Destruction Ritual Spell
Quest Giver	Faralda
Location	The College of Winterhold Windward Ruins
Prerequisite	Destruction level 100
Reward	Master-level Destruction spells
Faction	The College of Winterhold
Type	Master-level training
QuestID	MGRitual01

Destruction Ritual Spell is a quest activated after achieving level 100 in Destruction and talking to Faralda in the College of Winterhold.

BackgroundEdit

When asked if there was anything else to be learned about Destruction magic, Faralda gives the Dragonborn a book titled "Power of the Elements" with a single page of vague directions to ruins in the northern area of Skyrim.

WalkthroughEdit

Windward RuinsEdit

Travel to Windward Ruins, south-west of Dawnstar. In the ruins is a pedestal that, when activated, places the book onto itself. Casting a Fire spell at the pedestal ("at this stand wield mage's craft so fierce the sea will boil") will trigger another page of text to appear. This time giving slightly less vague directions to ruins in the south of Skyrim near the Throat of the World .

North Skybound WatchEdit

Go to North Skybound Watch, on the south-western edge of the Throat of the World, south-east of Riverwood. If not already discovered, start at Helgen and head east. North Skybound Watch is located north of the road running between Helgen and Ivarstead. On the way from Helgen, there is a path on the left side of the road before the Falkreath Stormcloak Camp. Continue on this path, as North Skybound Watch is just beyond Orphan Rock. After placing the book, cast an ice spell at the pedestal, which reads, "here unleash a chilling cry and gild this stand with frost". Before picking the book back up. The next page directs the player to a location Karthspire:

Four Skull LookoutEdit

Travel to Four Skull Lookout, east of The Lover Stone, just south of Karthwasten, north of Sky Haven Temple, just north Red Eagle Redoubt (if you haven't discovered it yet). Place the book and cast a shock spell at the pedestal ("sky's wrath on this stand bring forth to shake the snowcaps down").

Finally, take the book back and read it. This awards the Destruction spell Fire Storm and more text in the book, this time a grim-sounding message from Shalidor.

RewardsEdit

• Reading the completed book grants the Fire Storm spell.
• The Blizzard and Lightning Storm Spell Tomes are now available for purchase from Faralda in the College of Winterhold valued at 3330 and 3454 septims each.

BugsEdit

•  360  Four Skulls Lookout pedestal may not activate, thus preventing the quest from being completed.
  • Reloading a previous quick save will fix this.
  • This may not be a bug, as it appears that the solution is to activate the pedestals in the order that they appear in the book (Fire, Frost, Storm) in order to complete the quest correctly.