[8.22] Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary

[8.22] Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary

Related Quests

• Dark Brotherhood Quest: With Friends Like These...
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Sanctuary
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Mourning Never Comes
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Whispers in the Dark
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: The Silence Has Been Broken
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Bound Until Death
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Breaching Security
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: The Cure for Madness
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Recipe for Disaster
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: To Kill an Empire
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Death Incarnate
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Hail Sithis!
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Honor Thy Family
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: The Feeble Fortune*
• Dark Brotherhood Quest: Side Contracts (All)
• Thieves Guild Radiant Quest: No Stone Unturned

Recommended Level: 8

Habitation: Special

• Astrid
• Arnbjorn
• Babette (Alchemy Trader/Trainer: Alchemy)
• Cicero
• Festus Krex
• Gabriella
• Lis (Frostbite Spider)
• Nazir (Trainer: Light Armor)
• The Night Mother
• Veezara

Services

• Trader (Apothecary): Babette [10/12]
• Potions, Ingredients, Misc
• Trainer (Alchemy: Master): Babette [3/3]
• Trainer (Light Armor: Master): Nazir [2/3]
• Unique Weapon: Blade of Woe [57/80]
• Unusual Gem: Stone of Barenziah [21/24]

Crafting

• Alchemy Lab
• Anvil
• Arcane Enchanter
• Grindstone
• Workbench

Collectibles

• Skill Book [Alteration]: Sithis [D2/10]
• Skill Book [Sneak]: Sacred Witness [C2/10]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Armor [69/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Boots [70/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Cowl [71/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Gloves [72/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Cowl Maskless [73/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Hand Wraps [74/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Hood [75/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Robes [76/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Shoes [77/112]
• Unique Item: Nightweaver’s Band [78/112]
• Unusual Gem: Stone of Barenziah [21/24]

Special Objects

• Word Wall: Marked for Death [2/3]
• Area Is Locked (quest required)
• Chest(s)
• Potions
• Loose gear

Follow the road west out of Falkreath until you spy a dirt trail running downhill to your right. The trail leads down to the foreboding “Black Door”—the ominous entrance to the Dark Brotherhood’s hidden haven. You’re denied entry to this clandestine lair until you manage to impress the Dark Brotherhood; do this by completing their first quest, “Innocence Lost.” Wait until you receive a message from the Dark Brotherhood. Then, the next time you sleep, you’ll automatically begin their second quest, “With Friends Like These...” That’s your chance to get in good with the Brotherhood!

Exit to Skyrim

Astrid’s Foyer and Bedroom

Claim a Skill Book from the pedestal shelf in the foyer, then find an Unusual Gem in Astrid’s bedchamber to the west. This is a part of Thieves Guild Radiant Quest: No Stone Unturned.

• Skill Book [Alteration]: Sithis [D2/10]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Cowl Maskless [73/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Hand Wraps [74/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Hood [75/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Robes [76/112]
• Unique Item: Shrouded Shoes [77/112]
• Unusual Gem: Stone of Barenziah [21/24]
• Loose gear

Main Chamber

Meet the Family for the first time in this wide cavern, then approach the nearby Word Wall to gain a new Word of Power.

• Crafting: Anvil, Grindstone, Workbench
• Word Wall: Marked for Death [2/3]
• Loose gear

Laboratory

Find a few ingredients in this side chamber, along with the Alchemy and Enchanting stations. Gabriella’s pet Frostbite Spider, Lis, resides in the small cavern down below—leave it be, for it won’t harm you. Search the remains of a poor soul named Gaston Bellefort near the watery pool to find a note that indicates how he came to meet his end.

• Crafting: Alchemy Lab, Arcane Enchanter
• Apothecary’s Satchel
• Loose gear

Dining Hall and Sleeping Quarters

Other than food, there’s little of interest in the dining area, but a chests awaits looting upstairs.

• Chest (Locked: Novice)
• Loose gear

Babette’s Room

Swipe a valuable Skill Book from Babette’s small bedchamber.

• Skill Book [Sneak]: Sacred Witness [C2/10]

Storage Room/Cicero’s Room

Initially just an unused junk room, this chamber is cleaned up (slightly) when Cicero arrives in the Sanctuary.

• Loose gear

Night Mother’s Chamber

A unique stained glass window dominates this room, which features secure iron doors. When Cicero and the Night Mother arrive, her coffin is given the place of honor in this chamber. Pillage a knapsack on a shelf here.

Astrid’s Safe Room

A wardrobe in Astrid’s bedroom conceals the entrance to this long-forgotten room. This chamber is only accessible during Dark Brotherhood Quest: Death Incarnate; consult that quest for further details.