World Map

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World Map

Icons on the World Map represent cities, towns, dungeons, and other places of interest. An area you have learned about, but not visited has a dark icon. Areas you have discovered have white icons. The world map also indicates your current location and direction, and the location of your quest targets.

You can fast travel to a location you have discovered by selecting its icon and pressing . You cannot fast travel from interiors or while in combat.

You can also place a custom marker on the map by selecting an open space or dark icon and pressing . Press again to move or remove the marker.

Civil War maps

Each of the Jarl's residences has a Civil War map of Skyrim which shows which faction holds which forts. Blue flags represent the Stormcloaks, and red flags the Imperial Legion.

Map Icons

On the compass and map, white locations are places that a player has previously visited (and therefore may fast travel to), and those in black are undiscovered. Only the icons of places that a player has visited or heard about will show up on the map.

Icon Name Description Blue Palace Jarl's residence Camps NPC inhabited area Caves Dungeon College of Winterhold Friendly NPC inhabited area Daedric shrines Usually uninhabited Dawnstar Captial city Docks Friendly NPC inhabited area Dragon Lairs Unfriendly NPC inhabited area Dragonsreach Jarl's residence Dwemer Ruins Dungeon Farms Friendly NPC inhabited area Falkreath Captial city Forts Unfriendly NPC inhabited area Giant Camps Unfriendly NPC inhabited area Groves Natural feature

Icon Name Description Imperial Camps Friendly NPC inhabited area Imperial Towers Unfriendly NPC inhabited area Lighthouses Friendly NPC inhabited area Markarth Captial city Mines Dungeon Mistveil Keep Jarl's residence Morthal Captial city Nordic Dwellings Dungeon Nordic Ruins Dungeon Nordic Towers Unfriendly NPC inhabited area Orc Strongholds Friendly NPC inhabited area Palace of the Kings Jarl's residence Passes Natural feature Points of Interest Usually uninhabited Ponds and clearings Natural features

Icon Name Description Riften Captial city Settlements Friendly NPC inhabited area Shacks Friendly NPC inhabited area Ships/Shipwrecks Unfriendly NPC inhabited area Solitude Captial city Stables Friendly NPC inhabited area Standing Stones Interactive objects Stormcloak Camps Friendly NPC inhabited area Towns Friendly NPC inhabited area Wheat Mills Interactive objects Wood Mills Interactive objects Understone Keep Jarl's residence Whiterun Captial city Windhelm Captial city Winterhold Captial city

Exceptions

• no icon - Highmoon Hall
• no icon - The White Hall
• no icon - Jarl's Longhouse in Falkreath
• no icon - Jarl's Longhouse in Winterhold