Fort Neugrad

Fort Neugrad is one of the many forts in Skyrim controlled by the Imperial Guard. Prior to choosing a side (Imperial or Stormcloak) all you will find is a group of bandits occupying the fort.

In the quest Liberation of Skyrim the Dragonborn is given the task of gaining entrance to the fort (either by sneaking in via underwater passage in the lake near the dock, or barging in the front gates) and freeing a group of stormcloak prisoners.

It is occupied by a number of Imperials that shouldn't give you too much trouble as long as you aren't afraid to spill some blood.

In the Southern most (main building) your next objective after freeing the prisoners is to take out the 10+ remaining Imperials and the Fort Commander with the help of Ralof. If you go up the stairs in the building in one of the rooms you will find a ladder on one of the walls (look closely since they are easy to overlook). If you head up the ladder on the roof, there is a treasure map (one of the twelve found throughout the entire game) and will lead you to a chest across the lake. (See Notable Loot section for details).

Earlier in the game, the fort is occupied by bandits. The key can be obtained from the chief.

There is a glitch which sometimes does not allow players to initiate a chain of events for one of the Stormcloak missions. By using the console command (open the console by pressing the '~/`' button on your keyboard) and typing movetoqt CWMission04. This will teleport you into the cell of a prisoner you are supposed to rescue. Make sure you have some lockpicks handy as you will need to use them on the Novice Leveled lock to get out of the cell.

Notable loot

 * There is a chest across the lake from the fort that can be found easily with the aid of the treasure map found at the top of one of the fort's towers (in another chest). If you need help locating it see the attached link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11yLt3xvNI


 * There are also two gold veins around the same area as the chest across the lake that the player can mine for gold ore.
 * There is a minor novice locked chest under the boat at the bottom of the lake, had gold and a minor potion.