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Stalhrim Crafter achievement in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Stalhrim Crafter

Craft an item out of Stalhrim

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How to unlock the Stalhrim Crafter achievement

  • alanp9alanp9
    04 Dec 2012 04 Dec 2012 07 Dec 2012
    First things first: in order to mine Stalhrim deposits, you'll need a special pickaxe called the Ancient Nordic Pickaxe. The easiest way to get one: When you arrive in Raven Rock at the beginning of the DLC, speak to the blacksmith Glover Mallory and he'll give you a task to fetch one for him. Go to Raven Rock Mine, convince Crescius to give you the pickaxe, and then return it to the blacksmith. He'll let you keep it.

    In order to learn the ability to craft using Stalhrim, make your way to the Skaal Village in the northeast part of Solstheim (the main story of Dragonborn will take you there at several points, and you may need to progress a bit in the main story in order to open up the needed sidequest). Talk to some of the residents and you'll learn that the town's blacksmith, Baldor Iron-Shaper, has been abducted. This will begin the A New Source of Stalhrim sidequest.

    At the end of this multi-part sidequest, Baldor will teach you to craft with Stalhrim. If you need some of the material itself, it can be found in various locations around Solstheim, but you'll also receive a map at the end of the sidequest that points you to a location with a large amount of the material for mining.

    Important note: Stalhrim is tied to Ebony in the game's smithing system, so in addition to the above you must also have the Ebony Smithing perk unlocked in the Smithing perk tree (requires 80 skill level in Smithing) in order to get this achievement. However, the DLC allows you to respec any of your previously-selected perks at the end of the main questline, so don't worry if you have a maxed-out character and haven't unlocked Ebony Smithing.

    UPDATE: Some people have reported this achievement as missable. Whether it's a bug or not, here are some things you need to make sure you do so that you don't have to replay a lot of the DLC to get this one:
    - When freeing the Skaal from Miraak's control at the Wind Stone, make sure none of them die, especially Fanari Strong-Voice and Deor Woodcutter.
    - As soon as you reach the point in the DLC's main storyline where the Skaal are freely moving about their village (after The Fate of the Skaal quest), talk to Fanari Strong-Voice and she will give you a Miscellaneous task to find a bandit leader. Complete this task as soon as possible, before progressing further in the story.
    - Return to Skaal Village and you'll soon overhear a conversation outside about the missing blacksmith (use the Back button to wait if necessary). Talk to Deor, and the quest to find Baldor will begin.

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    Pisboy SparxxFor me Fanari strong-voice is nowhere to be seen. What the hell can i do ?
    Posted by Pisboy Sparxx On 26 Jan 17 at 22:06
    TheHighSaiyanHi, didn't read all the comments but due to all the update making building material will level up smithing pretty fast. Noticed when finishing the other DLC. Just an FYI smile
    Posted by TheHighSaiyan On 16 Aug 17 at 08:30
    DreamBoyDeadBest way to level up your smithing is visit blacksmiths and buy all their iron ingots and leather strips build as many iron daggers as you can at the forge, you get a decent amount of experience, also watch ESOs smithing guide on YouTube to mine all the iron ore you can get and use transmute spell to make gold ore and convert to gold ri gs you level up ridiculously fast! I finally 100% completed this game, good luck.
    Posted by DreamBoyDead On 15 Aug 21 at 17:48
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  • EvilResidentUKEvilResidentUK
    04 Dec 2012 05 Dec 2012
    Just want to add that if you follow all of the above, except when you finish the quest you dont need to go wandering off to find stalhrim, in fact the black smith you rescue has 2 pieces for sale, so i just bought them and made a dagger, if he doesnt have them for sale then just wait for 48 hours and try again.
    If you want to go searching theres 2 deposits in black rock mine, i dont know of any more yet.
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    EvilResidentUKthanks guys, if the guy doesnt have it just wait for 2 days (in game lol) and he might then, for me he had them 1st time though
    Posted by EvilResidentUK On 16 Dec 12 at 12:59
    HellHoundRulerhow do I get it if I beat the last Bose already
    Posted by HellHoundRuler On 09 Apr 13 at 21:55
    EvilResidentUKhe should still sell them, or you can find them in various places around solsthiem, either way its not too hard, just remember to get the right pick axe
    Posted by EvilResidentUK On 25 May 13 at 13:37
  • R3LAPZER3LAPZE
    23 Dec 2012 23 Dec 2012 08 Jul 2014
    This is how i found the quest on my 3 try.. it seems to be missable and glitchy... i hope you saved some where before "the fate of skaal" quest.

    After you release all of the villagers from building the tower and kill the lurker, go to skaal village and finish the quest. Directly after that go talk to Fanari Strong Voice in the Greathall, She will give you a quest to kill a pirate leader. Go kill the pirate leader and MAKE SURE YOU FAST TRAVEL BACK i think this realy matters and will trigger them to be outside talking.Once they are are done talking talk to the guy and he will give you the quest to start getting the achievement.

    i think you only get one shot at this make it count. i hope this helped some one good luck
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