A step-by-step walkthrough for The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, guiding you through the easiest escape route from the Privateer's Hold dungeon.
Walkthrough
- 1Begin in a cave with a campfire. Equip any weapons and save your game. Follow the southern passage to a door.
- 2Enter the next room, kill the rat, and loot the treasure pile. Proceed up the stairs to the west.
- 3Continue down the corridor. At the second corner, you'll encounter a bat. Immediately after, you'll see a door on your left. Avoid this room as it contains a dangerous imp.
- 4Keep following the winding corridor. You will pass a second door leading to a room with only a rat. Continue until you reach the third door, which leads down stairs. This is an optional side trip where you can fight a human enemy for good equipment.
- 5Continue along the corridor until it ends at a door. This room contains an archer behind a U-shaped table. Attack the archer from a distance, and they should not pursue you around the table. Loot their equipment. Take the exit on the north wall.
- 6You are now in a large room with a grand staircase. A skeletal warrior guards the top. To bypass it: go around the left side of the staircase, past a bat. Look for mismatched textures on the wall, indicating a hidden door. Open it and proceed east through the next door.
- 7Follow the brown passage, which twists left to some stairs. Take the stairs to the top and go through the door to reach the balcony.
- 8From the balcony, follow the passage south until the first door on your right. This is the final room. It contains a rat, a bat, and an imp. Kill what you can and run past the rest.
- 9Locate the stone archway with a skull in it on the right wall. This is the exit.
Tips
- Save your game at the start of the dungeon, as it is dangerous for new characters.
- Be cautious of the imp in the room past the first door on the left after the initial corridor; its shock spells are powerful.
- The human enemy found down the stairs after the second door is optional but offers good loot.
- The skeletal warrior guarding the main staircase can be bypassed using the hidden door, which is the safer option for low-level characters.
- In the final room, prioritize reaching the exit archway even if you cannot defeat all the enemies.
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