Cyrodiil/Northfringe Cave

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Notes
Three additional zones in this cave are present in the Creation Kit but inaccessible during gameplay: Northfringe Catacombs, Northfringe Upper Crypts and Northfringe Desolation.
This cave contains 33 snowberry plants, 25 hanging moss plants, 15   plants, 6   plants, 6   plants, 5 fly amanita plants, 5   plants, 3   plants, 1 blue mountain flower plant and 1   plant.
You may have this cave marked on your map by overhearing rumors of the   townsfolk.

 
Walkthrough
Exterior
Outside the cave you will find three   and two other wilderness  , frost trolls or   guarding two moonstone ore veins. Near the collapsed ruin of the nordic tower is a   and an ornamented Nordic strongbox lodged in the snow. You will also find two   plants nearby.

Northfringe Cave
The first zone is an icy cave clogged with snow, belying the ruins ahead. In the first room you will find three  , the corpse of a hunter, a knapsack, a random leveled potion and a moonstone ore vein. Head northeast into another room with a small pond, two  , a   carcass and a moonstone ore vein. Behind the waterfall is an ancient Nord greatsword, while to the northwest is a skeleton and a door barred from the other side. Head north, jumping down some rocks, and follow the tunnel until you arrive in an ancient Nordic room with a chest, a draugr corpse and the door to the Sanctum.

When returning from the Sanctum, remove the block from the wooden door nearby and access the rest of the zone.

Northfringe Sanctum
thumb|right|The entrance to the Sanctum
Unlike the first zone, the second is a large nordic ruin, hidden below surface. Head east from the entrance to a room with three   and a Scroll of Calm. To the north is a gated balcony overlooking an altar room, so instead pull the nearby chain to open the southern gate, avoiding the tripwire-activated swinging mace trap beyond to enter a large room. Right in front of you, to the south, is an expert-locked door opening into a small room with Draugr corpses, a chest, a random leveled soul gem and a  . Just to the west of this room is another door, with an apprentice lock, behind which is a cupboard with a random leveled potion, a Scroll of Bane of the Undead, a Scroll of Guardian Circle and a Scroll of Heal Other. Press on west until you come across a sleeping Draugr and a leveled potion, looting a Scroll of Bane of the Undead and a leveled soul gem sat inside a pot along the way. 

Turn round and head east, past a pressure plate dart trap. Turn north to reach a small room with an iron ingot, a Scroll of Circle of Protection, a coin purse and a bowl containing a philter of haggling and two Scrolls of Courage. Track back and this time press on south, to a room with a long stone table with a sleeping Draugr at its head. Nearby is another Draugr, a leveled potion and a  . Head down the northeastern stairs, past a stone carving and into a room with eight frost rune traps blocking off all passages. Here you will also find a frozen corpse, a Scroll of Fire Storm, a leveled enchanted bow and two leveled potions. Press on northeast into a room with two draugr, a leveled soul gem and a leveled potion. The tunnels heading both east and west are blocked by gates, so instead head north into a room with three draugr, a leveled potion and a coin purse.

Take the southeastern tunnel and after dispatching a rat, you will arrive at an intersection. Continue southeast past a spider web into a room with three draugr (which you can dispatch by using the nearby oil trap), a rat, a novice-locked chest, a  , a Scroll of Repel Undead and two leveled potions. Turn back and now head east: the next room holds a few draugr corpses, a steel ingot, a filled common soul gem and two empty lesser gems. Avoid the dart trap to the west by taking the southern tunnel, battling past three draugrs to loot an apprentice-locked chest and two common soul gems (one filled). Head west now, past a pressure plate-activated swinging blades trap, into a room with a draugr and a Scroll of Courage. Climb up the collapsed pillar and head down the stairs beyond; in a small room to the east are two leveled potions. The door to the north opens onto a room with a draugr, an arcane enchanter, a honed ancient Nord battle axe of frost, a honed ancient Nord war axe of ice, an ancient Nord armor, two Scrolls of Soul Trap, five leveled soul gems, a leveled potion, recipes for Invisibility and Resist Fire potions, a portion of spriggan sap and some silverware.

Head northwest and you will arrive back in the previous room with the blocked gates: this time you are behind one and pulling the nearby lever will raise both, as well as opening two stone coffins with draugrs. Make your way up the stairs to the northwest and through a set of doors until you arrive in a long room with a draugr boss asleep on his throne. As you approach it, four stone coffins containing draugr will also open. In the room you will also find a chest, a  Scroll of Dead Thrall, the    , an emerald, a leveled war axe, a silver candlestick and two coin purses. Jump up to the upper level via the wooden planks either side and make your way to the southern corner, where you will find a draugr corpse and a Scroll of Turn Greater Undead. On the eastern side is an adept-locked door concealing a chest.

Jump back down and head west from the throne, pulling a chain in the next room to lower a stone wall. Follow the tunnel and jump down into a small room with a leveled soul gem and some silverware. Head west, avoiding the tripwire-activated battering ram trap, into a long dining room with a  , two silver ingots, two leveled potions, a bottle of  , some   portions, silverware, coin purses, food and drink. Next you will arrive in the final room: on a stone altar are  , a leveled enchanted war axe, a leveled enchanted shield, the spell tome Pacify and a steel horned helmet. On the north side, behind an adept-locked door, is a room with two garnets in a silver bowl, a gold ingot, a  , a leveled potion and silverware. Exit the chamber from the south side into a room with a draugr, the Conjuration    , a boss chest and the door back to Northfringe Cave.

 

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