In 2011, the world saw another sequel to the mega-popular game "The Elder Scrolls”, and the fifth part was called “Skyrim”. The game takes place in an already well-known universe, 200 years after the events of the fourth part.
The game world is huge, lively and diverse, the characters in it move around the locations, go about their business. If you describe all the events that take place in the game, you get a full-fledged book series. In this article I would like to dwell on one interesting artifact in the world. So, in place of the constellations already familiar to us from the past parts, guardian stones appeared in the world of Skyrim.
Guardian stones are vertically standing stones scattered throughout Skyrim, when touched, the player receives additional bonuses for character development or gives him a certain skill that can be useful in the game. In total, in the vastness of Skyrim, you can find 13 stones.
During the game, you can only activate the bonus of one stone, so if you activate a new one, the previous one will be canceled. Also in the game there is an artifact ethereal crown, which allows the keeper to get a bonus when touching the stone, while retaining the effect of the previous one, i.e. actually have two bonuses at once.
Also, if you find all the guardian stones in Skyrim, you will receive the “Guardian stones” achievement and 30 points in “Steam”, when finding one stone, the “Blessed” achievement and 10 points.
Let's dwell on each of them.
You will find the first 3 stones without much difficulty, they will meet you at the very beginning of the game, these are:
Stone of war - it gives a 20% advantage in the development of combat skills.
Mage Stone - You gain a 20% increase in the rate of development of magic skills.
Thief Stone - your character will develop thief skills 20% faster.
The remaining 10 stones you will have to look for. On the Internet, you can easily find a map with the locations of these artifacts, so we will consider their features:
Atronach Stone
- you are given a bonus to the total amount of mana, as well as the ability to absorb part of the magic damage, but at the same time the rate of mana replenishment is reduced.Tower Stone
- You gain the ability once per day to open a lock on Expert difficulty or easier.Stone Serpent
- Once a day, you can hit your opponent with a paralyzing poison, taking away 250 health points from him.Horse Stone
- will be very interesting for owners of heavy armor, as the blessing allows you to ignore its weight, and also gives a tangible bonus to the weight of carried items.Stone Lady
- You gain a 25% bonus to stamina and health regeneration.Lord Stone
– grants the owner of the blessing a bonus to physical damage control (+50 pts.) and magic resistance (+25 pts.)Lover's Stone
- Inspires you to develop your abilities and gives +15% to the speed of their development.Ritual Stone
– once a day you can feel like a necromancer: you can resurrect defeated warriors around you for 3 minutes so that they fight on your side.Shadow Stone
- once a day for exactly one minute you can become invisible.Stone of the Apprentice
- Your magicka regenerates twice as fast, but you take twice as much damage from magic attacks.If you're interested, you can listen to an entire lecture in the Hall of Elements about what the local scientific community thinks about Guardian Stones. Explore the unbridled and interesting world Skyrim, look for various artifacts and enjoy the colorful virtual world.
If you have played the series before The Elder Scrolls, then remember that at the start you were given the opportunity to choose a constellation that gave bonuses throughout the game. But this rule is absolutely not applicable for computer fun called "Skyrim". Signs, or constellation stones, are scattered throughout the vast map. Moreover, there is no specific indication of where to look for them. In this little guide, you will find out where the signs are located, as well as what bonuses each of them gives.
"Skyrim": guardian signs
Before you go in search of a particular stone, you should understand that you can only get one bonus from the constellations. That is, if you want to change the sign, have an increase from it, then the previous one will cease to operate. But thanks to the fast movement, you can always return to a particular stone and activate the bonus from it. This will help increase some of the readings in the passage of the game "Skyrim".
Guardian signs, which can be found at the very beginning of the path, are located on the river bank, near the road from Helgen to Riverwood. There are three stones here. But you can only activate one of them at a time. Therefore, before making a choice, study the bonuses from each.
