Shalidor's Insights

Quick Look

1. Talk to Urag gro-Shub
2. Retrieve Shalidor's Insights
3. Return to Urag gro-Shub

In Depth

This quest can send you to nearly any dungeon in the game, so for specific details pertaining to the dungeon search for its page. Note, however, that this can send you to a cave that is associated with another quest, which can lead to conflicts. Some examples are listed below.

• Wolfskull Cave: This can conflict with the quest "The Man Who Cried Wolf". It is recommended to complete "Shalidor's Insights" before receiving "The Man Who Cried Wolf".
• Rebel's Cairn: This is the location of the quest "Find Red Eagle's Sword" and the chest can only be accessed partway through the aforementioned quest.
• Ysgramor's Tomb: In order to access this dungeon you need to complete the Companions questline.
• The Katariah: If the book is placed on the Katariah, there will be no cursor placed on the map and the book will be unreachable until the quest Hail Sithis! begins.
• High Gate Ruins: If the player has previously defeated Vokun, the book will be in an inaccessible area in the back of Vokun's Throne Room.
• Hitting the Books: This sends you to Fellowglow Keep, and if you go there with on that quest, it seems the "insights" might be missing.

The book will almost always be in the boss chest at the end of the dungeon. Return to Urag gro-Shub and claim your reward.