Secret vaults and treasure maps, unusual encounters and creepy nooks and crannies. The world of Skyrim is huge, and here are 10 locations in Eastmarch that even fans have probably never found. These places will help you look at the game in a new way!
Virtually every open world created by Bethesda filled with hundreds of quests, thousands of items and dozens of secretswhich most people overlook on their first playthrough. Skyrim is no exception. Here is one of the most mysterious areas - Eastmarch.
One of the factors behind Skyrim's success that makes it so exciting and fun is the number of locations. Players can find hundreds of marked points on the map, but there are many unmarked places that have their own plots. Old ruins, bandit camps and shrines have their own unique stories. Few places have as many interesting unnamed locations as Eastmarch, an area controlled by the Stormcloaks. It is also home to Ulfirk Stormcloak. Here are 10 hidden locations in Eastmarch that most players have probably never visited.
Lucky Lorenz's Hut
Southeast of the Abandoned Prison a river flows with a ruined hut next to it. This hut once belonged to Lucky Lorenz, an NPC whose house was ironically crushed by a tree right after the unfortunate man moved into it.
Inside the ruined hut is a treasure map, a skill book, and lots of alchemy ingredients.
Shrine of Talos in Windhelm
West of the Windhelm stables across the river is sanctuary with a wonderful view of the city. In itself, this place is quite suitable for Talos, who seems to be examining Ulfric's domain. Another interesting - next to the shrine is a book called Talos' Error..
This work criticizes Talos and the Empire for accepting the worship of this divine figure prior to the signing of the White-Gold Concordat. It looks like a Thalmor agent found the shrine at some point.
Lair of the Ice Trolls in the Talking Hills
heading east of the Talking Hills, you will find a small lair with a flag flying over Eastmarch. An ice troll lives inside the rock, which recently killed a Stormcloak soldier and wolf.
It looks like an ice troll took the warrior by surprise while on patrol outside of Windhelm and dragged his corpse to this place. There is nothing remarkable inside: Stormcloak armor and basic alchemy ingredients on animal corpses.
Shrine of Elderglim
In the central part of Eastmarch you can find unique cave called Elderglim Sanctuary, in which is one of the oldest trees in Skyrim. The entrance to this place is guarded by several spriggans.
The path to the tree is visible, but it will not work to go to it, if players don't have Wren - a unique dagger that can be found during the Wonder of Nature quest line.
Altar of Summoning Kronvangr
East of Cronvangr right in the center of Eastmarch, there is a strange altar. Approaching him, you will be ambushed by two necromancers.
Various draugr bodies float above the water, and here you can find the remains of a novice magician. Most likely, the necromancers found a practicing sorcerer here, killed him, and thenused this area as a training ground for the resurrection of corpses.
Dunmet Pass
Directly east of Windhelm towards the edge of the map Dunmet Pass is located unnamed passage to Morrowind. An attempt to pass through it will fail, as an invisible wall blocks the path.
However, players using console commands can slip past the gate and invisible wall to see a model of Vvardenfell's Red Mountain. You can get a better view of this mountain from Solstheim (and without cheat codes).
Hunting camp at the hot springs
To the east of Eldergrim Sanctuary is a bandit camp, perched on top of a pond. the robbers living there can periodically see floating in springs nearby.
This location functions as a standard bandit camp, but there is no interesting loot to be found there. This is not surprising, because local robbers sleep and bathe more often than they go about their business. But even bandits need to relax from time to time!
Mourning Giant
To the southeast of the Foggy Outpost isI am a small hot spring with a dead mammoth and a giant standing next to it. The giant appears to be mourning the loss of a friend, as players can get very close to him without angering the giant. This is the only giant in Skyrim that is not aggressive towards the player if he is not attacked.
In addition, this situation shows that the giants have the ability to experience complex emotions, unlike most of the creatures that roam the lands of Skyrim.
Hidden hunter camp
To the east of the Windhelm stables is hidden hunter camp that is not marked on the map. At first glance, this is an ordinary place, but when the player enters here for the first time, he will be attacked by a troll.
Gamers who participate in the Civil War questline will not be able to find this camp. Instead, there will be the location of the forces of the Empire. However, the troll attack occurs regardless of this.
Windhelm Pit
Before the release of Skyrim, Bethesda planned to place an arena in Windhelm, similar to the arena of Cyrodiil in Oblivion. As planned by the developers, when someone was arrested, he could either serve his sentence or be thrown into the "Pit" and fight for his chance at freedom.
Although Windhelm Pit did not officially make it into the final game, it can still be explored. On PC, players can enter a cheat coc WindhelmPitEntrance to the console to load this unfinished level. Here, gamers can see the arena where the characters will fight to the death, and several spectators supporting the prisoners. It is unknown why this was cut from the final game.
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Sanctuary of Elderglim - the quest leads there, it is taken in Whiterun, in the sanctuary of Kynareth, I just completed it yesterday and remembered that I had completed it even in my first acquaintance with Skyrim, and it was, for a moment, in the year 2012/13. The hunting camp at the hot springs is located there.
How can these be secret locations that no one knows about if you knew)
Ahahah, got it 🙂
However, most players really miss them, which is a pity (