Skyrim:Stoking the Flames

Find 10 fire salts to restore Balimund's forge. Quest Giver: Balimund Location(s): Riften Reward: Leveled Gold Disposition: =1 (Balimund) ID: FreeformRiften10

Balimund needs Fire Salts for his forge.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak with Balimund.
2. Gather fire salts.
3. Return to Balimund.

Detailed Walkthrough

If you speak to Balimund at his forge in the center of Riften and ask him about how proud he is of his work, he will tell you that the forge is not as good as it used to be. It is supposed to run on fire salts, but they seem to be wearing off. He estimates that he needs ten fire salts to get the forge back to its original strength:

You seem quite proud of your work.

"Smithing's been in my blood for generations. I owe my success to my forefathers and their recipe for flame. The secret is my forge. It consumes fire salts, a strange mineral that burns as hot as Red Mountain lava."

Impressive.

"Well, it was. Sadly, this forge is dying and I've used the last of my fire salts. If I can't feed it soon, it may grow cold."

I'll get some for you.

"You will? Thank you! Ten pinches of fire salts should give me all I need to bring this forge back to life."

Where can I find fire salts?

"A flame atronach's body might provide fire salt. They're dangerous creatures that can be summoned by wizards. Of course, it would be much easier to check with an alchemist. They occasionally have them for sale."

Details on where to find fire salts are provided on the ingredient page.

Once you have ten salts, return to Balimund and receive a leveled amount of gold:

I've found the fire salts for your forge.

"Amazing! These must have been very hard to come by. You've saved my business and warmed an old smith's heart. For that, I thank you."

Notes

• You cannot give the salts to Balimund one at a time; you have to give all ten to him at once, or else the dialogue option will not appear.
• Completing this quest will allow you to begin the dialogue to marry Balimund.
• Even though Balimund says that "only genuine" fire salts will work, they are not like the bloodgrass for the Vampirism Cure Quest in Oblivion (e.g. where bloodgrass purchased in a shop doesn't count). Instead, fire salts from any combination of sources will work—from flame atronachs, purchased from merchants, stolen, and/or crafted at the Atronach Forge.
• Even though the in-game story is that the fire salts make the forge stronger, neither Balimund's merchant inventory nor the things you can craft at his forge receive any upgrade in quality after completing this quest. The amount of money in his store does increase, as if you had invested in his store (if you have already invested in it, or if you invest later, the two effects do not stack).

Quest Stages

Stoking the Flames (FreeformRiften10)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
20		Objective 10: Bring 10 fire salts to Balimund (<Global=FFR10SaltCount>/10) (re-displayed as each fire salt is acquired or removed)
		(Once all ten fire salts are acquired) Objective 20: Return to Balimund
200	Finishes quest

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 10, 250.

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 FreeformRiften10 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 FreeformRiften10.