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Irkngthand

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Hold	The Pale
Location	West of Windhelm
Sublocations	Irkngthand Arcanex
Quests	Blindsighted
Characters	Mercer Frey
Enemies	Bandits, Falmer, Dwarven Centurion, Dwarven Sphere and Dwarven Spiders

Irkngthand is an ancient Dwemer ruin located in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is located west of Windhelm and south of Yorgrim Overlook. It is the location of the Thieves Guild quest Blindsighted. The Dragonborn cannot gain entry to the ruin before starting this quest. (See Dungeon Lock Outs) Approaching North East from Shearpoint allows entrance by descending from the mountains and if approached right can lead the Dragonborn immediately to the Bandit Chief.

In the courtyard of the ruin there are five bandits and a chest. All but one of the entrances to the interior of the ruin have collapsed.

Irkngthand contains giant mushrooms that are non-interactive objects. Many of Skyrim's mushrooms & fungi can be found growing abundantly in the area.

Irkngthand also harbours the only known statue of a Snow Elf, before years of torturous treatment by the Dwarves caused them to mutate into the vengeful Falmer.

Notable ItemsEdit

Quest Item: The Eyes of the Falmer
Quest Item: Skeleton Key
Master chest (variable loot): Hidden on the far right side, just after the firepit, in the entrance of the dwarven dungeon.

Alchemy IngredientsEdit

Irkngthand is home to an abundance of Alchemy Ingredients. Example: Falmer Ears, Chaurus Eggs, Imp Stool, Blisterwort, Bleeding Crown, White Cap, Skeever Tails, Namira's Rot, Glowing Mushroom, Fly Amanita, Spider Eggs, Dwarven Oil, sometimes Human Flesh and Human Heart, etc.

Curiously, there are large patches of assorted fungi growing inside areas enclosed by Falmer fences, suggesting they farm them.

EnemiesEdit

QuestsEdit

Blindsighted

BugsEdit

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Cannot return to the Sanctuary through Irkngthand after the first time Returning to the entrance of the Sanctuary, the player will be trapped due to a cliff It is possible to jump ontop of the huts using the stone like claws next to them as propellers and using Whirlwind Sprint if atleast in it's second shout form. Occasionally Karliah will fail to follow the Dragonborn out of the hole in the ceiling and the player will not be able to complete the quest. 360 Passing through the ruin can cause significant amounts of frame-rate lag and, in the worst cases, system instability. No known solution other than simply putting up with it PC 360 PS3 Delvin Mallory refuses to accept the Left Eye of the Falmer (a Larceny Target), whether carried by itself or along with the Right Eye of the Falmer. PC Using the console enter: `SetStage TGlarceny 80` to activate the quest to return the Left Eye to Delvin, then add the Eye to the inventory with the console (`player.additem 1994f 1`). Then return to Delvin Mallory to turn in the quest BEFORE killing Mercer. If Mercer is killed before turning the quest in, the quest may disappear from the journal as soon as his body is looted. 360 One can escape Irkngthand without taking the Eye, take the rest of your items back to Delvin, sell them, and go back to get the Eye off of Mercer's body. In the Slave Pens, there are numerous Falmer huts that are very difficult to get into but impossible to get out of due to the collision box of player characters without the use of console commands. ( PC ) PS3 If The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn is installed, a potion of waterwalking or an item with a waterwalking enchantment is used when the Sanctuary is being flooded, the player will go through the roof. The way to fix it is to go through the right side of the exit tunnel.

AppearancesEdit

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (First appearance)

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