Skyrim:Fort Greenwall

Military Fort: Fort Greenwall (view on map) (lore page)
# of Zones	4
Occupants
Bandits, Frostbite Spiders
Important Treasure
Mace Etiquette
Console Location Code(s)
FortGreenwallExterior01, FortGreenwallExterior02, FortGreenwallExterior03, FortGreenwall01, FortGreenwall02, FortGreenwall03, FortGreenwall04
Region
The Rift
Location
South-southeast of Shor's Stone Northwest of Riften

Fort Greenwall

Fort Greenwall is a fort situated south-southeast of Shor's Stone, northwest of Riften

It is, at first, occupied by hostile bandits, but will be taken over by whoever wins the civil war or can change hands during Season Unending, or it may be taken by the faction holding Riften if it is cleared of bandits.

The fort has three interior zones: Fort Greenwall, Fort Greenwall Captain's Quarters, and Fort Greenwall Prison.

During The Reunification of Skyrim or Liberation of Skyrim radiant quests, you may be sent here to reclaim the fort for either the Imperials or Stormcloaks. The latter can only happen if you give The Rift to the Imperials during Season Unending.

Related Quests

• The Battle for Fort Greenwall: Take Fort Greenwall for the Imperials. (radiant)
• The Battle for Fort Greenwall: Take Fort Greenwall for the Stormcloaks. (radiant)

Walkthrough

Both the exterior and interiors are fairly different depending whether it is held by bandits or soldiers.

