Rannveig’s Fast is an ancient Nordic tomb in the mountains on the border between Hjaalmarch and Whiterun Hold. Approach from the southern face of the range northeast of Rorikstead (south-southwest of Morthal on the map). Crumbling ruins and stone steps lead up to the entrance and continue on toward Cold Rock Pass. Inside, a warlock named Sild has made the tomb his home – and its ghosts his servants.
What you’ll find
- A Ghost Adventurer and three Subjugated Ghosts outside, and five more Subjugated Ghosts inside.
- Sild the Warlock, the tomb’s boss, who keeps a caged area around a pool of water below.
- A trap by the Word Wall: an empty chest upstairs and a trapdoor that delivers careless visitors into Sild’s cage below.
- An alchemy lab, with Sild’s Journal, an enchanted iron dagger and a skill book nearby.
- Lots of locks: nine Adept cell doors, three Expert locks and two Apprentice locks.
Quests
- “Rannveig’s Fast” – you come here to learn the word of power on the wall.
- “No Stone Unturned” – a Stone of Barenziah sits on the table next to the alchemy lab.
- “Preemptive Strike” (Dawnguard) – a possible spot to hunt a Master Vampire for Gunmar.
- Can also come up during the Companions quest “Trouble in Skyrim”.
Notable items
- Word Wall: Kyne’s Peace
- Horror of Castle Xyr (Destruction) by the alchemy lab
- Enchanted iron dagger
- Stone of Barenziah
- Sild’s Journal
Tips
The trapdoor is the star of the show. Walk around it to the Word Wall, then sneak downstairs and you can catch Sild staring at the ceiling, still sweet-talking the empty chest upstairs. Killing him won’t free the ghosts – they stay hostile – so don’t expect gratitude. If you like Lockpicking, this place is a training ground. Players also advise visiting this Word Wall before the Kyne’s Peace walls in Shroud Hearth Barrow and Ragnvald, as collecting those first can leave this wall’s word unlearnable.
Good to know
After “Dragon Rising”, the dragon from nearby Eldersblood Peak may swoop in, sometimes picking a fight with the ghosts outside. Further up the hill toward Cold Rock Pass lies a mage skeleton carrying a randomly enchanted staff.
Nearby
Closest places covered on TamrielSaga: Drelas’ Cottage, Greenspring Hollow, Swindler’s Den, Whiterun Imperial Camp, Hamvir’s Rest.
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.
