[5.24] Blind Cliff Cave

[5.24] Blind Cliff Cave

Related Quests

Dungeon Quest: Melka and Petra*

Recommended Level: 14

Dungeon: Hagraven Nest

Forsworn

Melka

Crafting

Alchemy Lab

Dangers

Oil Lamp Traps

Oil Pool Traps

Puzzles

Handle Puzzle

Collectibles

Skill Book [Illusion]: Mystery of Talara, Part 4

Skill Book [Light Armor]: The Refugees [E2/10]

Unique Weapon: Eye of Melka [33/80]

Chest(s)

Potions

Loose gear

This small cave is located in the heart of the Reach, not far from the main road, and passing through it allows you to reach a pair of secluded, crumbling towers. The twisted Forsworn are using this area as a hideout.

Blind Cliff Cave (Interior)

Bring down a hanging lamp to ignite the oil in the cave’s first passage and sear a lone Forsworn guard. Slay more Forsworn in the wide cavern that follows as you work your way up to a collapsed tower. Smiths should be on the lookout for ore veins throughout. Before entering the tower, check around behind it to locate a hidden chest, along with a Skill Book. Exit the cave via the tower’s top door to return outside, near a pair of twin Exterior towers.

• Skill Book [Light Armor]: The Refugees [E2/10]
• Danger! Oil Lamp Traps, Oil Pool Trap
• Chest

Blind Cliff Towers

Head to the top of the first Exterior tower, slaying a few more Forsworn and looting a chest along the way. Cross the elevated walkway to reach the neighboring tower, looting a chest as you enter. Proceed into the bastion.

• Chests (2)
• Potion

Blind Cliff Bastion

You encounter a caged Hagraven named Melka in the bastion’s entry passage. Speak to Melka to gain a new Side Quest, then pull the nearby chain to free Melka, who will guide you from this point forward. Melka can hold her own in most fights, but she is not invincible. Just ahead, turn the middle of three handles to safely raise a portcullis. Just beyond, allow Melka to expose a hidden lever, then pull it to deactivate the swinging blades in the next corridor. Just before Melka’s alchemy parlor, you may spy a handle on the wall beyond the swinging blades and turn it to reveal a secret passage that leads to several urns and a chest. Backtrack out and proceed to the final cavern, where two Forsworn and a Hagraven named Petra await. Slay Petra to complete Melka’s quest, and search Petra’s remains to discover a Skill Book. Be sure to talk to Melka (or scavenge her corpse!) to claim your reward—a unique staff, the Eye of Melka.

• Crafting: Alchemy Lab
• Skill Book [Illusion]: Mystery of Talara, Part 4
• Unique Weapon: Eye of Melka [33/80]
• Chests (2)
• Potions
• Loose gear