Tamriel Rebuilt:Buying Time

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Recent shipping delays require some savvy negotiation.
Quest Giver: Cano
Location(s): Old Ebonheart, East Empire Company: Offices
Prerequisite Quest: Tough Customer
Next Quest: Talking Shop
Reward: Between -400 and +1,000 gold
If 1,000 gold, also rewards Limeware Platter
Disposition: +5 or +10 or +15 (Cano)
Reputation Gain: +5 (East Empire Company)
OR +10 (East Empire Company) and +1 (general)
OR +10 (East Empire Company) and +2 (general)
ID: TR_m3_EEC_Cano3; TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_a; TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_b; TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_c
 
Old Ebonheart's merchants are losing business

Quick Walkthrough[edit]

  1. Speak to Cano in the Old Ebonheart East Empire Company: Offices about assignment and shipping delays.
  2. (Optional) Speak to Quilmaro and Zenurie Mondette for advice.
  3. (Optional) Speak to other EEC employees for hints.
  4. In any order:
    • Find Jodald at The Salty Futtocks in Old Ebonheart, and either:
      • Offer 600 drakes in compensation.
      • Offer 400 drakes in compensation (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
      • Offer 200 drakes in compensation (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
      • If you have been cleared to offload scrib jerky valued at 500 drakes, you may offer to sell this for...:
        • free.
        • 200 drakes (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
        • 400 drakes (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
    • Find Yaguz gro-Dhaluk at his clothier store, and either:
      • Offer 1,000 drakes in compensation.
      • Offer 700 drakes in compensation (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
      • Offer 600 drakes in compensation (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
      • If you have spoken to Zenurie Mondette about Yaguz gro-Dhaluk, you may offer a shipment of jewelry valued at 800 drakes for...:
        • free.
        • 400 drakes (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
        • 700 drakes (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
    • Find Wayrian Eulorius at his Mystical Emporium, and either:
      • Offer 800 drakes in compensation.
      • Offer 500 drakes in compensation (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
      • Offer 400 drakes in compensation (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
      • If you have heard of the Fighter's Guild's soul gem problem...
        1. Buy soul gems valued at 800 drakes from Sharnoga gra-Mal at the Guild of Fighters for 200 drakes.
        2. Offer this new crate to Wayrian for...
          • free.
          • 200 drakes (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
          • 400 drakes (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
  5. Return to Cano to report your expenditure.
  6. If you spent more than 2,000 in compensation, pay Cano the difference.

Notes[edit]

  • You have a 2,000 drake budget for compensation in this quest - any excessive expenditure will be reclaimed from your own pocket.
  • You will receive half of any savings you make on that 2,000 budget as a reward.
  • Making the full 2,000 savings gains you 2 general reputation points, while making any savings at all gains you 1.
  • Lorindil, or any East Empire Company basement worker will discuss the scrib jerky topic if asked with 40+ disposition.
  • While Nyshu gro-Nasdakh is named by one EEC guard as a likely source of intel, he does not have any more information than others in the basement.
  • Any Fighters Guild member in the East Empire Company building can tip you off as to the soul gems available in their guild building.
  • Jodald will always reject the crate of flin option proposed by Zenurie Mondette, as it's unpopular with his clientele.

Quest Stages[edit]

The following Journal ID and Index codes can be used with the Journal console command to manually update the quest to a certain point.

Buying Time (TR_m3_EEC_Cano3)
Index Finishes Quest Journal Entry
10Cano has asked me to inform three merchants in Old Ebonheart about shipping delays: Yaguz gro-Dhaluk, Wayrian Eulorius, and Jodald. The Company has set aside 2,000 drakes for me to cover these merchants' losses; I can keep half of whatever's left as a reward. Cano suggested I ask around the office for advice before proceeding.
20Quilmaro recommended that I try and pay the merchants in goods, not gold, to cover their losses on the Company's shipping delays. He suggested I ask Zenurie Mondette if we have any goods these merchants want.
30Zenurie Mondette said I could offer Jodald a 200-drake shipment of flin.
190As I spent a total of %TR_m3_EEC_GoldDelays drakes, meaning %TR_m3_EEC_GoldReward over my original budget, Cano wants me to cover the difference out of my own pocket.
200Finishes quest☑With the shipping delays handled, Cano let me keep %TR_m3_EEC_GoldReward drakes as a reward.
210Finishes quest☑I paid Cano his %TR_m3_EEC_GoldReward drakes.
Buying Time (TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_a)
100Zenurie Mondette suggested that instead of gold, I offer Yaguz gro-Dhaluk an incoming shipment of Cyrodilic jewelry worth 800 drakes.
200To compensate Yaguz gro-Dhaluk for our shipping delays, I gave him %TR_m3_EEC_GoldYaguz drakes.
205To compensate Yaguz gro-Dhaluk for our shipping delays, I gave him our Cyrodilic jewelry at a loss of %TR_m3_EEC_GoldYaguz drakes.
Buying Time (TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_b)
20%Name, a mercenary guard at the Company hall, mentioned that the Fighters Guild was looking to offload some excess soul gems.
30Sharnoga gra-Mal says the Fighters Guild has a surplus of quality soul gems worth 800 drakes. Just to get rid of them, she's willing to sell to the Company at 200 drakes.
100On the East Empire Company's behalf, I bought the Fighters Guild's soul gems for 200 drakes.
200To compensate Wayrian Eulorius for our shipping delays, I gave him %TR_m3_EEC_GoldWayrian drakes.
205To compensate Wayrian Eulorius for our shipping delays, I gave him the Fighters Guild soul gems for free.
210To compensate Wayrian Eulorius for our shipping delays, I gave him the Fighters Guild soul gems for %TR_m3_EEC_GoldWayrian drakes.
Buying Time (TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_c)
10%Name complained that the Company basement smelled like scrib jerky. %Name asked me to get permission from Mette Black-Briar or Quilmaro to sell it off.
100Instead of gold, %Name said I could give Jodald our surplus of scrib jerky, which is worth 500 drakes.
200To compensate Jodald for our shipping delays, I gave him %TR_m3_EEC_GoldJodald drakes.
205To compensate Jodald for our shipping delays, I gave him our scrib jerky surplus at a loss of %TR_m3_EEC_GoldJodald drakes.
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