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This is a walkthrough for the quest added to Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition by Lava Del'Vortel's mod Terror of the Skineater.
How to start[]
Talk to "Ellianh" in Kuldahar (outdoors, near Gerth's Equipment Shoppe).
He marks "Dark Forest" on your worldmap.
Travel there when you are ready:
Dark Forest[]
This forest consists of 9 connected clearings.
Visit them all to fight the 8 unique enemies, and optionally loot the 6 containers:
| Clearing | Enemy | Lootable container |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodland's Bones | - |
| 2 | Bone Widow | Heart of Dark Cultist[1] (permanent +1 CON, -3 CHA when eaten) |
| 3 | Skeletal Lady | minor loot (Shandon Gem) |
| 4 | Breathender's Remains | - |
| 5 | - | - |
| 6 | Screaming Skull | The Expected Death[2] (necklace; +1 AC; +3 AC vs living; +1 saves; +30% Detect Illusion) |
| 7 | Bone Guard (spawns when you pick up the spear) |
Broken spear (can be restored by Conlan) |
| 8 | Pale Archer | minor loot (5  ) |
| 9 | Bone Sword | Toxic Defender[3] (shield; +3 AC; +4 save vs Invocation for neutral characters; +20% acid damage) |
When all 8 enemies are dead, a message appears on screen: "You can feel something in the forest has changed.".
Return to the clearing #5 (the one that contained no enemy). In the spot where there was previously a pile of bones in this clearing, is now a cave entrance. Enter it, to get to:
Dark Forest cave[]
Walk forward to face the "Skineater", a monster that looks like a Shambling Mound. After a short cutscene, it attacks. Fight it.
When its Hit Points are very low, it splits into four teleporting worm-like creatures labeled "Skineater's Fragment". Defeat them, too.
When the four fragments are dead, the original "Skineater" respawns. Defeat it. This time, it dies normally (12,000 exp).
Loot the quest item "Skineater's Head"[4] from its body, and optionally also loot the human corpse in the back of the cave for:
- Hood of One-Handed Archmagi[5] (headgear; +2 main-hand THAC0, +2 casting level)
- Ring of Dark Cold Night[6] (100% cold resistance for 3 ronds 1/day; infravision; backstab immunity; +25% lore)
- Letter[7] (quest item)
- 300
Conclusion[]
Exit the Dark Forest via clearing #1, and travel back to Kuldahar.
Report back to Ellianh here. There are two ways you can handle this:
- CHOICE: Give him the head without mentioning the letter.
You get 4000 exp per party member + 4000, and Ellianh leaves.
- CHOICE: Give him the head and the letter.
He admits that he and his brother created the Skineater, and then he attacks you. Defeat him. You get: