Threat Level: None - The loose pieces of orichalcum ore are free to take if you are blood-kin to the Orcs.
Fenn’s Gulch Mine
Occupants
Civilians
Special Features
Smelter
Important Treasure
None
Ore Veins
x1 Silver
Tactical
Threat Level: None
Gloomreach
Occupants
Falmer / Chaurus
Special Features
Smelter
Important Treasure
Skillbook: Restoration (Withershins)
Ore Veins
x3 Corundum
Tactical
Threat Level: Dangerous
Kolskeggr Mine
Occupants
Forsworn / Briarheart
Special Features
None
Important Treasure
Smelter
Ore Veins
x17 Gold
Interesting Note
This is the only active gold mine in Skyrim, and contains more than 4x the amount of gold ore veins than any other single location.
Tactical
Threat Level: Perilous
Left Hand Mine
Occupants
Civilians
Special Features
Smelter
Important Treasure
None
Ore Veins
x5 Iron
Tactical
Threat Level: None
Liar’s Retreat
Occupants
Falmer / Bandits
Special Features
Cooking Pot/Spit
Important Treasure
Skillbook: Speech (Biography of the Wolf Queen) The Longhammer
Ore Veins
x3 Corundum; x1 Corundum (outside, S down the cliff)
Interesting Note
It’s the only place in the game where you can get the semi-rare tavern clothes without killing or stealing. This piece is not sold by any merchant neither found in any other location or loot.
Tactical
Threat Level: Dangerous - Rarely, The Longhammer may clip through the geometry. Use the console command tcl to pass through and obtain the weapon, remember to have nothing selected when using the command and to input it a 2nd time after you’ve ‘resurfaced’.
Reachcliff Cave
Occupants
Draugr
Special Features
None
Important Treasure
Skillbook: Conjuration (The Doors of Oblivion)
Ore Veins
x1 Iron
Tactical
Threat Level: Difficult
Reachwater Rock
Occupants
Draugr
Special Features
Fishing Supplies
Important Treasure
Quest Book: Lost Legends (on dead adventurer in 1st chamber)
Ore Veins
x1 Orichalcum
Tactical
Threat Level: Difficult
Rebel’s Cairn
Occupants
Red Eagle
Special Features
None
Important Treasure
Red Eagle’s Bane (Quest-dependant)
Ore Veins
x1 Iron
Tactical
Threat Level: Dangerous - Red Eagle is a fairly powerful Draugr that can use Unrelenting Force and wields a Honed Ancient Nord Greatsword of Burning.
Red Eagle Redoubt
Occupants
Forsworn
Special Features
Wood Chopping
Important Treasure
Red Eagle’s Fury (on dungeon boss)
Ore Veins
x1 Silver; x1 Iron
Tactical
Threat Level: Difficult
Sanuarach Mine
Occupants
Silver-Blood Mercs
Special Features
Smelter
Important Treasure
None
Ore Veins
x7 Silver
Tactical
Threat Level: Average
Soljund’s Sinkhole
Occupants
Draugr
Special Features
Smelter
Important Treasure
Skillbook: Evasion (Jornibret’s Last Dance)
Ore Veins
x5 Moonstone
Interesting Notes
If you want to maximize the amount of moonstone you get from this mine, you’ll be better off if you don’t finish the Soljund’s Sinkhole quest. If you clear the mine and finish the quest, you can mine 15 moonstone ore every 30 days afterwards. If you don’t clear the mine and simply stick to mining the three ore veins that are accessible before you jump down the sinkhole, you can mine 27 moonstone ore in 30 days instead.
Tactical
Threat Level: Difficult - In the boss fight there are two statues, defeating the boss deactivates them. - The left will occasionaly glow red and shoot a firebolt at you regardless if you’re sneaking and undetected. - The right will glow green and heal the boss.
Dwemer Ruins
Bthardamz
Occupants
Afflicted / Automatons / Orchendor
Special Features
Important Treasure
Skilbook: Alteration (Reality & Other Falsehoods) Skillbook: Speech (Biography of the Wolf Queen)
Ore Veins
x3 Gold; x1 Quicksilver
Tactical
Threat Level: Dangerous - In addition to a broad spell selection, Orchendor has a toxic vomit attack, can teleport away after being struck 3-5 times, and has innate Magic Resist 100%.
Nchuand-Zel
Occupants
Falmer / Automatons / Frostbite Spiders / Chaurus
Special Features
None
Important Treasure
Skillbook: Alteration (Sithis)
Ore Veins
x4 Iron; x1 Corundum; x1 Moonstone
Interesting Notes
In the Vanilla version of the game, there’s enough scrap metal to make almost 400 Dwarven metal ingots.
Tactical
Threat Level: Dangerous - Taunt the mini-Falmer at your own peril, they are just as agressive and dangerous as their normal-sized kin.
Reachwind Eyrie
Occupants
None
Special Features
None
Important Treasure
Skillbook: Heavy Armor (Chimarvamidium)
Tactical
Threat Level:
Forts, Nordic Towers & Watchtowers
Bleakwind Bluff
Occupants
Hagravens / Forsworn / Briarheart
Special Features
None
Important Treasure
Skillbook: Two Handed (King)
Tactical
Threat Level: Perilous
Broken Tower Redoubt
Occupants
Forsworn / Briarheart
Special Features
Cooking Pot/Spit; Grindstone
Important Treasure
Quest Book: The Mirror Skillbook: Conjuration (Liminal Bridges)
Tactical
Threat Level: Perilous
Cradle Stone Tower
Occupants
Hagravens
Special Features
None
Important Treasure
Skillbook: Alteration (Sithis)
Tactical
Threat Level: Dangerous
Dead Crone Rock
Occupants
Drascua (Hagraven) / Forsworn
Special Features
Arcane Enchanter; Word Wall: Dismay
Important Treasure
Pommel Stone of Mehrunes’ Razor Skillbook: Alchemy (A Game at Dinner) Unusual Gem
Alchemy Lab; Arcane Enchanter; Cooking Pot/Spit; Word Wall: Slow Time
Important Treasure
Ancient Shrouded Armor Bloodthorn Predator’s Grace Skillbook: Illusion (Mystery of Talara, Part 4)
Tactical
Threat Level: Dangerous
Lost Valley Redoubt
Occupants
Forsworn / Briarhearts / Hagravens
Special Features
Forge/Anvil; Grindstone; Word Wall: Become Ethereal
Important Treasure
None
Ore Veins
x2 Silver
Tactical
Threat Level: Perilous
Ragnvald
Occupants
Draugr / Dragon Priest Otar the Mad
Special Features
Arcane Enchanter; Word Wall: Kyne’s Peace
Important Treasure
Dragon Priest Mask: Otar Skillbook: Restoration (Mystery of Talara, v 2) Staff of the Storm Wall
Tactical
Threat Level: Perilous - Otar uses powerful shock magic, summons Storm Atronachs, can Command Daedra, and is resistant to Elemental Magic thanks to his Mask.
