Skyrim:High Hrothgar

Military Fort: High Hrothgar (view on map) (lore page)
# of Zones	1
Console Location Code(s)
HighHrothgarEntrance, HighHrothgarEntrance02, HighHrothgarExterior01, HighHrothgarExterior02, HighHrothgarExterior03, HighHrothgar
Region
Whiterun Hold
Location
South of Whiterun

High Hrothgar

High Hrothgar is a small settlement roughly halfway up the Throat of the World. It is a major landmark and home to the reclusive Greybeards who are masters of The Voice.

Traveling to High Hrothgar requires taking the 7,000 steps, beginning in Ivarstead.

On the way up to High Hrothgar there will be at least one frost troll on the path regardless of your level (though you can avoid fighting it), and you will potentially encounter several more cold-themed enemies like snow bears and ice wraiths. As well as enemy encounters, a few travelers will be seen on the way to the top - pilgrims that are exploring and reading the ancient tablets, which contain wise sayings. Reading all of the tablets grants the Voice of the Sky effect for 24 hours, which prevents animals from either attacking or fleeing from you, and they do not have to be read in numerical order.

Residents

Greybeards
Arngeir Borri Einarth Paarthurnax Wulfgar

Related Quests

Main Quests

• The Way of the Voice: Meet the Greybeards.
• The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller: Retrieve a Greybeard artifact from Ustengrav.
• The Throat of the World: Receive a lesson from Paarthurnax.
• Season Unending: Enforce a ceasefire to secure Dragonsreach.
• Paarthurnax: Deal with a potential threat.

Other Quests

• Climb the Steps: Deliver a load of goods up to High Hrothgar for Klimmek.
• The Words of Power: Follow the Greybeards' advice to learn a Word of Power from a word wall. (radiant)

High Hrothgar

Once you have completed The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller you can safely take any items from within High Hrothgar. If you later on kill Paarthurnax during the quest Paarthurnax, then taking items here will be counted as stealing.

Potions: Draught of Strength, Frostbite Venom (x2), Potion of Haggling, Potion of Health (x3), Potion of Regeneration (x5).

Ingredients: Bear Claws, Bleeding Crown, Blue Mountain Flower, Chicken's Egg, Deathbell (x4), Dragon's Tongue (x5), Frost Mirriam, Glow Dust, Hanging Moss (x3), Imp Stool, Lavender (x6), Orange Dartwing (x2), Purple Mountain Flower, Red Mountain Flower, Sabre Cat Tooth, Slaughterfish Scales (x2), Snowberries (x3), Tundra Cotton (x3), Void Salts, Wheat.

Books: A Children's Anuad, A Dream of Sovngarde, Aedra and Daedra, Dwemer Inquiries Vol I, Dwemer Inquiries Vol II, Dwemer Inquiries Vol III, Frontier, Conquest, Gods and Worship, Life of Uriel Septim VII (x2), Remanada, Ruins of Kemel-Ze, Song of the Askelde Men, Songs of the Return, Vol 19, Songs of the Return, Vol 2, Songs of the Return, Vol 56 (x2), Songs of the Return, Vol 7, Spirit of Nirn, The Alduin/Akatosh Dichotomy (x2), The Dragon Break, The Dragon War, The Great War, The Hope of the Redoran, The Monomyth, The Oblivion Crisis, The Rise and Fall of the Blades, The Song of Pelinal, v3, The Song of Pelinal, v4, The Song of Pelinal, v5, The Song of Pelinal, v6, The Song of Pelinal, v7, The Wispmother, Yngol and the Sea-Ghosts.

Etched Tablets

Emblem I Before the birth of men, the Dragons ruled all Mundus. Their word was the Voice, and they spoke only for True Needs. For the Voice could blot out the sky and flood the land.	Emblem II Men were born and spread over the face of Mundus The Dragons presided over the crawling masses Men were weak then, and had no Voice	Emblem III The fledgling spirits of Men were strong in Old Times Unafraid to war with Dragons and their Voices But the Dragons only shouted them down and broke their hearts
Emblem IV Kyne called on Paarthurnax, who pitied Man Together they taught Men to use the Voice Then Dragon War raged, Dragon against Tongue	Emblem V Man prevailed, shouting Alduin out of the world Proving for all that their Voice too was strong Although their sacrifices were many-fold	Emblem VI With roaring Tongues, the Sky-Children conquer Founding the First Empire with Sword and Voice Whilst the Dragons withdrew from this World
Emblem VII The Tongues at Red Mountain went away humbled Jurgen Windcaller began His Seven Year Meditation To understand how Strong Voices could fail	Emblem VIII Jurgen Windcaller chose silence and returned The 17 disputants could not shout Him down Jurgen the Calm built His home on the Throat of the World	Emblem IX For years all silent, the Greybeards spoke one name Tiber Septim, stripling then, was summoned to Hrothgar They blessed and named him Dohvakiin [sic]
Emblem X The Voice is worship Follow the Inner path Speak only in True Need

Notes

• At the center of a pair of stairwells that lead up to the building itself, there is a blue chest, three large sacks, and a sack around it which are set as non-respawning containers, and can thus be used for safe storage.

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