Skyrim:Elder Scroll

An Elder Scroll

The Elder Scrolls are mysterious Aedric artifacts said to contain information on all possible past, present and future events. As such, they are commonly involved in prophecy. Reading from the scrolls can eventually lead to blindness or madness. For more information, see the lore article.

Only one Elder Scroll appears in the base game. Two more are added by the Dawnguard official plug-in. Each scroll has a weight of 20, but because they are all quest items, they weigh nothing in your inventory.

Elder Scroll (Dragon)

This scroll appears in the base game as Elder Scroll. It is renamed to Elder Scroll (Dragon) with the Dawnguard plug-in installed. It is located in the Tower of Mzark in Blackreach. You will be sent to retrieve it by Septimus Signus during the quest Elder Knowledge. After using the scroll during the quest Alduin's Bane, it is possible to sell it to Urag gro-Shub at the College of Winterhold for 2,000 gold.

With Dawnguard installed, the scroll is again required for the quest Unseen Visions. If you have already sold it to Urag, you will need to buy it back for 4,000 gold (or, if you have completed the College of Winterhold questline, for the original 2,000 gold). It cannot be resold.

	Name			Quest/Notes
	class=citation id=xx0126DC) DG (0002d513| Elder Scroll (xx0126DC) DG (0002d513)	20	0	Quests: Discerning the Transmundane, Elder Knowledge, Seeking DisclosureDG Gets renamed "Elder Scroll (Dragon)" in the Dawnguard plug-in

Elder Scroll (Sun)

This scroll is added by the Dawnguard plug-in. It is originally carried by Serana when you free her from Dimhollow Crypt during the quest Awakening. It is needed for the quests Prophet, where it will be read by Dexion Evicus, rendering him blind, and Unseen Visions. After the Dawnguard questline, if you've sided with the Dawnguard faction, you can sell the Sun and Blood scrolls to Dexion for 6,000 gold. If you sided with the vampires, you can never remove the scroll from your inventory.

	Name			Quest/Notes
	Elder Scroll (Sun) DG (xx011A13)	20	0	Quests: Prophet (Dawnguard)DG, Prophet (Vampire)DG

Elder Scroll (Blood)

This scroll is added by the Dawnguard plug-in. You will need to recover it from the Soul Cairn during the quest Beyond Death, where it is being held by Valerica. It is needed for the quests Seeking Disclosure and Unseen Visions. After the Dawnguard questline, if you've sided with the Dawnguard faction, you can sell the Sun and Blood scrolls to Dexion for 6,000 gold. If you sided with the vampires, you can never remove the scroll from your inventory.

	Name			Quest/Notes
	Elder Scroll (Blood) DG (xx0118F9)	20	0	Quest: Beyond DeathDG

Notes

• Reading a scroll will render you blind for a few seconds.
• The background art of the Elder Scroll is a star map of Earth's southern polar region, containing within it most of the southern constellations. The more famous ones are Scorpius (tail part found at the left hand side), Crux (found at the lower center of the Scroll), and Eridanus (found at the top left hand side, with Achernar as the large patch). It is identical to the background art which appeared on an Elder Scroll in Oblivion.
• Two other Elder Scrolls are present in the game data (one added by Dawnguard), but neither appear in-game.
• Reading a scroll while walking with thralls will kill them.