Brood Cavern is a compact, single-chamber cave southwest of Morthal. Its entrance sits in a little stream that tumbles down the mountainside toward the river below, just above the spot where you fast travel in. It is a quick in-and-out dungeon, but it packs ore, a skill book and a couple of chests into one room – and plenty of bears who would like you to leave.
What you’ll find
- Bears guarding the entrance and more inside – depending on your level, the residents may instead be trolls or frostbite spiders.
- One chamber with a small opening to the sky and two little waterfalls feeding the stream.
- A dead hunter with a high-level bow and arrows, plus a dead deer. Outside, below the entrance, lies the body of a Khajiit.
- One iron ore vein and one corundum ore vein.
- Two chests with leveled loot: one novice-locked chest tucked behind the waterfall to the right of the dead deer, and one at the northeast end of the room.
- Ingredients: three fly amanita and ten hanging moss, plus a stamina poison next to a chest.
Quests
The cave is one of the possible spots for the Fine-Cut Void Salts you need during Salty Sea-Dogs.
Notable items
- The Black Arrow, Book II – Archery skill book on the dead hunter.
- The hunter’s high-level bow and arrows, found in front of the northeast chest.
Tips
Several bears wait outside before you even reach the ones inside, so fight them one group at a time instead of dragging the whole family into a brawl. Once the den is quiet, check behind the waterfall – the hidden chest is easy to miss.
If you are collecting bear claws and pelts for Temba Wide-Arm, this is about as convenient as bear hunting gets. The bears might disagree.
Good to know
According to the Creation Kit, the unlucky hunter’s name is Urwa.
Nearby
Closest places covered on TamrielSaga: Orotheim, Dead Men’s Respite, Eldersblood Peak, Rannveig’s Fast, Robber’s Gorge.
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.
