Animal Extermination is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. In these quests the Dragonborn is asked to help a citizen of a given city by killing an animal in a given cave, or in a house which it has invaded.
Background[]
"I've been asked to clear a creature from a home."
Objectives[]
- Kill the beast
- Return to Aela
Walkthrough[]
- "It seems that a predator has invaded their home, and someone needs to clear the beast out."
- ―Aela the Huntress[src]
Alternatively, if the Dragonborn add-on is installed, the Dragonborn may be sent to the island of Solstheim. The quest usually gives 300 
for clearing out the animals (however, it is also level-dependent, so more gold may be given at higher levels).
Creatures[]
The animals that invade homes or caves include:
- Bears
- Dragon Priests
- Frostbite Spiders
- Frost Trolls
- Hagravens
- Ice Wolves
- Ice Wraiths
- Sabre Cats
- Trolls
- Wolves
Journal[]
| Animal Extermination – CR01 | |
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| ID | Journal Entry |
| 10 | I've been asked to clear the <Alias=Beast> out of <Alias=BeastVictim>'s home in <Alias=VictimHometown>.
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| 20 | I've cleared the <Alias=Beast> out of <Alias=BeastVictim>'s home in <Alias=VictimHometown>.
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| 200 |
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| 250 |
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| Animal Extermination – CR02 | |
| 10 | I've been asked to take care of a <Alias=Beast> lair in <Alias=DenHold>.
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| 20 | I cleared a <Alias=BeastBoss> lair in <Alias=DenHold>.
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| 100 |
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| 200 |
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| 250 |
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Trivia[]
- Animals may be in the Dragonborn's own home if their spouse is the victim. If this happens, the spouse will wait in their hometown regardless of where they currently live.
Bugs[]
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This section contains bugs related to Animal Extermination. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:
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- PC If an area has been cleared before getting the quest to clear it, it may not allow completion of the quest, leaving it at a standstill in both this quest's progress and the Companions' progress.
- PC (Fix) It is possible to resurrect the dead animal and continue, using console commands.
- PC (Fix) Alternatively the player can enter
setstage CR02 100to complete the quest.
- It is possible that the quest will be completed without killing everything in the area.
- Aela will sometimes refuse to end the quest, even if all the animals in the given area have been killed.
- The location of the animal may change every time the Dragonborn arrives at that point, making it impossible to kill the animal. Furthermore, the quest will indicate completion yet the quest marker will continue to pop up, making it impossible to eliminate it.
- Sometimes, upon arrival at a building with the target animal, the door will be locked, even though it is daytime.
- Possible workarounds for this include pickpocketing the key to the building from one of its residents, using the power of The Tower Stone to instantly open the locked door, or lockpicking the door while invisible so there are no witnesses.
- PC PS3 When the Dragonborn add-on is installed, the quest may require going to Solstheim and killing a Dragon Priest.
Appearances[]
| The Companions Quests | |
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| Main Quest | |
| Radiant Quests | |