The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

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Sideways

Sideways

Complete 10 side quests

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How to unlock the Sideways achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition - Definitive Guide

INTRODUCTION
There are many side quests available in Skyrim, however identifying them may be difficult. Side Quests do not include any tasks listed under the Miscellaneous heading, but are named quests that don't associate with any of the other questlines (Main Quests, Faction Quests, Daedric, Civil War, etc...)

Generally side quests will have a unique name and will be surrounded by the following decoration in the Journal.

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SIDE QUESTS
Since the amount of side quests available far exceeds just 10, I will list all the quests known to count for the achievement, as well as listing the order in which I completed my first ten.

Remember you can choose any 10 to complete, and seek them out at any time, personally I finished quite a few sidequests before even reaching High Hrothgar (for the Main Questline).


COMPLETE LIST
Eastmarch
A Love Beyond Death
Ancestral Worship
Argonian Dock Workers
Blood on the Ice
Find Roggi Knot-Beard's Ancestral Shield
Find the Thalmor Assassin
Harsh Master
Queen Freydis's Sword
Repairing the Phial
Rise in the East
Shahvee's Amulet
The Forgemaster's Fingers
The White Phial
That Was Always There - Plant Viola's Gold Ring in Viola Giordano's House.

Falkreath
Dark Ancestor
Hunter and Hunted

Haafingar
Dragon's Breath Mead
Kill the Vampire
Lights Out!
Return to Grace
Tending the Flames
The Man Who Cried Wolf
The Spiced Wine - Convince Vittoria Vici to release the Spiced Wine Shipment.
The Wolf Queen Awakened

Hjaalmarch
Falion's Secret
For the Good of Morthal - Gorm will give the Dragonborn a letter to deliver to Captain Aldis in Solitude.
Forbidden Legend
Laid to Rest
Rising At Dawn

The Pale
A Scroll For Anska
Kill the Giant - Kill a giant as a favor for Jarl Skald the Elder.
Rising At Dawn
Salty Sea-Dogs
Silenced Tongues
The Pale Lady
Visit the Museum in Dawnstar

The Reach
A Few Words with You
The Steward's Potion - Bring a potion to Raerek.
Calcelmo's Courier - Bring a newly purchased Dwarven artifact to Calcelmo.
Coated in Blood
Calcelmo's Ring - Deliver a ring to Calcelmo for Kerah.
Evil in Waiting
Kolskeggr Mine
Dibella's Shine - Retrieve Lisbet's shipment.
Nimhe, the Poisoned One - Kill Nimhe inside Nchuand-Zel Excavation Site.
No One Escapes Cidhna Mine
Recover Hrolfdir's Shield
Rogatus's Letter
Search and Seizure
Skilled Apprenticeship
Soljund's Sinkhole
The Forsworn Conspiracy
The Ghost of Old Hroldan
The Heart of Dibella
The Lost Expedition
The RiftEdit
A Chance Arrangement
Bow to the Master - Retrieve Dravin's Bow from the Ratway Vaults.
Caught Red Handed
Climb The Steps
Infiltration
Few and Far Between
Flight or Fight
Grin and Bear It
Grimsever's Return
Hunt and Gather
Ice Cold
Kyne's Sacred Trials
Promises to Keep
Repentance
Ringmaker
Sealing the Deal
Siege on the Dragon Cult
Smooth Jazbay - Find 20 jazbay grapes for Avrusa Sarethi.
Special Delivery (Bolli)
Special Delivery (Sylgja)
Stoking the Flames
Supply and Demand
Taking Care of Business
The Book of Love
The Lover's Requital
The Raid
The Straw that Broke
Unfathomable Depths

Whiterun
Andurs' Arkay Amulet
Argonian Ale Extraction
Delayed Burial
Erik the Slayer - Erik wants to become an adventurer.
Greatsword for a Great Man
In My Time of Need
Love Triangle
Salt For Arcadia
Missing in Action
The Blessings of Nature
The Golden Claw
Ysolda's Shipment

Winterhold Hold
Find the Helm of Winterhold
Forgotten Names

Blackreach
A Return To Your Roots

Multi Hold
Becoming Thane
Forbidden Legend


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
For more details on sidequests or help in completing them referring to the wiki is my suggestion:
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Side_Quests_(Skyrim)


EASY SIDEQUESTS
Of course the sidequests you complete can, and probably will, be different to mine this is just a loose guideline of some of the easier sidequests. Use this if you are late into the game and still haven't encountered ten sidequests.

