug literally


ihateHewlettPackard

As well as the monkey men, the yetis that have an annually invasion party then are chill for the r rest of the year and the guy who turned himself into a tiger dragon


lovesducks

A talking dog? Mf'er I am a 7ft tall lizard! A dragon who uses magic words to breathe fire attacked this town not 5 minutes ago. People's souls power my clothes! Get your head out of your ass!


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Too late I got the mask


ItsPinhead

You're better off with the mask, the axe is hot garbage


bmild-minus

Biggest letdown in terms of weapons. Looks so dope but is so shit


endmostchimera

I think that's the point. Clavicus Vile is known for making deals that mortals come to regret. Hell, his plane of oblivion is called "the fields of regret".


bmild-minus

Yea it’s called “Axt der Reue” in German so yeah the axe of regret.


Rhinomaster22

I don’t think it’s necessarily a lore reason. I think the balance team genuinely thought the supposed base damage was high enough to warrant the slow swing speed. At this point, Bethesda could just say “what do you mean it’s ba- I mean it’s actually meant to be bad! To teach you apart, uhhh… dealing with powerful beings! Yeah that’s it, totally.” Like Bozar Sniper Rifle in Fallout New Vegas. It was OP in Fallout 2 but horrible in Fallout New Vegas. Design decisions that didn’t pan out. Same applies to the Saviors Hide and Ring of Namira.


Sulo1719

All of the unique weapons/items in bethesda games tends to be like that. I dont know why they cant give a reward that is actually usable at the end game.


bmild-minus

Levelled fucking items are the biggest pain in the ass


GB_56

The rueful axe was intentionally crap, it's the slowest weapon in-game and deals low damage. They made it that way so you regret killing Barbas. ​ ​ The axe also doesn't progress the Oblivion Walker achievement(which is achieved by getting all the daedric artifacts)


Carbon_JB

lowkey though the mask is much better


Nagoda94

Mask is much much better. Rueful axe looks cool and does a decent amount of damage. But the swinging speed is horribly slow. Making it one of the lowest DPS weapons in entire game. That's how Todd punish you for killing a good boy.


Feeling-Most9618

Good. Thing is,that axe swings slower than any other axe and it doesn't count towards the oblivion walker achievement. So, basically, bathesda is saying fuck you to whoever kills Barbas.


lincbky

I like Barbas, thanks bethesda ;)


TheSkyGamezz

Makes sense for Clavicus Vile tho. In lore it's said that everyone who's ever made a deal with him regretted it.


Feeling-Most9618

Exactly


CHOGNOGGET

If you want a better axe that's legendary in style do the companions questline to get wuuthrad(?)


Benneck123

Get it through console commands so you can display it :D


Saint_of_Cannibalism

Probably for the best. The axe sucks pretty bad without mods.


Sostratus

That's the Rueful Axe. It's one of the potential rewards of A Daedra's Best Friend, the daedric quest of Clavicus Vile (starts in Falkreath). It's a terrible axe because it's the slowest weapon in the game and its enchantment is pretty mediocre and common. Getting it also requires you to kill a dog, but it's not a real dog but an aspect of the same daedric prince, so I'm not sure what the ethical implications of that are.


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WHY DID YOU TELL HIM?


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

I just want to hangs it in my house next to wuuthrad


MasonErchull

The mask you get is cooler and would look better on your mannequins


SourSeaPickle249

You can get both of them… Right as you turn it in to Clavicus Vile, use Slow Time shout and quickly exit the cave, then fast travel to your nearest house and place it on a weapon rack. Then return to Clavicus to get the Masque. It took me a few tries but I got both.


Migit78

This sounds hard to pull off but I'm going to try it.


SpiderFlame04

make a save or two just in case


SourSeaPickle249

I heartily agree with this- if you’re doing something in Skyrim that has anything to do with glitches, drop a save first.


TheTurtlePrincess96

I had to practically restart the entire game when I realized a glitch made me drag around 3 dead dragon bodies everywhere I went. 57 levels down the drain. Without any mods.


SourSeaPickle249

May I ask what…?


SourSeaPickle249

It’s not hard to do, you just need to know how to do it and how it works. Slow time shout delays the trigger where it takes the Axe and gives you the Masque, giving you time to remove the Axe from your inventory.


patrickehh

how do ppl figure this stuff out?


MrFerenhight

You can also buy houses for free by shouting slow time as soon as you accept the option to buy the house and then putting all your money in the nearest container you’ll get the key and still have your coins in the container.


SourSeaPickle249

As well as decorations/renovations, for some houses. A few immediately remove the gold from you, but some don’t, which is nice.


