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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hints

Winterhold

  • * Alftand (dwarven city): Go down the wide path that leads SW from Saarthal until you can turn south, then go straight until you can turn west.
    * Bleakcoast Cave (animal den): Go SE from the Wreck of the Pride of Tel Vos to find a large island, then go around to its east side.
    * College of Winterhold: You'll discover this location while doing the College's "First Lessons" quest.
    * Ironbind Barrow (draugr crypt): Go north from the Nightgate Inn (Windhelm list) to reach a paved path, then turn right and go along it until you find a side path on the left that leads here.
    * Japhet's Folly: You can only discover this location while doing the "Rise in the East" side quest.
    * Journeyman's Nook (bandit camp): Go to the mainland shore that's SW of Bleakcoast Cave, then follow the wide path up to an alternate entrance to Snow Veil Sanctum. Go NW from it until you can turn SW.
    * Mount Anthor (dragon lair): Head west on the paved path that's next to the Sightless Pit. When you reach a path split, keep going west until you reach a steep slope, then turn south.
    * Pilgrim's Trench (shipwrecks): Go west and a bit south from Ysgramor's Tomb.
    * Saarthal (draugr crypt): Go behind the Jarl's Longhouse building in Winterhold to find the start of an upsloping path, then follow it until it starts sloping downward. Go west and a little bit south until you reach a cliff overlooking this location, then look to the right for a safe way down.
    * Septimus Signus's Outpost: Go north and a little west from the Skytemple Ruins.
    * The Serpent Stone: Go NE from the Wreck of the Pride of Tel Vos to reach this location's island, then go around to its NE corner to find a path.
    * Shrine of Azura (Daedric shrine): Head east on the paved path that's next to the Sightless Pit, and follow it all the way here.
    * Sightless Pit (falmer hive): Go down the wide path that leads SW from Saarthal until you can turn south, then go that way until you can turn east.
    * Skytemple Ruins (draugr crypt): Go to the east side of the island that Ysgramor's Tomb is on, then go NE until you reach the large island that's just north of the College of Winterhold. Look around on the north side of that island for a path that leads here.
    * The Tower Stone: Go west from the camp next to Pilgrim's Trench to find a small inlet with a rowboat, then go south up the slope until you can turn right. Go NW up the next slope, then turn west.
    * Wayward Pass: Go SW from Alftand's highest tower to find a path that leads here.
    * Whistling Mine (iron mine): Go SW from Journeyman's Nook.
    * Wreck of the Pride of Tel Vos: Go SE from the island with the Skytemple Ruins on it.
    * Ysgramor's Tomb (draugr crypt): At the north end of Winterhold, go past the big bridge's ramp on its right side, then carefully drop down the rocks to reach the seashore. Go NW to the huge mountainous island, then go around to its west side.