The Forsworn Conspiracy - Witness Weylin's attack against Margret upon entering Markarth.

No One Escapes Cidhna Mine - This quest will begin automatically upon completing The Forsworn Conspiracy.

Blood on the Ice - Visit Windhelm at night and you may hear some citizens speaking about a murder. Speak to the Guard in the Cemetery to begin the quest.

The Golden Claw - Enter the Riverwood Trader (In Riverwood) and ask Lucan about the missing item. (Note: This quest should be completed alongside the Main Quest "Bleak Falls Barrow".

Laid to Rest - This quest can be started in Morthal by speaking with the Moorside Inn innkeeper, Jonna, who will mention the burned down house nearby.

Rising at Dawn - Speak to Falion in Morthal if you ever become a Vampire.

The Man Who Cried Wolf - Speak to Falk Firebeard in Solitude (usually found in the Blue Palace).

The Wolf Queen Awakened - After completing the previous quest for Falk Firebeard, this quest will start. (You must be over level 10.)

The White Phial - Speak to Nurelion, found at The White Phial in Windhelm.

Ancestral Worship - Talk to Golldir at the entrance to Hillgrund's Tomb.

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By Yazite on 06 Mar 2017 09:56
Fixed!
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By Heraizen on 06 Mar 2017 10:26
Thanks :)
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By Yazite on 06 Mar 2017 11:12
With all due gratitude to the poster who made the effort to be helpful, but this list isn't quite accurate. A lot of the quests listed are actually miscellaneous quests and do not count towards the achievement. With the inclusion of the anniversary content there are even MORE side quests added to the game, but unsurprisingly they are not all recognized as side quests when completed. This game is just as janky as the day it was released.
As a rule of thumb, keep checking the quests tab under General Stats and try to stick to original content.
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By Biztip2008 on 10 Nov 2022 19:25
Yes a lot of these do not count- there are 33 that count in this version of the game, they are listed here: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Side_Quests

I wouldn't recommend The Forsworn Conspiracy as an easy one, at the end of this quest (without using tricks) you are arrested and forced into another side-quest making this quite long. Also note that if you're planning on completing the whole game all five of the Black Book quests count as side-quests for this, and you'll need to get them anyway for the Hidden Knowledge achievement.
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By o DEEVIUS o on 30 Apr 2023 13:28
too many on this list don't count
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By Vr46A13TT on 12 Jul 2023 05:13
Exactly why I hit the downvote button.
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By Apostle92627 on 17 Dec 2023 03:20
I could be mistaken but I don't think some of these are side quests. I am doing a new playthrough and I decided to run these alphabetically and got to "Argonian Dock Workers" and it came up as 2 misc objectives and once completed my side quests did not go up by 1 for that one at least. Naturally I am not going to check every one of these but that one at least should be removed (someone else want to verify?) I will comment if I run into anymore that aren't applicable.
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By Netechma on 27 Sep 2017 19:04
re*EDIT Just did "Queen Freydis's Sword" and that one as well does not count toward side quests completed under General Stats.

I am surprised so few were as confused as I was.

as Heraizen stated the border above the named quests has to match that as seen above, and NO misc quests count towards the sideways achievement ^^ MOST of those list above in this 'complete list' are nothing but misc objective quests that DO NOT count toward the achievement. Heraizen you should really remove the misc ones. It wasted a lot of my time. :(
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By Netechma on 28 Sep 2017 16:48
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First guide, hope it helps

After escaping Helgen and the quest "Unbound" is completed
Use "~" button to open console commands
Type and enter the command to complete the quest
Progress can be checked from General Stats -> Quest

Example also the first quest:
setstage NN01 200

The other 9 Quests
setstage DB01Misc 200
setstage MS08 200
setstage MS09 200
setstage MS02 250
setstage MS13 100
setstage T02 200
setstage VC01 200
setstage MS14 200
setstage MS07 250

Achievement should pop after MS07 but incase it doesn't:

3 Extra Quests
setstage dunGauldursonQST 255
setstage dunValthumeQST 60
setstage T03Intro 20
setstage T03 100

Hope this helped. GL gamers!
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dont need to use the start commands. will pop just fine with the complete commands (100,200, etc)
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By NativeB1ood on 08 Feb 2022 15:58
You don't need xx(200). You're fine with, say, "setstage MS08 200".
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By Apostle92627 on 07 Mar 2022 19:00
According to the official guide there are 23 side quests. Which I will name and give the prerequisites for here. However there are others not in the guide that people have found, you can find these at the bottom of the list or in the comments.

