Skyrim:Nilheim

Nordic Tower: Nilheim (view on map)
Clearable	Yes
Dungeon	Yes
Respawn Time	Never (storage is safe)
Level	Min: 6
Occupants
Bandits
Console Location Code(s)
NilheimExterior01, NilheimExterior02, NilheimExterior03
Region
The Rift
Location
East-northeast of Ivarstead Northwest of Sarethi Farm

Nilheim

Nilheim is a tower east-northeast of Ivarstead containing disguised bandits.

If you do not first speak to Telrav, the occupants are disguised as guards and are non-hostile. You can loot everything in the tower without any of them caring. If you do speak to Telrav and initiate his quest to return him to his camp, all of these "friendly" guards are revealed to be bandits. Killing Telrav unprovoked without initiating the quest results in the guards being hostile when you approach.

The top of the tower gives the player an awe inspiring view of northeast Skyrim. On a clear day, one can see the entire mountain range that surrounds southeastern Skyrim, and to the north one can see further than Windhelm. To the west the view is blocked by the Throat of the World, and Northwind Summit to the east.

There are also two unnamed bodies, an Imperial and a Breton, thrown among the rocks at the base of the tower. Further down the slope on the rock cliff is the body of a bandit.

Related Quests

• Telrav's Request: Escort Telrav back to his camp in Nilheim.

NOTE: Some radiant quests have a sizeable list of possible locations. These quests are not placed on individual place pages, and are instead listed at radiant quest locations.

Notes

• Though the bandits are named after the standard 'Bandit', they'll be stronger than the usual bandits, but won't level and be named (for example, 'Bandit Marauder', 'Bandit Thug').

Bugs

• When the bandits are disguised as guards, they are only friendly towards you, but not towards your horse or followers. They will attack and even kill your horse if you ride it to Nilheim.
• If a radiant quest sends you here after you have cleared it, it will be impossible to complete.
  • Reload a previous save and get a different location for the quest.