Skyrim:Cold Rock Pass

Pass: Cold Rock Pass (view on map)
# of Zones	1
Clearable	Yes
Respawn Time	10 days or 30 days
Level	Min: 8
Occupants
Frost Troll
Console Location Code(s)
ColdRockPassExterior01 (South Cold Rock Pass), ColdRockPassExterior02 (North Cold Rock Pass), ColdRockPass01
Region
Whiterun Hold (see notes)
Location
South-southwest of Morthal North of Rannveig's Fast
Ore Veins
# of Corundum	2
# of Quicksilver	1

Cold Rock Pass

Cold Rock Pass is a small passage through a mountain south-southwest of Morthal containing a frost troll.

Although the interior of the ruin is named "Cold Rock Pass", the map markers for the two entrances are named "North Cold Rock Pass" and "South Cold Rock Pass", counting as two separate locations for the "Locations Discovered" statistic.

Related Quests

• Animal Extermination: Fulfill a contract given to the Companions to clear out a beast den. (radiant)

Walkthrough

Exterior: North Cold Rock Pass

North Cold Rock Pass

The northern entrance is found by following the path southwest of Morthal toward Eldersblood Peak; when you pass a banner attached to a post on your left, the entrance is on the next switchback to the left. An iron ore vein is along the path near the entrance, and several snowberry bushes grow in the vicinity.

Exterior: South Cold Rock Pass

South Cold Rock Pass

The southern entrance is found by ascending the stone stairs leading north to the left of the entrance of Rannveig's Fast. A dead skeever is next to the entrance.

Cold Rock Pass

Upon entering via the nothern entrance, you enter a natural cave heading down and to the west. Ahead is a wooden crate near a lootable skeleton and a sack of food. To the south, to the left of an earthen ramp leading up is a corundum ore vein. At the top of the ramp the cave opens up in front of you, with a couple rock pillars supporting the ceiling and a frozen pond of water being fed by a small waterfall. Southwest of the waterfall on a higher ledge is a frost troll. The ramp leading up to it is along the northwest wall of the cave.

The ledge has a quicksilver ore vein on the southwest wall of the cave. Among the bones and blood splatters on the ground are some iron or steel weapons and a dead skeever or two. There may be the body of a bandit by the edge, although this may have fallen off and be lying on the ice below. Near the frost troll is a dead elk and an open chest holding a set of random armor, a steel sword, and two potions of minor healing. To the south, below the ledge is a large shallow pond that has mostly frozen over, with the path through the cave beside it. Against the east wall, opposite the waterfall is a food barrel next to an unlocked chest. At the southern end of the pond is a second corundum ore vein, with a ramp up to its left leading past a cart containing a food barrel, a second barrel beside it, and a second lootable skeleton, ending at the southern entrance.

Notes

• Although the Prima Official Game Guide places this location in Hjaalmarch, the game data states it is in Whiterun Hold.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 2.1.1, addresses this issue. The pass has been set to be part of Hjaalmarch instead.
  • Technically, the pass itself is a transition between the two holds, with its southern entrance in Whiterun Hold and its northern entrance in Hjaalmarch, so either could be said to be applicable.

Maps

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  Cold Rock Pass

Gallery

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  Skeleton and bone wolves near the southern entrance