[3.01] High Gate Ruins

[3.01] High Gate Ruins

Related Quests

• Side Quest: Masks of the Dragon Priests*
• Dungeon Quest: A Scroll for Anska

Recommended Level: 24

Dungeon: Dragon Priest Lair

• Anska
• Draugr
• Vokun

Dangers

• Dart Trap (pressure plates)
• Spear Trap (pressure plate)
• Swinging Spikes (pressure plates)

Quest Items

• Sealed Scroll

Collectibles

• Dragon Priest Mask: Vokun [5/10]
• Skill Book [Destruction]: A Hypothetical Treachery [A1/10]

Special Objects

• Word Wall: Storm Call [1/3]
• Chest(s)
• Potions aplenty
• Loose gear

High Gate ruins is an old Draugr ruin inhabited by the Dragon Priest Vokun, wearer of the Iron Mask. The plucky adventurer and powerful Fire Mage Anska has already begun making her way toward Vokun’s treasure, where she believes she will find a scroll tying her family’s history to Ysgramor’s.

Exit to Skyrim

Door to Vokun’s Throne Room

Anska Encounter

Loot a few Draugr corpses on your way into this small chamber, where you encounter a woman named Anska. Speak with her to begin a new Side Quest that takes place in these ruins. Anska then assists you in clearing this dreary place.

Sacrificial Chamber

Slay a few Draugr in this large chamber, then raid the far chest and surrounding urns. Head upstairs and claim a number of potions from the balcony, along with a Skill Book that lies next to a skeleton in a dark corner. Don’t miss looting another chest at the balcony’s far end.

• Skill Book [Destruction]: A Hypothetical Treachery [A1/10]
• Chest (2)
• Potions aplentyv

Potion Room

Slay a group of Draugr on the way to this next chamber, which holds several more potions.

• Potions aplenty
• Loose gear

Stairwell Chamber

Sidestep a pressure plate trap in the passage that leads to this chamber. Look at the ceiling to find the pattern in which you must pull this chamber’s four levers to open the central stairwell and descend to the catacombs below.

• Danger! Swinging Spikes (pressure plate)
• Potions

Door to High Gate Ruins Catacombs

Door to High Gate Ruins

Draugr Tunnels

Leap over a pressure plate that lies directly in a doorway in these passages—you’ll be punctured by arrows if you touch it. Open the chest along the northernmost stretch without getting too close; you’ll be impaled by spears if you touch the pressure plate on the ground near the chest.

• Danger! Dart Trap (pressure plate), Spear Trap (pressure plate)
• Chest
• Potions
• Loose gear

Treasure Room

After slaying this cavern’s resident undead, open an Adept-level door to access a tiny closet with a chest. Removing the Soul Gem from the central pedestal causes two additional Draugr to emerge from the coffins behind you.

• Chest
• Loose gear

Trapped Passage

Avoid a myriad of pressure plates in this wide corridor—each one triggers a lethal trap.

• Danger! Dart Trap (pressure plates), Spear Trap (pressure plates)
• Potions

Lever Chamber

Slay a lone Draugr here, then pull the lever in the nearby alcove to open aonther small nook, freeing a powerful Draugr that quickly attacks. Pull the lever in the other nook to open the way to the throne room. The central lever can be ignored.

• Potions aplenty
• Loose gear

Door to Vokun’s Throne Room

Vokun’s Throne Room

The doors swing open as you enter this wide chamber, and a demonic apparition rises from the central sarcophagus. It’s Vokun. Slay the deadly Dragon Priest and collect his powerful mask, then head to the back room to locate a Word Wall. Open two chests along the upstairs balcony and loot a number of urns before claiming the scroll that Anska seeks from the central table. Take the upstairs passage back to the ruin’s entrance and return the scroll to Anska, who now awaits you just outside.

• Dragon Priest Mask: Vokun [5/10]
• Word Wall: Storm Call [1/3]
• Sealed Scroll
• Chests (2)