Level:
18
Zone:
Stormhaven
Quest Text:
In the Wayrest graveyard, I found the last Will and Testament of a scholar named Frodibert Fontbonne. Frodibert challenged his son Donel to solve a riddle to claim his inheritance. Donel gave up, but maybe I can solve the riddle.
Starting NPC:
First objective:
Frodibert’s Will posed the riddle: “After day turns to night, you must follow the light.” Hmm. What stays lit up at night in the streets of Wayrest?
Guide:
In order to Solve the Riddle – quest objective – you should Follow the Street Lamp Trail. The first streetlamp you should interact with is just northeast of the quest starter. Upon walking to the first streetlamp you can follow the trail of streetlamp up to the last one, or simply walk to it.
Once you reach the last streetlamp you are supposed to search under it in tall grass. This gives you another objective: Enter Cloudy Dregs Inn and its second floor. There are doors to the Attic Room. Search the Attic Room by examining "For Donel from Father" note on a desk. This makes nearby Frodibert Fontbonne’s Chest lootable.
This is where you decide whether to keep the inheritance or not. If you chose the second option, you receive 177 golds from Recruitment Officer Orgak.
Note: We would like to thank user HUSKERKLG for information he provided in the comments.
Screenshot Walkthrough
Enter Cloudy Dregs Inn for new objective. On the first floor you can see stairs that lead to Attic Room.
The first part is the street lamps, following arrows marked on them.
Still working on the next part.
Second part is in the Cloudy Dregs Inn attic.
if you decide not to keep the money, you now go to the Waycrest Recruiter, reward is 177g if you do that.
Keeping the gold gave me the same reward, 177g, with the guilt trip of “Donel will never know what his father left him”.
Is there anything to the recruitment officer stating he will contact the PC after Fontboone(sp?)’s inheritance is delivered?
The prize has been upped for returning it to him. It was in the 300s if I recall correctly.
I too wonder if there is anything to the recruitment officers comment…
Just completed the quest and kept the inheritance, and received 604 gold
354 gold for not keeping the inheritance. And a warm and fuzzy feeling too! 😉
Just got 604 gold for not keeping the inheritance. Not sure if this is due to being a VR8, or that they just upped the prize money again.
This was one of the better quests in writing and storytelling.
I kept the inheritance at level 21 and got 354 gold. Stupid kid shouldn’t have given up.
Just completed quest with not keeping the inheritence option and received 389 gold. lvl 23 btw
Just done this quest, didn’t take the money for myself, level 46, PS4, received 354.
I think the gold return on this quest must be dependant on level.. But with big ranges…?
I decided give the golds back and got 407 golds back, I’m currently level 22.
Lvl 12 gave gold back got $354. As for conclusion of quest I turned in quest and recruiter said he’d let me know when the guy got his money. 5-10 minutes later a guard ran by and said “hey don’t I know you? Yeah I do donel fontbonne sends his thanks for returning his inheritance “
Kept gold got 354 lvl 14
Handed it back got 665 gold vet lvl 3
Gave the gold back. Received 354 level 24
returned it and got 354 at level 17
I got 354 at level26
very thanks
I kept the money and got 517G at lvl 33.
I got a little over 600 gold (champion 98) for turning it in to the recruiter. Not sure how much it gives you for being a thieving ass lol
My Dad did not love me, so when I do this quest I always wish I could find out about Donel reading the note from his Dad
Managed to get 244 gold at level 9 for turning it in.
I got 604 for keeping it. CP 30 something
Returned the inheritance, got 664g.
I’m level 50 cp117
Got 670 gold for keeping it, CP454
688 gold and I left the inheritance to the recruiter to take for Donel’s happy ass