Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Guide The Atlas Hold 2: Hjaalmarch
[2.10] Fort Snowhawk
[2.10] Fort Snowhawk
Related Quests
- Civil War Quest: Liberation of Skyrim
- Civil War Quest: The Battle for Fort Snowhawk
Recommended Level: 6
Habitation: Military Fort
- Mage
- Skeleton
Crafting
- Alchemy Lab
- Arcane Enchanter (2)
- Grindstone
Dangers
- Bear Traps
Collectibles
- Skill Book [Block]: A Dance in Fire, v2 [A1/10]
- Chest(s)
- Potions
- Loose gear
This imposing keep serves as a point of contention between the Stormcloaks and Imperials during the Civil War. Until then, it’s populated by a band of necromancers. You can tackle this eroding stronghold in a number of ways—storm the front gate, slip in through the hole in the southeast wall, or leap over any of the crumbling battlements.
Exterior
A host of necromancers and their skeletal minions defend the fort’s outer grounds. Scale the ramparts and clear out every foe to gain plenty of loot from their corpses. There’s little else of value outside.
- Loose gear
Fort Snowhawk Keep
Enter the fort’s central keep by any of three doors. The ground-level door to the south is the easiest to locate. Go upstairs to locate a few potions, then head downstairs to find more, along with a locked chest. Work your way through the sleeping quarters to reach the library, where you can find several crafting stations, a Skill Book, and a key that unlocks the Keep’s central chamber. Within, deal with the leader of the necromancers, then claim the chest in his chamber and a locked chest in the nearby bedroom.
- Crafting: Alchemy Lab, Arcane Enchanter, Grindstone
- Skill Book [Block]: A Dance in Fire, v2 [A1/10]
- Fort Snowhawk Quarters Key
- Chest
- Chest (Locked: Apprentice)
- Chest (Locked: Adept)
- Potions
Door to Skyrim
Sleeping Quarters
Expect a couple of mages here, and a button on the wall next to the gate, opening it and allowing access down into the Cellars. Check the steps up on either side, leading to a lower and upper door.
- Loose Gear
Cellars
Check the damp side chamber with a couple of potions, and an exit to the lower part of the central tower’s spiral stairs, where you’ll find another foe.
- Potions
Lower Door to Laboratory and Library
Expect a couple of foes in this well-stocked laboratory, and an important key on the table along with a note and a Skill Book. There are numerous books to peruse, too.
- Alchemy Lab
- Arcane Enchanter
- Grindstone
- Fort Snowhawk Quarters Key
- Necromancer’s Letter
- Loose Gear
- Potions
- Skill Book [Block]: A Dance in Fire, v2 [A1/10]
Connecting Corridor
This leads from the Sleeping Quarters, with doors to Locations #3 and #5, to the locked door (B). There’s a few books here.
Bedroom
Unlock the chest [Apprentice] here, and rummage around this small bedroom to find a Spell Book and Key on the table.
- Fort Snowhawk Quarters Key
- Chest [Apprentice]
- Loose gear
Locked Door to Sacrificial Chamber [Expert]
Use your Lockpicking, or Fort Snowhawk Quarters Key to open this door.
Sacrificial Chamber
The remains of a skeleton lie on the coffin here, where the dead were experimented on. Check the chest and loose gear in here, along with more books to read. Then remove the door bar so you can exit onto the staircase.
- Chest
- Loose Gear
Central Tower Spiral Stairs
Enter via the nearby door, and you’ll find the wooden door to the Sacrificial Chamber barred, so journey using the route shown here. Expect a couple of foes on these stairs. Head up when you’re ready to leave, as there’s an exit at the top.
- Danger! Rune Traps
- Potion
- Loose Gear
Door to Skyrim
Door to Skyrim
Prison
Fight your way across the battlements to reach the entrance to the prison tower in the Keep’s northern courtyard. The prison is a small area with few guards. Find a chest in the nook just beyond the main entry staircase and another in one of the holding cells. A passage in the back of another cell leads to a secret exit, but beware the bear traps as you jump down.