Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Guide Quests Side Quests

Overview

Optimal Quest Start

Most Side Quests are available from the moment you begin your adventure, although it is wise to learn if there are prerequisites to complete first. As Side Quests aren’t usually linked to one another (with a couple of exceptions), you can start them at your leisure.

Available Quests

There are a total of 25 different Side Quests available. Aside from the exceptions detailed below, most of these quests are independent of one another and can be completed whenever you encounter them.

Quest Name	Related Settlement or Hold	Prerequisites
Side Quests: Blood on the Ice	Windhelm	Enter and exit Windhelm four times
Side Quests: The Ebony Warrior	None	You must be Level 80 or higher.
Side Quests: Forbidden Legend	None	None
Side Quests: The Forsworn Conspiracy	Markarth	None
Side Quests: No One Escapes Cidhna Mine	Markarth	Complete Side Quests: The Forsworn Conspiracy
Side Quests: The Golden Claw	Riverwood	None
Side Quests: In My Time of Need	Whiterun	Complete Main Quest: Dragon Rising
Side Quests: Kyne’s Sacred Trials	None	None
Side Quests: Laid to Rest	Morthal	None
Side Quests: Lights Out!	Solitude	None
Side Quests: Lost to the Ages	None	None
Side Quests: The Man Who Cried Wolf	Solitude	None
Side Quests: The Wolf Queen Awakened	Solitude	Complete Side Quests: The Man Who Cried Wolf
Side Quests: Missing in Action	Whiterun	Enter and exit any of the buildings near the market in Whiterun
Side Quests: Promises to Keep	Riften	None
Side Quests: A Return to Your Roots	Blackreach	Begin Daedric Quests: Discerning the Transmundane
Side Quests: Rise in the East	Windhelm	None
Side Quests: Rising at Dawn	Morthal	Contract Vampirism
Side Quests: Unfathomable Depths	Riften	None
Side Quests: The White Phial	Windhelm	None
Side Quests: Repairing the Phial	Windhelm	Three days after completing both Main Quest: The Throat of the World and Side Quests: The White Phial
Side Quests: Captured Critters*	None	None
Side Quests: The Forgemaster’s Fingers	Orc Strongholds	Non-Orc Race
Side Quests: The Great Skyrim Treasure Hunt*	None	None
Side Quests: Masks of the Dragon Priests*	None	Numerous (see quest)