When Held by Bandits Exterior The fort straddles the road from Riften to Windhelm. With barricades in front of arches that lead through the fort's courtyard. There are upto seven bandits patrolling the walls of the fort, including one at the top of the tower. Most are archers carrying dagger for melee fighting. There is a large covered well in the courtyard, that is also an entrance to Greenwall Cave. On the ground level at the southwestern end of the fort is a covered forge and a workbench with an iron war axe on top. Just northeast of the forge is a stable for a single horse. Beside this is a wooden flight of stairs up to the top of the wall. From there heading southwest brings you to the main entrance to Fort Greenwall Captain's Quarters. There is also a wooden scaffold with stairs up to on top of the quarters where a trap door with a leveled lock can be found. From there, there is a bridge that leads to the top of the tower with a single bandit. To the right of the forge area is a door opening into Fort Greenwall Prison, while to the northeast is an entrance to Fort Greenwall. There are stairs up to the top of the wall to the left this entrance. At the top, to the left is the bottom of the tower which has a bucket containing a few iron arrows and a typical spiral stone stairwell leading up. At the top there is a campfire with a pot hanging over it. To the right from the top of the stairs is a second entrance to Fort Greenwall with a wooden lookout tower above. Fort Greenwall When the bandits hold the fort the ground level entrance leads down some stairs into a room with a single bandit standing behind a pillar. There are exits to the northeast, southwest and down a flight of stairs against the northwest wall. There are five empty weapon racks on your right when entering. The center of the room has two carts, sacks, barrels and an empty chest along with the bodies of two dead khajiit all in a heap. Against the southeast wall are two sets of shelves holding two bottles of Nord mead. To the northeast is a cage containing the body of an alchemist. In the northern corner is an apprentice-locked chest. Beside the stairs against the north wall is a table holding a small coin purse and brazier on a stand with two baked potatoes cooking on top. To the southwest is an area with a single bandit either working at a grindstone or standing around complaining to themselves. next to the grindstone are a row of twelves empty weapon racks. Against the rear wall is a table holding four quivers of iron arrows, a long bow and an iron dagger. To the northwest are two practice areas one with two archery targets and a practice dummy and the other with just a practice dummy and three more empty weapon racks. The stairs against the northeast wall lead down to large kitchen and storeroom with a bandit standing beside a pillar in the middle. On the left as you enter are two stacks of food barrels with several wheels of cheese among the first and baskets of leeks and cabbages among the second stack. On the right is a rack holding two rabbits and a pheasant. Against the southwest wall is a set of shelves holding clutter, with a wall mounted cage to the left containing a bottle of frostbite venom, a bowl of troll fat, a piece of giant lichen, a piece of canis root, a bunch of jazbay grapes, a salt pile, a sprig of elves ear, a rock warbler egg and a bulb of garlic. Further to the left on this wall is a sideboard holding two bottles of Nord mead. In the eastern corner is a large fireplace with a dead Breton laying in front of it and two burnt corpses on the fire that can be looted. There are bones littering the floor and some sets of shelves around the room. To the northeast from the main room is a corridor with a small empty room to the left, a set of empty shelves opposite. A doorway to the north leads into a circular room with a single bandit standing around. In the center is a campfire with a pair of pots hanging over it. One of the pots contains a random ingredient. There are two empty sets of shelves against the southwest wall, an unowned hay pile to the northwest, and a third set of shelves holding a woodcutter's axe, an iron dagger, a drum and gourd. There is a second unowned hay pile against the east wall. To the northeast from the corridor is a flight of wide stone stairs spiraling up with a bandit patrolling up and down them. At the top against the outer wall are a row of four empty weapon racks. A doorway to the southwest leads into a room with a campfire in the middle and wooden benches against the side walls. There is a lute, drum, flute and a knapsack by the benches. To the southwest is a wooden door leading back outside. The door brings you out at the northeastern end of the fort, beneath a wooden lookout tower. Fort Greenwall Prison The entrance to the prison is on the ground level of the fort at the southwestern end of the fort near the forge. Entering leads directly into an L-shaped corridor, heading southwest and northwest, past two sets of shelves, one holding clutter, with a knapsack beside it and the other holding a selection of pieces of iron armor. There is a wooden door that opens into a small storeroom that has mostly caved-in, containing a row of six empty weapon racks on the wall and a few food barrels. To the southwest the corridor has openings on the south wall where you can see down to a room below, with a flight of stone stairs at the end leading down into the room. There are two bandits in this room patrolling up and down a further flight of stairs. At the bottom of the stairs to the northeast, there there are multiple layers of thick cobwebs that need to be hacked or burnt through. There are three frostbite spiders in the corridor at the bottom. At the northwestern end of the corridor there is a level-dependent locked door that opens into a small room containing an unlocked chest, an empty set of shelves with a set of working shackles on the floor. The corridor continues to the southeast passing the prison cells, laid out down the corridor three to each side, all part from one contain bed rolls, while the first on the left has a single bed and table chair, presumably for a higher class of prisoners. Some of the cells are blocked in more thick cobwebs and there are several egg sacs along the corridor. At the far end of the corridor is a dead bandit and a couple of desiccated corpses on the ground. The end room on the right contains another dead bandit and doesn't seem to be a cell. The room is littered with human bones and egg sacs. Passing the room leading to the cells, on the southeast wall are another row of six weapon racks. The corridor turns and climbs a flight of stairs to the northeast. At the top is a wooden door leading to Fort Greenwall Captain's Quarters. Fort Greenwall Captain's Quarters There are three entrances to the captain's quarters, a door and trapdoor from outside or through the prison. The main door is located above the covered forge area in the courtyard. It leads into a corridor to the left of the entrance from the prison, which is down a ramp to the right. It contains a bandit chief and possibly one other bandit. Around the corner to the northwest is a corridor with two sets of shelves holding a few common books and five bottles of wine and a dresser with a Shrine of Stendarr and an iron dagger on top. At the end is an area with a large fireplace, a ladder leading to a trapdoor with a leveled lock and an unowned single bed and set of shelves holding five common books and a random potion of strength. On the floor by the bed is an iron battleaxe and a woodcutter's axe. To the northeast is a small room containing an unlocked boss level chest and on the floor is a copy of the One-handed skill book Mace Etiquette. To the left of the chest is a table with a hat, two loose septims and a medium coin purse on top. To the right, against the southeast wall is a narrow table with a steel mace and five more loose septims on top.

