Oblivion:Vindasel

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Ayleid Ruin: Vindasel
# of Zones	1
# of Welkynd Stones	9
# of Varla Stones	0
Occupants
Umbra
Important Treasure
Umbra Umbra's Ebony Armor 1 boss-level Chest
Console Location Code
VindaselExterior, Vindasel
Location (view on map)
Southwest of Waterfront, East of Clavicus Vile's Shrine
Region
Great Forest

Vindasel is a small Ayleid ruin southwest of the Imperial City containing rats and one NPC (quest-related). [edit] It contains only one zone, Vindasel.

[edit] Notes

• Vindasel is one of the smaller dungeons in the game, but it is home to a very popular target: the female Bosmer Umbra, carrying Umbra and equipped with a full suit of Ebony Armor. Umbra can be found in Vindasel from the start of the game, even if you have not started Clavicus Vile's quest. Killing Umbra at low levels is not easy, but it is a popular exploit for obtaining some very valuable loot and for circumventing the level requirement on Blood of the Daedra and the rest of the Main Quest. For details on how to kill Umbra, see her page.
• The boss chest (B) in this dungeon can easily be looted repeatedly; it will respawn every 73 hours. The most problematic obstacles are the enemies who may spawn outside the dungeon and the lock on the chest (the lock resets with the loot). Even while alive, Umbra does not care if you loot the chest and will not attack you unless provoked.
• Umbra (the person) will kill any other creatures in the dungeon for you. If you just avoid the creatures when you first enter and let them chase you to the final room, Umbra will run up and attack them. The only reason she doesn't normally attack her fellow dungeon occupants is that by default they are outside of her detection limit.

[edit] Related Quests

• Clavicus Vile: Collect the sword Umbra.

[edit] Exterior

Key to Map

Map of Vindasel Exterior

• The exterior is located at coordinates: Tamriel 0, 7
• This location's map marker (M on map) is named Vindasel (editor name VindaselMapMarker). The entrance door is WSW of the marker, 50 feet away.
• 0-2 Conjurer Enemies (each 33% probability Conjurer, 67% Daedra) are near the entrance
• 1 Road Creature (Plains variety) is near the entrance
• 1 Wilderness Creature (Forest variety) is near the entrance
• The following plants can be found near the entrance: 16 Green Stain Cup plants, 11 Monkshood plants, 12 Steel-Blue Entoloma plants, and 18 Summer Bolete plants

[edit] Zone 1: Vindasel

Vindasel is a straightforward linear dungeon leading straight to Umbra, found in the last room at U. The other creatures in the dungeon are insignificant; there are several traps, but they are easy to avoid as long as you don't run through at full speed.

Occupants:

• Umbra (target in Clavicus Vile's quest; carries the sword Umbra and a full suit of Umbra's Ebony Armor; note that the armor is not true Ebony Armor below level 15) at location U on map
• 7 Nuisance Animals

Treasure:

• 1 boss-level Chest (Conjurer variety; locked) at location B on map
• 1 Restoration Ayleid Chest
• 9 Welkynd Stones. Five of the stones are in alcoves in the first room (room C); four are on pedastals in the second room (room D; watch out for the gas trap in the midst of the pedastals).
• The following ingredients will always be found: 1 Bonemeal and 1 Bread Loaf

Traps:

• 1 Spike Pit trap at location C on map
• 1 Gas trap at D

Doors and Gates:

• There is one door (at Out) in/out of this zone, leading outside

Other:

• 1 bedroll at location b on map (hidden under the U symbol)