Overview

Favors are miscellaneous objectives or small activities that you can find throughout Skyrim. Favors are controlled by the game’s Radiant Story system, which uses a variety of factors to determine when to start a given quest. This means that not all Favors will be available at all times; in particular, you can only be on one Favor of each type at a time. For example, if you start one Rare Item Hunt, you must finish it before beginning another.

This section details all of the available Favors you can attempt during your exploration of Skyrim. Note that each of these increases your Relationship with the citizen you’re doing the Favor for, which is important for your standing within a particular city. If the citizen isn’t a resident of the city, then you perform the Favor simply to accrue a reward, to pass the time, or to be a pleasant person. This chapter is segmented into three parts:

• Part 1—Activity Favors: Deals with manual labor you can do to earn an honest pay. Which you can then share with beggars if you wish.
• Part 2—Favors for Citizens: Lists every resident in Skyrim who has a job for you to do if you speak to them.
• Part 3—Thane Tasks: Reveals how to become a Thane (or a land-owning, respected resident) of each particular Hold, and the house you can purchase.