Boethiah ' s Calling Boethiah ' s Calling is a quest available in . Upon reaching level 30 , the book " Boethiah ' s Proving " will begin spawning in various locations . Once read , the quest will start . Alternatively , if a Boethiah follower is killed , there will be a copy of the book on the corpse . Another way to start the quest is to go straight to the Sacellum of Boethiah , bypassing the first objective of finding the shrine . Detailed walkthrough . This quest can begin once the Dragonborn is at least level 30 . Upon reaching level 30 , the book Boethiah ' s Proving will spawn in various locations : After finding the book , reading it will activate the quest , and the location will appear on the map . The Dragonborn will then need to travel to the Sacellum of Boethiah . This step can be easily bypassed simply by approaching the shrine once Level 30 is reached . After reaching level 30 , it may be necessary to wait for a few days , to ensure all the proper NPCs spawn . After finding the Sacellum , one of Boethiah ' s followers ( usually the priestess ) will speak to the Dragonborn , asking to lead someone to sacrifice . At this time , the Blade of Sacrifice will be given to the Dragonborn . Any follower can be taken to the Pillar of Sacrifice to be killed except for essential characters . Any of the initiates from any guilds , excluding the Dark Brotherhood , as their initiates are essential , will also work . Creature followers , like the dogs or the Armored Troll s , don ' t work , as the sacrifice needs to be a humanoid follower . The Dragonborn should bring the chosen victim to the Pillar and tell him or her to use it . The victim will become stuck to the pillar , allowing the Dragonborn to perform a sacrifice . The Blade of Sacrifice can be used , but any other weapon or means of attack will suffice . Alternatively , one may kill all of the cultists . This will also cause Boethiah to appear , though with slightly different dialogue . If this option is taken , they still tell you to bring a thrall to the altar for sacrifice . If Knifepoint Ridge is travelled to without making a sacrifice , the lower portion of the mine will still be caved in . This means that no matter what way you choose , someone has to be sacrificed to complete the mission . Boethiah will use the sacrificed body as a conduit . The body will stand up after death and speak in Boethiah ' s voice . After listening to and following them downstairs ( along with the rest of the cultists ) , the Dragonborn will be forced to fight each and every one of Boethiah ' s followers . However , they will also fight amongst each other , so waiting for them to kill each other and finishing the rest can reduce the difficulty of the fight ; Otherwise , Boethiah ' s cultists are fairly difficult . After defeating them , Boethiah will use the last killed person as a conduit , saying she is bored of her current champion , who now runs his own gang at Knifepoint Ridge . She orders the Dragonborn to kill them all silently , without giving the current champion time to defend himself ( it does not matter whether the Dragonborn does this silently or not ) . Tips for killing the gang silently : The Champion of Boethiah is wearing Ebony Mail , a unique cuirass that excretes poison . The poison effect does not begin until the champion notices the Dragonborn . Once he is defeated , the Ebony Mail can be looted from his body and equipped . Boethiah will speak to the Dragonborn ( as an indirect objective voice ; the Dragonborn will not need to return to her Shrine for this to occur ) one final time , and the quest will end . Alternative methods . There are some alternatives to being forced to sacrifice a companion : Broken Objective . Upon going deeper into the game ' s files , one may find a broken or deleted quest objective which involves killing Jarl Elisif . This is rare , speaking with Sybille Stentor after sacrificing a follower will have her explain to you about the Jarl feeling paranoid , the Dragonborn will offer to bodyguard Jarl Elisif in her room . After that , no more interaction is available . There was going to be another quest the Dragonborn could do for Boethiah after becoming her champion , called " Boethiah ' s Bidding . " It involved killing Jarl Elisif for the Daedric Prince . After she was killed the new Jarl of Solitude would have been Erikur . Solitude guard ' s dialogue support this . The quest however was unfinished , likely due to the conflict it would have with the Civil War questline .