Impatience of a Saint is a side quest in the Dawnguard add-on, picked up in the Soul Cairn from a Dunmer soul named Jiub. He is busy writing the second volume of his life story, but the notes from volume one have been blown all over the Soul Cairn, and he cannot continue without them. Ten pages, one huge ghostly realm: a scavenger hunt for the dead.
How to start
Jiub sits by a campfire roughly south-southeast of Valerica‘s prison, among a grove of dead trees along a path, on the far side of a farmer and his two cows and on the southern side of a large building. Talk to him to start the quest.
Walkthrough
For orientation: you enter the Soul Cairn down a staircase in the south-western part of the map. Valerica’s prison lies to the northeast of it, and about halfway between them a huge fortified wall cuts across the path from northwest to southeast.
Page 1
Follow the south-facing side of the fortified wall eastward until you reach stairs set against it. At the top, a soul stands by a window, and the page lies next to that window.
Page 2
North of Valerica’s prison, practically attached to it, is a small building with a broken Word Wall and a chest. The page lies in front of the chest. This is also where Durnehviir later perches.
Page 3
Go back through the gap in the fortified wall toward the entrance and turn right (west) along the wall. Pass through a doorway in the wall and out the other side, then climb the structure ahead with a crystal above it. The page is on the floor in front of the chest at the top.
Page 4
Face the door of Valerica’s prison, then go right (east) around to the back of the building. Climb the first stairs, take the right-hand doorway with steps and follow the hallway to its end. The page is on the floor by the chest, opposite a pile of bones.
Page 5
Just south of Jiub’s campfire is a square stone area with a purple-glowing well and a wisp soul circling it. The page lies beside the well. Watch out for the Bonemen wandering nearby.
Page 6
Near the entrance staircase, look for the second building on the right. The page is just inside the doorway on the right, next to a chest guarded by a Boneman. Stay on the path, which forks to the right near two souls sitting on ruined walls.
Page 7
From page 4, take the east stairs down and follow the trail to a T-junction. Find the circle of light with souls around it, face northeast and walk past a group of orcs around a glowing crater. Then turn east toward a ribcage and a soul fissure, and climb the stairs beyond. On the raised shrine you will find the Conjure Mistman spell tome, with the page on the floor in front of a lantern. Picking up the tome may summon a few Mistmen.
Page 8
This one is in the first building on the right after the entrance stairs. Hit both glowing orbs beside the doorway with an arrow, bolt or spell to lower the bars, then step inside.
Page 9
Head west from Valerica’s prison to a building topped by a crystal, with one soul mourning over a skeleton and another caged below. From there, look north and to the right for a larger, fort-like building with its own crystal. Go in by the steps and work through the maze to a pink portal at the back right-hand side, which teleports you onto the roof. The page is on the far side of the chest beneath the health-draining crystal. The source gives this route through the maze: up the steps, left at the end, right at the first corridor, right again before the pit, another right, then left, right, left, left, along the hall with rugs and right at its end to the portal.
Page 10
Stand in the gap of the fortified wall facing northeast and look right for a blue light. It belongs to the ghost Morven Stroud and his broken carriage. The page sits on a barrel to the left of the carriage.
Return to Jiub
Once all ten pages are collected, bring them back to Jiub to complete the quest.
Rewards
- Locket of Saint Jiub
- Saint Jiub’s Opus (a pristine copy of his first volume)
Tips and notes
- Killing the skeletons next to the chests at pages 2 and 6 can leave their remains on top of the pages. Blasting the bones away with a Destruction spell or Unrelenting Force uncovers them again.
- Pages can be picked up before you even meet Jiub. Some players recommend grabbing them first, since page 10 has been reported to vanish after the quest is accepted.
- If page 9 is missing from the roof, try Unrelenting Force or Telekinesis on the spot, or look on the ceiling of the maze directly below the chest, where it can get stuck.
