Oblivion:Desolate Mine

This article is about the place. For the quest, see The Desolate Mine.

Mine: Desolate Mine (view on map)
# of Zones	1
Occupants
Fighters Guild Members, Savage Goblins, boss-level Savage Goblin, dead miners
Console Location Code(s)
DesolateMineExterior, DesolateMine
Region
Nibenay Basin
Location
Northwest of Cheydinhal

Desolate Mine

Desolate Mine is a small mine northwest of Cheydinhal containing goblins (quest-related). It contains only one zone, Desolate Mine.

Related Quests

• The Desolate Mine: Deliver a weapons shipment to the Desolate Mine.

Notes

• You can enter this mine before the related quest but door H will be locked (key required).
• This mine contains 5 Cairn Bolete plants and 39 Wisp Stalk plants.
• The goblins both in and outside this mine will commonly be fighting each other. With patience, this can make this quest much easier.

Bugs

• Every time you get released from any jail, the three Fighters Guild members (if they survived) will show up right behind you.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion Patch, version 1.0, fixes this bug.

Exterior

Key to Maps

Desolate Mine Exterior

• The exterior is located at coordinates: Tamriel 24, 25
• This location's map marker (M on map) is named Desolate Mine (editor name DesolateMineMapMarker). The entrance door is NW of the marker, 60 feet away.
• 0-2 Goblins are near the entrance
• 1 Wilderness Creature (Forested Mountains variety) is near the entrance
• The following plants can be found near the entrance: 1 Alkanet plant, 7 Bergamot plants, 10 Clouded Funnel Cap plants, 1 Columbine plant, 2 Flax plants, 1 Foxglove plant, 2 Ginseng plants, 1 Lady's Smock plant, 2 Lavender plants, 11 Monkshood plants, 2 Morning Glory plants, 1 Motherwort plant, 1 Nightshade plant, 1 Peony plant, and 2 Primrose plants

Zone 1: Desolate Mine

Desolate Mine

Fighters Guild members awaiting a weapons shipment

After initiating the related quest, you will meet the three Fighters Guild members Brag gro-Bharg, Elidor, and Rienna around a campfire (C). There is a hallway to your right, but it leads to a locked door (H) which can only be unlocked with the Mine Key. The three fighters each possess the key and will unlock the gate when the goblin hunting starts. You can always pickpocket them and unlock the gate anyway.

When the fight starts, stick around the three fighters. Try to protect them, because if all of them survive you will get a much greater reward. Beware of the Falling Log trap at D, because the trap is lethal to the fighters. You might want to reach it first and spring the trap by breaking the tripwire (E) to protect your guildmates.

If the door at H is unlocked, head into the southwestern tunnel at the end of the hallway, as the northeastern one leads to a dead end. In the next room you will find two goblins and a minor loot chest. From here you have two options, though both will eventually take you in a full loop. Take the southern tunnel for now, battling past another goblin and looting a chest as you go along. After dodging the Swinging Mace trap at F, in the next room you will come up against the boss-level Savage Goblin (A) and another regular goblin. In this room and adjacent ones are three minor loot chests. Continue along the tunnels, taking care to avoid triggering the Falling Log trap at D, until you reach a room with three more goblins and a minor loot chest. To the northeast is a small room with two goblins and a minor loot chest, while the southeastern tunnel takes you back to the start.

Occupants:

• 3 Fighters Guild Members (Brag gro-Bharg, Elidor, and Rienna; allies in the related quest; non-respawning) at locations C on map
• 3 Miners (dead)
• 1 boss-level Savage Goblin (non-respawning) at A
• 9 Savage Goblins (non-respawning)

Treasure:

• 2 Chests 01 (1 locked)
• 4 Chests 02 (1 locked)
• 1 Chest 03
• 1 Chest 04
• 5 Gold Veins (non-respawning)
• 6 Silver Veins (non-respawning)
• The following plants will always be found: 5 Cairn Bolete plants and 39 Wisp Stalk plants

Traps:

• 1 Falling Log trap at location D on map
• 1 Pressure Plate trigger at G
• 1 Swinging Mace trap at F
• 1 Tripwire trigger at E

Doors and Gates:

• There is one door (at Out) in/out of this zone, leading outside
• 1 Wood Door at H (locked, key required, opened by Mine Key)