Skyrim Dragon Claws
10 dragon claws
Every dragon claw in Skyrim, the dungeon it belongs to, and the three-symbol combination for its puzzle door. Each claw carries its own door code carved into the palm — read it off below, or just spawn the claw with a console command.
Dragon claws are ornamental keys that open the spinning pictogram doors found deep in Skyrim's ancient Nordic ruins. To open a door you line up its three rotating rings to match the symbols on the claw's palm, top to bottom, then turn the keyhole with the claw itself. The combinations below are listed in that same top-to-bottom order. You can find each claw on the interactive map or look up its item code to spawn it directly.
All dragon claws & door combinations
Golden Claw
Dungeon: Bleak Falls BarrowRecovered during "The Golden Claw" quest for Lucan Valerius in Riverwood. It opens the spinning pictogram door deep inside Bleak Falls Barrow.
Coral Dragon Claw
Dungeon: Yngol BarrowFound on a pedestal inside Yngol Barrow, northeast of Windhelm (or buy a spare from Birna's shop in Winterhold). It opens the puzzle door further into the barrow.
Diamond Claw
Dungeon: Skuldafn (no map marker)Looted from a Draugr Overlord in Skuldafn during the main quest "The World-Eater's Eyrie." It opens the puzzle door in Skuldafn Temple. Skuldafn is only reachable through the main story and has no map marker.
Ebony Claw
Dungeon: KorvanjundFound on the floor in front of the puzzle door inside Korvanjund during the Civil War quest "The Jagged Crown." It opens that same door, which guards the Hall of Stories.
Emerald Dragon Claw
Dungeon: Reachwater RockTaken from a dead adventurer's pedestal in Reachwater Rock during the "Forbidden Legend" quest. It opens the first sealed door inside the cave.
Glass Claw
Dungeon: ForelhostFound on a pedestal in the library-like Refectory of Forelhost during "Siege on the Dragon Cult." It opens the spiked puzzle door just beyond.
Iron Claw
Dungeon: ValthumeSits on a trapped pedestal in Valthume during "Evil in Waiting" (lifting it triggers fire traps). It opens the puzzle door leading deeper into the tomb.
Ivory Dragon Claw
Dungeon: FolgunthurFound in Folgunthur during "Forbidden Legend." It opens the puzzle door there, and is later carried to Reachwater Rock to open the second door on the way to the Gauldur Amulet.
Ruby Dragon Claw
Dungeon: Dead Men's RespiteRecovered inside Dead Men's Respite during the Bards College quest "Tending the Flames." It opens the spinning puzzle door blocking the way forward.
Sapphire Dragon Claw
Dungeon: Shroud Hearth BarrowGiven by Wilhelm at the Vilemyr Inn in Ivarstead after you return Wyndelius's journal (the "Lifting the Shroud" quest). It opens the puzzle door inside Shroud Hearth Barrow.