Skyrim:Gloombound Mine

Mine: Gloombound Mine (view on map)
# of Zones	1
Respawn Time	10 days
Console Location Code(s)
GloomboundMine01
Region
Eastmarch
Location
Narzulbur
Special Features
# of Smelters	1
Ore Veins
# of Ebony	16
# of Iron	6

Gloombound Mine

Gloombound Mine is a small ebony and iron mine supporting the Orc stronghold of Narzulbur. It contains only one zone, Gloombound Mine.

It is owned and worked by Orcs from Narzulbur, with the help of hired workers from the Orc stronghold of Largashbur. Dushnamub will buy ebony ore from you.

Residents

Residents
Bor Gadba gro-Largash* Mogdurz Mul gro-Largash*

* These Orcs have been hired from Largashbur due to a deficit of workers in Narzulbur.

Related Quests

• Mine Ore: Get paid to mine ore. (radiant)

Walkthrough

Exterior

The exterior of the mine is the Orc stronghold of Narzulbur. A smelter is in the covered work area beneath the mine.

Gloombound Mine

Top of the tunnel

The mine is the richest source of ebony in Skyrim. On a single trip to the mine, it is possible to obtain 63 pieces of ebony ore, which can be smelted into 31 ingots (or 50 and 25 respectively if you are not willing to steal). Care must be taken as there are several pockets of flammable gas within the mine, so any naked flame can cause an explosive fire. There are numerous pickaxes found throughout the mine.

Upon entering the mine, there is a snowberry bush on your left and a ramp leading down to a crossroads; a helmet and a woodcutter's axe can be found on a table to the left. Turn left (north) past the table to reach two ebony ore veins (one on the right wall, and the other on the ground) as well as an iron ore vein on the ground. At the end of the tunnel, on the end wall, is another ebony ore vein.

Turning right (south) at the crossroads will land you at a dead end with an ebony ore vein. Straight ahead (east) at the crossroads; you will pass a shelf on your left with an iron helmet and a medium coin purse, as well as an iron ore vein on the ground in front of it. Follow the tunnel up the ramp and you will find an iron ore vein on the ground on the left. At the top of the ramp, if you turn left, you will encounter a dead end with two ebony ore veins, one on the left wall, the other on the right.

Far end of the mine

Turning around past the top of the ramp, an ebony ore vein is on the ground on the right. Continue straight ahead past an oil slick to reach a tunnel on your right, where there is an iron ore vein on the ground. Just after this vein, on the left, is a barrel with an iron dagger and a garnet on top of it. Two ebony ore veins are at the end of the tunnel, both on the ground.

Back to the turn, now on your left (west) are two upright barrels, one of which has a piece of ebony ore lying on top. The turn takes you through a braced section of tunnel with a dogleg. Partway through are two iron ore veins, both on your right. Farther along the tunnel as it turns to the right is an ebony ore vein. Next to this vein is a cart which contains three pieces of ebony ore. Just past this is another vein on the right hand wall. Be careful between this ore vein and the end of the tunnel as there is a loose segment of planks in the middle of the ground, which will crumble and drop you down to the crossroads by the entrance if you step on it. Between the planking and the end of the tunnel is a bucket containing two pieces of ebony ore. At the end of the tunnel, five ebony ore veins can be found: two on the ground, and one on each of the three walls at the end of the tunnel.

Notes

• One of the Orc workers may trigger the rotten planks and fall to their death.