If the available houses of Skyrim just don’t speak to your dark, brooding sensibilities, this might be the home for you. Blood Chill Manor is a unique home you can acquire that is included in the Skyrim Anniversary Edition. There is a bit of fun to be had in acquiring the place, so here is our guide on how to unlock Blood Chill Manor in Skyrim.
Blood Chill Manor Step One: Reach Level Twelve
Like many quests in Skyrim, this one begins with a courier. At level twelve or above, a courier will approach you with an invitation. This is a more proper invitation than the usual ones the Dragonborn receives, check your books for Dinner Invitation if you’re not sure. The letter requests your attendance at a dinner party at Blood Chill Manor, which doesn’t sound menacing at all. Check your map for the location, it’s in the mountains southeast of Dawnstar.
Blood Chill Manor Step Two: Have/Be Dinner
You’ll find this mansion inside of a cave, Blood Chill Cavern. Enter and you will find yourself among the other guests who also received invitations. They are milling about outside the house, waiting to head inside. In the house, you’ll find a suspiciously gaunt waiter. Speak with him to be welcomed to the party. Head to the dinner table and take your seat.
On your plate in front of you is a letter, with instructions to read out loud. From the letter you learn that the owner of the house has passed away, leaving no heir to inherit it. Further reading reveals that the other guests are friends, comrades, and acquaintances of our (g)host. Each of them wronged him in some way, and he has held a grudge. Then the letter addresses you, and your purpose in all this. Have you crossed this person? Did you wrong him somehow? Nope, you were a random extra he invited for fun. He wonders if you will change the fate of his former friends, or revel in it. What fate would that be?
Step Three: Time to Dine
When you put the letter down, the chaos begins. Vampires and gargoyles attack, massacring the merrymakers before your eyes. Your goal here is to survive the attack, which is no mean feat. Bring your best gear, and some fire spells if you have them. Turns out, one of the “guests” was a vampire hunter of the Dawnguard. Speak with him to complete the quest and stake your claim on Blood Chill Manor.
With everyone dead except for you, the house is now yours! This place is a gothic dream, it’s dark and eery. The entire house is inside a cave halfway up a frozen mountain, you can’t get much more goth than that! The manor has all the amenities you would expect of a Skyrim house. You have a bed to sleep in, plenty of places for storage, as well as all the tools for crafting at home. Did I mention that the bed is a coffin?
If you like the look of Blood Chill Manor and found this Skyrim guide helpful, please do check out our other guides covering leveling up, making money, or grabbing some powerful early weapons. Now that you have your own home, perhaps you want to get married, or adopt a child? Check out the rest of our guides for more!
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