Bonuses from stones
Mark of the Thief improves skills such as light armor, lockpicking, pickpocketing, stealth, eloquence, and alchemy by 20%. The Warrior's Guardian Stone grants a 20% increase in the growth of the following abilities: one-handed and two-handed weapons, shooting, wearing heavy armor, blacksmithing and blocking. Mark of the Mage increases the learning speed of skills such as destruction, enchantment, restoration, sorcery, illusion and change by 20%.
Before activating the stone, consider which path you want to take. For example, if you are trying to achieve success in military affairs, then choose the Warrior stone. And if you like spells and the subtle world of magic, then bet on the sign of the Magician.
"Skyrim". Lover's stone
This sign is an excellent alternative to the previous ones, because thanks to it you can learn all the skills and abilities at once. But, instead of a 20% bonus, the experience gain will be 15%. You can find this stone northeast of the city of Markarth.
Apprentice sign
You can find this stone in the swamps of Hjaalmarch, between Solitude and Morthal. This mark increases your magicka regeneration by 50%. But at the same time, it makes the hero vulnerable to enemy spells. So it is better to activate it for magicians who have seriously pumped up their reflection and resistance skills.
Mark of the Atronach
You can find this stone in the Eastmarch Tundra, northwest of Mistwatch and slightly south of Skeleton Crest. When the sign is activated, the hero's magic pool is increased by 50 points, and the ability to absorb magical damage is also increased by 50%. The negative effect of the stone is to reduce the speed of magicka regeneration by half.
Tower and snake sign
You can find the Tower stone on top of a mountain located between Winterhold and Dawnstar, north of Hob's Cave and west of the College. When activated, the hero will be able to open a lock of any difficulty level once per game day. At the same time, the Serpent Stone gives you the ability to paralyze one enemy once per knock for 5 seconds and deal 25 damage to them. The sign is located northeast of the Pride of Tel Vos crash site and east of Winterhold.
Sign of the Horse
This stone increases your carrying capacity by 100 units. In addition, it allows you to move quickly in heavy armor, even without the Persistent Training skill. You can find this sign in the west of Solitude. You need to go a little north from the Wolf Skull quest cave.
Other signs
Mark of the Lady, when activated, increases the speed of regeneration of stamina and health by 25%. The stone is located near Falkreath, a little south of the Depths of Ilinalta location. The Lord's Stone grants a 25% bonus to magic resistance. In addition, it increases damage resistance (armor) by 50%. This sign stands on a mountain southwest of Dawnstar, east of Morthal.
By activating the Ritual stone, the hero will be able to raise all the dead to his defense once a day. You can find him east of Whiterun, on the road to Windhelm. The Mark of the Shadow allows the hero to remain invisible for 60 seconds once a day. You can find it in the south of Riften - one of the main cities. Remember that in the Skyrim game, signs are the easiest way to get some bonuses that will be useful in passing the game. So you should definitely look for them.
To feel like a king, you just need to find out where to find the stones of Barenziah in Skyrim, namely all 24 pieces, then put them back into the crown, and enjoy the most inaccessible artifact in the entire game! But you can start the quest to collect all the fragments only when you find one of stones of barenziah, and then automatically starts the quest Look under each stone.
The essence of the task is to collect all the stones (24 pieces), find the precious Barenziah's crown and connect them together. These unusual and gems decorated the crown worn by the queen Mournhold. The Stones of Barenziah have been scattered all over Skyrim and finding them without a map is quite difficult and time consuming, so below is a map of where all the lost pieces of the crown can be found so that you can find them easily and without any problems. However, some stones can be found by completing quests, that is, they will lie in locations locked with keys.
Locations where to find stones of Barenziah in Skyrim
IN this list You will learn the location of all the stones (24 pcs.) from the task Look under each stone.
- One of the most easily accessible stones of Barenziah is the one that lies in dragon limit, it is very easy to find, it is located in the jarl's room.
- Another one is again in Whiterun, in chambers of the leader of the saratniks— Kodlak. Again, you can just go and take the stone without any quests.
