Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Guide The Atlas Hold 5: The Reach
[5.17] Karthwasten
[5.17] Karthwasten
Related Quests
Temple Quest: The Heart of Dibella
Miscellaneous Objective: Sauranach’s Mine!: Helping Atar* (Atar or Ainethach)
Miscellaneous Objective: Sauranach’s Mine!: Helping Ainethach* (Atar or Ainethach)
Habitation: Town
Ainethach (Marriage Prospect)
Atar
Belchimac
Enmon
Lash gra-Dushnikh
Mena
Ragnar
Crafting
Grindstone
Smelters (2)
Services
Marriage Prospect: Ainethach [21/62]
Collectibles
Chest(s)
Potions
Loose gear
Mineable ore (Silver)
This bustling mining community lies in the Reach’s north-central region. You visit this village during “The Heart of Dibella” in search of an important child.
Exterior
When you first arrive at Karthwasten, you witness a verbal dispute between some Silver-Blood soldiers and a man named Ainethach, who owns the nearby Sanuarach mine. Speak to either person afterward to gain a Side Quest that involves the settling of their dispute.
- Crafting: Grindstone, Smelter (2)
Karthwasten Hall
This small area sports a chest and some loose coin, making it worth breaking into.
- Area Is Locked (Novice)
- Chest
Enmon’s House
Pillage this humble abode for several potions and a chest.
Area Is Locked (Novice)
- Chest
- Potions
- Loose gear
Miner’s Barracks
Break into the barracks to raid a few chests.
- Area Is Locked (Novice)
- Chests (2)
- Loose gear
Fenn’s Gulch Mine
This small silver mine has been largely mined out, but there’s a bit of ore to be found in the northern nook.
- Loose gear
- Mineable ore (silver)
Sanuarach Mine
Silver-Blood soldiers guard this newer mine, and they won’t let anyone harvest its precious silver until the situation between Atar and Ainethach here at Karthwasten has been resolved.
- Loose gear
- Mineable ore (Silver)