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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hints
A Mage's Staff
1 of 17: Talk to Polus again after getting your apprentice robe and ask about "Tasks" and "Mage's Staff" to get this quest.
2 of 17: To get the wood for your very own staff, you have to go to the Wellspring Cave (location 35 on the Heartlands map) and talk to the mages who work there.
3 of 17: Enter the cave and move forward to find a hostile necromancer near the dead body of Zahrasha. It seems the cave has been infested by those undead-loving lunatics!
4 of 17: Click on Zahrasha's body to get a journal update, then move further into the cave.
5 of 17: You'll soon find a large room with a channel of water running through the center of it.
6 of 17: Take the passage in the SW corner of that room to reach a door that requires a key.
7 of 17: Past the door is the Waterfront island area, where you need to kill three more necromancers to get a journal entry saying you've killed them all (provided you got all the ones in the cave).
8 of 17: Click on Eletta's body to get another journal update, then look around for some wood for your staff.
9 of 17: There's wood all over the place, but what you need is the unfinished staff that's in the big stone chest in between two purplish fires.
10 of 17: Once you have it, fast-travel back to the Arcane University and talk to Polus about the necromancers to report what happened.
11 of 17: He'll send you to the Chironasium area (the one with the enchanting altars) in the south part of the university to speak to Delmar.
12 of 17: When you talk to Delmar about your staff, you'll be able to choose a spell for him to enchant your staff with so that you can use the staff to cast the spell.
13 of 17: There are several different choices, and you can choose whichever one suits you the most.
14 of 17: Level 15 and above characters will get the strongest enchantment, so you'll probably want to wait until you're level 15 to order your staff with Delmar.
15 of 17: I personally recommend you get a paralysis staff, since a Paralyze 8 sec. spell can be very useful. Cast it on a powerful foe, then switch to a hard-hitting magic weapon and beat on him while he's helpless.
16 of 17: Wait until after the next midnight, then talk to Delmar about your staff to learn that it's finished and in a nearby cupboard.
17 of 17: Take the staff from the cupboard, plus all the useful magic scrolls. Now you're a *real* mage!
