They are significantly tougher than typical skeletons, most are magic-users and graphically they appear to be wearing armor. The docks are guarded by four leveled skeletons armed with ancient Nord weaponswhich may be honed.

Then follow the shoreline to the left of the castle until you reach a crumbling, disused dock where there are several sunken boats and ships. To reach the entrance travel from the jetty on the island, reached either by fast traveling to the island or utilizing the rowboat at Icewater Jetty. The door is unlocked at the start of the Chasing Echoes quest. Though you can travel to the island immediately upon installing Dawnguardthe dungeon areas of the castle are initially inaccessible due to the external door being locked and requiring a key.

The dungeon areas of the castle, most of which contain enemies, include four interior zones: Volkihar UndercroftVolkihar East TowerVolkihar North Towerand Volkihar Ruins including Valerica's Studyand two additional external zones: Volkihar Courtyard and Castle Volkihar Balcony, which is the nearest fast-travel point to Valerica's Study and the Soul Cairn. Castle Volkihar is a large fortress on an island far west of Solitudenorth-northwest of Northwatch Keep. For the portion of the castle inhabited by the Volkihar vampire clan, see Volkihar Keep. This article is about the dungeon portions of Castle Volkihar which contain enemies.

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