Meet your neighbours
Speak in character, find work, and let a chance encounter become the start of a story.
A persistent Skyrim roleplay world
A life of your own.
A Skyrim we share.
Build a life with other players in a Skyrim shaped by roleplay. Make your home in Windhelm, find a trade, and venture into the holds together.
Closed alpha · By invitation · Ages 18+
Your path to Windhelm
Before you arrive.
- An invitation from the team
We welcome players personally during the closed alpha. How invitations work
- Your own copy of Skyrim
Skyrim Special Edition on Steam and a Windows PC. No paid Anniversary Upgrade required.
- A little preparation
Follow our setup guide, open the Nineholds launcher, and bring your character to life.
Welcome to Nineholds
Life in Nineholds.
The Dragonborn never returned. Two centuries later, the Skaal flee a corrupted Solstheim, seeking a new foothold in the frozen ruins of Windhelm.
Work a trade, find companions, take sides, or head beyond the city. Roleplay gives those choices their meaning.
Find your place in the storyMake a living
Take up a profession, trade with other characters, and build ties to a faction or community.
Venture beyond the walls
Leave Windhelm with companions. The other holds are dangerous, and reclaiming them is the long road ahead.
From Nineholds
Latest news
Development playtest
Closed Alpha 0.111 · Professions by the book, callings you can feel, magic you can see
On the Development server: every trade follows the professions overview, Rites never cost you a stake you did not spend, discovery gives in-world signs, and other players' spells show far more of themselves.
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Closed Alpha 0.110 · Restore Skyrim, steadier joining and support reports
On the Development server: a guided Restore Skyrim for Steam's 1.7 update, clearer setup checks, resumable downloads, rejoining after a drop, a visible restart countdown, and one-click support reports.
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Closed Alpha 0.108 · Journals, displays and steadier arrivals
Now on both servers: steadier arrivals, shared spell audio, physical journals and protected scribing, staff magic controls, trophy displays, and targeted repairs for storage, poisons, carrying jobs and Warrior stamina.
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