The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints

Riften

• ** = army camp that may or may not be there, depending on the current state of the Civil War quests.
  
  * Angarvunde (draugr crypt): Go SW across the river from Treva's Watch, then go up the slope to reach a paved path. Turn left and go along that path until you reach a side path on your right that leads here.
  * Ansilvund (warlock lair): Follow the path east from Cragslane Cavern until it splits, then turn right and go along until you reach the stone-archway path that leads here.
  * Autumnshade Clearing (spriggan grove): Go NE from Faldar's Tooth and drop down some rocky terrain.
  * Autumnwatch Tower (dragon lair): Go west from the bottom of the slope that leads up to Froki's Shack.
  * Avanchnzel (dwarven city): Go SW from Heartwood Mill until you come to a paved path, then turn right and look for a side path on the left that leads here.
  * Black-Briar Lodge: From the Lost Prospect Mine, go south alongside the rocks until you reach a ruined tower. Go SE from it until you find a path, then turn north.
  * Boulderfall Cave (warlock lair): Follow the path that starts east of Clearspring Tarn until it splits, then take the branch that goes south.
  * Broken Helm Hollow (bandit camp): Go south along the path from Blackbriar Lodge until it crosses a paved path. Keep going south to a path intersection, then turn right.
  * Clearspring Tarn (animal den): Go down the paved path that leads east from Snapleg Cave until you come to a really steep dirt path on your right. Go up it, then keep going east when it splits.
  * Cragslane Cavern (bandit camp): Go north from Shor's Watchtower, dropping down several small slopes and jumping over some rocks.
  * Crystaldrift Cave (animal den): Go south and a bit west from Snow-Shod Farm.
  * Darklight Tower (hagraven nest): Go west and a bit north from Crystaldrift Cave.
  * Faldar's Tooth (bandit camp): From Merryfair Farm, go west along the lake's northern shore.
  * Fallowstone Cave (animal den): Go east and a bit north from the Riften Stables, over some rocky terrain.
  * Forelhost (dragon priest lair): Go south from the path intersection near Broken Helm Hollow, then go north from the next path split to reach a stone tower. Use it to get up to the path that leads here.
  * Fort Greenwall (bandit lair): Go north from the Merryfair Farm and carefully drop down the rocky cliff.
  * Froki's Shack: Go straight south from the highest platform in the Ruins of Bthalft until you reach some rocks, then go around them on the left side and continue south until you find a steep slope on your left that leads here.
  * Giant's Grove (giant camp): Go through Fallowstone Cave to get here.
  * Goldenglow Estate: Go north from Snow-Shod Farm to the lakeshore, then go west along it until you reach the bridges that lead here.
  * Heartwood Mill: Go west from Faldar's Tooth and cross the water.
  * Kagrenzel (falmer hive): Find the passage that's just NE of Ansilvund's campfire, then go east until you get here.
  * Largashbur (orc stronghold): Go south from Heartwood Mill.
  * Lost Prospect Mine (gold mine): Go SE from Fallowstone Cave, carefully dropping down the rocks.
  * Lost Tongue Overlook (dragon lair): Go directly south from the Shadow Stone to find some wide stairs that lead here.
  * Merryfair Farm: Go west and a bit north from the Riften Stables.
  * Mistveil Keep: Enter Riften and go to its south end.
  * Nightingale Hall: Go east from Snow-Shod Farm and around some rocks to get here.
  * Nilheim (bandit camp): Go NW from the Sarethi Farm.
  * Northwind Mine: Go down the paved path that goes north past Shor's Watchtower until you reach some stone steps on your left, then go up them and follow the path here.
  * Northwind Summit (dragon lair): Go through the Northwind Mine to get here.
  * Riften Stables: Discover this location by using the carriage service at another stable to travel here.
  ** Rift Imperial Camp: Go south from Honeystrand Cave (Whiterun list) until you reach some rocks. Turn left and go around them, then continue going south.
  ** Rift Stormcloak Camp: Go NE from the Sarethi Farm and over some hilly terrain.
  * Rift Watchtower (bandit camp): Go NE from the Sarethi Farm and around some rocks.
  * Ruins of Bthalft (bandit camp): Go east from the Rift Imperial Camp and around some rocks.
  * Ruins of Rkund: Go through the Darklight Tower to reach its upper area, then use the lever to open the gate. Past it, go south and up the slope, then follow the path east.
  * Sarethi Farm: Go north from Treva's Watch.
  * The Shadow Stone: Go behind the large stone at Nightingale Hall and hop up the steep and narrow path.
  * Shor's Stone (town): Go north and a little west from Fort Greenwall.
  * Shor's Watchtower: Go down the path that leads north from Shor's Stone until you reach a small dirt path on your right that leads here.
  * Snapleg Cave (hagraven nest): Go NW from the Rift Watchtower and over some rocky terrain.
  * Snow-Shod Farm: Go SW from the Riften Stables until you reach the lake's southern shore, then go along it until you're just north of here.
  * Stendarr's Beacon: Go south from the path intersection near Broken Helm Hollow until the path turns west. Keep going south until you reach some large rocks, then turn left to find a slope that leads here.
  * Stony Creek Cave (bandit camp): Go south from the Eastmarch Imperial Camp (Windhelm list) and drop down some rocks.
  * Thieves Guild: This location isn't discoverable until you use the ladder exit in the Ragged Flagon's Cistern area while doing the third Thieves Guild faction quest.
  * Tolvald's Cave (falmer hive): Go NE from Shor's Watchtower and down two steep slopes.
  * Treva's Watch (bandit camp): Follow the river west from Heartwood Mill until you find this location on the north shore.
  

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