Skyrim:Snow Veil Sanctum

Nordic Ruin: Snow Veil Sanctum (view on map)
# of Zones	2
Clearable	No
Dungeon	Yes
Respawn Time	Never (storage is safe)
Level	Min: 6
Occupants
Draugr
Console Location Code(s)
SnowVeilSanctumOrigin, SnowVeilSanctumExterior, SnowVeilSanctumExterior02, SnowVeilSanctum01, SnowVeilSanctum02
Region
Winterhold
Location
North-northeast of Windhelm South of Bleakcoast Cave
Special Features
Word Wall	Disarm

Just outside of the entrance, with the College of Winterhold in the background

Snow Veil Sanctum is a medium-sized Nordic ruin north-northeast of Windhelm containing draugr.

It's the hideout of Karliah, the supposed murderer and betrayer of the Thieves Guild. It's loaded with traps set by Karliah for Mercer Frey. It's also rigged with bone chimes to wake the draugr. It holds a word wall yielding part of the Disarm shout. It is full of leveled draugr, along with at least one undead boss at the word wall.

The Model Ship

Related Quests

• Dungeon Delving: Do a favor for Jarl Korir by retrieving the Helm of Winterhold. (radiant)
• The Litany of Larceny: Find items for Delvin Mallory throughout the questline.
• Speaking With Silence: Track down the Dunmer behind the Guild's misfortunes.

Notes

• There is an alternative entrance to the northwest that is inaccessible until completely running through the ruin.
• The entrance is locked and is inaccessible prior to Speaking With Silence.
• Even after finishing the quest, followers will not join you inside- so you have nobody to unload items on.
• The Model Ship, an item for the quest The Litany of Larceny, is located on a pedestal in the middle of a room in the southeastern section of the Catacombs section. It is in an alcove with an explosive fire trap and may be difficult to find if the explosion is set off since it may end up being blown behind the shelves in the room.
• Two iron ore veins can be found in the canyon to the north.

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