The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind: Balmora
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Easy money
After traveling to Balmora in the beginning of the
game, stop by Ravi'ir the traders house. A fairly heavy weapon
such as axe or longsword of some sort is also required, which
can be acquired from the Armorer a few shops down. Walk up to
him and begin to bash his face in. You will have a decent fight
on your hands -- save before undertaking this challenge. You should
win if you remember to keep hacking. This slight case of murder
early in the game will earn you the "Fiend Katana",
and "Fiend Tanto". One is worth 9000 gold and the other
is 3000 gold. You will also get three other enchanted weapons.
Sell them to the Armorer across the street or keep them to have
extremely powerful weapons early in the game. He also has an armory
in the back of his house which can be raided and sold.
When you first enter Balmora, head to the trader (Ravi'ir). Go
to the back of his shop. Once there, you can find weapons, such
as katanas, daggers, and various swords. You can steal all of
them and Ravi'ir will not notice. You can either sell these or
use them for yourself. Do not try stealing anything else that
is not in that corner, as he will notice.
When you first start out, go to Balmora and sell Ravi'ir all of
your inventory. Then, if desired, steal anything else and sell
it to him. When you think you have sold enough, kill him. You
will not only get all your items back, but some nice enchanted
swords. Take all of the items that you had sold him and sell it
again.
Go to the Mage's Guild in Balmora. The nice lady upstairs must
not believe in safes. She has a lot of items (Soul Gems for the
most part). Go downstairs and steal something minor, such as a
fork. As everyone comes for you, run about in circles to avoid
most of the hits. After doing this a few seconds, get past everybody
and run up the stairs. With as little mistakes as possible, quickly
take the things you want and exit the Guild/ Drop the items outside
and find a guard. Pay him his 20 gold then retrieve the items.
Go to Tal Barmora and enter the Tradehouse. Go up the first flight
of stairs, take a left, and go down the stairs there. Once downstairs,
save the game then open the desk. A glass weapon will be inside.
Some are worth more than others, or you may want a certain kind.
If you do not get what you want, load the game and check again.
It will be different every time. If you are looking for the most
valuable, it is the Glass Claymore, valued at 32,000.
Note: This trick will not necessarily work for everyone. It will
also result in one less person to sell items to, but there are
a lot of other towns. Go to the pawnbroker in Balmora. Steal some
sort of minor object behind her. She will attack you. She is pretty
weak and can be felled in about four to five blows from a two-handed
sword. After you kill her, you may not have a bounty on your head
and you will have access to a lot of items. Most are worth very
little individually, but most are in bulk. There will also be
a some books and potions. Everything can be sold for about 800
gp which may not seem like much, but combined with all the other
items in the many boxes of Balmora and the money you get from
delivering the package, can result in enough for your character
to get some good armor, other goods, and weapons.
When Ajira in the Mages Guild asks you to place a fake Soul Gem
in Galbedir's desk, go upstairs when she is gone. Replace the
Soul Gem and also take the ones on her desk, which are worth a
fortune.
An easier way to get all those expensive Soul Gems from Galbedir's
desk is to do all of Ajira's quests up to the stolen reports.
After that quest is complete, Galbedir will freeze wherever she
is. You can do this in enough time that she will stop on the lowest
stairwell. After she is stuck, go up and take all the desired
Soul Gems. Do not try to enchant anything by her with those Soul
Gems or she will realize you stole them.
Sleep until it turns to night. Enter Balmora then go around and
search all boxes, urns, and other searchable items on both sides
of the river. You will find lots of gold, good weapons that can
be sold, and potions. You can also find other inexpensive items.
If you are very desperate for gold, take these but they are not
worth much. If you do not find any good items at first, do not
be discouraged and keep looking. Usually guards could care less
if you steel from outside, but keep a wary eye just in case.
Do the missions from Ajira. After you complete a few simple tasks,
Ajira will ask you to get put a fake stone in side of one of the
Mage guild member's desk. Ajira will distract her while you go
up. There should be several gems valued at 60,000, 12,000, 6,000,
etc. Take everything there while she is gone because she will
not leave again.
Xbox Go to the Mages guild. It does not matter
if you join it. Jump onto the desk with the Soul Gems. Hold the
Left Analog-stick Down to make sure that she cannt see
you, A small noose in a box will appear at the bottom if you are
unseen. If she can see you, move back against the wall until she
cannot see you. Then, steal the Soul Gems and you will not get
in trouble. The coin is worth 60,000 gold, and others vary in
value (2,800, 200, 8,000).
