Skyrim:Windward Ruins

Ruins: Windward Ruins (view on map)
Occupants
Skeevers
Console Location Code(s)
WindwardRuinsExterior
Region
The Pale
Location
Southwest of Dawnstar

Overview of the ruins

Windward Ruins is an open-domed Nordic ruin southwest of Dawnstar, inhabited by skeevers.

It is one of the three ruins visited for the Destruction Ritual Spell quest.

Related Quests

• Destruction Ritual Spell: Learn the most powerful Destruction spells Skyrim has to offer.
• Kyne's Sacred Trials: Participate in Kyne's Sacred Trials by hunting the guardian beasts of Skyrim.

Walkthrough

Windward Ruins

There is a central circular area surrounded by an enclosed outer passage. It is guarded by two skeevers and an adept locked chest behind a tilted pillar by the outer wall of the passage. During Kyne's Sacred Trials quest you will find a larger-than-life, ghostly skeever within the ruin. In the central area is a plinth which you need to activate to place the book; Power of the Elements received from Faralda. Then cast a flame spell at it, in order to advance the quest and receive the next clue to the second location. There is a snowberry bush in the central area.

Notes

• Three leveled bandits have set up a camp 580 feet to the northwest, below a rock ledge. The only items of note in their camp are an unlocked treasure chest and a copy of the Destruction skill book A Hypothetical Treachery.