10 Open World Locations You Shouldn't Enter
1. Glacial Cave - Skyrim
Because of the scaling difficulty of Bethesda games, the parts of the game where the difficulty is fixed can hit you all the harder, but at least games like Skyrim give you ample warning beforehand.
The glacial cave in the Dragonborn DLC is likely one of the very last things a Skyrim player going for 100% will do, due to what lies within being easily the hardest boss in the entire game. But even before getting there, you have to brave an ice storm that will ragdoll you and deal damage over time.
When you do make it through that you'll have the opportunity to say to Karstaag, the hardest boss in all of Skyrim. This level 99 ghost will flatten all but the strongest; with powerful swings, the ability to slow the player's movement down to a crawl, and multiple high-level wraiths backing him up.
You shouldn't go anywhere near this part of the game unless you are 100% prepared for what's ahead of you.