Elder Scrolls Oblivion: Finding Fin Gleam

[AzNgiftedkid]

So the Jewel of the Rumare is useless now? I feel so stupid......

[mcownagedapwnage]

this is what elder scrolls is all about: adventure and exploring. who knows what is hidden in skyrim's landscape!?

[theenvy1221]

wow really helped thank you

[MechanizeDragon]

Hey does your level have anything to do with finding it because all I see are the bones.

[ablestmage]

@MechanizeDragon - Nope, it's one of the first things I go retrieve as soon as start a new character..

[MechanizeDragon]

@ablestmage Okay do you know why its not there?

[ablestmage]

@MechanizeDragon - I'm guessing you've either gotten it before and don't remember, or it fell through the map somehow.. It's not quest-related or anything..

[MechanizeDragon]

@ablestmage Well i know i didn't get it because its a new character,maybe when the world droped it it slid down the slop.

[interluderules]

@ablestmage hey um how do u see that well underwater when i go under its pitch black even in the day time plz respond

[ablestmage]

@interluderules - That's how well you're supposed to see.. Try adjusting the brightness on your TV/monitor, perhaps? Dust it off, maybe?

[interluderules]

@ablestmage alright ill let u know if it works

[DavidCutThroat]

.....so i brought up this video while my oblivion was open and the music in the video was exactly synchronized to the music from my obliivon XD

[TomeOfBattle]

Thanks loads. This will come in handy for my noob self. Modded Oblivion is pretty good.

[jessiebelle541]

i just got mine it was really easy no monsters but some stupid mud crab! and the helmet is great! i recommend it thanks for the vid

[ElderScrollsGamer1]

The main reason i wanted to get this was because i thought it had a high armor rating...

[Masterwalker99]

I just paused the vid when he put the marker an went their

[KillaMonk98]

i cant find the f****** hand shape rock thingy i need help plz

[LordKin15]

Water Walking > Water Breathing.

I'd rather be Jesus than Aqua Lad. lol

[Phanx5]

@Dougaloon elder scrolls was never a casual game series in the first place

[raideno911]

lol right out of the sewers, "hmmmmm i think im goin to look for a GLASS helm, and when i find it i hope it has magical abilities, i think they should be..... for me to breath underwater, seeing at night and see people through walls. lol Yeah that old guy that told me to go see his son and save the world can wait lol

[SilentWhisperXx]

Its not worth all that much if UR lucky u'll get 2400 but it dose let u see in the dark and detect life for 20 feet

[joshlepaknpsa]

thanks this really helped



[timma500]

lol when i started this game i didnt know touches could run out so i only picked one up... then it burned out and i had to do the whole part after the emperor dies in the dark lol

[luckydog8816]

thank you

[racefaceec90]

thanks for uploading this video! didn't even know about fin gleam,until i read about it,from someone's thread on the elder scrolls forum.

[Vasarto]

Or just be an Argonian and turn the brightness on your T.V up....works just fine!

[BeyFan97]

Im too freaking scared to dive... What kind of monsters can you come across in the sea?

[xXMrmoocowXx]

@BeyFan97 none really, but if it helps around level 2 or 3 go to a place called weye near the imperial city and talk to a fisherman do his quest and he should give you a ring to make you breath under water

[ablestmage]

@BeyFan97 - To my knowledge there is only one kind of water enemy, the slaughterfish, but they're pretty rare. If you want to find one to calm your nerves and see one on purpose so you won't get spooked by one by surprise, go to "Weye", on the west outer bank of the lake surrounding the Imperial City (near where a bunch of roads make a wacky crossroads). A guy there at the Inn will give you a mini-quest to catch some fish, and they'll show up as waypoints on the radar.

[megaboundz]

@BeyFan97 if ur scared,NEVER install one of the underwater mods....there is one that spawns a GIANT monster! =(

[luckydog8816]

@BeyFan97 Other than GAINT SLAUGHTERFISH

[thegamerz36]

@BeyFan97 me too... and the dangers you will meet in the ocean are slaughter fish... very freaky when you dont expect them and they just pop from the ocean and attack you.. some are poisonus

[youdontneedone]

@BeyFan97 same i think theres somethin down there that will 1 hit kill me

[DevinSterlingEdward]

ty ty TY!

[thecoolo09]

THANK YOU

[Kissez143]

Thanks for this..really helped...

