Hired Muscle

Hired Muscle is a quest available in in which the Dragonborn is asked to intimidate a citizen of Skyrim on behalf of another to stop them from harassing them.
==Background==
Someone has been causing trouble for someone. I need to rough them up to remind them of their obligations.
==Objectives==
#Intimidate the target at the location
#Return to Farkas
==Walkthrough==
The Dragonborn must talk to Farkas to get this quest. This is one of three possible radiant quests Farkas will offer the Dragonborn after reaching a certain point in the Companions quest line.
Farkas asks the Dragonborn to intimidate a random character in Skyrim. The target will always be in a hold the Dragonborn has already visited. If this is the first random quest taken for the Companions, the target will be located in Whiterun.
It is the Dragonborn's duty to track down the person and "rough them up" by initiating a bare-knuckle fight with them until they yield. Killing the target while on the job will result in failure.
Return to Farkas once the mission is complete for a reward of 100 .
===Intimidation targets===
Click to see the list of characters	 	
{|class="wikitable" 	Target 	Location
Acolyte Jenssen 	Temple of Kynareth, Whiterun 	
Adrianne Avenicci 	Warmaiden's, Whiterun 	
Ahlam 	Whiterun 	
Alfhild Battle-Born 	Battle-Born Farm or Whiterun 	
Alvor 	Riverwood 	
Avulstein Gray-Mane 	Whiterun 	
Amren 	Whiterun 	
Anoriath 	Whiterun 	
Arcadia 	Arcadia's Cauldron, Whiterun 	
Atar1 	Karthwasten 	
Belethor 	Belethor's General Goods, Whiterun	
Belrand 	Solitude 	
Bolgeir Bearclaw 	Blue Palace, Solitude 	
Brina Merilis 	Dawnstar 	
Brunwulf Free-Winter 	Windhelm 	
Captain Aldis 	Castle Dour, Solitude 	
Carlotta Valentia 	Whiterun 	
Chief Burguk 	Dushnikh Yal 	
Chief Larak 	Mor Khazgur 	
Commander Maro2 	Dragon Bridge 	
Danica Pure-Spring 	Temple of Kynareth, Whiterun 	
Dorian 	The Red Wave, Solitude docks 	
Dryston 	The Warrens, Markarth 	
Elrindir 	The Drunken Huntsman, Whiterun 	
Erik the Slayer3 	Rorikstead 	
Eris 	The Red Wave, Solitude docks 	
Faendal 	Riverwood 	
Farengar Secret-Fire 	Dragonsreach, Whiterun 	
Filnjar 	Shor's Stone 	
Gerdur 	Riverwood 	
Gloth 	Pelagia Farm 	
Gwendolyn 	Battle-Born Farm 	
Hemming Black-Briar 	Riften 	
Hermir Strong-Heart 	Windhelm 	
Hern 	Half-Moon Mill 	
Hert 	Half-Moon Mill 	
Hod 	Riverwood 	
Horik Halfhand 	Dawnstar 	
Hulda 	The Bannered Mare, Whiterun 	
Idolaf Battle-Born 	Whiterun 	
Ingun Black-Briar 	Riften 	
Jervar 	Whiterun Stables 	
Jod4 	The White Hall, Dawnstar 	
Lemkil 	Rorikstead 	
Maramal 	Temple of Mara, Riften 	
Marcurio 	Bee and Barb, Riften 	
Maul 	Riften 	
Mikael 	The Bannered Mare, Whiterun 	
Mjoll the Lioness 	Riften 	
Mralki 	Rorikstead 	
Nazeem 	Whiterun 	
Nimriel 	Pelagia Farm 	
Ogmund 	Markarth 	
Orgnar 	Sleeping Giant Inn, Riverwood 	
Rorik 	Rorikstead 	
Severio Pelagia 	Whiterun 	
Sigurd 	Whiterun 	
Sinding 	Bloated Man's Grotto 	
Sinmir 	The Bannered Mare, Whiterun 	
Skulvar Sable-Hilt 	Whiterun Stables 	
Stenvar 	Candlehearth Hall, Windhelm 	
Sven 	Riverwood 	
Sylgja 	Shor's Stone 	
Talsgar the Wanderer5 	Various 	
Ulfberth War-Bear 	Warmaiden's, Whiterun 	
Uthgerd the Unbroken 	The Bannered Mare, Whiterun 	
Vulwulf Snow-Shod 	Riften 	
Xander 	The Red Wave, Solitude docks 	
Zaria 	Grave Concoctions, Falkreath 	
==Journal==
Hired Muscle – CR04	Hired Muscle – CR04
ID 	Journal Entry
10 	<Alias=Brute> has been causing trouble for someone around <Alias=BruteTown>. I need to rough <Alias.PronounObj=Brute> up to remind obligations.
