Skyrim:Skybound Watch Pass

Pass: Skybound Watch Pass (view on map)
# of Zones	1
Clearable	Yes
Dungeon	Yes
Respawn Time	10 days or 30 days
Level	Min: 6
Occupants
Bandits, Giant Frostbite Spider
Important Treasure
Battle of Red Mountain
Console Location Code(s)
NorthSkyboundWatchExterior01, NorthSkyboundWatchExterior02, NorthSkyboundWatchExterior03, SouthSkyboundWatchExterior01, SouthSkyboundWatchExterior02, SouthSkyboundWatchExterior03, SouthSkyboundWatchExterior04, SkyboundPass01
Region
Falkreath Hold
Location
Northeast of Helgen West of Orphan Rock

Skybound Watch Pass

Skybound Watch Pass is a small Nordic tower and ruin northeast of Helgen containing bandits and a giant frostbite spider. It contains only one zone, Skybound Watch Pass.

Although the interior of the pass is named "Skybound Watch Pass", the map markers are named "South Skybound Watch" and "North Skybound Watch", counting as two separate locations for the "Locations Discovered" statistic. The southern entrance is displayed on the map as a  Nordic tower, while the northern entrance is displayed as a  ruin (map). The southern entrance is south of Riverwood, and the northern entrance is southeast of the town.

Related Quests

• Destruction Ritual Spell: Learn the most powerful Destruction spells Skyrim has to offer.

Walkthrough

Exterior: South Skybound Watch

South Skybound Watch

The path that leads up to the pass from near Orphan Rock is guarded by a wispmother and three wisps. The tower has a novice-locked chest at the very top, a random helmet on top of a broken stone table on the level below, and a random potion of healing, magicka, or stamina on a shelf to the immediate right of the iron door leading into the interior of the pass.

Exterior: North Skybound Watch

North Skybound Watch

Three bandits reside in the remains of the guardhouse. As you enter through the arch to their sleeping area there is a partly buried burial urn on your left, with a random war axe lying on a broken sideboard. Opposite the arch you enter through is an iron door, with a rabbit hanging from a rack and a pheasant on the ground beneath it. To the right of the door is a table and two chairs holding a rabbit haunch and a medium coin purse. Next to the table is a small cage and beside this is a random warhammer, and a bench with a copy of Yellow Book of Riddles on top. An empty pot hangs above the campfire in the middle of the room, with two unowned bedrolls beside it. Through the door is a lookout point with a pedestal at the end used for the quest Destruction Ritual Spell, while to the left is a novice-locked chest. Follow the stairs down on the right to find the door leading to the interior section of the pass.

Skybound Watch Pass

The passage links the lowlands of Whiterun Hold to the mountainous portion of Falkreath Hold and is divided into three small sections. On either end of the passage are a number of bandits that are cut off by a giant frostbite spider's lair.

Entering from the south leads down a flight of stairs to a room containing a large amount of hanging moss and several jazbay grapes, with a stairwell in the middle. Wooden spiral stairs lead down to a passage, where three bandits wait. There is an urn on your right, and a bit farther, a burial urn on your left. This portion of passage is slightly flooded and contains a large amount of hanging moss. There is an unlocked chest against the east wall, which is trapped with an apprentice-level tension cable that triggers dart traps to fire from the wall. To avoid damage, either disarm before opening, or just stand to the side until they stop. The passage leads to a door, with a giant frostbite spider on the other side of the door facing toward you.

Entering from the northern entrance you will immediately see a couple of bedrolls and then eight hanging moss growing from the ceiling. If sneaking you will see the first of two bandits sitting at the top of a flight of stairs part way down, with the other just to the right out of sight. Beyond the bandits is a pressure plate that triggers a battering ram. At the bottom of the stairs is a campfire in front of a set of shelves holding various fur armor, a pair of random light boots, two small coin purses, and a copy of the Block skill book Battle of Red Mountain. On a sideboard there is a novice-locked chest and a random potion of healing, with a piece of fur armor on the floor next to it. Through the door you will see webbing and spider egg sacs, one of which is harvestable. Follow the stairs down past another harvestable egg sac and several lootable dessicated corpses and web sacs. At the bottom you will encounter the same giant frostbite spider.

Notes

• The pass contains 23 samples of hanging moss and 8 samples of jazbay grapes.
• A moonstone ore vein is 240 feet east-southeast of the North Skybound Watch entrance, on the east side of the valley roughly halfway to Orphan Rock.