[erikman21]

Just started playing this again a few days ago, and im LOVIN it. Probably put over 250 hours total into this game... Starting November 11, i will not leave my house

[mrjewburger42]

@erikman21 How does a couple days equal 250 hours?



[erikman21]

@mrjewburger42 lol i got it like 2 years ago....... just started playing it again.

[Dizastar66]

Thank you!!!!! ;)

[SuperTardis101]

i hope theres hiden items in skyrim

[ThePsychoSoulwolf]

@SuperTardis101

*There's, *Hidden

And why wouldn't there be?

[babis8142]

what are you guys talking about?? Fin gleam is looking very beautiful and shiny! It looks exactly like a glass helmet

[Buggy2381]

@alblestmage ok I'll get skyrim when it comes out

[Buggy2381]

Ugh

[ConkerBFDman]

dude thanks i didnt even kno this

[Buggy2381]

Should I buy this or wait until the new one skyrim

[ablestmage]

@Buggy2381 - You should get Morrowind, beat that, then get Oblivion, beat that, then get Skyrim. That should be required before being able to even purchase Skyrim ^__^

[ConkerBFDman]

@ablestmage played a little bit of morrowind beat oblivon millions of times

[nairad100]

@ablestmage what about the first 2???

[KamikazeOrange]

@nairad100 They're kinda hard to get, and there's more than just two before morrowind. There were spinoff titles too.

[nairad100]

@KamikazeOrange well, yah, but eeenggghh those werent the same gameplay STYLE, they were hardly RPGs...

[Dougaloon]

@ablestmage I disagree. Morrowind isn't very friendly to casual gamers.

[geosteiner6]

@ablestmage You're forgetting Arena and Daggerfall

[ablestmage]

@geosteiner6 - Not forgetting them at all -- they're not easy to come by or playable by a giant swath of current ES players.. I would wager the vast, vast majority of ES fans out there could scarcely tell you a single gameplay aspect of either of them.. I might argue that the series never even really "took off" until Morrowind =P

[Sxl1092]

@Buggy2381 Buy it bro

[megaboundz]

@Buggy2381 u should buy it, its not that expensive and skyrim will take almost 3 months =(

itll teach u how it all works =D

[StephanieMichele1992]

Thank youuuu :]

[Det0n8ted]

the rock and blue marker blue marker arnt there for me ? Im a level 20, and am up to the quest spies (main quest)

[ingmaster5]

Why do Khajiit fail at making youtube videos?

Because they dont edit out the loading screens.

All joking aside I really did like the video.

[mrsqueakers987]

my friend is an argonian but yet he still wanted me to get the fin gleam 4 him theres really no point (ps:this video helped me abunch:P)

[ablestmage]

@mrsqueakers987 - No point as far as water-breathing goes, but the night-eye is something Argonians don't have, which is very handy ^__^

[mrsqueakers987]

thanks helped me abunch :P

[cox470]

Nice video, but 1 suggestion for future ones: TALK instead of writing - they'll be 100x better. I don't even care if you have a shitty voice, anything will be better than the annoying ugly gray boxes.. ;) Take care

[ablestmage]

@cox470 - seeing text allows non-English speakers to enter it into Google Translate/etc, so they can also learn from them instead of only English speakers, like a spoken video would =P

[cox470]

@ablestmage I'm a non-Native of English and even when I spoke none I preferred spoken text. Way too much effort to put stuff into a translator, especially since I can watch you find the item without knowing wtf you're talking about ;)

[GrapeFlavor12]

@ablestmage YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS COOL ABOUT THE TEXT??? WHEN YOU SAID THE THING ABOUT THE MUDCRAB I WAS LIEK "OH SHIT!"!

[brokenwings420]

that takes most of the fun outta being a vampire :P also its takes th fun outta being a vampiric argonian..... like me.....

[brokenwings420]

that takes most of the fun outta being a vampire :P

[TheSoothSayer24]

Or you could just be argonian

[martinf74]

Perfect walkthrough, got it right away after wtaching.

[metaloverlord567]

dude this is extremely usefull in the dark brotherhood sanctuary thanx

[DannyTehCHURRO]

nice man thanks i got it!

[ablestmage]

@xavier9706 - weird, I never thought about hot-keying pieces of armor. I guess it would just act as a toggle, instead of consuming it like it were a potion?