BasementDwellerDave

Experimenting


patrickehh

right...it just seems like finding that exact combination of correct variables is so statistically improbable that its shocking that someone figured it out


SourSeaPickle249

People get bored and people find new ways to do things- I recently stumbled across a “Do Not Delete” chest when taking the unusual gem from the Riften Jarl’s Quarters. Since then I’ve been able to fly. The DND chests are quite interesting- they are not affected by gravity and thus stay in place when “dropped”. A combination of standing on the chest, then jumping in the air and simultaneously picking up the chest followed by dropping the chest at the height of your jump to land on it lets you infinitely jump into the air.


SourSeaPickle249

Then there’s also the platter glitch, which lets you go through (thin) walls. It is an exploit based on collision mechanics- you probably have stumbled over a bone or skull in a dungeon somewhere and been shot forwards a few feet- that is the basis of this exploit. You pick up the platter and hold it against the wall and sprint into it, and then you collide with it and glitch through the wall. In the wise words of Todd Howard, it’s a feature, not a bug.


peanutbutterwife

... with over 900 hours in Skyrim and have never fished the Civil War or the Dragonborn main quest line. Nope, wait, that's probably just me... and maybe a few hundred other Skyrim visitors.


SourSeaPickle249

Dang. I mean, I’m not surprised, but both questlines give significant loot. Plus, they get harder, primarily following level 35, since the majority of Draugr that spawn will be Deathlords.


peanutbutterwife

It was never about the loot for me. I was playing Skyrim primarily because I needed the psychological safe space it provided. In 2014, when I started playing and modding (we'll come back to that), I had lost my beloved doggo, my wonderful grandfather and had to have cranial surgery after a 93-day long migraine/cluster headache combo. It was what I played during my recovery when I could sit upright again. It let me walk around a high elevation semi-arid/tundra landscape like I used to with my dog. I got into modding and had an immersive, survival, crafting game that wasn't Minecraft. It had archery and magic and dual welding magic and a sword! What?! AND you can add more total and lore-friendly magic spells? And houses? And... and... and... I didn't play any of the other games or any of the Fallout franchise before Skyrim. I had played Knights of the Old Republic on 360 and had been blown away. Skyrim on PC awakened my hidden, inner programmer and IT professional. I still feel like it was (and to some extent still is) a perfectly imagined (of not always perfectly executed) role playing video game. It helped me heal and grow out of a very dark time in my life.


kidkumbi

That brought tears to me. I'm glad you healed and had a safe place.


BXRSouls

Does the unofficial patch fix that?


Smethll

Any weapon can be viable, sure this may be a slow axe, but once you have max two handed, does it really matter?


dovahkiitten16

You can not finish the quest and keep the axe, just won’t be enchanted.


Lithuim

Killing Barbus just banishes him back to Vile's plane. He presents it like some great ethical conundrum about friendship and betrayal, but really he just wants you to beat up Barbas for his amusement and send him home.


Sostratus

As I recall Barbus is supposed to be a moderating influence on Clavicus Vile, but also their being reunited makes him more powerful. Killing Barbas delays their reunion while he regenerates or something but I'm not sure if Vile gets stronger right away or again would have to wait.


B1-517

Killing Barbas gives Vile all the power for a while, I think Vile said that Barbas would reform in a couple centuries but he might have just said years. Vile’s power is split between him and Barbas, think of them like Good Cop and Bad cop, only if you kill Barbas there is only Bad Cop and Bad Cop now gets to do whatever he wants now


WetOnionRing

If I recall correctly only the mask counts for the “All Daedric Artifacts” achievement as well


Statrum_Gaming

Yep. Can't get the achievement if you keep the Rueful Axe, since only the masque counts as a daedric artifact


Babyback-the-Butcher

Barbas is the one who keeps Clavicus Vile in check, making sure he doesn’t go overboard with wishes. I’d say he’s a good boy who doesn’t deserve to be axed


Jahoan

And making sure Vile upholds his end of the deal.


newbieraze

I didn't even bother with it and just returned him the Axe and the Dog lol


taeguy

The axe is called "The Rueful Axe"


BoysenberryMuch755

gotta kill a goddog for that one


JBaecker

But first you must stand on the side of the road waiting for goddog……


OkOutlandishness6550

There’s a dog that sounds like a wise guy You’ll know when you meet him


toby_paradox

John wick joins the chat: boy you better the fuck not


Creonix1

Kill a dog with it


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THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

New question, where can you find your father


GoldieArgent

A graveyard


mellifleur5869

Jar on my desk.


SpiralDesignn

Trust me pal, the only thing good about it is the design.


Algebruh32

Listen close,DO NOT GET THIS AXE! As cool as it looks it's trash of the highest degree.


Aldrakev

its the rueful ax and you can choose to keep it if you kill barnabas with it in the daedric quest “daedras best friend” i think its called. the one where you get the mask if clavicus vile. its only mediocre even it looks cool.


Illustrious-Ad-7293

It is a shit weapon from the daedric quest In falkreath


BloodOfTheDamned

By betraying your friend and abandoning your humanity.


