Stoking the Flames

Stoking the Flames is a quest available in in which the Dragonborn must recover ten fire salts for Balimund in Riften to help him continue operating his forge.
==Background==
==Objectives==
#Speak to Balimund
#Acquire ten fire salts for Balimund
#Bring 10 Fire Salts to Balimund
==Walkthrough==
To begin the quest, the Dragonborn must speak to Balimund, a blacksmith in Riften, at his forge, The Scorched Hammer. He is outside working everyday during standard business hours and is inside his house most other times. He will not speak to the Dragonborn or offer the quest if the Dragonborn is trespassing inside his business.
Balimund tells the Dragonborn that he uses fire salts to improve the efficiency of his forge but he is running low. The Dragonborn can offer to find some more for him after which he will tell the Dragonborn ten should be enough. Fire salts can be found in the following locations:
*Two Fire Salts can be found at Grave Concoctions in Falkreath.
*Two to four Fire Salts can usually be found after buying the alchemy decoration upgrades for any of the various houses.
*If a member of Dark Brotherhood, Fire Salts can be bought from Babette who constantly restocks on her Alchemy ingredients.
*Various Flame Atronachs can be found through the land, which is level-dependent, and each one may be looted for Fire Salts upon death.
*The Atronach Forge. Recipe: Salt Pile, Ruby, Soul Gem (any).
*Many Fire Salts can be found in Labyrinthian.
*Four or more Fire Salts can be found in Nightcaller Temple during the quest "Waking Nightmare."
*Five or more Fire Salts can be found going through Sunderstone Gorge.
*Five or more Fire salts can be found in the College of Winterhold.
*Three Fire Salts can be found on the shelf in Septimus Signus' Outpost.
* The console command player.additem 0003AD5E 10 adds ten Fire Salts to the Dragonborn's inventory.
*They can be looted from flame atronachs.
*They can be bought from various merchants.
*Four can be found in the Alchemy Lab in Hjerim.
Once the Dragonborn has acquired ten fire salts, they can return them to Balimund. He will thank the Dragonborn and give them a leveled sum of . Balimund will also become available for the Dragonborn to marry.
==Journal==
Stoking the Flames – FreeformRiften10	Stoking the Flames – FreeformRiften10
ID 	!Journal Entry
20 	
*Objective 10: Bring 10 fire salts to Balimund (<Global=FFR10SaltCount>/10)
40 	
*Objective 20: Return to Balimund
200 	
*Quest complete
==Trivia==
*Completing this quest counts toward the quest "Becoming Thane" for the Rift.
*The fire salts cannot be given to Balimund one at a time; the Dragonborn must give him all 10 at once or the dialogue option will not appear.
*The Dragonborn can ask Balimund where to find fire salts, and he will tell them that they can be looted from flame atronachs and alchemists occasionally have them for sale.
*Balimund will express unique dialogue after receiving the salts if the Dragonborn already has ten fire salts on their character upon meeting him for the first time.
==Appearances==
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Category:Skyrim: Miscellaneous Quests
Category:Skyrim: Riften Quests