[TheDeathbreeze]

I think I remember you saying you are playing on 360, if so, how do you get it so...Clear? When I tried to record some stuff, it went all screwy on me, with black bars sliding across the screen, and it being all fuzzy, how do I get it like yours? Ik there are Dazzle Capture Cards...Is that what you are using?

[ablestmage]

@TheDeathbreeze - For these I used a Pinnacle Dazzle, but not a card. It's a little USB to Red-Yellow-White A/V contraption that you plug from x360 directly to the computer. It comes with software that gives you a little preview screen.  These days, now, I've got the x360 plugged into an HD monitor thru HDMI and just point a Sony Handycam (on a tripod) at the screen.

[TheDeathbreeze]

@ablestmage Okay... The Pinnacle Dazzle, any idea where I can get one and for how much? I checked Google and they have them in many sites, but any idea for where I can get one in a store? I prefer to not have electrical items shipped.

[ablestmage]

@TheDeathbreeze - I'm not positive they make Dazzles anymore, I've got two of them and got them both on eBay for ~$30, but several years ago. I've seen them (years ago) in stores like Best Buy, but for much higher like in the $99 range. I'm not especially technically trained, I'm more or less the Red Green of video editing.

[TheDeathbreeze]

@ablestmage Kk and btw, Red Green is awesome :)) I like Edgar Montrose the bomb expert -- But to the point, I really have no clue on any of the "video editing" ordeal, I just want to have a relativity good video, I just have an old t.v, not H.D, and I am just surfing the web looking for something I could use, and yours is the best I have seen for a camera....Do you know of anything I could use to substitute?

[TheDeathbreeze]

@ablestmage I don't have a HD t.v, but I do have access to a computer near my t.v/xbox, so any idea on where I could get something similar...Without any of the HD t.v stuff? On Google it has many sites, but I mean storewise.

[TheRageGuys]

Thankyou very much! Best tutorial for the fin gleam! But I hate the Night-eye, takes out the colour of the game :/

[ablestmage]

@TheRageGuys - The color I like Fin Gleam to take away is BLACK =D

[PoetaOdoris]

does this also work on computer..?

[ablestmage]

@PoetaOdoris - I'm sure it does, but the computer version has so many cheats it's not even funny =P

[PoetaOdoris]

@PoetaOdoris um, thanks =)

well i usually do not cheat!! :D

[sasakexumi]

thanks haha :D

[jaktje]

If u got shivering isles, just get that talisman from that press button level. Water breathing on self en detect life 50 feet or something. And get the ring of happines who lets u walk on water en it gives light :D and u can carry more stuff. It gives u extra strenght or something

[Archlvt]

Thank you :) Didn't know about this item. It will come in handy for that stupid wizard tower quest in the thieves guild questline.

[theOutcasTnow]

dosent the ring of grey do the same exact thing?

[D3athch1ld]

IM always an argonian, cuz there the best charecter, but when i first started the game i got the fin gleam and NEVER took it off, so the whole game i had the fin gleam on with night eye, and i never got used to the regular scenery color and everything.

[ablestmage]

@D3athch1ld - heh yeah, I wear it quite a bit myself. At some point I'll be like, man the screen is too bright -- oh yeah, I've got Fin Gleam on and then take it off, only to realize later, man it sure is dark.. oh yeah, I've got Fin Gleam =P

[D3athch1ld]

@ablestmage Haha, yeah.

[animaster16]

@D3athch1ld Me too I only played as an imperial, and dark elf once, other then that it's always Argonian for me =) I can't wait till skyrim I hope they fixed them up, because they do look a little silly in oblivion. =P

[maxdabest32]

lol you still have the amulet of kings =D

[theNERFLEGEND101]

i couldnt find it

 :(

[beawulf9]

Gray fox's cowl + player made ring of water breathing and light = no annoying blue color and 150 or so feet of detect life.

[OlAdam7]

ha thats prety rad

[23Abnormal]

I am a Khajiit vampire and I have the ring of happiness which lets you run on water so I really don't see the point of this helmet apart from it's value.

