Reaching Ranis's First Quest by River?

[Bryan]

I constantly get lost trying to go by land so I tried the river route this time. Do you reach the site by just swimming upriver or do I need to stay near a shore and if so which one (left or right?)

Detailed direction appreciated.

I've done Ald'run's quests every playthrough and feel like doing something different this time.

[galevheaton]

By river I assume means from Suran. If so, you need to swim north upriver, then to the west end of the lake and then head north by land along the road. Hope this helped.

[Bryan]

Does the river end at the lake naturally or do I have to something special to get in the lake in the first place?

[Valden21]

OP, are you sure you got the quest-giver's location right? The only NPC I know of in Morrowind named "Raanis" is Ranis Athrys, and she's in Balmora, not Ald-Ruhn.

If it's indeed Ranis Athrys you're talking about, here's the steps you need to take.
1: Swim the length of the River Odai until it empties out into the bay.
2: Swim southeast along the coast until you reach Ebonheart.
3. Next up, go east through the waters of Vivec, until you reach the eastern end. Telvanni Canton should be to your north.
4. Head up the channel that cuts into the eastern shore, then head north. If you turned north at the right time, you'll go through a small strait between Ald Sotha to the west and Sinsibadon to the east.
5. Once through here, head north-northwest past Oran Manor, then Suran, then finally north up the Nabia River into Lake Nabia. Your ultimate destination is slightly north of the northern shore of the lake.

[Bryan]

I refereed to ald'run as how I usually avoid this quest. But I felt like doing something else (aka ranis) instead.

[slayor3000]

Now I have an extremely bad sense of direction and in my first few playthroughs this quest could be a pain. I know how to get there nowadays by foot from any direction.

There is a very easy way to get there if you can use levitation or have potions etc.
Silt strider to Suran. Exit North, fly over mountains towards Marandus.
From the Northern tip of Marandus just follow the road as it curves eastward around the lake. Check map as it is just one longish path you are following now.
When you know your on the right road turn on Local map as Punjabi is very easily missed, its on the right hand side. Sulipund is at the end where the roads cross.

[Valden21]

Originally posted by slayor3000:

Now I have an extremely bad sense of direction and in my first few playthroughs this quest could be a pain. I know how to get there nowadays by foot from any direction.

There is a very easy way to get there if you can use levitation or have potions etc.
Silt strider to Suran. Exit North, fly over mountains towards Marandus.
From the Northern tip of Marandus just follow the road as it curves eastward around the lake. Check map as it is just one longish path you are following now.
When you know your on the right road turn on Local map as Punjabi is very easily missed, its on the right hand side. Sulipund is at the end where the roads cross.

But, OP wants to get there via river, not land.

[slayor3000]

Originally posted by Valden21:

Originally posted by slayor3000:

Now I have an extremely bad sense of direction and in my first few playthroughs this quest could be a pain. I know how to get there nowadays by foot from any direction.

There is a very easy way to get there if you can use levitation or have potions etc.
Silt strider to Suran. Exit North, fly over mountains towards Marandus.
From the Northern tip of Marandus just follow the road as it curves eastward around the lake. Check map as it is just one longish path you are following now.
When you know your on the right road turn on Local map as Punjabi is very easily missed, its on the right hand side. Sulipund is at the end where the roads cross.

But, OP wants to get there via river, not land.

He wants to try the river, yes, because he keeps getting lost by land.
Now it seems he is getting lost by river.
So I gave an easy way to get there.

[Valden21]

Originally posted by slayor3000:

Originally posted by Valden21:

But, OP wants to get there via river, not land.

He wants to try the river, yes, because he keeps getting lost by land.
Now it seems he is getting lost by river.
So I gave an easy way to get there.

I don't think that's what OP's asking. There's multiple ways to get from Balmora to Sulipund via water, and it seems to me that OP wants the quickest way to do that. It has nothing to do with getting lost, it's wanting to AVOID that; it's preventative. Your way's a land-route, which isn't what OP wants.

[Bryan]

I'm the OP and his land directions would be helpful IF I HAD ACCESS TO LEVITATION!

[Bryan]

Slayor3000: My levitate potions are 13 points for 31 seconds. Is that enough to get over the mountains?

[slayor3000]

Originally posted by Bryan:

Slayor3000: My levitate potions are 13 points for 31 seconds. Is that enough to get over the mountains?

Yes. As when your up there, you can usually walk across some of the mountain.
Depending on your level watch out for 1 or 2 cliff racers.

[Bryan]

Originally posted by slayor3000:

Originally posted by Bryan:

Slayor3000: My levitate potions are 13 points for 31 seconds. Is that enough to get over the mountains?

Yes. As when your up there, you can usually walk across some of the mountain.
Depending on your level watch out for 1 or 2 cliff racers.

Thanks

[Bryan]

Slayor3000: When I go north in Suran all I see is a body of water. Where did I go wrong?

[Turtleswatter]

You might not have gone wrong. Lake Namira widens out at it's Northern end and Sulipund is directly north from that.

This is the equivalent of the google maps version :)

https://mwmap.uesp.net/?centeron=Sulipund

And this is the main Morrowind map. Just click on it to zoom in

https://images.uesp.net/3/3c/MW-map-Vvardenfell.jpg

[slayor3000]

Maybe my bad for bad directions, not your fault.
Better explanation now I am sat relaxing.

From Silt Strider. Immediately turn 90 degress left and jump over wall head to mountains (Should have said this in last explanation and not exit North - misleading, sorry).
Walk as far up the mountain, a bit to the left that you can.
Now levitate. Look at map and fly towards Marandus. (use map to make sure heading to right spot).
It took about 4 to 5 potions to get to Marandus.
You fly over Bal Ur first.

On ground at North eastern corner of Marandus, look North and see sign post.
Go to sign post, follow sign to Mount Kand.
First place you want is less than 10 seconds down that road and it is on the right.