4 mysterious Aetherium Shards are hidden within the bowels of the Dawnguard of
. Accumulate all of them to entry the Aetherium Forge and forge your self a brand-new artifact.
Alongside the way in which you will additionally get to discover a number of Dwemer ruins, smash up the dusty robots guarding every place, and run off with their goodies.
How To Start Misplaced to the Ages
The Aetherium Shards are a part of a brand new quest in Dawnguard: Misplaced to the Ages. Nevertheless, you’ll be able to snag the shards at any level after you have put in the DLC.
For those who decide up an Aetherium Shard earlier than beginning Misplaced to the Ages, a brand new Establish the Crystal Shard quest will seem in your journal. Clearing this miscellaneous quest—or beginning the precise quest, for that matter—simply requires studying a replica of The Aetherium Wars.
This ebook is fairly extensively out there all through Skyrim. After studying it, the placement of a Dwemer wreck in The Attain, Arkngthamz, is added to your map. Your quest has begun!
Discovering every Aetherium Shard requires delving into Dwemer ruins throughout Skyrim. Along with Arkngthamz, you will go to Deep Folks Crossing in The Attain, Raldbthar in The Pale, and Mzulft in Eastmarch earlier than your search is over.
First Shard: Arkngthamz
After studying The Aetherium Wars, you will get a waypoint for Arkngthamz and a quest replace to go to it and be taught extra. As soon as inside, you are threatened—after which welcomed—by the ghost of Katria, a girl who was researching the Aetherium Shards earlier than her premature demise.
To seek out Arkngthamz by yourself, head southeast from
. For those who see the orc stronghold of Dushnikh Yal, you are heading in the right direction—the wreck icon will present up for those who maintain heading southeast.
Katria’s ghost provides suggestions and recommendation whilst you’re exploring Arkngthamz. Specifically, be sure you snag Katria’s Journal whenever you discover her physique. Learn the journal so as to add the opposite shards’ places to your map.
On the finish of Arkngthamz, you will discover a puzzle-locked treasure vault. The gate has 5 tonal resonators that have to be hit with arrows or projectile spells.
The resonators are organized in two horizontal rows. The highest row has two resonators, whereas the underside row has three.
To open the gate, strike the resonators within the following order:
- Backside left
- Backside proper
- Prime left
- Prime proper
- Backside center
For those who get it mistaken, Dwemer constructs are launched and assault. Even for those who’re itching to smash extra robots, the gate would not spawn them without end—ultimately it simply retains firing arrows at you for failing.
The chamber inside is stuffed with treasure, together with your first Aetherium Shard! Simply three extra to go.
Second Shard: Deep Folks Crossing
Deep Folks Crossing is a landmark northeast of Markarth. This shard’s positively the simplest, since there is not any dungeon inside to fuss over.
To retrieve the Aetherium Shard, cross to the north aspect of the bridge and head up the slope. You may see the second shard sitting atop the close by plinth.
Third Shard: Raldbthar
This Dwemer wreck is one in every of three entrances to the Blackreach beneath Skyrim. Regardless of being positioned in The Pale, the simplest approach to attain Raldbthar is to head west alongside the river from Windhelm.
When you go Anga’s Mill, head southwest into the mountains. You may see waypoints for 2 Dwemer ruins: one is Irkngthand, and the opposite is Raldbthar.
Contained in the dungeon, you will have to combat previous bandits and Dwarven constructs. Preserve left whilst you discover, and ultimately, you will climb a stairway that ends in a raise.
This raise takes you to the dungeon’s second important space: Raldbthar Deep Market. Preserve pushing ahead by the traps and constructs, and you will attain a big chamber with a raised bridge.
Reducing the bridge requires unjamming its gears earlier than urgent the button, which prompts the mechanism. The primary three are simply seen, however the fourth will be tough—it is a piece of Dwemer Scrap Steel caught in a gear underwater.
Maintain your breath, dive in, and the bridge will come down. Defeat the Dwarven Centurion, which tries to dam your means, and loot the place clear.
The door on the right-hand aspect of the treasure chamber has your purpose: the third Aetherium Shard. Be sure to seize it earlier than taking the raise again to the floor!
Fourth Shard: Mzulft
Three down, one to go! One final wreck to go to: Mzulft within the Eastmarch.
Effectively, really, you are going into the Dwarven Storeroom subsequent to Mzulft. Whereas a part of the identical complicated, you’ll be able to’t enter Mzulft itself till you have began the search Revealing the Unseen for the Faculty of Winterhold.
The simplest path to Mzulft is to begin at Windhelm, and head due south to Steamcrag Camp. After avoiding the giants, climb east into the mountains, and a Dwemer wreck waypoint will seem earlier than lengthy.
As soon as contained in the Dwarven Storeroom, Katria’s ghost helpfully factors out the door you will want to select open. Inside, the final Aetherium Shard is mendacity atop a podium.
Utilizing the Aetherium Shards
After gathering the fourth shard, they will get replaced by the Aetherium Crest in your stock. Head to the Ruins of Bthalft in The Rift and be part of Katria on her last quest to achieve the Aetherium Forge.
On the finish of the dungeon, you will be rewarded together with your selection of artifact
|
Artifact |
Potential |
|---|---|
|
Aetherial Crown |
You may attune two Standing Stone skills whereas sporting the crown. |
|
Aetherial Protect |
Give your foes a protect bash and so they’ll flip ethereal for 15 seconds. |
|
Aetherial Employees |
Use it to summon a Dwarven assemble—at excessive ranges, chances are you’ll get two. |
The only option will differ relying in your play type. Though turning foes ethereal might look like a draw back, the Aetherium Protect’s capacity is definitely fairly robust for the reason that baddies additionally cannot damage you—use this to mitigate injury from harmful foes (like giants), or whilst you’re outnumbered.
You may solely forge one quest reward, so select properly!
