Wolf

Common pack hunters of the wilderness. Weak alone, annoying in packs, and their bite can give you Rockjoint.

You’ll usually hear them before you see them. Wolves roam the wilds of Skyrim and Solstheim alone or in small packs, and for a fresh character on the road to Riverwood they’re often the first real test.

Where to find them

Everywhere outdoors. The tougher white Ice Wolf prefers the colder north. The fort of Faldar’s Tooth is known for having a lot of wolves inside.

Good to know

If you’re a werewolf in beast form, wolves leave you alone unless you attack them first.

Abilities & attacks

  • Bite attacks; power attacks can pass on Rockjoint (weaker melee)
  • Circle around you to attack from the side and back

How to beat it

Back up against a rock or wall so the pack can’t surround you, and take them down one by one. Cure Rockjoint at a shrine or with a potion afterwards.

Loot & harvestables

Wolf Pelt / Ice Wolf Pelt (always)
Minor loot (sometimes)

Ingredients and items it drops

Where to find it

Riverwood

Riverwood is the small lumber village where most Skyrim adventures really begin – blacksmith, inn, trader and the road up to Bleak Falls Barrow.

Also encountered in

Bloated Man’s Grotto

Bloated Man’s Grotto in Skyrim: hidden grotto with a Shrine of Talos and Bolar’s Oathblade – Ill Met by Moonlight, Sinding, enemies, ingredients and route.

Bloodlet Throne

Bloodlet Throne in Skyrim: vampire fort southwest of Helgen – master vampire, wolf lever, fire traps, Incident at Necrom, Black Soul Gem and linked quests.

Bonechill Passage

Bonechill Passage in Skyrim: frozen cave leading to Ancient’s Ascent – ice wraith, frost troll on the ice bridge, two skill books and a silver ore vein.

Cragslane Cavern

Cragslane Cavern in Skyrim: the bandit gambling den north of Shor’s Stone – wolf fights, skooma, Butcher the leader, cage keys and The Wolf Queen book.

Crystaldrift Cave

Crystaldrift Cave in Skyrim: one-room cave south of Riften with Gadnor’s Staff of Charming, a Shrine of Kynareth, moonstone ore and roaming beasts.

Faldar’s Tooth

Faldar’s Tooth in Skyrim: bandit fort near Riften with wolf-fight betting, three skill books, a tower-top bandit chief and many radiant quest targets.

Fellglow Keep

Fellglow Keep in Skyrim: renegade mage fort near Whiterun – The Caller, Hitting the Books, caged vampires, skill books, crafting stations, Stone of Barenziah.

Forsaken Cave

Forsaken Cave in Skyrim: Nordic crypt west of Windhelm with Curalmil, the White Phial, the Marked for Death Word Wall and a hidden alchemist’s chamber.

Greywater Grotto

Greywater Grotto in Skyrim: icy cave southwest of Helgen with wolves, a sabre cat and an ice wraith, plus corundum, iron and gold ore veins and a chest.

Lakeview Manor

Lakeview Manor in Skyrim: the Hearthfire homestead above Lake Ilinalta – how to buy the plot in Falkreath, building materials, ore veins and the apiary.

Pinemoon Cave

Pinemoon Cave in Skyrim: small vampire cave east of Volskygge with a Master Vampire, 60+ fly amanita, Incident at Necrom and several bounty quests.

Shadowgreen Cavern

Shadowgreen Cavern in Skyrim: overgrown cave north of Solitude with spriggans, cave bears, four hidden chests, moonstone ore and Noster’s helmet.

Shrouded Grove

Shrouded Grove in Skyrim: a hidden cave north of Korvanjund with brawling animals, a spriggan, the Ice and Chitin book and a Shalidor’s Insights spot.

Steepfall Burrow

Steepfall Burrow in Skyrim: two-level cave far west of Solitude with frost trolls, ice wolves, Noster’s Helmet, a Hircine totem and Mystery of Talara Book III.

The Mind of a Madman

The Mind of a Madman in Skyrim: inside Emperor Pelagius III’s head with Sheogorath – characters, enemies and Wabbajack tips for The Mind of Madness.

The Seven Thousand Steps

The Seven Thousand Steps in Skyrim: the path up the Throat of the World from Ivarstead to High Hrothgar, its ten wayshrines and the Voice of the Sky blessing.

Trophy Room (Hearthfire)

Trophy Room (Hearthfire) in Skyrim: north-wing homestead room for seven mounted creatures – trophy recipes, building materials and the 1,500 gold steward cost.

White River Watch

White River Watch in Skyrim: Hajvarr Iron-Hand’s bandit cave east of Whiterun – Ironhand Gauntlets, Ulfr the Blind, a caged wolf, iron ore and an alchemy lab.

Quests featuring this creature

Side Quest

Dark Ancestor

Destroy Vighar, Dengeir of Stuhn’s escaped vampire ancestor, in Bloodlet Throne before the family’s shame gets out.
Side Quest

Dragon’s Breath Mead

Raid Horgeir’s hidden drink stash near Dragon Bridge and decide whether the Dragon’s Breath Mead goes to his wife Olda or back to him.
Side Quest

Kyne’s Sacred Trials

Old hunter Froki Whetted-Blade sends you across Skyrim to slay seven ghostly guardian beasts in honour of Kyne, ending with the guardian troll.
Side Quest

The White Phial

Recover the legendary White Phial from Forsaken Cave for the dying Windhelm alchemist Nurelion – only to discover it is cracked.

Characters connected to it

Barknar

Barknar in Skyrim: a Nord pilgrim who walks the 7,000 Steps above Ivarstead, meditates on the tablets and relaxes at the Vilemyr Inn between climbs.

Klimmek

Klimmek in Skyrim: an Ivarstead fisherman who hauls food to the Greybeards, gives you Climb the Steps and is Fastred’s old flame in The Book of Love.

Olda

Olda in Skyrim: Nord lumberjack and Horgeir’s wife in Dragon Bridge, who asks you to fetch his hidden Dragon’s Breath Mead from a wolf-guarded cave.

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Dragon

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Monster

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Sources checked: Fextralife (Wolf | Skyrim) + in-game

Wolf

Type
Level
Health
Soul size
Petty
Resistances
Ice Wolf: 50% frost resistance
Weaknesses
Region
Game
Base ID
Wolf – 00023ABE Ice Wolf – 00023ABF

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