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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Game Add-Ons (DLC) Hints
Explore Castle Volkihar's Ruined Tower.
1 of 10: Go down the moondial's staircase and through the door to the Volkihar Ruins area, then move forward to find an apparent dead end.
2 of 10: Look on the left wall for a pull chain, then use it to open up a secret door. Past it, go through a bloody kitchen and up some stairs, then open the door to reveal a banquet hall with several "sleeping" skeletons in it. Stay in the doorway and use sneak attacks to take them down one at a time.
3 of 10: Go up the stairs in the SE corner of the room, then sneak up the steps past the arched doorway. The gargoyle statue ahead will come to life as you cross the room. If you're careful, you may be able to get in a sneak attack before it sees you.
4 of 10: Put down the two skeletons in the next room, then go up the stairs and turn left. Watch for a gargoyle in a small raised area on the right, followed by a skeleton archer.
5 of 10: Past some more stairs, go through a couple of doorways and kill a skeleton warrior and another skeleton archer. Move on from there until you reach a large room with three more skeletons in it.
6 of 10: Just past the top of the stairs that lead to that room's upper floor is a large closed gate.
7 of 10: After killing the gargoyle and skeleton archer, go up the stairs past the gate and fight another gargoyle that bursts out of its statue form. After that, you'll need to get to an upper walkway.
8 of 10: However you get to the upper walkway, go to its NE end, then cross the curving stone bridge and kill a couple of skeleton archers.
9 of 10: Go up a bunch of steps and through a couple of rooms to reach a large room with several gargoyle statues in it. If you move into the room slowly, only two of the statues will come to life at first, and the third one will wait until you move farther into the room.
10 of 10: Past the secret door, go up all the stairs and through a regular door to reach a large lab area. Enter it and wait for Serana to talk to you and give you the next objective.
