Broken Oar Grotto
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Hold	Haafingar
Type	Cave
Sublocations	None
Quests	Lights Out!
Characters	Jaree-Ra Captain Hargar
Enemies	Blackblood Marauders

Broken Oar Grotto is a cave located in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

It is the residence of the Blackblood Marauders, a group of bandits led by Jaree-Ra and his sister Deeja. After they rob the icerunner with the help of the Dovahkiin in the quest Lights Out!, they will take the loot and hide it here. Broken Oar Grotto is also the northernmost marked point in Skyrim, surpassing even Septimus Signus's Outpost in the Icefields north of the College of Winterhold. It is located in Haafingar and is along the northern coastline. The grotto is almost striaght north of Solitude.

Quests

• Lights Out!: The Dragonborn must defeat Jaree-Ra, leader of the Blackblood Marauders in the Broken Oar Grotto as the last objective in this quest.
• Miscellaneous: Kill the Bandit Leader located at Broken Oar Grotto.
• Miscellaneous: Find the Moon Amulet inside Broken Oar Grotto.

Enemies

• Blackblood Marauder
• Bandit
• Jaree-Ra
• Captain Hargar

Trivia

• There are several chests under the water. Upon first entering the Grotto, eavesdropping on the conversation between the Blackblood Marauders (switching on subtitles can help) gives the player an indication of where much of the loot is hidden.
• There is a full Forge including a Smelter, and a Wood Chopping Block in the Grotto.
• The Smithing Skill Book Cherim's Heart is located on the Workbench.
• Iron Ore (3), Corundum Ore (1) and Silver Ore Vein (1) can be found in the Grotto.
• In the front of the large half sunken boat, under the Forge and Workbench, is a chest which may contain the Moon Amulet for the follower Kharjo. The amulet and chest is not there on Xbox 360 under either boat.
• There are many Bear Pelts lying around, as well as many bottles of wine.
• There is a section of the cave in which there are floorboards with a hole in them. Inside this hole is a bucket. This bucket may be used as a toilet by the inhabitants of the cave.
• By dropping the bodies of the dead into the water here and looking at them from the walkways above, they will look like ghostly apparitions when they float back to the surface. If you take all or most of the bodies and drop them from the walkway near the Wood Chopping Block, they will surface near the middle of the open water area near the dock, giving the look of an eerie ghostly graveyard.
• A loot chest can be found on the top floor of the construction build at the end of the cave.
• With the Dawnguard DLC, the grotto is surpassed as the northernmost point by Castle Volikhar, which surpasses even The Chill for how far north it is.

Bugs

•  PS3   PC  Reanimated, thralls and followers may not exit with the player at this location. If possible, leave your enthralled beings out, at least until it's fixed or a way to bring your thrall out is found. Confirmed for XBOX as well as of Dawnguard.
  •  PC  ​Fix: Barbas, reanimated or thralls, or other followers may get stuck in some cells (locations) and may not go outside with the player. To fix that go back inside and find the follower/thrall in question, open the console and target the individual who is stuck (you should see a number RefID). Do not click on anything else and close the console. Next, go outside and open the console again to issue the command: moveto player. Now close the console. Your thrall or follower should be standing next to you outside the grotto.
  • Xbox Fix: For followers, exit the cave without dismissing or asking the follower to wait, then fast travel to Septimus Signus outpost. Wait there 24 hours. Fast travel back to Broken Oar Grotto. The follower will now be standing outside the cave.
•  360  Chest in hideout is not there (see gallery photo)
•  360   PS3   While swimming through the water, there are small patches that have a seeming undertow effect. You will immediately be dragged from the surface to the bottom and be unable to resurface until you swim away from that spot.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (First appearance)

Gallery

The entrance to Broken Oar Grotto

Jaree-Ra in his hideout

Broken Oar Grotto Forge

Broken Oar Grotto Lumber Block

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