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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Guide The Atlas Hold 5: The Reach

[5.18] Broken Tower Redoubt

[5.18] Broken Tower Redoubt

Related Quests

Temple Quest: The Heart of Dibella

Recommended Level: 14

Dungeon: Forsworn Redoubt

Forsworn

Crafting

Grindstone

Dangers

Rockfall Trap (tripwire)

Rune Trap (floor)

Swinging Wall Trap (pressure plate)

Collectibles

Skill Book [Block]: The Mirror [D1/10]

Skill Book [Conjuration]: Liminal Bridges

Special Objects

Shrine of Dibella [4/8]

Chest(s)

Potions aplenty

Loose gear

This battered fortress stands in a valley between the Reach’s rocky eastern hills. While Temple Quest: The Heart of Dibella is active, a band of Forsworn will be guarding an important child here, whom you must free.

Great Hall

Unlock the first chamber’s Adept-level northwest door to access a stockroom with a chest. Proceed through the upstairs door and sidestep a pressure plate trap in the corridor on your way to the next room.

  • Danger! Swinging Wall Trap (pressure plate)
  • Chest
  • Potions

Tower A

Unlock the chest within this circular chamber and swipe several potions off shelves. Claim a Skill Book from a table in the sleeping area before opening the east door and navigating a long passage to another tower.

  • Skill Book [Block]: The Mirror [D1/10]
  • Chest (Locked: Novice)
  • Potions

Tower B

Slay more Forsworn in the second tower, and beware of a tripwire that’s stretched across the stairs as you make your ascent. Loot a chest on the second level and then continue upstairs. Exit through the door at the top to access the fort’s upper ramparts.

  • Chest
  • Potions

Exterior Ramparts

Exit the keep via any of its northern doors to visit the Exterior ramparts, where more Forsworn await. Access the highest ramparts by exiting through the upstairs door in Tower B, then cut across and enter the top of Tower A.

  • Crafting: Grindstone
  • Potion
  • Loose gear

Tower A (Top Level)

Beware: a powerful Forsworn mage lurks at the top of this tower, and the center of the room features a dangerous rune trap. Keep away from the room’s center as you battle the mage. The key you find on his corpse opens the nearby holding cell, where the child you seek as part of “The Heart of Dibella” quest is imprisoned. Claim the Skill Book on the nearby table and touch the shrine near the altar to banish any diseases you might have.

  • Danger! Rune Trap (floor)
  • Skill Book [Conjuration]: Liminal Bridges
  • Shrine of Dibella [4/8]
  • Broken Tower Prison Key (Forsworn mage)
  • Chest
  • Potions aplenty