When Held by Soldiers Exterior The fort straddles the road from Riften to Windhelm. With barricades in front of arches that lead through the fort's courtyard. There are a total of three Stormcloaks or seven Imperials patrolling the walls of the fort. Unless you have joined their side, they will warn you several times to move on and that you are trespassing before growing tired of your presence and attacking. There is a large covered well in the courtyard, that is also an entrance to Greenwall Cave. On the ground level at the southwestern end of the fort is a covered forge area with a workbench holding an iron war axe, beside it. Near the forge is a covered stable and a horse. To the left of this is a wooden flight of stairs up to the top of the wall. From there heading southwest brings you to the main entrance to Fort Greenwall Captain's Quarters. There is also a wooden scaffold with stairs up to on top of the quarters where a trap door with a leveled lock can be found. From there, there is a bridge that leads to the top of the tower. To the right of the forge area is a door opening into Fort Greenwall Prison, while to the northeast is an entrance to Fort Greenwall. There are stairs up to the top of the wall to the left this entrance. At the top, to the left is the bottom of the tower which has a bucket containing a few iron arrows and a typical spiral stairwell leading up. At the top there is a campfire with a pot hanging over it. To the right from the top of the stairs is a second entrance to Fort Greenwall with a wooden lookout tower above. Fort Greenwall When the Soldiers hold the fort, the entrance leads down some stairs into a large dining room filled with several wooden tables and benches and two sets of shelves. Between the tables and shelves there are a total four bottles of alto wine, three bottles of Nord mead, three portion of grilled leeks, a baked potato, a salt pile and several pieces of bread. On the southeast wall, at the bottom of the stairs is a row of six weapon racks holding long bows if held by Stormcloaks or Imperial bows for the Legion. There are exits to the northeast, southwest and down a flight of stairs against the northwest wall. To the southwest is an area with a single soldier working on the grindstone. The rear table holds four quivers of iron arrows and an iron dagger. To the northwest are two practice areas one with two archery targets and the other with a practice dummy. There are a total of nine weapon racks in this area holding several long bows or Imperial bows and a selection of iron weapons or Imperial swords. There are two food sacks on the floor in the middle of the room. The stairs against the northeast wall lead down to large kitchen and storeroom with two stacks of food barrels on the left as you enter with several wheels of cheese among the first and baskets of leeks and cabbages among the second. On the right is a rack holding two rabbits and a pheasant. Against the southwest wall is a set of shelves holding clutter, with a wall mounted cage to the left containing a bottle of frostbite venom, a bowl of troll fat, a piece of giant lichen, a piece of canis root, a bunch of jazbay grapes, a salt pile, a sprig of elves ear, a rock warbler egg and a bulb of garlic. To the left of the wall cage, hanging from the ceiling is a bunch of dried elves ear. Further to the left on this wall is a sideboard holding two bottles of Nord mead. There are two garlic braids and a bunch of frost mirriam hanging from the ceiling by the southeast wall and by a pillar in the center of the room. In the eastern corner is a large fireplace with two pots hanging in front holding two baked potatoes. By the pillar the sideboard holds two salmon steaks, two seared slaughterfish steaks, several pieces of bread and a copy of Uncommon Taste. To the northeast from the main room is a corridor with a small empty room to the left, a set of shelves holds a selection of Stormcloak helmets, fur boots and gauntlets or Imperial armor opposite. The doorway to the north leads into a room which has partially caved-in and is a dormitory with eight Soldiers sleeping in unowned single beds. There are two sets of shelves against the southwest wall that hold pieces of the relevant armor. A third set of shelves hold a woodcutter's axe, an iron dagger, a drum and gourd. There is also a wooden table and chairs, a knapsack and two chests, one of which has a leveled lock and is partially buried under rubble, the other is unlocked. On the table is a flute, a bulb of garlic and a piece of charcoal. Several of the bed are buried under masonry or straw, but all can be used to sleep in. To the northeast from the corridor is a flight of wide stone stairs spiraling up. At the top on the outer wall the row of four more weapon racks holding a selection of weapons and the doorway leads into a room set out as a lecture room, with a lectern facing several rows of wooden benches. On the lectern is a bunch of lavender, an iron dagger and two common books. Among the benches are two knapsacks, a Stormcloak helmet and an iron battleaxe or an Imperial helmet and shield. The door brings you out at the northeastern end of the