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Elemental spider making.
1 of 13: There's a device in White Ridge Barrow that can be used to make elemental spiders that you can deploy against enemies, similar to casting magic spells from scrolls.
2 of 13: After entering the barrow, unbar and open the door that's ahead, then go down the tunnel past it while watching for the first of many spiders.
3 of 13: At the end of the tunnel, go around the circular stone structure until you can enter it and go down a spiral staircase. Past that is the entrance to a large chamber with a lot of spiders and pulsating spider eggs in it.
4 of 13: Shoot the pulsating eggs from a distance, or just avoid them to leave them unhatched. Note that some of the spiders that hatch from the eggs are the jumping kind, and will leap at you and self-destruct to cause you damage if you don't take them down at a distance.
5 of 13: On the other side of the room, use the pull chain that's to the left of the raised bridge to lower it, then kill the spider-controlled bandit thug that comes after you. After finishing off any other nearby spiders, go down either set of stairs next to the bridge and head south.
6 of 13: Watch out for more pulsating spider eggs and another mind-controlled bandit, then kill more spiders as you go down a long passage that leads to the White Ridge Sanctum door.
7 of 13: After going through it, move up to another barred door, then crouch down after unbarring and opening it. Look across the huge chamber ahead to see Merilar Rendas on the opposite side, then shoot her with your best ranged weapon.
8 of 13: Take her and her mind-controlled reaver pals down, plus any spiders and pulsating eggs that you can see from the doorway. Once that's done, go left and across a short wooden bridge to get to their side of the chamber, then loot Rendas' body to get some usable jumping spiders and a key.
9 of 13: Recross the wooden bridge that goes over the chasm, then go up the wooden ramp and along to reach a large chamber with several spiders and pulsating eggs. After dealing with them, get onto the wooden structure and open the large cage's door (which is what Rendas' key is useful for).
10 of 13: Inside the cage is a table with an "imbuing chamber" on it. That's what's used to make usable elemental spiders.
11 of 13: Read the book that's to the left of the chamber to find a few spider-making recipes, then experiment with other gems to discover more. Or check the complete list below.
12 of 13: Put the specified ingredients for the spider you want into the imbuing chamber, then activate the imbuing switch. The resulting spiders will be placed automatically in the "Scrolls" section of your inventory.
13 of 13: After you're done there, go across the wooden walkway to find a ladder that leads up to a small shack that's a short way south of the main White Ridge Barrow entry. You can use the trap door in the shack to get back to the imbuing chamber more quickly in the future.
