Online:Briar Rock Ruins

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
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	"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]

Betrayal at Briar Rock: Free members of the Hillhunter Clan from the hagravens of the Thornroot Clan and destroy a Briarheart Tree.
The Tainted Briarheart: Stop a wicked ritual from finishing.
Wild Talismans: Recover lost talismans from Briar Rock Ruins.
What's Hers is Ours: Retrieve a totem from Briar Rock Ruins on behalf of the Wildblood clan.
Vows and Oaths: Help the Chief-of-Chiefs put an end to the long-lived feud between the Eagleseer and Six-Ford clans.

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:

Matron Grygarsnit

People[edit]

Outside
Branhurt Brenelsa Medone
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]

Wayshrine[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.