[LockTheMadnessPrince]

@23Abnormal you probobly should cure your vampirism its very annoying, and the point is that there is many quests you have to be long underwater and with this you dont need to stress to get up again, also with it all other races can see in the dark ;P

[23Abnormal]

@LockTheMadnessPrince Well I see your point very clearly but I don't worry about vampirism because I have a ring that lets me walk around in the day I have also read the water breathing tome so I have got this covered XD

[LockTheMadnessPrince]

@23Abnormal WHERE DID YOU GET THAT RING? :o lolz if i ever get it ill totally become a vampire

[23Abnormal]

@LockTheMadnessPrince It's hard to find and you need to to have a high level in luck. Walk around in that place that has dark seducers and has the prince of madness (strangley your name) and someone will just walk up and give it to you.

[LockTheMadnessPrince]

@23Abnormal Hmm yeah Sheogorath IS the prince of madness in that game just like my name but that doesnt rlly matter thinking about the fact that you BECOME the madness prince at the end of the chain anyway XD thnx for the tip.

[donnylemon]

SPOILER!

[heybubba1235]

that thing sucks i got it its not that good

[darksatoshi1]

ummm not to be a smart ass and all but spell effects always work

[ablestmage]

@darksatoshi1 - not that spells won't "fail to cast" but that they will eventually run out, whereas fin gleam will never run out.

[darksatoshi1]

@ablestmage how?

[Haneline]

I found Fin Gleam. Comes in handy in dark caves, ruins. Thanks. Yep this is the best rpg next to Morrowind. Lots of stuff to do. i play everyday.

[Haneline]

I found Fin Gleam. Comes in handy in dark caves ruins. Thanks.

[greenmarine100]

if you be my friend on either myspace and/or youtube we can talk about oblivion , deal?

[ablestmage]

@greenmarine100 - What's in it for me?

[Haneline]

Thanks for the tip. I'll try to find it just so I can brag about it.

[nuke295]

or be argonian

[ablestmage]

@nuke295 - as far as the water breathing goes, yes.. khajiits have the nighteye ability but you've got to keep casting it over and over =P

[LockTheMadnessPrince]

@ablestmage Actually when you get used to it, you just cast it automatically and dont even notice you cast it in dark places lol i have a pretty high lvl khajiit

[Kharn526]

Bah light armor :( i already have a amulet that gives me water breathing, the night eye could be usefull but the helmet is low priority to me atm.Got any other hot spots for some nice gear ?

[ablestmage]

@Kharn526 - Look up my "riches and power" video set (part 2) for some easy heavy armor from Umbra..

[Kharn526]

@ablestmage awesome will do ty :)

[burningcynders]

@Kharn526 once your a hihg einough lvl...about 10....go to dzonot cave across from water front district clear allt he andits out and fidn the ring leader....he/she usally has an enchanted weopon or helm.......your welcome....

[masterpengun]

i cant find it

[skillzdatkillz900]

what i wanna know is who found it in the first place lol :L

[LockTheMadnessPrince]

@skillzdatkillz900 Probobly a random geek hacked the pc version and found out where alot of rare items were located then he randomly found this lol

[dontwant2work]

When i found it i started to dupe it and sell it.... 

[soulvanquisher1]

i found that out before also go to 1:46sec

[someguy812]

It would suck if they made it so where you put on the helmet, you could only breathe underwater and not on land.

[Dragonlover2013]

@someguy812

That would be funny

[gerraltofrivia]

i perfer the imperials or bretons :DDDD i dont like cats or lizards =]

[LockTheMadnessPrince]

@gerraltofrivia Yeah i preffer Dark elf (if you can manage to make it SOMEWHAT pretty to look at, wich ive tried and failed at many times but eventually got it lol) or Breton, Khajiit is my favorite race but with this helmet and since im a mage its somewhat useless for me to be Khajiit.

[Unicyclist90210]

It may be useful, but it looks outrageously stupid =P

[ablestmage]

@Unicyclist90210 - That was my first thought -- Oh MAN am I going to look like a complete DOUCHE wearing that thing, but at least I can see in the dark until I can find a better way =)

[ChrisCaelanThomas]

@ablestmage And the helmet does look ga so I just go get the cerimonial glass armour to make it look less gay.

[fullbloodsaiyan]

@ablestmage khajitt can already see in the dark :)

[dstebbin]

5:03

You can always HOTKEY your torches.

[lackasa]

how do i recharge enchanted weapons????

[ablestmage]

@lackasa - Google this: uesp oblivion recharge enchantment

[FMAfanFMA]

@lackasa Varla Stones and one of the people in the Mages' Guild hall in Anvil. Varla Stones are hard to find, so only use them if almost all your items are "dead".

