Markarth

Online:Briar Rock Ruins

The UESPWiki – Your source for The Elder Scrolls since 1995
Jump to: navigation, search
ON-mapicon-Delve.png
Ruin:
Briar Rock Ruins
(view on map) (lore page)
ON-icon-Ouroboros.png
Delve
Discoverable Yes
Completion Explore and Clear
Dungeon Yes
Skyshards 1
Occupants
Minotaur, Minotaur Shaman
Briarheart Brute, Briarheart Wildling, Draugr Frost Knight, Draugr Tormentor, Draugr Vanquisher, Lurcher, Thornroot Charger, Thornroot Hagraven, Thornroot Archer, Thornroot Predator, Thornroot Ritualist, Thornroot Vinecaller
Zone
The Reach
Location
South of Markarth
Loading Screen
Loading screen
"A matronly crone came down from the mountains, feather-winged and ever-shrouded. She delivered a message straight from the Dawn of Karth. The blood of Men will spill upon the soil, for their trials must be lived in bitterness and pain." —Vateshran Allaghach
Briar Rock Ruins

Briar Rock Ruins is a ruin located in the southwestern corner of the Reach. The ruins are currently inhabited by the hostile Thornroot Clan and their hagravens. The Thornroots have been kidnapping members of other clans and transforming them into briarheart warriors against their will.

Minotaurs roam the bank of the river flowing in front of the ruins and down the valley, while herons hunt for fish along the river's edge. A heavy sack is located by the waterfall in front of the ruins, to the west. A minotaur is bathing beneath said waterfall. A Minotaur Shaman kneels next to a chest spawn point on the western bank of the Karth River.

Related Quests[edit]

Clearing the Dungeon[edit]

Explore and clear Briar Rock Ruins.

To clear this dungeon and mark it as complete, you need to kill the following bosses:

ON-misc-Boss 1.png Matron Grygarsnit

People[edit]

Outside
Branhurt
Brenelsa
Medone Quest Giver
Northeast Cage
Aodhenn
Anginoch
Northwest Cage
Bedene
Dremar
South Cage
Marolan
Crypt
Vateshran Barth
Tower
Faorin
Only during Vows and Oaths

Layout[edit]

Briar Rock Ruins[edit]

Briar Rock Crypts[edit]

A chest can spawn behind the statue at the lowest level of the crypt, all the way to the south.

Dead Crone Tower[edit]

ON-mapicon-Wayshrine.pngWayshrine[edit]

Briar Rock Wayshrine

Briar Rock Wayshrine is located atop a hill east of Briar Rock Ruins. A copy of The Battle of Karthspire Lea is in a camp a short ways southeast of the wayshrine, near a water sack. A letter lies next to the corpse of Apprentice Gwerina beside a tree to the east.

Books[edit]

Achievements[edit]

There is one achievement associated with this location:

Achievement Points Description
ON-icon-achievement-UD Recruit.png Briar Rock Ruins Explorer 5 Explore and clear Briar Rock Ruins.

Notes[edit]

Maps[edit]

Gallery[edit]

This Elder Scrolls Online-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.