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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints
Skuldafn Temple (second area)
1 of 8: Move on to a room with three draugr in it, two of which are elevated archers. Try to lure the non-archer back to you, then run up the stairs on the other side of the room so you can go around to where you can attack the archers close up.
2 of 8: Past the second archer's position is a passage that leads to a room with a winding set of wooden stairs in it. Watch the floor carefully when entering the room, or you might hit the pressure plate that activates a dart trap.
3 of 8: Sneak up the winding stairs, then open the door on the left and quickly hit the oil spill on the floor past it with the Flames spell. That'll preheat some draugr for you.
4 of 8: After you finish them off, check their room for a lever that opens the nearby gate.
5 of 8: Go on past the gate and approach an oil spill, then watch the floor as you cross the spill to make sure you don't hit either of its two pressure plates. If you hit one, it'll drop a lit lamp on the oil and ignite it.
6 of 8: Crouch down when you turn the next corner. Sneak-attack the draugr overlord in the area ahead, then sprint back across the oil spill, hitting one of the pressure plates as you go (or turn around and hit the oil with the Flames spell as soon as you're past it). That should weaken the overlord enough to make it an easy kill.
7 of 8: Go up to the Word Wall in the room past the door to learn one of the words for the Storm Call shout. (Note that you'll have to spend a dragon soul on it to enable it.)
8 of 8: Move on past that until you find a door that leads outside.
