White Ridge Sanctum is a dungeon in Skyrim: Dragonborn
Location[edit]
West of Hrothmund's Barrow
Walkthrough[edit]
Enter into the Barrow to find a few dead Bandits. Collect the items around the room. Go to the bar across the door and remove it. The door will open, another dead Reaver will fall forward. Be careful because there are a number of dangerous spiders going forward.
On the stairs down, you will find the corpses of Albino Spiders. These are just a prelude of what is to come as you head down into this Sanctum.
Through the next open door you will find another dead Reaver and more dead spiders. However, you will be attacked by the surviving spiders in the room. This will pit you against Albino Spiders.
Defeat the the few spiders and head around the circular item in the back. There are a few more Albino spiders on the way. turn to the East in the back and you will find an open doorway that leads downward. Take the circular stairs down to the bottom and head to the East through the opening.
Just a little ways down, you will find more Albino Spiders as well as a few Flame Cloaked Spiders. Continue to the east, ducking underneath the pillar that has fallen over.
In the Eastern portion of this hallway, you will find more spider eggs. These can contain more Albino Spiders, Flame Cloaked Spiders or Jumping Flame Spiders. There can also be a Bandit roaming who is working with the spiders. Clear out this area and then head to the raised wooden walls on the Eastern side.
Go to the central portion of this walled section. On the left-hand pillar is a pull-chain. Use it to lower one half of a bridge. Head out onto it and drop down into the next section of this room.
Head to the North and take the stairs there up. This will lead you to a web covered door. Slice or burn away the webbing. Open the door behind it and go into the next chamber.
In this adjacent chamber you will find more Flame Cloaked Spiders, Albino Spiders and possibly others. Continue to the Northern end of this chamber. A Draugr will rise from the coffin at the end of the hallway that you can defeat. On the Western side of this room you will find a chest you can loot. After that, head to the South and out of this small chamber.
Go across the chamber where you lowered the bridge to the opposite Southern side. Turn to the Western side and you will see a doorway that leads out of this chamber. There are a few more spiders with one or two bandits here as well.
Head down this corridor until it reaches its junction. Turn to the South and head on up the slope there. To the North is a spider pod that is likely to spawn an elemental spider.
Go up the slope and turn to the East next. This will lead you to a cavernous tunnel with more Elemental Spiders inside it. There is a Heartstone Deposits on the Eastern and Western walls. Harvest after you deal with the spiders. Go forward to find the entrance to the second section of the Sanctum.
Follow the path forward to the barred door. Raise the bar and open the door to head forward. This will lead you forward a large room with more Spiders.
If you fall into the raven in the middle, then turn to the South. Go to the far Southern side and turn to the West.
Take the stairs up. At the top of them you will find a Jumping Flame Spider or other elemental spiders. Follow the passage to the North.
Follow the passage up to the East after that. Turn to the South after that. You will find more passage webbed off.
Going to the South you will take you to another room. Go down the stairs and you will find a boss chest there. Approach it and you will find Dukaan, the Dragonpriest. He does augmented Frost damage so be wary of his Frost attacks. He can also summon Seeker.
Once you have defeated the Dragonborn, look at the Word Wall. You will find the word "Ven" of Cyclone.
Turn to the North from there and you will see the Black Book opposite. Finally, head out of the chamber to the North. Go back to the last room. Head to the Northeastern corner. There you can find the Imbuing Chamber by following the passage there.
In the Imbuing Chamber, which can be accessed easily using the Shack found outside the Sanctum. Now, the Imbuing Chamber allows you to create scrolls which you can throw. These allow you to "cast" Spiders.
To use the Imbuing device, you will want a few items
Spider Recipes[edit]
Imbuing a pod with a Standard Gem yields 3 spiders. Flawless gems yield 6 spiders. The Imbued Spiders will appear under the Scrolls section of your inventory.