How Do I Escape Irkngthand (2024)

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How Do I Escape Irkngthand? ›

Wait for the place to flood and try to be near the head to the statue of Irkngthand. Just as the water reaches the ceiling of the cave, a hole will appear just behind the head on the ceiling. Escape through there.

Escaping Irkngthand

After you have killed Mercer, take the Skeleton Key and Eyes of Falmer. The chamber that you are in will begin to fill with water. Although it may be scary, stay in the room until the water until a rock near the statue in the room falls, revealing an entrance to the Bronze Water Cave.

The exit tunnel is only available after Mercer Frey is dead, and is above the statue's head. The water level rising will allow you to enter a tunnel leading to Bronze Water Cave. Following the quest Blindsighted, the Sanctuary becomes inaccessible from Irkngthand, instead becoming accessible from Bronze Water Cave.

The gate is closed and the only way to open it is to have the two gears rolling. The two levers that will activate the gears are found across each other in the upper level. After activating one, run to the second one immediately since the gears stop automatically after a short while.

Just swim up all the way and there will be an exit path once the water fills the room.

You can either lie if you have 5 points in it, attack her, or be honest. Provided you don't kill her, Mercer will tell you to head to Edgewater, to the east. After killing some people along to way, talk to Silas, who will give you your first side-quest, as well as where to go to talk about a power regular.

In Raldbthar, a key can be looted from one of Alain Dufont's guards called "Irkngthand Consortium Key." As there is no such location in the game, the key has no known use.

The only way to have a functioning, unbreakable Skeleton Key is to recover it during "Blindsighted" and then refuse to return it. The Thieves Guild questline cannot be completed if the Skeleton Key is not returned, but that's really the only downside.

To get his house key, you need to kill or pickpocket Vald, Mercer's house guard in the courtyard of Riftweald Manor. Vald has the key in his inventory, which will allow you to open the manor door after shooting down the staircase (the manor door at ground level is blocked off and cannot be opened).

In the room with the two Detect Life scrolls, there will be writing on the walls from Mercer Frey that says, "One Step Ahead - Mercer." The writing, however, is backwards. Travel through the other gate (be cautious for more bear traps), then through the door at the end of the corridor, which leads to a large hall.

Where is Brynjolf after killing Mercer? ›

After the Thieves Guild main questline, Brynjolf can be found wandering around the cistern and the flagon. Due to a bug, when spoken to, he will say that he has important things to do and will talk sometime later, rather than speaking his scripted post-quest dialogue.

You'll need to wait for the guards that come in with Malborn, to try to keep you from escaping. Kill the guards and loot the key off one of their bodys. (Note: If you level up while your here, you will need to take care of that before you can leave.) Then open the Trap Door and leave.

After unlocking a specific ability, these kill moves can sometimes result in enemies being beheaded. While in the "Special" and "Anniversary" versions of the game you can turn the gore off, the Kill Moves of the Werewolf still displays blood.

Go to the town of Morthal and look for the court Vizier — Falion. Take a black soul gem with you, he'll ask you to meet him after dark, then do a ritual in you which will cure your vampirism.

To get his house key, you need to kill or pickpocket Vald, Mercer's house guard in the courtyard of Riftweald Manor. Vald has the key in his inventory, which will allow you to open the manor door after shooting down the staircase (the manor door at ground level is blocked off and cannot be opened).

You must wait till the water level rises then a bunch of stones in the ceiling will fall down and when the water level gets even taller then you can get up and escape.

You need to get him near the door and kind of keep prodding him around until he gets in the right spot to open it for you, Just keep Fus-Rah-Doh -ing him about and you should get him where you need him.