Skyrim Fans Voice Disappointment for the Unusual Gem Quest Reward

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The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim fans are displeased at the game's infamous Unusual Gem quest. One of Skyrim's longest and most tedious side quests, it is notorious for how long it takes to complete and the relatively meager rewards for all the player's time and effort.

Initially launching in the late fall of 2011, it's almost impossible to spend time around gamers without knowing about The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Not counting the free-to-play Fallout Shelter, Skyrim is Bethesda's best-selling game of all time. It played a massive role in establishing open-world RPGs as the standard for AAA game development and continues to have a large and active fan community. However, that doesn't mean Skyrim is above criticism, and a few quests stand out as particularly unpleasant.

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Skyrim's No Stone Unturned, also known as the Unusual Gem quest, is one such example, and Skyrim players are still commiserating about the experience more than a decade on. «After over 11-thousand hours and many characters, I can confirm it's not worth it,» reads a recent Reddit post from user Zyxvuts_31. The body of the post consists of a screenshot showing that they had found all 24 Stones scattered around Skyrim. Not everyone in the comments was as against the quest as they were. However, many expressed the common criticisms that No Stone Unturned is overly time-consuming, difficult to role-play around, and that the rewards aren't worth the time and effort. For the full link, click here.

Virtually all Skyrim players stumble upon the No Stone Unturned quest at least once. At some point in their adventures across the Kingdom, players will find small pink gemstones hovering in small metal cases. Picking up these