- The next one is in Whiterun, this time in hall of the dead. You just need to go down to the catacombs, kill the skeletons there (not necessary) and pick up the stone that lies on the left, on the grave.
- Next up is Solitude, our own home called " high spire". However, in order to pick up this stone, you need to buy a house in the city.
- One of the 24 stones of Barenziah is back in Solitude, in blue palace. We must go to the jarl's room and pick up the stone.
- Then go to the ship Picky Sload". The stone lies on the table in the captain's room.
- After you need to go to Markarth and go to treasury. Go forward and find a room on the left. There will be a Barenziah stone next to the bed.
- After we go to chambers of the Archmage. To go there, you must first join the College of Mages of Winterhold and complete a couple of quests, because at the beginning the door that leads to the archmage's chambers is locked with a key and you cannot enter there without a console.
- The next stone of Barenziah can be found during the quest Hard Answers, located in Museum of the Dwemer that in Markarth.
- Another stone can be found during the quest " Shards of past glory", near the wall of words in the location "Old Lady's Rock".
- Then we go to Windhelm, we go into the clan house " Shattered Shield“, we go up to the second floor and pick up the item we need.
- Another easily accessible item is waiting for you in court magician's room named Wunferth, which is in Windhelm.
- Another stone of Barenziah, which is very easy to get, is located in the fortress Mistveil, in the chambers of the jarl.
- Next you need to take the quest " I gave my word - keep it”and go to the Black Heather residence, there are stairs in the main hall, go upstairs and find the stone that lies on the table.
- The next stone is in Astrid's room, in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary.
- To find the next crown shard, you should head to the ruins " Ansilvund". He is in the room where Lu'a dies at your hands.
- The next one is in ruins called " Abode Rannveig“, you need to go down to the very bottom and look for a stone there, it lies on the table.
- Let's go to the cave stone stream"and go straight to the alchemist's room (located on the left) and take what you need.
- Next, we take the quest " library books“, which is issued at the College of Winterhold and sent to Fellglow Fortress, is located in the alchemist's laboratory.
- In a location called Divided Gorge» is the next stone of Barenziah, near the wall of words.
- Taking the quest called " Diaries of Arondil” you need to go to a place called “Ingvild”. The stone lies in the room, which is located behind the throne room.
- IN Khob cave there is another pebble, you need to find a room where there is an alchemical laboratory and find a stone there that lies on a shelf.
- In Elenwen's quarters, Thalmor embassy there is another stone. You can get to the embassy during the quest "Diplomatic Immunity".
- And the last stone of Barenziah is in Pine Outpost. In the outpost there is a room with draugr, and behind it is a door. Behind the door there is a shelf on which lies your last fragment of the crown.
Skyrim - Map of the location of all the stones of Barenziah
The Crown of Barenziah can easily be called the most unique, or even legendary, in the entire game. Indeed, to complete the quest, which involves collecting all the lost particles of the crown, many players take about 40 game hours. Therefore, this article will focus you as accurately as possible when trying to find all the stones.
Video Skyrim - Places where the stones of Barenziah are on the map
Well, now you know where and how you can quickly find all 24 Barenziah stones in the most iconic game - Skyrim. Luck with searching.
All over the world of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, special constellation blessing stones are scattered, which give our character various bonuses and unique skills. You can only keep one constellation stone active, but you can change them without any restrictions.
List of constellation stones
I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the list of all these stones (there are 13 in total) with a list of bonuses and an indication of their location on the Skyrim world map.
Stones of a thief, warrior and mage
These are the first constellation stones that you will meet almost at the beginning of the game. Each of them accelerates the growth of skills of the corresponding archetype by 20%. You can find out what skills correspond to each of these roles.
The stones are located near the road between Helgen and Riverwood.
Atronach Stone
Atronach Stone(The Atronach Stone) gives your character an additional 50 points of magic, 50% absorption of hostile spells, but the speed of magic recovery is also reduced by 50%.