[zaruyko]

@lackasa use soul gems with souls inside it. Use the Grand Soul Gem with a Grand soul in it to recharge by i think 2,000 charge points. Pretty good for the Madness weapons that have almost 3,500 charge points in it.

[cull38464]

ha i have a lvl 45 (maxed out) warrior khajiit and a lvl 39 stealth wood elf (grey fox and in black hand )

[Tassadaritze]

How do i set marker? or on PC it's impossible?

[zaruyko]

@Tassadaritze its possible. Hold SHIFT key and click anywhere on the map. It will tell you to set mark, remove mark, or move mark to somewhere else.

[xXxXGostXxXx]

nice another item 2 dupe =)

[QuadraRune]

that thing is useless to me :P

im an argonian :D

[ablestmage]

@QuadraRune - As far as water breathing, sure -- but the Night Eye is what I use it for most. I normally get either Argonian or Khajiit, and don't do a lot of swimming anyway if I get Khajiit =P

[XHourX]

i get this asoon as i leave the prision, its so much help in the dungeons, maybe it lowers the difficulty but it find it usefull

[ablestmage]

@XHourX - I think it's just more convenient than lowering the difficulty. If you wanted, you could just be a khajiit race and cast Night Eye every 30s or so, a spell unique to that race that doesn't cost any magic. I get FG immediately out of the prisons also =D

[GREGKARASS69]

haha well that makes the *the llizard* class pretty much useless lol

[ablestmage]

@GREGKARASS69 - Argonians actually have a pretty good disease resistance, IIRC. All of my Morrowind (Elder Scrolls III) characters were Argonian almost entirely for that reason ;-D

[MrBrockmereddo]

What is Fin Gleam? plz reply

[ablestmage]

@MrBrockmereddo - seriously?

[DontEatEggs666]

@MrBrockmereddo A helmet. Lol just watch the video.

[UteHoos]

Thanks dude

[joshuatan6778]

For PC, we can find Fin Gleam??

[ablestmage]

@joshuatan6778 - yep!

[258legolas]

@joshuatan6778 yes

i have it for the pc and i just found it

[davidlysterxbl]

THANKYOU finally I can shoot stuff with my bow in the dark :)

[KillAre95]

Thank you very much! Thanks for this vid I finally found this!!!!!!!

[nuke359]

Thanks i have been trying to find this for about 10 mins now i dont have to keep waisting my magika just for 15 seconds for detect life and night-eye

[johnyrockshell]

great video! thanks dude!

[liederbach2009]

Hey i just wanted to say that I had problem finding the hand so I looked on the local map and it was on it

[mmart229]

lol thx man its funny as how u made it sound like its an advertisment for a helmet lol

[evilmamaluigi]

i were the jewel of th rumare so i already have water breathing but the night eye will be very useful so you get a sub :D

[ChuckNorris000001]

tytytytytytytytytytytytytyty! i got it just like u did ty!

[stomkieken]

i STILL cant find it:(

[rbdtj199]

is this part 1?

[ablestmage]

@rbdtj199 - The video shown is the complete tutorial, if that's what you mean. The game is Elder Scrolls IV.

[clash313]

thanks man just got mine

[hendecahedron]

thanks for posting this, definetly useful

[bxexnx]

You can see perfectly in any dungeon if you turn the brightness all the way up in the game options. You can also get an item to breathe underwater by doing the fishing quest right outside IC at the beginning of the game. Cool video though, I think I'll test it out tonight.

[ablestmage]

@bxexnx -With Fin Gleam (and therefore Nighteye, which is the part of FG that sees in the dark) you can see better than any brightness setting will help. Torches, brightness settings, there's no comparison.

[AK12Rock]

dude you rock you get 5 stars and a subscription from me

[snoop1188]

ty again

[Shadowofacloud]

Thanks.

[DeliciousBubbleTea]

A cure for both things I hate- dark dungeons and swimming!

[RubberRepublic]

Thank you, found it, and I am wearing it now-not the best looking helmet! But check me out, I can see in the dark

[TheIrishDrunk15]

i cant find the hand

[drawyourpenimysword]

Sorry if you mentioned this elsewhere as I did not see anything but is this a PC-only kind of item or some sort of patch that is only capable on the PC version? I have the 360 version if that helps with an answer.