This trick can be done with any shopkeeper, but the Armorer in
Balmora is recommended. He has the most money and a big enough
inventory of items to handle it. First, get about 500 gold (the
more the better). Talk to the shopkeeper and persuade. Bribe him
with a 100 gold until the blue bar in the upper-right corner is
at 100%. Then, exit the screen. Hopefully you will have a couple
hundred gold left. If not, do not worry as you will be at 100%
likeness for the rest of the game. You are now ready to buy and
sell. Buy enough items until you go over how much gold you have
by a reasonable number. Then, reduce the price to whatever you
have. You may get refused a few times, but keep trying until he
accepts. After you have been accepted or refused many times, go
to the first talk menu. Your blue bar may have gone down somewhat.
If this happens, exit the conversation then enter again. You should
be back at 100%. Then, sell all the items you just bought for
more than what you paid. Once you get enough gold, you should
be able to buy and sell for all the gold that the shopkeeper has.
When the shopkeeper runs out of gold, rest and wait for 24 hours
before talking to him again. He will have all his money back.
Repeat the process to get as much gold as desired. To speed up
the process try dropping everything in your inventory except for
gold before attempting the trick.
This trick requires 75 or more Magicka and a good amount of gold.
Get a spell that does ice damage, then go to the Mages Guild in
Balmora. Get initiated, then have a spell made with ice that attacks
a target with a magnitude of 100 to 100. Finally, find a location
where a guard cannot reach you. Use your new magic attack. After
three or four hits, you can kill an Ordinator while being at a
very low level.
Easy items
Xbox Immediately when you get out of
the office and into Seyda Neen, go straight north and into the
swampy area. Keep pushing forward until you hear screaming. Look
up, and a body should fall in front of you. Search the body and
take his clothes and weapon. The weapon does very good damage
and is needed for the next part. Head back towards Seyda Neen,
but go left at the intersection. You should see a giant monster
and a man. The monster is a means of transportation in this game,
and if you talk to the man, you can be taken to Belmada. Go there,
and once you arrive in town, go to where the shops are located.
They have signs in front of the houses. Save before you do the
next task. Look for the shop "Trader; R'avirr". Go into
the shop and you will see a lion object to your right. Enter the
back room. You will see equipment for the taking. Get out of sight
of R'avirr (lion) and take what you need, but keep your sword.
Then get behind R'avirr, draw your sword, and by any means necessary,
kill him. Continuously press [Attack] and you should be fine.
Once the dealer is dead, check his body and take all the weapons
there. There will be a Fiend Katana and Fiend Tanto on him. The
Katana is worth 9000 gp and the Tanto is worth 3000 gp. Sell the
Tanto and all the other weapons on him. With the Katana, there
is a spell that turns it into some sort of demon weapon that does
a great deal of damage. Save the game again, then go to the other
arms and armor dealer close by. Get behind the guard in there,
turn your sword into demon form, then hold R and release.
He will turn around and ask that you either pay him, go to jail,
or resist. Pay him 40 gp. Keep doing this and he will eventually
die. Kill the dealer as well. Take the best armor and equip it.
Behind the counter are 2500 gp armor and 800 gp boots. Take the
good items and sell the rest. Save the game and continue with
your new items.
If you require fast money or enchanted items, go to the trader
R'avirr. Do not worry if you are not at a high level. If you need
help to kill him, summon the ancestral ghost. Take all of his
enchanted items and sell or use them.
Good armor
To get good armor at the start of the game, get very
proficient with one weapon. Then, kill one of the Ordinators in
Balmora. You will have a good fight and someone may see you. Make
sure you save before attempting this.
The armorer in Balmora has some armor on his shelves that are
very nice, a helmet and shield that have about 64 medium armor.
Come in from above and the guard cannot see you. Jump on a box
then jump on the guard's head. Go into sneak mode then take the items. One item is tricky, as
it is on the second shelf down. However, if timed correctly and
you are careful, you can get both without being caught.
Good weapons
When you arrive in Balmora go to the east guard tower.
Go to the top floor where the guard is located. Jump on the small
basket and look on top of the dresser. The Sword Of White Woe
can be found there. It drains life and has good attack power.
Xbox When you start the game, go to Arille's Trade
House. As soon as you walk in, look to the left. You will see
a staff. Jump on the table. Jump, and while in the air, talk to
the lady directly in front of the table. If she says "Who's
there?", select "Goodbye". Jump again, and this
time take the staff while in the air and the lady will not notice
you. After leaving, go to Indoranyon Stronghold. Talk to the man
at the end. He will attack you; use "Calm Humanoid".
If you do not have it, you can buy it somewhere else. You can
then talk to him. He will train you for good Enchanting. Train,
then cast the spell. Keep doing this until your enchanting is
at least 50. Leave and go to Balmora. Go into the Mages Guild
and talk to the lady near Ajera. She will have an option to enchant.
Enchant the staff with Fireball, Summon Falme Atronotch, and Poison.
You can use any desired spells, but these are a good combination.
Next, buy Bound Mace. Cast it, and hold R. While holding
R, hold X. You will hear a sound. Wait two minutes.
