Skyrim:Main Quest
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Skyrim's main quest consists of seventeen required quests and two optional quests. During these quests you discover your heritage as the Dovahkiin, learn why dragons have returned to the world, and find a way to respond to the dragon threat. Completing the main quest will take approximately 15-30 hours depending on your character's level. Eight achievements (170 points; 7 Bronze and 1 Gold) are directly tied to completing the main quest; in addition, several dragon shout-related achievements are inevitably unlocked during the quests. Quests belonging to the main quest are marked in your journal by the dragon head knotwork, which is pictured above.
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10 pts/Bronze)
- Bleak Falls Barrow: Retrieve the Dragonstone.(
10 pts/Bronze)
- The Way of the Voice: Meet the Greybeards.(
20 pts/Bronze)
- Diplomatic Immunity: Infiltrate a party at the Thalmor Embassy.(
20 pts/Bronze)
- A Cornered Rat: Locate Esbern.
- Alduin's Wall: Locate the prophecy within Sky Haven Temple.(
20 pts/Bronze)
- The Throat of the World: Receive a lesson from Paarthurnax.
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20 pts/Bronze)
- Alduin's Bane: Exploit the Time-Wound to learn Dragonrend and defeat Alduin at the Throat of the World.
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20 pts/Bronze)
- (optional) Season Unending: Enforce a ceasefire to secure Dragonsreach.
- (optional) Paarthurnax: Deal with a potential threat.
- (optional)
- Dragonslayer: Put an end to the World-Eater.(
50 pts/Gold)