Get quick and convenient access to just the hints you need for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, without staying on our website. Just download a free trial
version of our UHS Reader software and
a copy of these hints. You will get the
same gradual hints you see here -- unlike ordinary cheats or a
walkthrough that can spoil your game.
You can also buy the full version of the UHS Reader
for Windows or macOS. For just $14.95, you get full access to hints for
hundreds of games and 1 year of free updates. You can also search, decode, or print an entire
game's worth of hints at once.
Ask the Author
If you have questions about a puzzle that aren't answered
anywhere in these hints,
you may contact the author.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints
Dustman's Crypt
1 of 8: As you move down the first passage, watch out for a Silver Hand guy hiding in an alcove on the right.
2 of 8: Past some doors, cross a bridge and start watching for draugr lying on burial slabs. (Note that they may not all rise up as you approach, which lets you get in the first strike.)
3 of 8: In the room past the burial passage, kill a Silver Hand guy and go through the unlocked door, then kill another Silver Hand guy.
4 of 8: At the back of his room is a locked door that requires a key.
5 of 8: Past the door, kill some skeevers to get to a room with an alchemy lab, then go through the door that's next to it.
6 of 8: Go down the passage to reach a cave that contains draugr, skeevers, and frostbite spiders. Kill off that motley collection of monsters, then get up on the cave's upper "floor" and cross a couple of bridges.
7 of 8: Move on until you reach an iron door, then go through it and cross the large chamber.
8 of 8: The fragment of Wuuthrad that you seek is on the altar that's near the huge Word Wall. Move up against the wall to learn a word for the Fire Breath shout, then quicksave before taking the fragment and getting the next objective.
