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How can I find the first opaque vessel?
1 of 8: Wait for a secret door to open in the south wall, then go down a short passage to reach some doors that lead to the main Valthume area.
2 of 8: Cross the large entry chamber and head down the unblocked passage. When you come to a pressure plate on the floor, try to time things so that stepping on the plate will cause the swinging log trap to kill one or both of the two draugr in the next room.
3 of 8: Go down the passage that starts in that room's back left corner, then stay on the upper walkway of the huge room you come to. Hit the two draugr sitting on thrones on the opposite side of the room with ranged attacks (one at a time), then wait for them to come to you.
4 of 8: After they're down, go down the log stairs, but be careful not to step on the large trap doors that are near the bottom of the stairs. If you do, you'll fall into a pit, and will have to kill some spiders and pick a difficult lock (or get the key from a draugr) to get back to the huge room.
5 of 8: Go through the open iron doors on the huge room's south side, then open the iron doors on the left. Step on the nearest pressure plate, then quickly back up and wait for the flames to die down.
6 of 8: Follow the pressure plate path to a blank wall with a hard-to-see handle on its left side. Using the handle will open up both the wall and the nearby closed gate.
7 of 8: After quicksaving, go down the secret passage that's past the wall to reach a room with one of the three opaque vessels you're after on a pedestal.
8 of 8: As you enter the room, a draugr deathlord will emerge and attack you. If you find it too hard to handle, you'll have to quickrestore and come back later.
