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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints
Retrieve the White Phial.
1 of 10: Travel to the Forsaken Cave and enter it, then fight your way past some animals to reach an iron door.
2 of 10: Move down the passage past the door until you reach the start of a long and winding draugr crypt passage. Proceed through it slowly, watching for traps and taking on the draugr one or two at a time.
3 of 10: At the end of the draugr passage is a door that leads to the Forsaken Crypt area.
4 of 10: Kill the draugr in the first room, then follow the passage along (and kill another draugr) to reach that room's upper walkway.
5 of 10: Cross the room on the walkway and kill the next draugr, then follow the walkway into a room with two more draugr and a large round trap in the middle of the floor.
6 of 10: Go through the door past the trap and across an "encaged" bridge, then go down a draugr-infested passage to reach another door.
7 of 10: Quicksave, then open it and time your way through the swinging axe trap. In the room beyond, Curalmil and several lesser draugr will rise up and attack you.
8 of 10: You'll probably want to quickly retreat back past the swinging axe trap and try to take them on a few at a time. Note that Curalmil is the equivalent of a draugr overlord.
9 of 10: Look past Curalmil's sarcophagus for some steps leading up to a treasure chest and a Word Wall, then go down the passage that's under the Word Wall to find an ancient bowl.
10 of 10: Activate it to pour Nurelion's mixture into it, then go past the secret door that opens to find a cracked white phial on a pedestal. Take it to get the next objective.
