Skyrim talk:Chimarvamidium

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Two versions[edit]

There seem to be two versions of this book: (0001b22e) the ID shown here, which is a normal book and (0001aff8) which is the skillbook. Also the first page shows the following text not shown here:

CHIMARVAMIDIUM
Ancient Tales of the Dwemer
Part VI

By
Marobar Sul

--Alfwyn 15:05, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Updated. Still not a perfect match, but it mirrors the title used on the other namespace pages. Minor Edits 19:31, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Another Location[edit]

Doing some research because of the latest addition, I found a "Corpse" (ACHR 0x000ced35), that had indeed a Chimarvamidium with value 70, so I guess it's the skill book. I can find the hex value of the id 0x0001aff8 in a VMAD field for REFR 0x000d1209 ACHR 0x000ced35 inside CELL 0x00000d74 . --Alfwyn 19:19, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

The corpse had the book for a fresh level 1 character too, so there is probably no special trigger needed for it to appear. The corpse is the same one having this note in the inventory, btw. --Alfwyn 14:37, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Using Skyrim Mod:Mod File Format/VMAD Field I had some success in decoding VMAD fields:
  • The VMAD field for ACHR 0x000ced35 (Corpse) reads something like "defaultAddBookScript(itemToAdd=0x0001aff8, count=1)".
  • The REFR 0x000d120d for the note has a VMAD field of "defaultAddItemNoteToLinkOnLoad()", it's XLKR field (00000000 000ced35) seems to reference the corpse.
--Alfwyn 15:47, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Any idea why this is marked a quest item?[edit]

I just found the 20gold version in a chest next to a dragon wall (Eldersblood Peak). When it didn't increase any skills, I tried to drop it and it refused to let me, calling it a quest item. No new quest started when I picked it up. --97.73.64.150 19:01, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Quest item.[edit]

After completing the quest First Lessons, the player can enter the College of Winterhold. Urag gro-Shub can be found inside The Arcanaeum. He will then give the player the quest to retrieve a random book out of this list, that can be found inside a random boss-level chest in any dungeon in the game: Chimarvamidium is one of them, therefore its marked as a quest item. — Unsigned comment by 82.209.159.250 (talk) at 12:19 on 3 January 2013

Thanks for the info, I've verified this in game data and added it to the article. — ABCface 15:21, 3 January 2013 (GMT)