Skyrim map locations: every place on the map, by category

How the categories are grouped

The filter panel on the map splits the categories into five groups so the list stays readable.

• Settlements: cities, towns, villages, farms, mills, stables, houses, inns, guild halls, Orc strongholds and the three kinds of camp (bandit or Forsworn camps, giant camps, and the civil war camps of both sides).
• Dungeons and wilderness: caves, Nordic ruins, Dwemer ruins, forts, mines, towers, general ruins, shipwrecks, dragon lairs, dragon mounds, groves, clearings, landmarks, docks, lighthouses and mountain passes.
• Sacred: word walls, standing stones, shrines of the Divines, Daedric shrines, temples and cemeteries.
• Collectibles: dragon priest masks, Stones of Barenziah, Black Books, East Empire pendants, skill books, treasure maps, treasure chests and unique items.
• Services: blacksmiths, alchemists, general stores, spell vendors, trainers, followers, marriage candidates, fences, jewelers, smelters and transport.

Some categories overlap on purpose. A Nordic ruin can also carry a word wall tag and a Stone of Barenziah tag, so it shows up under several filters at once.

Using the filters on the map

Open the Skyrim map and use the category panel to switch groups on or off. Turning everything off and then enabling a single type, for example Dwemer ruin, is the fastest way to plan a route through one kind of place. The search box matches location names, so typing a few letters of a name jumps straight to it.

Each marker opens a card with the hold, a short description and links to the full location page. The hold pages (all nine holds) list every marker in that region, which is handy when you want to clear one part of the country before moving on.

Solstheim has its own map at /solstheim with the same filters. Its 103 markers include the 19 East Empire pendants, the Black Books and the All-Maker stones that only exist there.

Where the biggest numbers come from

Houses are the largest settlement category at 115 in Skyrim. Most of these are the interiors of city and town homes, which we map so that a name like Carlotta Valentia's House can be found without wandering the streets. Only 15 of them are homes the player can own; see Skyrim houses for that list.

Skill books are the largest collectible category with 122 open-world copies in Skyrim. There are 90 different titles, five per skill, and many titles appear in more than one place. The skill books page breaks the count down by skill.

Among dungeons, caves lead with 82, then Nordic ruins at 40 and forts at 30. Together with the 14 Dwemer ruins and 19 mines that is 185 classic dungeon locations, which is what the dungeons page covers.

Locations by hold

Counting the same 841 Skyrim markers by hold gives a rough sense of where the map is densest.

• The Rift: 141
• The Reach: 117
• Eastmarch: 107
• Falkreath Hold: 101
• Whiterun Hold: 98
• Winterhold: 80
• Haafingar: 79
• The Pale: 68
• Hjaalmarch: 50

The Rift's high number is partly Riften itself: the city contains many mapped interiors plus the Thieves Guild locations. Hjaalmarch is the smallest hold by area and has the fewest markers.