About Dark Anchors

Molag Bal uses Dolmens, located throughout much of Tamriel, to fasten his Dark Anchors in an attempt to pull Nirn into Coldharbour. Worm Cultists perform a ritual at the site, bringing the Anchor crashing down in exchange for a sacrifice. Once attached, the cultists are randomly dragged into the air, eventually replaced with new followers. Any players in the area may take part in this world event, fighting the antagonists responsible for the invasion. This is the first of three phases, which, upon completion, rewards those who participated with an instanced chest.

Three Dolmens exist within nearly every zone of Tamriel. Cyrodiil holds ten Dark Anchor points, while no Dolmens are found in the starter zones , Craglorn, Wrothgar, Hew’s Bane, Gold Coast, and Vvardenfell.

The Fighters Guild offers daily quests that require the player to destroy three dolmens in a given zone.

Dolmens are activated when a player gets within range, beginning the Worm Cultists’ ritual. A loud noise announces the incoming Dark Anchor with a scene that is visible from far away. Anyone may join the event, with an Achievement available for destroying all Dark Anchors in each zone. Completing these events also levels up your Fighters Guild rank and is required for their quest line.

Dolmens Locations

Aldmeri Dominion

Auridon

Calambar Dolmen

Lluvamir Dolmen

Vafe Dolmen

Grahtwood

Green Hall Dolmen

Long Coast Dolmen

Tarlain Heights Dolmen

Greenshade

Drowned Coast Dolmen

Green’s Marrow Dolmen

Wilderking Court Dolmen

Malabal Tor

Broken Coast Dolmen

Silvenar Vale Dolmen

Xylo River Basin Dolmen

Reaper’s March

Dawnmead Dolmen

Jodewood Dolmen

Northern Woods Dolmen

Daggerfall Covenant

Alik’r Desert

Hollow Waste Dolmen

Myrkwasa Dolmen

Tigonus Dolmen

Bangkorai

Ephesus Dolmen

Fallen Wastes Dolmen

Mournoth Dolmen

Glenumbra

Cambray Hills Dolmen

Daenia Dolmen

King’s Guard Dolmen

Rivenspire

Boralis Dolmen

Eyebright Feld Dolmen

Westmark Moor Dolmen

Stormhaven

Alcaire Dolmen

Gavaudon Dolmen

Menevia Dolmen

Ebonheart Pact

Deshaan

Lagomere Dolmen

Redolent Loam Dolmen

Siltreen Dolmen

Eastmarch

Frostwater Tundra Dolmen

Giant’s Run Dolmen

Icewind Peaks Dolmen

The Rift

Ragged Hills Dolmen

Smokefrost Peaks Dolmen

Stony Basin Dolmen

Shadowfen

Leafwater Dolmen

Reticulated Spine Dolmen

Venomous Fens Dolmen

Stonefalls

Daen Seeth Dolmen

Varanis Dolmen

Zabamat Dolmen

Neutral

Cyrodiil

Applewatch Wood Dolmen

Bruma

Cheydinhal Foothills Dolmen

Eastern Shore Dolmen

Great Forest Dolmen

Greenmead Dolmen

Niben Basin Dolmen

Nibenay Valley Dolmen

Winter’s Reach Dolmen

If left alone, the six Worm Cultists continue the ritual, with members being randomly pulled into the air, only to be replaced with more Worm Cultists. Killing these followers causes four Anchor Pinions to appear around the Dolmen. Normal- and elite-level Daedra and Undead drop in from the portal above, damaging players caught in their landing areas.

Defeating the Daedra and Undead fills up the first Anchor Pinion with their animi, with elite mobs adding twice as much per kill. The Pinion opens once full as the enemy spirits begin to fill the next pinion. A player must approach each open Anchor Pinion and interact with it to destroy it. Each time this is done, the Health, Magicka, and Stamina for all nearby players are fully restored. Destroying all four pinions completes the second phase of the event.

As Molag Bal taunts the players, a boss is summoned to the Dolmen with a complement of tougher Daedra and Undead. Instead of one of the standard bosses, there’s a small chance that one of Molag Bal’s generals makes an appearance. An Achievement is earned by defeating each general, and another for destroying them all. The spirits from this final wave fill the fifth and final Anchor Pinion at the base of the Dark Anchor. Destroying this trap reveals a chest, available to all players who participated.

Molag Bal’s Generals

Anaxes and Medrike, the Xivilai torturers

The Dark Seducer sisters, Vika, Dylora, and Jansa

Daedroth Hrelvesuu

Destroy Ozzozachar, the favored Titan of Molag Bal

Gedna Relvel, the Lich of Mournhold

King Styriche of Verkarth and his companions, Fangaril and Zayzahad

Lord Dregas Volar, the holder of the Daedric Crescent

Menta Na, Molag Bal’s most favored Daedroth

Methats, Vonshala, and Sumeer, the Dremora travelers

Molag Bal’s torturers, Kathutet, Amkaos, and Ranyu

Nomeg Haga, the giant Frost Atronach of Coldharbour

Ogrim Brothers, Glut, Hogshead, and Stumble

Rhagothan, the Devourer of Souls

Velehk Sain, the Dremora pirate

Yggmanei the Ever-Open Eye, Molag Bal’s greatest spy

Zymel Hriz, the giant Storm Atronach of Coldharbour