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Matrix Helmet

Walkthrough and QA reference for Matrix Helmet (SW_ExpHelmetJourn).

At a glance#

JournalSW_ExpHelmetJourn
CategoryExpansion / PlanExp
Journal entries3
Completion branches1
Starts bySpeak with Roderick Hones in Manaan, Inner City and ask about helmet.
Key locationsManaan, Inner City
Key charactersRoderick Hones

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Roderick Hones in Manaan, Inner City and ask about helmet#

Speak with Roderick Hones in Manaan, Inner City and ask about helmet.

Expected journal update — index 5: Roderick in the Inner City on Manaan has a matrix helmet that he is willing to sell for 800 credits.

2. Speak with Roderick Hones in Manaan, Inner City and ask about helmet — Finished#

Speak with Roderick Hones in Manaan, Inner City and ask about helmet.

Expected journal update — index 10: Roderick in the Inner City on Manaan has a matrix helmet that he is willing to sell for 800 credits.

Known item transfer: 1 × Matrix Helm (SW_ExpMatrixHelm).

Outcome: this journal entry is marked as a finished branch.

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 10:

Roderick in the Inner City on Manaan has a matrix helmet that he is willing to sell for 800 credits.

Known rewards & item transfers#

The following player-directed item transfers are visible in the parsed quest scripts/dialogue results. Playtest may reveal additional indirect rewards.

  • 1 × Matrix Helm (SW_ExpMatrixHelm)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Roderick Hones (SW_ExpHumanBully) — Manaan, Inner City

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Manaan, Inner City
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_ExpHelmetJourn Generated category: Expansion / PlanExp Journal entries: 3

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—Roderick in the Inner City on Manaan has a matrix helmet that he is willing to sell for 800 credits.1
10FinishedRoderick in the Inner City on Manaan has a matrix helmet that he is willing to sell for 800 credits.2

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

Roderick in the Inner City on Manaan has a matrix helmet that he is willing to sell for 800 credits.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 28847276712003910689 under topic helmet; speaker Roderick Hones (SW_ExpHumanBully). locations: Manaan, Inner City. conditions: Journal SW_ExpHelmetJourn NotEqual 10. response: “My helmet? I suppose I could part with it. I’ll sell it for 800 credits.”.
Journal SW_ExpHelmetJourn 5
Choice "That's too steep of a price." 1 "Sounds like a good deal to me." 2 "That's an outrageous price for matrix armor, but I'll pay it as I haven't seen another helmet like it." 3

Stage 10 — Finished

Roderick in the Inner City on Manaan has a matrix helmet that he is willing to sell for 800 credits.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 1879217568239115086 under topic helmet; speaker Roderick Hones (SW_ExpHumanBully). locations: Manaan, Inner City. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 3; Item/ItemType Gold_001 GreaterEqual 800. response: “Hey, it’s a good deal!”.
Journal SW_ExpHelmetJourn 10
removeitem SW_ExpMatrixHelm 1
player->additem SW_ExpMatrixHelm 1
  • Dialogue INFO 324831441158263671 under topic helmet; speaker Roderick Hones (SW_ExpHumanBully). locations: Manaan, Inner City. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 2; Item/ItemType Gold_001 GreaterEqual 800. response: “You’ve got yourself a deal, friend.”.
Journal SW_ExpHelmetJourn 10
removeitem SW_ExpMatrixHelm 1
player->additem SW_ExpMatrixHelm 1

Dialogue speakers:

  • Roderick Hones (SW_ExpHumanBully) — Manaan, Inner City

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Credits (Gold_001)
  • Matrix Helm (SW_ExpMatrixHelm)

Cells implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel code:

  • Manaan, Inner City

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: Roderick in the Inner City on Manaan has a matrix helmet that he is willing to sell for 800 credits.
  • Reach index 10 (Finished): Roderick in the Inner City on Manaan has a matrix helmet that he is willing to sell for 800 credits.
  • Verify any scripted reward/item transfer shown above actually occurs.
  • Verify involved NPCs/objects remain present and usable after the stage transition.
  • Verify no unrelated vanilla Morrowind dialogue/quest state appears during the flow.

QA console reference

Current journal state can be inspected with the OpenMW/Morrowind journal tooling for SW_ExpHelmetJourn. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.