Skyrim:Rift Watchtower

Imperial Tower: Rift Watchtower (view on map)
Clearable	Yes
Dungeon	Yes
Respawn Time	10 days or 30 days
Level	Min: 6
Occupants
Orc Bandits
Important Treasure
Hallgerd's Tale
Console Location Code(s)
RiftWatchtowerExterior01, RiftWatchtowerExterior02, RiftWatchtowerExterior03, RiftWatchtowerExterior04
Region
The Rift
Location
East of Ivarstead Southwest of Clearspring Tarn
Special Features
# of Tanning Racks	1

Rift Watchtower

Rift Watchtower is a small tower east of Ivarstead containing Orc bandits.

The bandit chief

Related Quests

• Amulet of the Moon: Find the Moon Amulet for Kharjo. (radiant)

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

Walkthrough

A set of wooden ramps leads up to the door to the two-story watchtower. An Orc bandit guards the entrance, with another Orc bandit inside on the ground floor. The ground floor features a pile of firewood and a tanning rack, a table holding a mead barrel, a leg of goat, two leather strips, two garlic bulbs, a rock warbler egg, two raw rabbit legs, and a copy of The Code of Malacath, and an open fire and a cooking spit with a charred skeever cooking over it which you can harvest for a charred skeever hide.

A stone spiral staircase leads to the top level, which is guarded by an Orc bandit and the Orc bandit chief. The top level features an Orc-styled shelter with two chairs and a long wooden table holding a joint of raw beef, grilled leeks, a bottle of Nord mead, an enchanted Orcish warhammer, a copy of the Heavy Armor skill book Hallgerd's Tale, and a copy of The True Nature of Orcs. Behind the table is an unlocked chest, and to the left is a small table holding a random bow and arrows.

Notes

• There is an orichalcum ore vein to the southeast.

Bugs

• The Orc bandit chief does not respawn, which makes it impossible to complete radiant quests at this location if he has been killed previously.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 2.0.1, fixes this bug.
  • Open the console, then use the command prid d1f56 followed by resurrect. This should revive the Orc and allow you to complete the quest as normal.