Frostflow Lighthouse stands on the icy northern coast, a short way south of Hob’s Fall Cave. A Redguard couple, Ramati and Habd, fell in love with the place from afar, finally bought it and moved the whole family over from Hammerfell – to the kids’ great disgust. When you arrive, the dream has turned into a crime scene: blood on the walls, Ramati dead on the floor with a Falmer war axe in her chest, and a dead chaurus beside her.
What you’ll find
- A wrecked lighthouse interior with diaries that piece the story together: strange noises in the basement, things going missing, and Habd heading down to investigate.
- A locked cellar full of chaurus, with a big hole in the wall leading into Frostflow Abyss, a network of tunnels held by chaurus and Falmer.
- Chaurus eggs everywhere, some of which can hatch into Chaurus Hunter Fledglings if you leave them alone, and a large cavern ruled by a Chaurus Reaper.
- A quicksilver ore vein in the Abyss, and outside a small shed with potions and gold next to a garden of potatoes and leeks.
Quests
Frostflow Abyss starts when you find the bodies. The cellar key hides in a burial urn on the mantelpiece. Fight down to the Chaurus Reaper, kill it, and loot Habd’s key and remains from its body. Habd wished to face the ocean forever, so carry his remains up to the roof and place them in the lighthouse fire. You receive Sailor’s Repose, making your healing spells 10% more effective.
Notable items
- Torchbug in a Jar, a unique decorative item.
- Mystery of Talara, Book II, a Restoration skill book.
- Hammerfell Garb and an Alik’r Hood on a shelf in the cellar.
- Hundreds of chaurus eggs, dozens of glowing mushrooms and plenty of white cap, plus a bottle of Honningbrew Mead.
Tips
Smash the eggs as you go – fledglings hatching behind you is a bad surprise, especially since there is a drop you cannot climb back up. Followers often get stuck at that ledge; a knockback effect, or dismissing and re-recruiting them, sorts it out. Animal Allegiance turns chaurus against each other, Reaper included.
Good to know
Players like to train Sneak here: as long as the cellar door stays closed, the chaurus on the other side keep searching for you endlessly without ever reaching you.
Nearby
Closest places covered on TamrielSaga: Hob’s Fall Cave, Driftshade Refuge, Winterhold Imperial Camp, Alftand, The Tower Stone.
Location data (hold, map position, editor ID) read from the Skyrim game files; details checked against community wiki articles and summarised in our own words.
