Skyrim SE ｜ Crossbow Enhancement ｜

In order to obtain Crossbow, you need to proceed with the main quest “Dawn Guard“.

Crossbows are more powerful weapons than bows, but they cannot be forged or strengthened just by obtaining them. To solve this, it is necessary to talk with a certain person and proceed with the quest “Ancient Technology“.

This time, we will focus on the quest “Ancient Technology”.

Skyrim SE ｜ If you want to strengthen the crossbow, do this!

As mentioned at the beginning, the crossbow available in “Dawn Guard” is a more powerful weapon than a bow. However, it cannot be forged or strengthened just by obtaining it.

Eventually, the time will come when the attack power will be inferior to the strengthened bow and the upper bow. If nothing is done, the crossbow will have a short-lived fate.

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Things to keep in mind when going to Fort Dawnguard
How to Strengthen Crossbow | Generate Ancient Technology!
Quest “Ancient Technology”
Gamma Blacksmith
A little bit of bean knowledge
- What you get from Gamma

Things to keep in mind when going to Fort Dawnguard

Be especially careful when heading to “Fort Dawnguard” for the first time. If the prize money is applied near Liften, it will be hostile to the Dawn Guards, so it will not even be possible to proceed with the quest.

Visit in a stubborn state, paying a fine or serving a prison. 😅

How to Strengthen Crossbow | Generate Ancient Technology!

At Fort Dawnguard, talking to “Soline Chelard” will generate “ancient technology”, but the following conditions must be met for that.

① Advance the main quest “Dawn Guard” by belonging to the Dawn Guard side.

② Clear the quest “New Order”.

By satisfying the above two points, “Soline Chelard” will appear at Fort Dawnguard. It happens when you talk to her and select “Are there any help?“

Quest “Ancient Technology”

Ancient technology is a quest for Soline Cherald. The job is to collect the designated blueprints and deliver them to Soline, which consists of a total of 6 quests.

In other words, you can get a total of 6 blueprints, including the crossbow reinforced blueprints you get in the main quest “Dawn Guard”, and forge them.

Progress of the quest “Ancient Technology”

This quest will all proceed in the same way. If the theme is “collecting the blueprint of the reinforced crossbow” that will be selected first, the flow will be as follows.

① Talk to Soline and select “Are there any help?”

The quest “Ancient Technology” will occur.

② Collect the blueprint at the designated destination

When you select the generated “Ancient Technology” on the menu screen, the corresponding button for checking the destination on the map changes to white at the bottom left of the screen.

Press this to check the destination on the map and move to the nearest place where fast travel is possible.

After that, collect the blueprints and go outside.

③ Deliver the blueprint to Soline

If Soline is asleep, she is lying in bed in a room that goes straight into Fort Dawnguard. In other cases, if you proceed as shown in the map below, there should be Soline working at the smithy.

If you pass the blueprint, the quest will be cleared.

④ Talk to Soline and select “Are there any help?”

Talk again and select “Are there anything you can help?” To start a new “ancient technique”.

⑤ New ancient technology is born

When you open the menu screen, you will see the completed ancient technology. Scroll up and select the newly started “Ancient Technology”, check the destination on the map, and move to a nearby fast travel.

Ancient Technology | Blueprints for Explosive Fire Bolts

By the way, the blueprints collected by ancient technology will be sold at Dawn Guard over time.

From here, we will basically post the image of the location and the image at the time of collection. We will proceed in a style that briefly introduces only the places where there are mystery solving elements and precautions.

Precautions at the White River Observatory

Here, a trap element that makes good use of the player’s habits is programmed.

As you can see from the image below, when you go inside the cave and go out to the outdoors where there is a treasure chest with a blueprint, you will be conscious of it because it is installed in the lower front. However, if you look closely at the whole, a strong man of the same color as the rock sits in the back left while looking at the scenery.

If you do not notice this and jump into the treasure chest, it is not uncommon for you to be hit by a two-handed weapon from behind and die.

We will deliver the blueprints and start the next ancient technology.

Ancient Technology | Blueprints for Explosive Ice Bolts

Falder’s Tooth is a slightly intricately structured fort that can be confusing to reach the location of the blueprints.

The place where the blueprint is located is inside a structure that protrudes in a circle. If you go to the back of the site, the point that you can enter by making full use of Bethesda Jump is on the right side when facing the circular structure. It is a relatively easy way to invade from here and head to the top of the fence on the front side.

When you reach the front wall, look to the right from where you can see the circular structure. There is an entrance, so if you go in from here, the blueprint will be right there.

Ancient Technology | Explosion Shock Bolt Blueprint

This place is not on “Skyrim” but on “Solsseim Island“. Therefore, players who have never been there will have a little trouble. Ideally, the main quest “Dragon Bone” should be advanced.

From the port east of Windhelm, you can pay 250 gold to Captain Gujaland, who is working on board, to take you to Solus Same Island. Aim for the snowy mountain north from the arriving Raven Rock.

Solving the mystery of Farbusarts

Here, the enemies that appear will be even more powerful. It would be better to have a valet accompany you.

Circular puzzle

Proceeding inside you will find a large circular structure. Here, it is a puzzle that completes a circle by moving the left and right turntables with a long-range attack.

Answer: Complete by attacking the second from the right and the first and second from the left on the turntable.

Opening the final door

If you capture the circular puzzle and proceed, you will arrive at the area where three power actuators are lined up in the center. This power actuator is activated by placing the “Centurion dynamo core“.

There are three devices, but the two that are actually used are the left and the center. One is the stairs leading to the entrance, and the other is the opening of the door.

The “Centurion Dynamo Core” has two Dwarf Centurion Masters on the lower pedestal, so you need to defeat them and take them away.

It will attack cold air, so if the level is low, increase cold resistance with medicine etc. before fighting.

Once you have successfully defeated it and obtained it in the room with the blueprints, there is a device to go out to the left.

Ancient Technology | Dwarf Crossbow Blueprints

The destination, “Mujincha Left,” has no particular mystery-solving elements. It is not so difficult to get a blueprint if you are careful about death due to pushing in battle.

Ancient Technology | Dwarf Reinforced Crossbow Blueprints

As with the Mujin Chaleft, there is nothing special to mention here. Please enjoy the search. 😁

Gamma Blacksmith

It seems that the blueprints collected by ancient technology can only be forged at the “Gamma Blacksmith”.

Of course, you also need blacksmithing skills and must acquire “dwarven forging“. This requires the blacksmithing skill to reach level 30.

戦力外シニア

By the way, where is “Gamma Blacksmith”?

The place where you are now is the “Gamma Blacksmith”. The smithy in Fort Dawnguard is the “Gamma smithy”.

A little bit of bean knowledge

After recovering all the ancient techniques, talk to Soline and select “Are there any help?” And you will be told “If you ask Gamma, there will be something.” The man with a beard sitting in the back in the image below is the main “Gamma” of this smithy.