It is attached to Alvor and Sigrid's house, owned and run by Alvor. The residents will accept a yield, but a bounty will be added to Whiterun Hold regardless, and they may refuse another yield following further crimes. Crime does not go unpunished, however, as the residents will attack the Dragonborn should they commit a crime. Otherwise, the village is defenseless discounting its basic walls. Additionally, Orgnar at the Sleeping Giant Inn has an Alchemy Lab.įollowing the quest 'Before the Storm,' the village can be bolstered with a trio of Whiterun Guards as well as a small camp with bedrolls and a fire with a Cooking Place at the southwest entrance. These activities will allow the Dragonborn to freely take most items from the buildings associated with the resident who was helped, without it counting as stealing. The Dragonborn can participate in several local economy and community jobs for the residents, such as chopping wood, milling logs at the mill and smithing basic armor and weapons at Alvor's forge. Riverwood also acts as a significant location and base during the first two acts of the main quest. The quest ' Before the Storm' has them arriving in Riverwood, receiving supplies from the respective source, and being urged to head to Whiterun to inform the Jarl of the return of the dragons. As such, the small and simple community serves as a tutorial village.Īfter the events at Helgen, they are directed to either Alvor, had they followed Hadvar, or Gerdur, if they sided with Ralof. Riverwood is most likely the first location visited by the Dragonborn following the attack on Helgen and the escape from Alduin. As such, the road to Whiterun is frequented by bandits during the time of the Civil War, and the residents will stay in the town. While the village is walled along its entrances, these walls are not initially patrolled by Hold Guards, and the rural village is largely defenseless. Trade is made through the blacksmith and goods store, and what cannot be found locally or bought from travelers passing through may be bought from the Whiterun Marketplace. The village is largely self-sufficient, growing its own vegetables as well as hunting and fishing for meat.

The village is small, despite the fact that there is a lumber mill, tavern, blacksmith, general goods store, and three log houses and huts with small vegetable gardens. Riverwood was founded by the ancestors of Gerdur and Hod, current residents and owners of the village's lumber mill.

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