- For other uses, see Elder Scroll.
The Elder Scroll (Dragon) is a quest item located in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, where it is central to the main quest. It is later required in The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard as part of its main quest.
Craftsmanship
The scroll itself is housed within a gold cylindrical casing, believed to be Aedric in origin.[1] The decorative casing is adorned with precious gems and intricate runic carvings.
Interactions
Skyrim
Elder Knowledge
Paarthurnax sends the Dragonborn to obtain the scroll. It is eventually found in the Tower of Mzark in the ancient Dwarven mine of Blackreach.
Alduin's Bane
Once the Elder Scroll has been obtained, it needs to be read at the time wound atop the Throat of the World in order to learn Dragonrend. When activated, the Dragonborn will open the scroll and a blinding light will engulf their vision.
Upon completion of "Alduin's Bane", it can be sold to Urag gro-Shub at the College of Winterhold for 2,000
.
Dawnguard
Scroll Scouting
If the scroll was sold to Urag gro-Shub, the Dragonborn must buy the scroll back for 4,000 , if persuaded, it can be bought for 3,000 , or the player is Arch-Mage it can be bought for 2,000 .
Unseen Visions
The Dragonborn is required to read the Elder Scroll at Ancestor Glade in order to locate Auriel's Bow.
After The Quests
If the scroll is read out of the player's Inventory, the player will be temporarily blinded (the screen will go black) for approximately 3 minutes, in-game time, or 10 seconds in real time. The player's vision will slowly come back shortly after reading the scroll.
Gallery
Notes
- If read at the Time-Wound before speaking to Paarthurnax for the first time, the Dragonborn will simply be blinded, and nothing will happen, however it can be read before you tell Paarthurnax that you have it, and you will proceed to go back in time and learn Dragonrend.
Bugs
- PC 360 PS3 Trying to read the Elder Scroll while in a chest menu won't have any effect until the chest menu is exited - however when the scroll is opened normally, the screen may go black. The more times you open it in the chest menu, the greater the effect will be upon exiting.
- If Dawnguard is completed, a bug can be used to obtain an infinite number of the "Dragon" Elder Scroll, if the Scroll was sold to Urag gro-Shub before installing Dawnguard. Simply uninstall then re-install Dawnguard. The "Dragon" Scroll will be in the Dragonborn's inventory, but can be bought back from Urag during the Scroll Scouting quest, which will cause the Dragonborn to have two identical "Dragon" Scrolls. This can be repeated as many times as wished.
- If the Elder Scroll was sold to Urag gro-Shub prior to installing Dawnguard, requiring the player to buy it back from him during the quest Scroll Scouting, it will be stuck in the player's inventory as a permanent quest item following the completion of the Dawnguard storyline. Dexion Evicus will buy back the Blood and Sun Elder Scrolls, but not the Dragon Elder Scroll, as it is needed for the main storyline. It also cannot be re-sold to Urag gro-Shub.