If it goes off, do it again. Keep doing this until your skill
gets to at least 10,000. Then equip your staff. You will now have
the best weapon the game. Note: This can be done at any point
of the game. Also, this can be done with any weapon, but the staff
is recommended.
Go to the Mages Guild and look around in the crates and urns for
twenty Throwing Stars that do 3 to 7 frost damage. Look in the
storage room of the house of the woman who you go to for the first
job for the Fighters Guild to find an enchanted spear.
This is an easy way to get a very good weapon early in the game,
no matter what your character specializes in. Go to the Mages
Guild in Balmora. Go to the woman in the red dress downstairs.
Buy two spells from her; soultrap and any bound weapon spell (Bound
Dagger, Bound Long Sword, Bound Longbow, etc.). Next, talk to
the woman in the green dress in the center of the room. Go into
the spell making option. Name it whatever you wish, but make the
spell as follows: Bound Weapon: 2 second duration on self, Soultrap:
1 second duration on target. When the spell is made and purchased,
go to a corner of the room where no one is around and cast the
spell. Cast it until it works. You should have a powerful magic
weapon.
Soul Gems
Go to the Mage's Guild in Balmora. Go downstairs one
floor and talk to the Mage. She will ask if you want to join the
Mages. Answer "Yes". Go downstairs to the bottom floor
and go to the back room, to the only person who will give you
jobs for now. Do the first mission (to get four flowers that can
be found in Seyda Neen.) On the second mission, she will ask you
to put a fake soul gem in the desk on the top floor. The Mage
that guards the desk goes downstairs, and you can go upstairs
and take all the gems and the other items without being expelled
from the Mage's Guild. Note: Do not sell them back to the Mage
or your crime will be marked as committed.
Flaming Stars
Look at the crates outside of the South Wall Corner
Club. Check all of them to find 20 Flaming Throwing Stars.
Grandmaster Lockpick
Go to the Lucky Lockup in Balmora (near Silt Strider).
Go up the stairs and into a room with no lock on it. There will
be a woman, and near her on a table will be the Grandmaster Pick
and the Master Probe. Save the game before stealing them, as everyone
will attacl and the woman will send out ghosts to kill you. Then,
run out of the room and turn to the right. Go through the door,
then run as fast as you can to the south wall corner club and
get the bounty off your head. You now have the best picks in the
game. Note: the pick will not work well unless you have a high
security level.
In Balmora on the west side of the river is a house of someone
named Hecerindes. Kill him. He is a weak opponent, except that
he summons a monster and starts bounding armor. Once he is defeated,
take the secret Masters Lockpick and Probe.
Get rid of bounty for free
Go to Balmora and join the Thieves Clan in the Southwall
Cornerclub. The man at the counter downstairs can take of your
bounty for a price. To get rid of it for free, drop all your money
in one of the crates outside the Cornerclub. Go inside and talk
to the man downstairs behind the counter. Choose to talk to him
about the price on your head. Accept to pay, but since you have
no money in your inventory, you will not lose anything and your
bounty will be gone. Go back outside and get your money from the
crate.
Good armor
Go to the armorer in Balmora and look behind the counter
to find Orcish Cuirass and Orcish Boots. If you take them, use
adrenaline rush and jump over the counter. Go out the door and
immediately visit the Thieves Guild to get your bounty cleared.
Drop gold and it is free. If you get caught, resist arrest. You
can then go back and steal more items from him like such as the
Dreugh Helm and Shield.
Xbox When getting the Sword Of White Woe, there
is also a set of Bonemold armor. Note: You do not have to fight
the Ordinator to get these items. Stand in the blind spot at the
foot of the bunkbeds. You will not be able to see him, and he
will not be able to see you. Jump and press A until you
get it. After you equip your new items, the Ordinator is much
easier to kill.
Ajira's first quest
The first quest from Ajira is easy and is a no risk
mission. All of the ingredients are within the boundary of the
town of Seyda Neen, by the muck pond (except for one of the mushrooms;).
If you plan on joining the Mage's Guild, get these items before
you leave for Balmora.
Free storing house
If you are encumbered and need to stash items, the
easiest place is in the manor next to the Nerano Manor (on the
right side on the local map).
Go to the rich side of town (near the alchemy and clothing shops).
There is a large manor called Hlaalo Manor or something similar.
It is directly across from the House Hlaalu headquarters and next
to a guard tower. Go to the upper balcony and pick the lock. No
one will see you there. The only person in the house is the maid,
who is behind a closed door and should be left there. If you plan
on joining House Hlaalu do not kill her. Just leave the door closed
and she will not see what you are doing. There is a dead body
on the ground floor that never disappears. You can use this as
an unlimited capacity storage unit, and you do not have to kill
anyone to get it. There are also some shelves, a few tables, and
lots of containers in the corner. This house should serve you
well until you get your stronghold.
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