Skyrim:Ancient's Ascent

Dragon Lair: Ancient's Ascent (view on map)
Clearable	Yes
Dungeon	Yes
Respawn Time	10 days or 30 days
Occupants
Dragon
Console Location Code(s)
DragonLair02Exterior01, DragonLair02Exterior02
Region
Falkreath Hold
Location
Southwest of Helgen North of Bloodlet Throne
Special Features
Word Wall	Animal Allegiance

Ancient's Ascent

Ancient's Ascent is a mountaintop dragon lair southwest of Helgen. Its word wall teaches part of the Animal Allegiance dragon shout.

Related Quests

• Bounty: Dragon: Kill a dragon in its lair. (radiant)
• Dragon Seekers: Go to a dragon lair with Farkas or Vilkas and kill the dragon. (radiant)

• This location is one of many potential targets for one or more of the Radiant quests.

Walkthrough

Word wall

The route to the word wall is through Bonechill Passage, a short cave. It can also be accessed by using a horse to climb the mountains around the area. There are three snowberry plants to the right of the path after exiting Bonechill Passage. There are a couple wide flights of stairs leading up to a plateau in front of the word wall, with lit braziers at the bottom and top of each flight.

Before the dragons' return, the word wall will be guarded by a few leveled enemies.

After the dragons' return, the word wall will be guarded by a leveled dragon, which will attack as soon as you approach from the cave.

Regardless of whether Dragon Rising has been completed, the boss chest is by the base of the remains of a huge arch found on the approach, between two short flights of stairs leading up to the word wall.

Notes

• Ancient's Ascent is one of the locations suggested by Marise Aravel as a place to find ice wraith teeth for her quest.
• Climbing the rocks behind the wall provides a shortcut to Bloodlet Throne.