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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hints

Squandered Mine

  • 1 of 13: This mine is at location 50 on the Nibenay map.
  • 2 of 13: Inside the mine, move down the narrow tunnel, watching out for a swinging mace trap.
  • 3 of 13: Find the SE passage at the end of that tunnel (near a large silver vein rock) and use it to get to a wood door.
  • 4 of 13: A ways past that is another wood door that leads to a large room where a small bandit camp has been set up.
  • 5 of 13: After raiding the locked chest and silver vein rock in there, find the two passages that lead SE from this room.
  • 6 of 13: The northern of those two will only lead to more bandit/loot areas, so take the southern one to get to a door that leads to the Snake Works region.
  • 7 of 13: In there, move past the small starting room to a much larger one, then on to another room which has a small bandit camp in it.
  • 8 of 13: Along the SE wall of the room past that is another secret area just like the earlier one.
  • 9 of 13: A ways NE of that is a large cave room with a swinging log trap at its entrance.
  • 10 of 13: When you're through exploring it, find the passage in its NW wall and follow it along to quickly reach a door to the Wind Holes region.
  • 11 of 13: In its large starting room, get up onto the higher "floor" and find the passage near the southern corner.
  • 12 of 13: Skip the right (NW) branch when you come to it and keep going straight SW until you come to a huge, funny-shaped rock.
  • 13 of 13: The soul gem you're after is setting on the rock's small flat area.