Skyrim:Steamscorch Mine

Mine: Steamscorch Mine (view on map)
# of Zones	1
Respawn Time	10 days
Important Treasure
Catalogue of Armor Enchantments
Console Location Code(s)
KynesgroveSteamscorchGullyMine
Region
Eastmarch
Location
Kynesgrove
Special Features
# of Tanning Racks	1
# of Smelters	1
# of Wood Chopping Blocks	1
Ore Veins
# of Malachite	7

Steamscorch Mine

Steamscorch Mine is a small malachite mine in northeastern Kynesgrove. It contains only one zone, Steamscorch Mine.

Kjeld will buy malachite ore from you.

Residents

Steamscorch Mine Camp
Ganna Uriel Gemma Uriel Klija Wolf-Claw CC † Roggi Knot-Beard * Stormcloak Guards

* Only becomes available as a follower after you complete a quest to locate his lost shield.
† Only appears if the Civil War Champions Creation is installed on a character who has not yet chosen a side in the Civil War. See bugs.

Related Quests

• Battle of the Champions^CC: A battle between two Civil War champions is about to begin.
• Mine Ore: Get paid to mine ore. (radiant)

Walkthrough

Exterior

North of the Braidwood Inn is a small path passing a camp that leads east and north up a hill to the entrance of the mine. Outside the mine is a smelter, three owned malachite ingots on the end of a cart, and one owned piece of malachite ore on a crate, with a second unowned piece of malachite ore behind another crate farther to the west. There are no hostiles in or around the mine, although after the quest Dragon Rising, dragons often fly overhead. The mine path continues onward to a dragon burial mound east of Kynesgrove (related to the quest A Blade in the Dark).

Steamscorch mine camp

North of the inn and west of the entrance to the mine is the miners' camp. It consists of a central campfire around which are three small tents, each containing an unowned bed roll. North of the fire are two food barrels with a rack holding nine owned salmon. Northeast of the fire is a vegetable patch where ten cabbages, four gourds, six leeks, and eight potatoes grow. A tanning rack and a wood chopping block are on the fringe of the camp, and a grindstone is by the northwestern corner of the inn. A nightshade plant and a snowberry bush can be found around the camp.

Steamscorch Mine

Mine interior

Inside the mine are seven malachite ore veins ( on the map) and twenty-one patches of fly amanita. The first two malachite ore veins are just inside the mine on either side of the main path, with an empty chest on the right of the tunnel; the other five veins are deeper in. The tunnel opens up to a small area with a table (A on the map) holding a copy of the Enchanting skill book Catalogue of Armor Enchantments, a bottle of wine, and a random healing potion. A pair of random boots can be found on the ground by the table. The mine then splits into two parallel tunnels, both of which lead to the area at the end. The left tunnel contains another table with several food barrels and sacks as well as a pair of leather boots, while the right tunnel leads to a side tunnel containing a malachite ore vein. The remaining four malachite ore veins are all in the area at the end of the tunnels; two of the veins are on the ground, and two more are accessible by climbing the scaffolding in the area.

The mine is worked by a few NPCs and is often patrolled by the Dark Elf mage Dravynea the Stoneweaver. She resides at the nearby inn and offers a miscellaneous quest to bring her frost salts in return for training in the school of Alteration. Dravynea also states it is her job to keep the mine safe and prevent it from collapsing.

Notes

• Once you have completed the quest to locate Roggi's Ancestral Shield, the next time you visit the mine, the shield will be at the top of the ramp against the rear wall of the mine; it will not be marked as owned and will therefore be free to take.

Bugs

• If Klija appears at Kynesgrove but you then side with the Imperial Legion and kill her during the quest Battle of the Champions, this version of her will not be disabled and she will continue to live at the camp. ^?

Maps

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Steamscorch Mine