Quick Walkthrough
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Detailed Walkthrough
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With the Wind Stone cleansed, return to Skaal Village and tell Storn Crag-Strider the good news. He will suggest you to do the same for the remaining four stones of Solstheim. He doubts it will fully stop whatever Miraak is doing, but it may slow his progress. Your map will be updated and show you the location of your targets: Beast Stone, Earth Stone, Sun Stone, and Water Stone.
Beast Stone
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The Beast Stone is southwest of Skaal Village; this is the nearest stone you may find. Two entranced Rieklings are working there. A leveled cultist is patrolling around the stone and monitoring the work of Miraak's poor slaves. The cultist will attack you on sight, so defeat your enemy and use the Bend Will shout to cleanse the stone. The structure around the stone will collapse and a leveled lurker will raise from the water. The two Rieklings won't turn hostile to you. They will stay here for a short moment then return to their tribe at Thirsk Mead Hall.
Sun Stone
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Keep traveling south and you'll find the Sun Stone in the north of Tel Mithryn. A group of Reavers are focusing on their building. Shout at the stone and a leveled lurker will attack you. The fight will be much easier with the help of these Reavers. They won't attack you after the combat; they'll just wander around the stone and give you some generic, non-hostile responses. After you leave this area, they will be removed from the game.
Earth Stone
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Travel to Raven Rock and you should find the Earth Stone without much trouble. Bralsa Drel, Rirns Llervu, and three Redoran guards have lost themselves here, doing their work mindlessly. Cleanse the stone and two lurkers will appear this time. One is near the stone, the other one is near the coastline. The guards will try their best to give you a hand. Pay close attention to the safety of Bralsa as she gives a quest later on. They will return to the city soon after regaining their freedom.
Water Stone
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Walk along the west coast of Solstheim to find the Water Stone. The shrine at this stone is being worked on by a group of sailors, and a cultist is monitoring their work. The cultist will attack you without hesitation. Defeat your enemy and do the same to the stone. A leveled lurker will rise from the water and try to kill you. In addition, a low-level dragon will fly in from the west. If you haven't already triggered the Rieklings hidden in barrels to the southeast, they'll also arrive shortly, which can make for a chaotic battle. Fortunately, you don't need to guarantee the safety of every sailor. They will return to their boat docked in the bay once they are freed. After you leave this area, they will sail back to Skyrim with their ship.
Notes
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Quest Stages
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Cleansing the Stones (DLC2MQ03B) Stage Finishes Quest Journal Entry 5Objective 10:
Cleanse the Water StoneObjective 20:
Cleanse the Earth StoneObjective 30:
Cleanse the Beast StoneObjective 40:
Cleanse the Sun Stone After I destroyed Miraak's control of the Wind Stone, Storn has asked me to free the remaining sacred Stones using my "Bend Will" Shout. 200Finishes quest
I cleansed the sacred Stones that Miraak had corrupted. Solstheim is free of his influence except for the Tree Stone, which remains imprisoned inside his new Temple.Notes
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.I don’t know if this is still relevant to all of you, but this will help future players.
I had the same issue with the stones. My solution worked rather well.
1) before you go to get the first bend will word, and learn the shout at all, go to ALL of the stones, except the tree stone, and go up to it, and activate it. 2) you don’t need all three words. Just the first 2. As long as all the stones have been visited and activated, it will work.
It’s fairly simple, but just keep searching around and you will find all the stones to activate, then bend will should work. You only need the first word for the wind stone, then you need the second one for the rest. Don’t go trying to cleanse the others until you’ve gotten the second word, THEN tried to exchange information in Skaal to get the third.