Hatred's Heart Walkthrough Options

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1. Locate any of the random Oblivion Gates. (Fixed gates will not work this way, Fixed gates are outside cities.

2. SAVE just prior to entering.

3. Continue to Load and Re-enter until you find the Oblivion Gate with numerous towers entitled: Tornado, Earthquake, Landslide, Eruption, etc.

4. After locating this gate and entering, turn around. You will see a tower behind the portal that is 2/3 of the way sunken into the lava. This is the "Embers of Hatred Tower" that contains "Hatreds Soul" (The most powerful bow in the game: It is a Daedric Bow with 24 base attack value, 35 Fire Damage for 1 second, and Slow for 45 seconds) and Hatreds Heart (a rather powerful Daedric Mace with identical enchantments).
Things to keep in mind while searching:

A: The area behind this tower is quite extensive. The hidden tunnel entrance to this tower is not all that far away from the tower itself however. (I spent an inordinate amount of time searching for the entrance without spotting it.)

B: The entrance is hidden. It WILL NOT show up on your map. (Another issue that kept me from finding it quickly.)

5. While facing the tower (looking past the Oblivion Portal) start traveling around the tower by going to your characters left.

6. The land mass behind the tower is shaped like a lowercase letter "r" with the entrance to the tunnel leading up to the tower at this tip of the "r"<---.

7. Follow the landmass, you will see a gate similar to those seen throughout the level, that has fallen over. Use this gate as a bridge.

8. Once across the bridge, you will see a "small lava pond" in the middle of the land mass, and some "spines" on the northern edge. (The map may show this more clearly)

9. Bear to the right at the spines, past the pond, and head to the "tip of the r". You will see a rather large boulder in front of you. (Again the map shows this rather clearly)

10. Climb on top of the large boulder and look NE - E on your compass. Directly in from of you, you will see some fairly flat islands in the distance. If you turn to your right, you will see the sunken tower clearly in the not to far distance. (If you can not see the tower, you are on another land mass and have gone too far. As I mentioned previously the amount of explorable land behind the portal is quite huge).

11. While standing on the rock and facing the flat islands, the hidden entrance is located directly beneath you.

12. Drop down, (you will probably jump into the lava, the entrance is rather small and is right at "sea/lava level".)

13. Turn around once on the ledge and you will see a door entitled "Fume Vaults".

14. The Fume Vaults are an underground passage that leads to the entrance of the tower.

15. Bear to the left while in the vaults and you will see a door entitled "Embers of Hatred".

16. Enter the door, this door will take you into the tower. A set of gates will slowly open before you. You will immediately notice that the tower is visibly tilted as seen while outside.

17. You will now have to fight two Dremora entitled "Dremora Hatred Keeper".

18. The Keepers will each drop 1 of 2 keys required to access the upper levels of the tower. These are entitled, "The First Key of Dark Hate", and "The Second Key of Dark Hate" respectively.

19. Once you have both keys, use the first key to open the lower door. Travel upward and use the second key to open the upper door.

20. Once through both doors, continue to travel upward until you reach a teleport entitled "Runed Portal to The Embers of Hatred".

21. Take the teleport (which will teleport you quite high by the way) to the top. At the top you will be placed on a small ledge with two "The Forbidden" pods on either side.

22. The pod on the left contains "Hatreds Soul" and "Hatreds Soul Arrows". The pod on the right contains "Hatreds Heart".

These weapons are incredibly powerful but, unfortunately (to balance them), only have 18 charges each. The Slow enchantment on each makes killing an opponent rather easy. Once struck the opponent ceases almost all movement in which the Fire enchantment will make short work of them. When used with a Soul Trap spell these weapons are quite devestating. Obtaining these weapons however is one of the more exciting finds in the game. Actually locating and climbing to the top of the tower is one of the more ominous and exciting moments I have experienced throughout the entire game.
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[Thomas Kaira]

Quick bit of extra info here:

-The Oblivion realm in question is Random Oblivion World #2.

-You can guarantee access to this world by entering the Chorrol city gate.

-The sigil tower in the realm is called the Portals of Natural Disaster.

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Quick bit of extra info here:

-The Oblivion realm in question is Random Oblivion World #2.

-You can guarantee access to this world by entering the Chorrol city gate.

-The sigil tower in the realm is called the Portals of Natural Disaster.

You are right, the Chorrol gate has the best (highest leveledl version) of Hatred's Heart. The random gates with the five towers all have it too, but a lesser version (I get it anyway each time I'm in one of the random gates - and sell that copy, then keep the one I get from the Chorrol gate). Just can't stand to see great loot left behind, lol.