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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints

Obtain Rahgot's mask.

  • 1 of 14: Follow Valmir to the entry door, then wait for him to unlock it so you can go inside.
  • 2 of 14: In the room past the entry chamber's door, you'll need to fight a spectral dragon cultist and watch out for a swinging log trap.
  • 3 of 14: Two more cultists will attack at the path split. After you put them down, look for a way to get to the other side of the closed gate.
  • 4 of 14: Go down the corridor's side passage to find a door to the Forelhost Crypt area.
  • 5 of 14: Go down the crypt's starting hallway to find another ghost to fight, then look to the left for a swinging axe trap that leads to a room with a locked gate in it.
  • 6 of 14: You're going to have to go through that gate. If you can't pick its lock, you'll need to take a detour to find the key.
  • 7 of 14: Open the gate and go down the stairs past it to enter some water, then swim along the underwater passage to reach a cave room with several skeevers in it.
  • 8 of 14: Go down the next waterlogged passage to reach a room where you can go up some log stairs to find an oil spill near a door.
  • 9 of 14: Past the door is a crypt area with a large "ceiling slam" trap. As you enter, two draugr scourges and a wight will rise up and attack. Try to use the slam trap and the oil against them, and take refuge in the water when necessary.
  • 10 of 14: Go on past that area and through the door to the Forelhost Refectory area, then kill more draugr on your way to a large banquet hall.
  • 11 of 14: Past the gate is a room with a couple of draugr wights. Use the oil spill in the room's entrance against them, then go up the log stairs in the back to find the passage that leads to the next room.
  • 12 of 14: Past the spear gate is the door to a draugr scourge's room. Beyond it is a fire-spewin' trap, another draugr scourge, and a wide corridor that ends in a puzzle-lock door.
  • 13 of 14: Go up the stairs past the door to get Rahgot the dragon priest to break out of his sarcophagus. He'll soon be joined by several draugr, so you'll probably want to sprint back the way you came in hopes of leaving some of them behind.
  • 14 of 14: After you finish off the draugr, go back for Rahgot. After he's dead, loot him to get his unique mask and staff, plus the Forelhost balcony key.