Hag ' s End Hag ' s End is an ancient Nordic tomb located at the top of the mountains west of Solitude and northeast of Markarth . It is reached through Deepwood Redoubt , and up the stairs to the northeast of the Forsworn camp within . Inside , there are witches and a Hagraven . Description . Hag ' s End has a Word Wall for one of the words of the Slow Time Dragon Shout which is found before the fourth round of battle with the Hagraven . There are several other entrances . However , the main entrance to Hag ' s End is in a separate worldspace and cannot be reached by simply walking to the location : it must be discovered first by going through Deepwood Redoubt and entering the Vale . Once the location is discovered , it will be possible to fast travel directly to Hag ' s End without going through the Redoubt . Walkthrough . Inside the first room is a door to the left ( northeast ) , which contains three Hags . To the left ( northwest ) is a sleeping chamber with an Alchemy Lab and a Scroll of Firebolt on a table , in the center of the room . On the northeast end of the room is a wooden door that leads to a junction with a room straight ahead and one up some stairs to the right ( southeast ) . The room straight ahead holds several well - hidden rune traps and is otherwise a dead end . Up the stairs is a table with a swinging log trap directly in front , and more stairs up to the right ( southwest ) . At the top of those stairs is a wooden door , leading to a room with several witches and / or hags . To the left is a table with the skill book " Mystery of Talara , Book IV " . Straight ahead is a throne with a hidden door behind it , which can be opened by activating the handle on the wall to the left of the throne ( only visible once the appropriate quest has been started ) . A corpse for the quest " Locate the Assassin of Old " is behind that door . To the right ( northwest ) is a drawbridge that can be dropped using the lever to its right . This leads up a few stairs to an open iron door to the left ( southwest ) , which leads to another throne room with a Frostbite Spider ( that drops from the middle of the roof ) , and a key ( " Hag ' s End Key " ) on a shelf , to the right of the fireplace . On a table against the west wall is the book " The Legend of Red Eagle " . Back outside the room , a short set of stairs leads further up to the northwest . This leads to a master locked gate to the west , which can be opened with the key just obtained , and a series of three gates up stairs to the northeast , one after another . Through the locked gate is a crypt with a fire - trapped chest containing leveled loot . The northeast gates can be opened by activating a handle to the left , but caution is advised as spears come out from the walls as soon as the gates open . At the top of the stairs is a room with a circular depression and candles all around . The room holds a hag , a witch , and a hagraven . See below for details on the battle with the hagraven . From this room , a master locked door to the northwest ( which can be opened with the key ) , contains minor loot plus a leveled weapon . A master locked gate to the southwest , leads to a small room with nothing in it . To the southeast is a gate , which can be opened by pulling the chain that overhangs the depression . Through that last gate is a path leading up to a large room with a word wall for the Slow Time shout ( to the south southeast ) , and an Arcane Enchanter against the east wall . A door out to a parapet high above Deepwood Vale is on the southeast wall . This is where the hagraven makes her last stand . On the platform with the altar ( where Bloodthorn is found ) , is a chest with random loot , found by turning right when leaving the door . Battle with Hagraven . The battle will take four rounds , with the hagraven retreating further into the redoubt after losing roughly a quarter health each encounter . In the last round , she will summon two leveled creatures to aid her - frost trolls and Ice Wraiths - plus Frostbite Spiders and Skeevers . Combinations of these creatures are also possible . The last round can be made very easy if the shout Unrelenting Force has been mastered . With patience and a high sneak skill , the hagraven can potentially be bypassed , avoiding the summoned creatures completely . Summoned creatures will not spawn while the Dragonborn is sneaking . However , if she sees them , she will summon her allies immediately . A well - timed Unrelenting Force shout will knock her off the platform and ( due to her depleted health from the previous rounds ) kill her . It is possible to kill the hagraven in the third round if the Dragonborn gets an animation kill . If this happens , the hagraven ' s corpse will warp out , the same way it does for the other two rounds upon exiting the room towards the word wall . The hagraven ' s corpse will appear at the place where the fourth round normally occurs , if it was not looted before leaving the room where the third round took place . With very high sneak and destruction skills , there is another way to kill the hagraven in the third round . While sneaking , a trap can be set in the area of her third appearance by casting fire rune on the oil in the circular depression , then the Silent Roll skill can be used to leave the area without attracting attention . The hag and the witch are likely to step in the rune as they search , igniting the oil . If the hagraven steps in the fire ( not the rune - if she steps in the rune she simply disappears again ) and the destruction skill was high enough , she ' ll die instantly , instead of disappearing . If the " Innocence Lost " quest has been completed and the Dragonborn sleeps after the first room and is kidnapped by Astrid , ( " With Friends Like These . . . " ) , upon return to Hag ' s End , the hagraven will be back in the first room , apparently a lot weaker , and she can be killed right there . With high sneak and archery skills , it is possible to sneak up on her at each stage and hit her with an arrow , causing her to immediately disappear since she has received more than 1 / 4 damage . In the final confrontation , back out at the parapet above Deepwood Vale , she can be killed with one shot , thus never having a chance to summon any help . Upon returning to this dungeon after it was previously cleared , as long as enough time has passed , most of the dungeon contents and enemies will respawn . In particular , the final hagraven will respawn with only a quarter of her original health , in the final area overlooking Deepwood Vale . Bypassing the dungeon . The Slow Time word can be obtained without going through the dungeon . To the left of the proper entrance to Hag ' s End , there are some rocks next to the waterfall that are easily scaled . Once on top , it is easy to then scale and hug up against the rocks leading to the top , exit area of Hag ' s End . The door up there leads to the room containing the word of power , effectively allowing one to skip the entire dungeon ; however , it will not be possible to go back through the dungeon in reverse .