*Objective 10: Intimidate <Alias=Brute> in <Alias=BruteTown>
20 	<Alias=Brute> won't be causing as much trouble for <Alias=BruteTown>.
*Objective 20: Return to Farkas
30 	I got carried away and killed <Alias=Brute>.
*Objective 20: Return to Farkas
40 	<Alias=Brute> was killed, through no fault of my own.
*Objective 20: Return to Farkas
100 	
*Quest complete
105 	
*Quest failed
250 	
*Quest failed
==Bugs==
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*On PC, typing setstage cr04 100 in the console will force quest completion if the quest is bugged.
*The quest may direct the Dragonborn toward targets who have already died. If this happens, there is no way to complete the quest properly, and the Companions questline will be stuck.
**To fix this, go to Whiterun, then find Amren and kill him. At this point the quest line should open back up.
*Killing Eris might result in a bounty and several characters, including Vilkas, chasing the Dragonborn until the bounty is paid. After completing the quest, Vilkas will stop being hostile, but still chase and initiate conversation with the Dragonborn wherever they go, effectively disabling fast travel (the game will give a "You can not fast travel while guards are pursuing you" message), until the bounty is cleared either by paying or spending time in jail. Since Vilkas is essential, he cannot be killed to avoid being chased.
*Dorian may not be available for conversation if he is inside the Red Wave, since it is a trespassing zone and he will only tell the Dragonborn to leave. To fix this, attack him, then run outside. On the deck, yield to him, then talk to him, and the Brawl option should be available.
** Another way is typing setcellownership solituderedwave in the console. This will make the Dragonborn the owner of the ship, and they won't be considered trespassing.
*Hemming Black-Briar is similarly bugged. To engage him, go to his house during the day. Jump the fence in the back (or pick the gate lock, Expert level), and then pick the back door (also Expert level). It is possible to pick the front door, but be careful of guards. Run in and hit him to engage him in battle. Run back outside, then yield and start the brawl. Note that if entering the house at night, the rest of the family is there and will also attack.
*If the target is Farengar Secret-Fire or Acolyte Jenssen the prompt to talk to him on behalf of the Companions will not trigger, and the quest will be stuck.
*Faendal might not fight back after asked to brawl.
** When brawling Faendal after some punches his health might go to full and a bounty is acquired.
*Captain Aldis will be bugged if the Dragonborn has finished the Civil War quests for the Stormcloaks prior to starting this quest. The quest marker shows him inside Castle Dour, but he is unreachable.
* Atar in Karthwasten may fall outside map in the mine in Karthwasten, meaning he is not reachable and thus the quest is impossible to complete.
*If the miscellaneous quest in Karthwasten has been completed before beginning Hired Muscle, the Silver-Bloods and Atar will not be there. The quest marker may point elsewhere, such as Markarth, and the quest cannot be completed.
*Atar and his bodyguards may become hostile after the brawl, preventing the quest from being completed as he will have to be killed. Calm spells or something similar can be used to leave him alive.
*As of patch 1.3, Farkas may give Talsgar the Wanderer as a target. He can be found at The Bee and Barb in Riften. However, upon initiating the brawl option, the entire tavern will attack him, making the quest incompletable.
*If the Civil War questline has been completed for the Imperials, Brina Merilis' brawl option won't appear.
*If Destroy the Dark Brotherhood! has been completed, Commander Maro will only say: "I'll make sure the Emperor has heard of all you've done!" and will have no conversation options, stalling the quest.
*Stenvar may pull out a staff or sword and get assistance from other characters nearby during the brawl, making the fight significantly harder.
*If you have not yet brawled with Uthgerd the Unbroken in the Bannered Mare in Whiterun outside of this quest, sometimes she will give you 200 gold and the quest will disappear, leaving a permanent "Return to Farkas" objective with no quest or dialogue tied to it.
* Sometimes, the target of the quest will be already dead. Reloading to before the quest is given could give a different target that is not already dead.
*Anoriath may still be a target for this quest, even after the Dark Brotherhood quest "Contract: Kill Anoriath" has been completed, making this quest impossible to complete without the use of console commands.
* Vulwulf Snow-Shod in Riften may spawn on a second floor balcony and be impossible to reach. Thus, the quest can only be completed if he is killed with magic or a bow.
* Upon initiating dialogue with Mralki, the dialogue, "You can't scare me into submission. Let's go." will display via subtitles, but Mralki will not say it verbally. Following this, the brawl will begin, and the quest will continue as normal.
==Appearances==
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de:Ein bezahlter Schläger
es:Mano de obra contratada
ru:Громила по вызову
Category:Skyrim: Miscellaneous Quests
Category:Skyrim: Radiant Quests