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This file contains hints and solutions for the "riddles" that
are to be found in The Elder Scrolls: Arena, made by Bethseda Softworks.
Although Arena is a splendid game in many ways, the inclusion of
"riddles" has proven to be a bane to many of the players, myself
included. The CIS Gamers Forum has provided excellent support for such
gamers; this file is intended to relieve some of that on-going burden.
Gamers request help in forms of varying broadness, ranging from the
"Give me a nudge in the right direction" to "Please, just tell me the
answer". To respect the desires of the "nudgers", I worked out what I
hope to be a simple scheme to present the info without spoiling the fun
for those who just need their shoulders to be aimed in the right direction.
Basically, I have taken all game-specific information and
embedded it into a format that looks like this: mn-XXXXXXXXX
where "m" is the position of the first letter, "n" is the last letter,
and XXXXXXXXX is a string of quasi-random letters. For the "info"
itself, I inserted the letter *before* each letter of the correct answer
(e.g. dog -> cnf). So, e.g. "dog" might be 35-RNCNFUDMX, *or also*
57-NDHFCNFST (i.e. fifth through seventh letters: c->d, n->o, f->g: dog).
I'm hoping to present what amounts to a "three-level hint":
1) just the length (e.g. 35 and 57 both indicate 3 letters)
2) just the first letter (c->d) of the word
3) or (of course) the entire word
One has to stop and think at each stage of the decoding (e.g. 35
is three letters, but 5-3=2 ), so one should be able to actually
stare at the entire page of information and not accidently "see"
anything at all. However, one should still be able to quickly get the
specific desired info. For a numeric answer I've used all numbers: e.g.
36-630883211 is this year. Lastly, I've inserted Z for A, and 9 for 0.
Remember: I have gone "backward" one letter/number; decode by
going "forward". Last e.g.; Arena might be: 59-NDYRZQDMZ (5 thru 9)
oezsarena
----arena
In Arena, the Staff piece acquisition is totally linear. All
known riddles are associated with acquiring Staff pieces, and all Staff
pieces have two dungeons associated with them, a preliminary (pre-) and
a final location. I've grouped all information by Staff piece number
rather than location name (which I've included "encoded"):
Staff Piece #: Location Riddle Answer(s) Notes
(read "down")
pre-1st: 19-RSNMDJDDO none
1st: 58-KDYVEZMFQ 37-OIFKNUDMR
47-BDTKZHQCE
pre-2nd: 29-GENQSQDRR *28-NMNSGHMFA *might belong to
78-ITNGHYNEC the next dungeon
46-NCHHBDNQP
2nd: *1to12-KZAXQHMSGHZM 68-NCHGFJDXB *oops
19-GNTQFKZRR
pre-3rd: *29-XRDKDMD'R none *oops
79-NHYDTBVDA
3rd: 15-DKCDMNFBY 25-NSHLDNFBM
59-QPZMFQNUD 18-ENNSRSDOG
pre-4th: 38-SLSDLOKDW 46-NDURTMOXH
23-NNEBHYDTR
29-VZFZLZMTR
4th: 37-OSGZKKRBI 19-SGDNCNQTR
67-NFBYTNEZQ 46-534097743
18-BNKNRRTRH
pre-5th: 38-NTSDLOKDG 48-EHYSNQBGE
23-TNEMUGFDS *26-ILZSBGWLX *might also be
35-KDSGDUSTR correct for the
68-MKJGULZCH above riddle
46-UIJFNCGST
5th: 28-BBQXRSZKY 79-UFHYNBDFF
37-PWSNVDQNA
pre-6th: 26-ELHMDRITI none
89-MJHFYTRNE
16-JGTQZRNGY
6th: 48-YFHBQXOSW 27-PRGZCNVBT
34-ELNEFDTGJ
27-IGDZQSRRN
pre-7th: 49-NYFUZTKSR none
12-NEGDHJUFM
37-KFFDLHMJQ
7th: 29-DLTQJVNNC 25-DKNUDJUYT
48-OIRVZSDQW
pre-8th: 37-UEAKZBJUD 36-OSQZHMEXT
69-LOIUJFZSD
8th: **19-CZFNSG-TQ *66-IHGFEDCBA *one letter
**oops
The encoding scheme was dreamt up entirely by me; I solicit any
reactions to it, or really to anything herein.
are to be found in The Elder Scrolls: Arena, made by Bethseda Softworks.
