Ruunvald Excavation
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Type	Cave, Temple
Sublocations	Ruunvald Temple
Quests	Bolstering the Ranks
Characters	Volk, Minorne, Moric Sidrey, Florentius Baenius
Enemies	Charmed Vigilants, Husky

Ruunvald Excavation is a location found in The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard.

It is located southeast of Tolvald's Cave and directly east of Shor's Watchtower.

Contents 1 Quests 2 Interior 2.1 Ruunvald Temple 3 Notable Loot 4 Notable Loot (Ruunvald Temple) 5 Bugs 6 Appearances

QuestsEdit

The cave is accessed during the quest Bolstering the Ranks, in which the Dragonborn finds several Charmed Vigilants, the vigilants who went missing. Inside the temple, Florentius Baenius can be found. He has been captured and held in a cage. He can be freed by taking the Ruunvald key off Minorne's corpse.

InteriorEdit

Ruunvald TempleEdit

Notable LootEdit

• Malachite Ore Vein - as soon as you enter, at the bottom of the entrance. Another one after you enter the first tunnel, it forks, the ore vein is to your right.
• 3 Malachite Ore - in a cart halfway through the tunnel after the entryway.
• All the Charmed Vigilant here wear Novice Robes and hoods, which you can sell for a decent amount of gold. They also carry Amulet of Stendarr, Crossbows, and Steel Bolts.
• Torches
• Malachite Ore Vein - in the second chamber, at the bottom, in a well lit area. There is also a chunk of malachite ore in a bin to the right of the vein.
• Discovering Ruunvald, Vol I - just to the right of the tunnel leading out of the first chamber, on a wooden crate.
• Discovering Ruunvald, Vol II - in the second chamber, next to a wooden lean-to, on top of some wooden crates.
• Discovering Ruunvald, Vol III - in the largest chamber, as soon as you descend the wooden walkway it will be to your left, on a platform with some large yellow urns, on a desk.
• Volk's Journal - just outside the entrance, in a tent.
• Malachite Ore Vein - after the chamber containing "Discovering Ruunvald Vol. III", in the exiting tunnel, to your right.

Notable Loot (Ruunvald Temple)Edit

• Minorne (Book) -  on an alter, right in front of you, as soon as you enter the temple.
• Staff of Ruunvald - looted from Minorne, along with Ruunvald Key.

BugsEdit

• When entering the temple, the Dragonborn may find a large world hole which, if he falls into it will bring him to a different area in the temple.
• When activating the associated quest, the marker will appear above the undiscovered location on the map but the world compass will be directing the player toward Riften instead. This is fixed by entering and exiting Riften.

AppearancesEdit

• The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard (First appearance)

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