How to Solve the Golden Claw Round Door in Skyrim

Last Updated: December 5, 2019

Are you stuck on the puzzle in Bleak Falls Barrow in Skyrim? If you're completing the quest "The Golden Claw" for Lucan and Camilla Valerius, you'll have to solve this puzzle. If you want to know how to solve the puzzle, start at step 1 below.

Steps

1
Get the golden claw. To solve the puzzle, you're going to have to use the Golden Claw to open the door. You obtain the claw by killing the man you freed from the webs earlier. If you don't kill him yourself, he'll get himself killed, letting you loot his body.
- No matter what he says, he will try to run off with the claw after you help him.
2
Get in position. Stand in front of the door and view the claw using the items menu under "Misc".

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3
View the inscriptions at the rear of the claw. Do so by rotating it using your mouse on a PC, or your analog sticks on consoles.
4
Notice the inscriptions are from top to bottom:
- Boar.
- Butterfly
- Owl
5
Keep on activating the rings on the door until the required inscriptions appear at their respective places. They should appear like this:
- Boar = outer ring.
- Butterfly = middle ring.
- Owl = inner ring.
6
Activate the keyhole and the door opens. Congratulations on solving the puzzle!