
The pattern in this room is to shoot the first on the bottom left, then the one on the bottom right, then shoot the one on the top left, then the top right, then the bottom center, and the door will unlock.

Katria advises that they all have a certain pattern. A note found on a nearby dead adventurer reveals the third. Katria has the first two successfully numbered in her book. The kinetic resonators have to be hit in a specific order to unlock the door, and that when she hit them in the wrong order it caused the earthquake. Katria warns that this is an extremely effective-and lethal-security mechanism. Retrieving the bow, either physically or using Telekinesis, reveals that it is a Dwarven bow with an inherent enchantment allowing it to fire 30% faster than normal bows.ĭeep in the ruin-just past Zephyr-is a large antechamber with several falmer corpses, skeletons, and destroyed Dwemer spheres and spiders that lay strewn about with Dwarven arrows. Upon reaching the log where the bow lies, she will comment on it. In dialogue, she reveals that had she fallen two feet more to the left she would have landed in the water and survived. Shortly past a falmer camp containing chaurus, she will comment on the spot where she fell through the ground. Along the way, Katria will comment on various enemies and possibly warn of upcoming ambushes. Traverse up several levels of shattered earth and Dwemer steam pipelines. If they look up from her body, they will see a log jutting out over the chasm, which is where they later find Katria's bow, Zephyr. In the same room, she will ask the Dragonborn to retrieve the journal from her body on the small middle island they cross. She attempts to discourage anyone from venturing further into the ruin and insists on accompanying them through the ruin to the Summit. There the Dragonborn encounters the corpse of a female Nord named Katria and finds a journal on her body that illustrates her findings regarding the Aetherium Forge and the ruins of Arkngthamz.Īfter reading the journal, the ghost of Katria appears and explains that she wishes to complete her research and find the Forge. Reading "The Aetherium Wars" will create a mapmarker at the Dwemer ruins of Arkngthamz located in The Reach near Dushnikh Yal and Valthume. The ethereal Katria aids the Dragonborn in retrieving the first of the four aetherium shards needed to unlock the Forge, and thus the quest "Lost to the Ages" begins, with the task of finding the Aetherium shards. In it, she expresses her displeasure that her former colleague, Taron Dreth (the author of The Aetherium Wars) stole her research to publish the book, but she insists that she alone has the leads for the locations of Aetherium and possibly where the Forge may be located. Katria's Journal can be found on her body. She reveals that she died during an earthquake in the Dwemer ruin. When continuing through the ruin, the disembodied voice will be given a name - a female Nord named Katria who will reveal that she is on the quest to find the mythical Aetherium Forge. Upon arriving at Arkngthamz, the earth will quiver, followed by a disembodied voice that can be heard warning the Dragonborn to turn back. Search for crafting materials ( Optional)Īfter finding a copy of The Aetherium Wars and reading it, a miscellaneous task of traveling to Arkngthamz in The Reach will appear in the Quest Log.Shut off the steam ( Optional: While fighting the guardians).