However the symbol that looks like a simple "knife" shape (the symbols to the left and right of the quest name) could also mark the sidequests. Click the link below to check the symbol.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theicemancometh/6379521295/in/p...
*Thanks to AdequateMan for this, and Tarzakul for conferming it*

Blood on the Ice - Enter and exit Windhelm a total of four times.

Forbidden Legend - You will probably just stumble across this quests in your adventure. There is either a note on boss in the college quest under saarthal, Or you could read a copy of the book "Lost Legends".

The Forsworn Conspiracy - On your first visit to Markarth you should witness a murder

No one escapes Cidhna Mine - Complete The Forsworn Conspiracy

The Golden Claw - Should pick this up in the bleakfalls barrow.

In My Time of Need - Complete main quest Dragon rising

Kynes Sacred Trials - Find Froki in his Shack, just below the snow line high in the Jerali Mountains.The shack overlooks the Southwestern rim of the rift.

Laid to Rest - There are two villagers arguing with the city steward as you arive in Morthal, converse with these townsfolk or speak to Jonna the barkeep in Moorside Inn.

Lights Out - When your in Solitude be on the lookout for a shady Argonian character, He sometimes beckons you over, speak to him and see what he wants.

The Man who Cried Wolf - While in Solitude, visit the Blue Palace and speak to the Jarl and Falk Firebeard.

The Wolf Queen Awakened - Complete side quest The Man who Cried Wolf and be level 10 or higher.

Missing In Action - Enter and exit the Whiterun buildings around the market. You should notice the old woman Fralia Gray-Mane shouting at two of the Battle-Born family members.

Promises to Keep - Talk to Louis Letrush in the Bee and Barb, Riften.

A Return to Your Roots - Begin Daedric Quest Discerning the Transmundane or main quest Elder Knowledge. Should occur when you enter Blackreach

Rise in the East - Meet Orthus Endario. He is in the docks outside Windhelm in the company office.

Rising at Dawn - Contract Vampirism

UnFathomable Depths - Must be level 14 or higher. Find the Argonian From-Deepest-Fathoms, she will be on the Riften Docks.

The White Phial - In Windhelm visit the msrket stalls in the southwest cirner of the city. Enter the White Phial shop and start a conversation with Nurelion.

Repairing the Phial - Complete main quest Throat of the World and Side quest the White Phial. Wait 72 hours and be in a city a courier should find you. (apparently this one doesnt count though)

Captured Critters* - Find one of the Five insect species that inhabbit skyrim. One of them is inside the Frostflow Lighthouse in Winterhold hold.

The Forgemasters Finger - Must be a non-Orc character and talk to the chief in any of the following Orc Strongholds;
Mar Khazgur in The Reach
Dushnikh Yal in The Reach
Narzulbur in eastmarch
Largasbur in The Rift

The Great skyrim Treasure Hunt*. - Find one of the 11 treasure maps.

Masks of the Dragon Priests* - Find one of the Dragon Priest masks. The first one i found was the wooden mask in the center of the Labyrinthian.

Note: Quest names marked with this symbol * do not appear in your quest menu list, although objectives may.

Also, to add a couple that are not in the guide, submitted by you guys;

'Tending the Flames' - Complete the Bards Collage Initiation.
'Silenced Tongues' - Which you get after entering Volunruud.
'The Book of Love' - Help out the Temple of Mara (Riftwood)
'Siege on the Dragon Cult' - Started by talking to Captain Valmir outside Forelhost (Its the peak of the small mountain directly south east of Riften)
'Repentance' - started by talking to Illia in Darklight Tower which is southwest from Riften.
Infiltration - Talk to Stalleo outside Treva's Watch
Alteration Ritual Spell - Talk to Tolfdir, I believe you have to join College of Winterhold first.(Seems weird, think it should be a mage symbol)
Lights Out! - Given by Jaree-Ra in Solitude (near the trading company and the docked ship) is a fairly easy quest.

Credit to: The One Saxton
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15 Nov 2016 00:33

Complete any 10 quests not in the main quest line (objectives in the "miscellaneous" quest doesn't count) to unlock thisachievement.
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07 Jan 2017 00:00

The side quest is marked with this picture
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11 Dec 2016 22:13

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Text guide with all side quests.
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By igorsev1997 on 05 Aug 2019 18:55
Not all completed tasks with this mark are considered for the achievement; you need to complete the tasks exactly from the list that was in the hint above
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By shprotov on 29 Apr 2023 00:44


You need to complete tasks with a bracket like this
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11 Nov 2017 09:32