Skyrim:Uttering Hills Cave

Cave: Uttering Hills Cave (view on map)
# of Zones	1
Clearable	Yes
Dungeon	Yes
Respawn Time	10 days or 30 days
Level	Min: 6
Occupants
Bandits, Summerset Shadows
Important Treasure
Linwe's Equipment Mace Etiquette
Console Location Code(s)
UtteringHillsCave01
Region
Eastmarch
Location
Southwest of Windhelm
Special Features
# of Alchemy Labs	1
# of Cooking Pots/Spits	1
Ore Veins
# of Corundum	1

Uttering Hills Cave

Uttering Hills Cave is a cave occupied by bandits, in the mountains to the west of Windhelm.

It can only be reached from directly north or south. The easiest is to travel to Anga's Mill, cross the river and climb the path. Outside the cave is a small camp, with two bandits guarding the entrance.

Related Quests

• Summerset Shadows: Remove a rival guild from the picture.

Radiant Quests

• Amulet of the Moon: Find the Moon Amulet for Kharjo.
• Dungeon Delving: Do a favor by retrieving an item from a cave.
• Find Shahvee's Amulet of Zenithar: Do a favor by retrieving an item from a bandit hideout.
• Harsh Master: Take care of a runaway crew member.
• Kill the Bandit Leader: Do a favor by slaying a bandit leader.

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

• A Gold Ore vein and a Corundum Ore vein are to the east.
• An Iron Ore vein is slightly southwest.

Zone 1: Uttering Hills Cave

On a small table to the left is a leveled poison. The mined area turns into snowy cave tunnels and has a few corners. The path diverges into two paths to the left and right, both patrolled by a guard. There are two bandits warming themselves by a fire with a cooking pot. There is a chest beside the fire and a Corundum Ore vein to the west.

The door leads to a circular tower room, at the bottom of which is an alchemy lab and a random potion. Hanging above the lab is a dried Elves Ear and a dried Frost Mirriam. There is a bandit patrolling between the room and the next stairs, and another one sitting at the far end of the tunnel. The room to the right contains some bread and cheese, with a door to either side. The room to the left contains two bandits—one awake and one sleeping—a knapsack, and a leveled potion.

The other room contains the bandit's boss, a bed to the left, the One-handed skill book Mace Etiquette on the shelves by the bed, and a boss chest to the right.

Bugs

• After Summerset Shadows, the Shadows replace the bandits and follow the bandits' routines. If you have an objective to kill the bandit leader here after the quest, it will be impossible to complete it as the bandit leader will be the corpse of Linwe, who is already dead.
  • This can be fixed by resurrecting Linwe with the console by targeting his corpse and typing resurrect 1 and killing him again.
  • To fix this issue, use the console commands prid c5675, followed by disable.