Cyrodiil/Underpall Cave

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Notes
Underpall Cave also appeared in Oblivion.
This cave contains 42   plants, 31   plants, 19   plants, 15 nightshade plants, 4 fly amanita plants, 3   plants, 2 deathbell plants, 2   plants and 2 white cap plants.

Walkthrough
Exterior
Outside the cave you will find two   plants. Depending on your choices in  , you may find   near the entrance, battling two  .

Underpall Cave
thumb|right|The graveyard by the keep
Upon entering, you will arrive in large room with a shallow lake and coffins and candles lining the sides of the cave. Three skeletons guard two corundum ore veins and a Scroll of Raise Zombie. In an open coffin on the wall just to your right when entering is a coin purse and some gold, while in another in the lake you will find a skeleton corpse, an Iron Dagger of Chills, an amethyst, a potion of healing and a coin purse. Press on east and you will arrive at a stone keep set in the rock. In front is a small graveyard full of nightshade, where three necromancers are praying. Dispatch them and move into the tower, killing a necromancer and a skeleton. Here you will find a few coffins, a potion of health, a conjurer's potion, a weak stamina poison, a weak magicka poison, 2 portions of nightshade, some gold and the door to the Keep.

If you are returning from the North Wing, you will immediately be faced with a skeleton before arriving at an intersection. Heading north leads to a small room with a skeleton and an iron ore vein, while taking the southern tunnel leads to another skeleton and a ledge overlooking the graveyard. On the ledge you will find a corundum ore vein, a potion of plentiful healing and some gold. Just below the ledge is a chest, a potent frenzy poison, a coin purse and another iron ore vein. After returning from the South Wing, you will be able to jump down a ledge to the main chamber by the keep.

Underpall Keep
thumb|right|The haunting corridor leading to the Fetid Lake
Immediately upon entering, head north through the nearby wooden door. Battle past three necromancers in a pantry room filled with food and drink,  , a shrine of Arkay and an apothecary's satchel. Press west and just before you reach some stairs, on your right you will find two   and a potion of minor magicka in a pot. The final room is full of coffins, floor-level candles and burnt corpses; loot the knapsack, a potion of minor healing and another minor magicka potion before heading to the Fetid Lake. 

Track back to the entrance and head east, into a large room with a raised pillar. Defeat the two necromancers and the   here and loot the room: jump down into a open coffin on the western side of the pillar to access a potion of minor healing and a potion of extra magicka. Then head to the northeastern corner to loot a filled greater soul gem, two lesser gems, two petty gems (one filled) and a Scroll of Reanimate Corpse. Pull the various levers on the pillar to unlock the gates blocking the north and south passages and take the latter. Loot the apprentice-lock chest and fight past two necromancers and two  , picking up a conjurer's potion and a few ingredients on the way. On the way to the next room are a   and  . In the final room you will find a rat and two necromancers, as well as a pile of half a dozen corpses which they may reanimate, two Scroll of Raise Zombie and a Scroll of Dread Zombie. From here, head into the South Wing.

When you return from the Cave, make for the central room and head north. On a nearby table you will find a lesser soul gem and two petty gems, while in the final room there is a petty gem in an open coffin before you reach the door to the North Wing.

Underpall Keep, North Wing
The first room of the north wing is a fairly small square chamber, with passages, balconies and arches going all round. There are 3 rats, a skeleton and a knapsack on the lower level; defeat the enemies and then head west and up the stairs to the second level. Kill the skeleton here and move east to take the stairs to the third level, where another skeleton awaits. On the ledge to the south is a Scroll of Reanimate Corpse, while to the east is a zombie and a knapsack in a pot. Follow the corridor north into a room with a few coffins, a malign lingering poison and a coin purse. Head east through an open cage, slaying a few rats along the way. At the intersection, keeping going east until you reach a small room with a few barrels; one of them contains rare ingredients. Follow the corridor into a large room with two rats and coffins set all over the walls, and then head up the northern stairs. Battle your way past another skeleton and two rats to reach the door back to the Cave.

Underpall Keep, South Wing
You will first emerge in a small graveyard with a few nightshade plants before arriving at some living quarters protected by a wooden palisade. Here you will find four beds, two bedrolls, two necromancers, a few portions of nightshade, a potion of extra magicka and a potion of vigor. Head south and then east, over a stone bridge guarded by a necromancer. You will likely alert enemies in the room below, so be ready to fight two more necromancers and five rats. Past the bridge, head south and then west through the broken bars to loot a few coffins and two corpses. A potion of minor healing and a potion of minor magicka can be found on a nearby bookcase. From here you have three options, all of which lead to the final room to the west. 

You can jump down into the room below and head east past a gate, continuing along the rocky ledge on the side of a lake. The lake itself has a submerged chest; loot it and dispatch two necromancers on the way to the final room. Alternatively, you can jump back out of the bars and head east, fighting your way past two necromancers to arrive on a balcony overlooking the final room, which is useful for sniping. 

Finally, you can head east but then take the southern corridor. Here you will find two more necromancers and two rats, as well as a room with a potion of minor healing, a potion of minor magicka and the rare book  . Along the way you will also come across a key-requiring door. During the related quest, the   will open this and lead you to  's lair, which also holds four dead zombies, a boss chest, a black soul gem, a filled common soul gem, two petty gems (one filled), two Scrolls of Turn Greater Undead (one in a pot) and a Scroll of Dead Thrall.

thumb|right|The fetid lake

The eastern room holds three necromancers, a conjurer's potion, a potion of extra magicka, a potion of minor magicka and a coin purse, as well as tables with food, drink and a bandit corpse. Finally, head east into a room with a few coffins, a chest and an Orc corpse before reaching the door back to the Cave.

Underpall, Fetid Lake
When entering from the Keep, you will notice you are back in a cave now. Dispatch two skeletons and press on east until you reach the lake itself, which takes up most of this zone. By its shores are a zombie, a skeleton and a necromancer who will likely reanimate a nearby bandit corpse. Facing the lake is an unholy altar with a flawless ruby, a potent paralysis poison, an   and some gold. The lake itself holds three slaughterfish, a submerged chest (northeast corner), a few coffins, two floating zombie corpses, six clams, thirteen slaughterfish egg nests and twenty-five nordic barnacle clusters.

 
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