Getting Glass weapons at the lowest possible level the easy way hints and tips for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Getting Glass weapons at the lowest possible level the easy way

As you may or may not know, glass cannot be picked up until you are lvl 12 or higher (though you may see one in the arena you will not be able to take from the downed opponent). You will probably not see glass weapons held by enemies until you are about 16 or higher but there are ways of getting them sooner. The first way is how to get a glass claymore.

The glass claymore can be found soon after completing the Order of Vurtuous Blood quest. There is an orc in Seridur's House which can be found in the temple district of Imperial City. Once you become lvl 12 or higher go into the house and in the first room you come to (the room you are in when you first enter) you should see the orc walking around the house. Look at his back and you should see a glass claymore, if not then you are not quite high enough in lvl (lvl 12 for this claymore is unverified, I was lvl 13 when I did it but I assume you can as many have told me you can get glass at 12). If you can, sneak up on him to get a sneak attack hit, if not then turn the difficulty all the way to the lowest setting for a one power hit kill. When he is dead simply take it off his corpse. This SHOULDN'T effect your status in the order but you should save first just in case.

For the Glass Longsword join the dark brotherhood. To do this simply commit a murder and then sleep. You should be visited by a member who will ask you to kill someone as a test. Do so and you will be admitted into the brotherhood. Go to their hideout. Find Vicente Valteiri (spelling) and he should have a glass longsword. He will not die as you need him to do quests and if you try to pickpocket him you will be kicked out of the brotherhood and you will not get anything out of it. Try finding him when he is spleeping and attack him, thats right, try to kill him. He will draw a powerful and enchanted sword which is another glass longsword. If you hit him enough he will lose conciousness. Crouch and press A to "take". You will be given a message that say he is unconcious and nothing will happen. Keep pressing A and eventually you will go into the item taking menu that would appear if you pickpocket or loot. You will not be able to take the enchanted sword as it is currently equiped on him but there will also be a second sword a regular glass longsword which is yours for the taking(I have never tried it but if you can knock him out in one hit, you may be able to keep him from drawing the sword and getting both glass longswords instead of just the normal one). He will then attack you but since you didn't kill anyone, you will not be kicked out of the brotherhood. At this point, yield to his attack by pressing A while blocking. If he doesn't yield the first time then press A repeatedly until he finally stops but don't attack him or he may not yield at all. If done correctly, he should go into the chat screen and forget all about what just happened (for me he just said something about not completeing my contract yet) and there will be no pennalty for it.

Hope this helps, I know it helped me.

BTW, These are both my findings that I'm sure many others have found already. If you want to share this info on another website go on right ahead.

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