Although Arena is a splendid game in many ways, the inclusion of
"riddles" has proven to be a bane to many of the players, myself
included. The CIS Gamers Forum has provided excellent support for such
gamers; this file is intended to relieve some of that on-going burden.
Gamers request help in forms of varying broadness, ranging from the
"Give me a nudge in the right direction" to "Please, just tell me the
answer". To respect the desires of the "nudgers", I worked out what I
hope to be a simple scheme to present the info without spoiling the fun
for those who just need their shoulders to be aimed in the right direction.
Basically, I have taken all game-specific information and
embedded it into a format that looks like this: mn-XXXXXXXXX
where "m" is the position of the first letter, "n" is the last letter,
and XXXXXXXXX is a string of quasi-random letters. For the "info"
itself, I inserted the letter *before* each letter of the correct answer
(e.g. dog -> cnf). So, e.g. "dog" might be 35-RNCNFUDMX, *or also*
57-NDHFCNFST (i.e. fifth through seventh letters: c->d, n->o, f->g: dog).
I'm hoping to present what amounts to a "three-level hint":
1) just the length (e.g. 35 and 57 both indicate 3 letters)
2) just the first letter (c->d) of the word
3) or (of course) the entire word
One has to stop and think at each stage of the decoding (e.g. 35
is three letters, but 5-3=2 ), so one should be able to actually
stare at the entire page of information and not accidently "see"
anything at all. However, one should still be able to quickly get the
specific desired info. For a numeric answer I've used all numbers: e.g.
36-630883211 is this year. Lastly, I've inserted Z for A, and 9 for 0.
Remember: I have gone "backward" one letter/number; decode by
going "forward". Last e.g.; Arena might be: 59-NDYRZQDMZ (5 thru 9)
oezsarena
----arena
In Arena, the Staff piece acquisition is totally linear. All
known riddles are associated with acquiring Staff pieces, and all Staff
pieces have two dungeons associated with them, a preliminary (pre-) and
a final location. I've grouped all information by Staff piece number
rather than location name (which I've included "encoded"):
Staff Piece #: Location Riddle Answer(s) Notes
(read "down")
pre-1st: 19-RSNMDJDDO none
1st: 58-KDYVEZMFQ 37-OIFKNUDMR
47-BDTKZHQCE
pre-2nd: 29-GENQSQDRR *28-NMNSGHMFA *might belong to
78-ITNGHYNEC the next dungeon
46-NCHHBDNQP
2nd: *1to12-KZAXQHMSGHZM 68-NCHGFJDXB *oops
19-GNTQFKZRR
pre-3rd: *29-XRDKDMD'R none *oops
79-NHYDTBVDA
3rd: 15-DKCDMNFBY 25-NSHLDNFBM
59-QPZMFQNUD 18-ENNSRSDOG
pre-4th: 38-SLSDLOKDW 46-NDURTMOXH
23-NNEBHYDTR
29-VZFZLZMTR
4th: 37-OSGZKKRBI 19-SGDNCNQTR
67-NFBYTNEZQ 46-534097743
18-BNKNRRTRH
pre-5th: 38-NTSDLOKDG 48-EHYSNQBGE
23-TNEMUGFDS *26-ILZSBGWLX *might also be
35-KDSGDUSTR correct for the
68-MKJGULZCH above riddle
46-UIJFNCGST
5th: 28-BBQXRSZKY 79-UFHYNBDFF
37-PWSNVDQNA
pre-6th: 26-ELHMDRITI none
89-MJHFYTRNE
16-JGTQZRNGY
6th: 48-YFHBQXOSW 27-PRGZCNVBT
34-ELNEFDTGJ
27-IGDZQSRRN
pre-7th: 49-NYFUZTKSR none
12-NEGDHJUFM
37-KFFDLHMJQ
7th: 29-DLTQJVNNC 25-DKNUDJUYT
48-OIRVZSDQW
pre-8th: 37-UEAKZBJUD 36-OSQZHMEXT
69-LOIUJFZSD
8th: **19-CZFNSG-TQ *66-IHGFEDCBA *one letter
**oops
The encoding scheme was dreamt up entirely by me; I solicit any
reactions to it, or really to anything herein.