There is an apprentice-level Dwarven chest on the balcony with leveled loot.Ĭontinuing on will lead to the bottom of the larger chamber, fighting automatons along the way.
The former is an exterior entrance that can be entered prior to starting 'Unfathomable Depths,' but only consists of a very small chamber. A ramp to the left leads up to a couple of rooms and two barred doors one door leads to the Avanchnzel balcony and the other is barred from the other side. There is a large chamber open to the sky with a bridge on the lower level are spiders which can be killed with ranged attacks. Upon entering Avanchnzel, the Dragonborn will see four orange figures standing at the bottom of the big open room-these are the ghosts of four adventurers who had gone to Avanchnzel to recover the Lexicon and are part of the 'Unfathomable Depths' quest. Expect to fight Dwarven Spider Workers, Dwarven Spider Guardians, Dwarven Spheres, Dwarven Sphere Guardians, and a leveled Dwarven Centurion. It can only be accessed upon starting the quest ' Unfathomable Depths.' The ruins start out as a cave entrance, then quickly switch to the actual ruins.
Avanchnzel is approximately 30 degrees southwest of Riften, at the border between Skyrim and Cyrodiil.
