
Sovngarde: Seek out Alduin within Sovngarde. The World-Eater's Eyrie: Battle through Skuldafn Temple to reach Alduin's portal to Sovngarde. (optional) Paarthurnax: Deal with a potential threat. (optional) Season Unending: Enforce a ceasefire to secure Dragonsreach. The Fallen: Capture and interrogate an ally of Alduin. Alduin's Bane: Exploit the Time-Wound to learn Dragonrend and defeat Alduin at the Throat of the World.
Elder Knowledge: Recover an Elder Scroll to learn an Ancient Secret.
The Throat of the World: Receive a lesson from Paarthurnax. Alduin's Wall: Locate the prophecy within Sky Haven Temple. (optional) Find the Thalmor Assassin: The Thalmor are after Malborn. Diplomatic Immunity: Infiltrate a party at the Thalmor Embassy. A Blade in the Dark: Prove you are Dragonborn to Delphine by slaying the dragon Sahloknir. The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller: Retrieve a Greybeard artifact from Ustengrav. The Way of the Voice: Meet the Greybeards. Dragon Rising: Investigate a dragon sighting near Whiterun. Bleak Falls Barrow: Retrieve the Dragonstone. Before the Storm: Inform the Jarl of Whiterun about the dragon attack on Helgen. Unbound: Escape Imperial custody and a dragon attack. Quests belonging to the main quest line are marked by a dragon head symbol, which is shown above.
Eight achievements (170 points 7 Bronze and 1 Gold) are directly tied to completing the quest line in addition, several Dragon Shout-related achievements are inevitably unlocked during the quests. Completing the main quest will take approximately 15-30 hours depending on your character's level. During these quests you discover your heritage as the Dovahkiin, learn why dragons have returned to the world, and find a way to respond to the dragon threat. Skyrim's main quest line consists of seventeen required quests and three optional quests.