The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints

Looting Ironbind Barrow.

  • 1 of 6: Talk to Salma outside the barrow, then enter it and follow her and Beem-Ja along until you come to a closed gate.
  • 2 of 6: After you open it, follow them some more until you reach another closed gate.
  • 3 of 6: Move past that gate and through some iron doors to find a chamber with a skeleton and a powerful draugr named Warlord Gathrik.
  • 4 of 6: Help your companions put them down, then do the same to Beem-Ja when he gets greedy and attacks you.
  • 5 of 6: Optionally talk to Salma, then go to the back of the chamber's upper walkway to find a Word Wall and a unique magic axe on the back of a throne.
  • 6 of 6: On the east side of the ground floor is a pull-chain-opened gate that leads to some stairs, past which is a door that goes outside. Unbar and open the wooden door to find a treasure chest, then go south and up the steep slope on the left to find some dwarven ruins with two ice wraiths, two chests, and some potions on top of a pillar that you can get if you have the Telekinesis spell.