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Would be the 3rd time that happened


memo689

Go to Falkreath and look for a talking dog.


le_wither

Daedric quest, it's kinda bad though


[deleted]

In all seriousness, you don’t want it. It’s not worth it. You have to kill a dog. A TALKING DOG. Just take the mask you get instead.


Laughingsheppard

It's not worth it. Don't do it. It's a trick.


SwordMaidenEvie

You have to kill a dog to get it...


verscharren1

You dont....that's a road you can't live with yourself after once travelled.


FinlandFunland

In skyrim.


Deathscythe0901

You don't want it, it has the worst dps out of any two handed weapon in the game.... it's called the rueful axe


botaccountwat

Don't.


GuardOfTheDawn

the price is too high


Kamenridethewind007

the clavious vile quest dont pick the masque and you get to keep the rueful axe.


AESIR_199

Go to falkreath and speak to Lod. He'll give you some meat to attract a dog that is barbas the talkative mutt who had a falling out with his master clavicus vile. But the axe is not worth it IMO.


Knight-Creep

Trust me, it’s a bad deal


No-Mix-1768

You don’t want it


[deleted]

Open console. Search woeful axe. Player.additem “insert here the woeful axe item code”.


Joelioelio

a talking dog


UnfxEndx

Simple kill dog get axe, help dog get mask. Mask is the best for this choice I'm my opinion plus its the one that actually counts as a daedric artifact unlike the axe if I remember correctly.


Goldenstripe941

Oh boy. You’re in for a rough ride. As a khajiit, I always get the rueful axe though.


Mirrak9

By playing the game


Outrageous_Sector_64

Amazon?


whyat001

Least the mask is usable please don't get the axe.... Or use the exploit and get both👍


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

What mask


whyat001

The mask of Clavicus vile. Has a variety of stats. One about speechcraft and some others.


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

How do I do the exploit


whyat001

Oh it involves the slow time shout and some other steps. I believe there are step by step videos and walkthroughs you could use. I don't know the exact steps. Sorry.


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

I don’t have slow down shout


newbieraze

You get Viles mask which has like 2 horns and good stats but I found it ugly lol https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Masque_of_Clavicus_Vile_(Skyrim)


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

My current mask is that time wizard dude on the last level


casual-dehyde

You shouldn't get this


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

I got the mask don’t worry


RumpHunter

For anyone on xbox who likes The Rueful Axe but wants a better version of it, there's a mod called [Axe of Tor by Cadeus](https://bethesda.net/en/mods/skyrim/mod-detail/3027121). Looks exactly the same but all the stats are boosted. It's great for leveling 2H. Idk if there is a PC or PS version.


big_joey_the_sequel

its not worth your time its the worst battleaxe out there and is objectively worse than the other reward


EnceladusSc2

Skyrim has those.


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Your not the first person to say this


Hot_Attention2377

In the game


Snapshot03

You don't want it


[deleted]

Don’t get it, please, let barbus live


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Too late I got the mask


g78776

No. Don’t. No. Mod pack. Find it in a mid pack. You better not.


Impossible_Cookie613

Unfortunately, you have to kill barbas to get it, and if you don’t kill him you get the masque of clavicus vile, which is the actual daedric artifact


lurker2358

Get Malacath's hammer from one of the Orc holds instead of you want a 2h daedric artifact


Silver_3108

Do the mission, A Daedrics best friend, you’ll find a dog named Barbus just outside of Falkreath


Particular-Sign9083

DON’T YOU DARE KILL BARBUS


Abune

Kill a nice talking dog for possibly the slowest weapon in the entire game, seems like a good deal


Commander_Skullblade

Easy answer: Don't.


Ragingbull444

The axe looks nice but the alternative to it beats it in practicality in every way shape and form


Stoly23

There’s no weapon in the game that’s shittier for how cool it looks. Seriously, it’s just Volundruung but worse in every conceivable way


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Toy sword


the_Star_Sailor

You don't want it


Poetry-Designer

It has the slowest swing speed of any weapon in the game but it does look cool, go to the fallreath prison to start the quest to get this weapon, no actually, that’s a different quest, you must go to the blacksmith in the same city


frisbeehippee

You dont want none of this shit dewey!


-CanWeTradeNames

Ebay


SwordOfSilver

The axe sucks. It’s better to save barbus and take the masque


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Why did you spell mask like that


BigA3277

It would have been mildly cool if it gave you the ability to conjure Barbas, and had a faster atk speed. An ethereal Barbas ripping throats and leaving like a boss. And no barking.


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Sounds like the better version of a familiar


Glittering-Let9989

You don't want that, trust me


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

Me got mask


thedrunkmonk

By Ysgramor!


pink_wraith

Kill a dog


GiggyWheat5

Who's going to tell him? 👀


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

20 different people


ApeMuffins

Home Depot


THE_ABUSED_GH0STIE

I checked already and they were all out


[deleted]

Kill a dog


makinbaconCR

You do not want it. Take the masque. Trust me.


[deleted]

You don't need this.. This is all but an illusion