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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Guide Quests Dungeon Quests and Other Activities

Overview

Delving into an unknown barrow or creeping stealthily through a long-forgotten ruin is both thrilling and terrifying. Many dungeons across Skyrim have their own self-contained Dungeon Quests. Some are full quests; others, marked with the “*” symbol, appear only as Miscellaneous Objectives. Dungeon Quests are usually unrelated to other quest types and are self-contained; you usually start and finish the quest in or close to the dungeon itself.

In addition, this section encompasses the hundreds of other activities you can try out as you explore the immense landscape. These are segmented into four distinct sections. There are:

Dungeon Activities: Smaller, self-contained explorations at a single Primary Location.

Miscellaneous Objectives: These are usually small tasks, favors or activities that occur inside a (usually friendly) settlement, not a dungeon.

Favors: Every single person in Skyrim that requires a favor is then listed in this section, along with all the types of Favors and the Thane Quests.

World Interactions and Encounters: Small random events that may occur when you enter a World Encounter location or perform other actions throughout the realm.

Available Quests

There are 24 Dungeon Quests. For the most part, these are separate from any other quests you may have, though you may encounter them when sent to a randomly selected dungeon for another quest, or while trying to collect the Masks of the Dragon Priests.

Quest NameHoldDungeon Name (Location)
Medresi Dran and the Wandering Dead* The Rift Angarvunde
A Love Beyond Death* Eastmarch Ansilvund
Composure, Speed, and Precision* Falkreath Angi’s Camp
Leap Before You Look* The Reach Bard’s Leap Summit
Melka and Petra* The Reach Blind Cliff Cave
Repentance The Rift Darklight Tower
Siege on the Dragon Cult The Rift Forelhost
What Lies Beneath* Winterhold Frostflow Lighthouse
The Pale Lady The Pale Frostmere Crypt
A Scroll for Anska The Pale High Gate Ruins
Ancestral Worship Whiterun Hillgrund’s Tomb
Forgetting About Fjola* Eastmarch Mistwatch
Hunter and Hunted* Falkreath Moss Mother Cavern
The Lost Expedition The Reach Nchuand-Zel
The Nilheim Scam* The Rift Nilheim
Otar’s Mad Guardians* The Reach Ragnvald
The Legend of Red Eagle* The Reach Rebel’s Cairn
Wilhelm’s Specter* The Rift Shroud Hearth Barrow
The Secret at the Sleeping Tree* Whiterun Sleeping Tree Camp
The Savior of Selveni Nethri* Falkreath Hold Southfringe Sanctum
Infiltration The Rift Treva’s Watch
Evil in Waiting The Reach Valthume
Silenced Tongues The Pale Volunruud
Ashore in a Sea of Ghosts* Winterhold Yngol’s Barrow