fort, beneath a wooden lookout tower. Fort Greenwall Prison The entrance to the prison is on the ground level of the fort at the southwestern end of the fort near the forge. Entering leads directly into an L-shaped corridor with one corridor heading southwest and the other heading northwest, past two sets of shelves, one holding clutter, with a knapsack beside it and the other holding a selection of pieces of iron armor. There is a wooden door that opens into a small storeroom that has mostly caved-in, containing a row of six empty weapon racks on the wall and a few food barrels. To the southwest the corridor has openings on the south wall where you can see down to a room below, with a flight of stone stairs at the end leading down into the room. There is a soldier sat at a table in this room. On the table is a baked potato and behind it on a stone shelf on the northwest wall, beneath the openings are four common books, a small coin purse and a troll skull. To the left beneath the openings is a set of shelves holding ragged clothes and footwraps for the prisoners. At the bottom of the stairs there may be another soldier and on the left is an adept-locked door on your left leading into a small room containing an unlocked chest with a set of working shackles on the floor and an empty set of shelves. The corridor continues to the southeast passing the prison cells, laid out down the corridor three to each side, all part from one contain bed rolls, while the first on the left has a single bed and table chair, presumably for a higher class of prisoner. The end cell on the right seems to be a torture chamber instead of a cell, as there is no cell door, just a chair in the center of the room which is soaked in blood along with the floor. On the chair are a couple of leather strips and an iron dagger. The room is littered with human bones and has a headman's block with a woodcutter's axe beside next to the wall. Passing the room leading to the cells, on the southeast wall are another row of six empty weapon racks. The corridor turns and climbs a flight of stairs to the northeast. At the top is a wooden door leading to Fort Greenwall Captain's Quarters. Fort Greenwall Captain's Quarters There are three entrances to the captain's quarters, a door and trapdoor from outside or through the prison. The main door is located above the covered forge area in the courtyard. It leads into a corridor to the left of the entrance from the prison, which is down a ramp to the right. Around the corner to the northwest is a corridor with two sets of shelves and a dresser holding a total of six bottles of wine, an iron dagger, four common books and several items of clutter. The walls are decorated with the relevant banners. At the end is an area with a large fireplace, a ladder leading to a trapdoor with a leveled lock and a table holding a tactical map of Skyrim showing any progress of the civil war, a charred skeever hide, a bottle of wine and several common books. By the fire is an iron battleaxe and a woodcutter's axe, both on the floor. The commander will either be sat at this table studying the map or sleeping in a room to the northeast. The bedroom contains a large double bed with an end table to the left holding a small coin purse and two loose septims. A set of shelves holding a set of fine clothes and a pair of fine boots, a couple of pairs of random gauntlets, two common books and a copy of the One-handed skill book Mace Etiquette is to the left of the bed, with a dresser holding five more loose septims and containing a selection of clothes is to the right. Behind the door is an unlocked boss-level chest.

Greenwall Cave

Greenwall Cave, which is not connected to any of the fort's interior zones, is accessible from the fort's exterior area. There is one entrance inside the fort's walls (the covered well), and one outside. The cave is a good source of glowing mushrooms. The entrance via the well is down a ladder.

Underwater, there is a dead soldier, a letter which explains who he was, two bottles of alto wine, four bottles of wine, six bottles of Nord mead, and an unlocked chest. To the northeast is an expert-locked gate that leads along a short path to a second partially flooded area with a tunnel to the second entrance, which is northeast of the fort.

Notes

• To the east of Greenwall Cave's main entrance (the one exterior to the fort), there is a caged wolf. When freed, two Trappers will proceed to attack you, with the wolf siding with you against them. If the wolf manages to survive the fight, it will be friendly and stay around in the cage area.
• During the related quest there will be many more soldiers.

Bugs

• On the left edge of the fireplace as if it is under the fireplace is the tip and bottom of the handle of a second iron battleaxe, but you are unable to interact with it. ^?
• Not if this is a bug or intentional. If you clear it of bandits prior to starting the civil war questline, then when the fort respawns, the interior items and room content will change to that as if occupied by Stormcloaks, but there are no soldiers inside or outside the fort. Only a single horse will appear near the stable. ^?