Oblivion:Sundercliff Watch

	Fort:; Sundercliff Watch; (view on map) (lore page)
Added by	Mehrunes' Razor
# of Zones	12+
Occupants
	NPCs, Vampires
Console Location Code(s)
	DL09Exterior01a, DL09Exterior02; DL9c01 (Sundercliff Watch); DL9c02 (Sundercliff Village); DL9c03 (Sundercliff Commune); DL9c04 (UNUSED CELL); DL9c05 (Sundercliff Mines); DL9c06 (Sundercluff Forge); DL9c07 (Excavated Ruin); DL9c08 (Varsa Baalim); DL9c09 (The Nefarivigum); DL9c10 (Forgotten Tunnels); DL9c08house1 (Cava Arpenia); DL9c08house2 (Cava Beldameld); DL9c08house3 (Cava Marspanga);
Region
	Nibenay Basin
Location
	Far east of Bravil, east of Lake Canulus and very near the border of Cyrodiil

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Sundercliff Watch

Sundercliff Watch is a very large fort far east of Bravil containing NPCs and vampires (download-specific).

Underwater exit

The location is added with the Unearthing Mehrunes Razor official download, and houses the eponymous artifact.

Sundercliff Watch is the largest dungeon in the game, containing a mixture of caves, buildings and Ayleid ruins. The location consists of 23 zones in total. The nine main zones are Sundercliff Watch, Sundercliff Village, Sundercliff Commune, Sundercliff Forge, Sundercliff Mines, Excavated Ruin, Varsa Baalim, Nefarivigum, and Forgotten Tunnels. Three smaller zones, Cava Arpenia, Cava Beldameld and Cava Marspanga link different areas of Varsa Baalim together, and in addition, there are multiple houses, side rooms and tents.

Sundercliff Watch served as a waystation in the time of the Reman Dynasty but has long been forgotten.

People[edit]

Occupants
Armor Apprentice Drothmeri Steward The Forgemaster Frathen Drothan Msirae Faythung Weapons Apprentice Morag Tong Assassin

Related Quests[edit]

Unearthing Mehrunes Razor: Conquer one of the deepest and most challenging dungeons in all of Cyrodiil to claim this fearsome weapon.

Notes[edit]

In the Excavated Ruin, you can see a vampire and a Drothmeri member through a window you cannot go through. If you tcl through the window, you can find a hidden door to an area identified in the game as "UNUSED CELL" (editor ID dl9c04), which is just an Ayleid floor and door floating in a grey void. Entering the cell will show the message "You should not be here" until you leave it. The room's script is set to show the message to the player and all essential characters and to disable any non-essential characters.
Sundercliff Watch also appears in ESO as Fort Sundercliff, named for the surrounding town of Sundercliff.

Zone 1: Sundercliff Watch[edit]

Sundercliff Watch

Occupants:

Treasure:

Doors and Gates:

Upon entering the ruin, you'll see a small bandit-style camp in the first room, with a couple Drothmeri soldiers. Kill or evade the soldiers and proceed down the corridor to a double door. If you try to open it, you are told that "A voice beyond the door calls out: Who gathers stormclouds over Nirn?"; at first, your only option in response is to say nothing. If you check the "abandoned knapsack" right next to the door you will find a small diary. Of immediate interest is the password ("Chimer"). The rest of the diary is an entertaining read, revealing that the steward on the other side of the door (according to a note) is supposed to keep an eye on the cousin of Drothan, who appears to be in charge of opening the door. In order to find Drothan there is a journal in his cabin that provides more information.

Use the password to open the door, and deal with the Drothmeri steward, recruits, soldiers, and veterans on the other side. The Steward's Registry on the table reveals that Drothan has been amassing a few troops here. Continue exploring the fort ruins, and you will find a door to the next area, "Sundercliff Village".

Before you leave this area, you may wish to go back to the start and dump your loot in the chest on the east side of the first room or another suitable container.