The stone is located south of Windhelm.
Tower Stone
Tower Stone(The Tower Stone) allows you to open any expert-level lock once a day. The stone is located between Dawnstar and Winterhold.
Stone Serpent
Stone Serpent(The Serpent Stone) allows you to paralyze the enemy for 5 seconds and inflict 25 points of damage at the same time, can only be used once per day.
The stone is located east of Winterhold.
Horse Stone
Horse Stone(The Steed Stone) Increases your maximum carry weight by 100 and removes the effect of armor on movement speed.
The stone is located northwest of Solitude.
Stone Lady
Stone Lady(The Lady Stone) Increases health and stamina regeneration by 25%. The stone is located north of Falkreath on an island near the shore of the lake.
Lord Stone
Lord Stone(The Lord Stone) Increases armor by 50 and magic resistance by 25%. The stone is located east of Morthal.
Lover's Stone
Lover's Stone(The Lover Stone) increases skill growth rate by 15%. The stone is located northeast of Markarth.
Ritual Stone
Ritual Stone(The Ritual Stone) allows you to resurrect all the dead around you, who will fight for you for 200 seconds. Can only be used once per day.
The stone is located east of Whiterun.
Shadow Stone
Shadow Stone(The Shadow Stone) allows you to become invisible for 60 seconds once a day.
The stone is located south of Riften.
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The first 3 of these stones will meet you on the mission "Before the Storm" (2nd task of the main storyline), on the road to Riverwood - this is a warrior stone, a mage stone and a thief stone. When you activate any of them, a permanent effect will be imposed on you, accelerating the leveling of the corresponding skills by 20%
If you forgot which stone you activated, or just want to see what effect it has on you, open the magic window -> permanent effects -> and look for a name there that starts with "Stone ..."
Using a new stone - it will replace the effect of the old one. There are no restrictions on the number of changes in effects, or there is no time.
Table of all guardian stones, their properties and location
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Warrior Stone The Warrior Stone |
Warrior skills level 20% faster. |
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Mage Stone |
Mage skills level 20% faster. |
Near the road heading southwest from Riverwood. |
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Thief Stone |
Thief skills level 20% faster. |
Near the road heading southwest from Riverwood. |
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Lover's Stone |
All skills grow 15% faster. |
Northeast of Markarth, just north of Kolskeggr Mine. |
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Stone of the Apprentice The Apprentice Stone |
Magic recovers twice as fast, but vulnerability to magic is doubled (attention! You will die from magic once or twice. The only use of this property is to upgrade recovery and armor on weak monsters - i.e. you are beaten by 2-3 wolves, and you yourself just heal - here x2 mana regen will help you to pump quickly). |
Halfway between Morthal and Solitude, north of Fort Snowhawk. |
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Atronach Stone The Atronach Stone |
50 Magicka, 50% Spell Absorption, Magicka Recovery Slowed by 50%. |
South of Windhelm, near Darkwater Crossing |
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Stone Lady |
Health and Stamina regenerate 25% faster. |
North of Falkreath, south of Ilinalta Depths. |
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Lord Stone |
50 damage resistance, 25% magic resistance. |
East of Morthal and southwest of Dawnstar. |
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Horse Stone |
100 carry weight, wearing armor weighs nothing. |
West of Solitude, north of Wolfskull Cave. |
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Ritual Stone The Ritual Stone |
After using the ability, all the dead near you will become your zombies for 200s. You can use it once a day. |
East of Whiterun. |
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Stone Serpent The Serpent Stone |
Paralyzes the enemy for 5 seconds and deals 25 damage. It is applied once a day. |
East of Winterhold, in the shallows. |
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Shadow Stone The Shadow Stone |
When you use an ability, you become invisible for 60 seconds. It is applied once a day. |
South of Riften, next to the Nightingale Hall. |
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Tower Stone |
Once per day, allows you to open one lock of an expert level. |
Halfway between Dawnstar and Winterhold. |
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