Skyrim:Rorikstead

Town: Rorikstead (view on map) (lore page)
Respawn Time	10 days
Console Location Code(s)
RoriksteadExterior01
Region
Whiterun Hold
Location
West of Swindler's Den East-southeast of Bleakwind Bluff
Special Features
# of Tanning Racks	1
# of Stone QuarriesHF	2

Rorikstead

Rorikstead is a small farming town in western Whiterun Hold. It is named after the noble Rorik, who owns a 'manor' in the village.

The village claims not to have had a bad harvest in years. It contains several crop fields from which you may harvest food.

Despite its namesake still living, Rorikstead is mentioned in two much older accounts: The Merethic or First Era text Holdings of Jarl Gjalund (as "Rorik's Steading") and the Atlas of Dragons from the Second Era. This may be a mistake on the developers' part. It is also mentioned in the bard's song Ragnar the Red as "ole Rorikstead", which may be taken to indicate that the current town is named after an ancient predecessor.

Rorikstead Residents

Cowflop Farmhouse Ennis Halvar CC Reldith Frostfruit Inn Erik Mralki

Lemkil's Farmhouse Britte Lemkil Sissel Rorik's Manor Jouane Manette Rorik

Related Quests

Quests Starting Here

Miscellaneous Quests

Quest Giver	Giver Location	Quest	Objective(s)	Requirement
Erik	Frostfruit Inn	Erik the Slayer: Help Erik become an adventurer.	Talk to Mralki about Erik Return to Erik

• Gather Wheat: Get paid to gather crops. (radiant)

Other Quests

Daedric

• A Night To Remember: Find your lost friend, Sam, as you recover from a bad hangover.

Side Quests

• In My Time Of Need: Find a Redguard woman who is on the run from Hammerfell.
• Pets of Skyrim^CC: Find trained pets around Skyrim.

Notes

• After the quest Dragon Rising, you are very likely to encounter a dragon attacking Rorikstead. Fittingly, Guards in Whiterun will mention how Rorikstead is usually a calm place but is vulnerable to a dragon attack. This encounter, throughout most of the game, is likely to be with a random unnamed dragon; however, the named dragon Nahagliiv is buried in a mound not far west of the town and will be resurrected by Alduin during the quest Alduin's Wall.^{[verification needed — Do the game mechanics have a special heightened ratio of dragon attacks for Rorikstead?]}
• Atop the hill directly north of the town is a Shrine of Akatosh, along with a dragon scale and a copy of the book Kolb & the Dragon. This is the only place where you can obtain a dragon scale prior to completing Dragon Rising.
• Lokir, one of the NPCs in the carriage during the quest Unbound, states he is from Rorikstead, but he has no residence and is not mentioned by anyone in town.