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The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind eGuide Bestiary

New Base Mob Enemies

Seven new enemies are introduced to the Tamriel wildlands in Vvardenfell.

Cliff Strider
Location Quest Achievement

Wilderness

N/A

Cliff-Striders’ Bane

Abilities

Feast Sends nearby Cliff Striders into a frenzy, causing them to use basic attacks more often.
Damage: N/A Purpose: Social Buff Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Start moving/use defensive abilities.
Retch Vomits up its last meal, dealing damage in a cone and leaving an area of effect on the ground.
Damage: Low Cone AoE, Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Dive Swoops over the battlefield, raking targets with its claws.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid.
Dwarven Arquebus
Location Quest Achievement

Dwarven Ruins

N/A

N/A

Abilities

Polarizing Field Charges the air with electricity, damaging whatever damages nearby Dwarven Automata.
Damage: Low upon damaging nearby Dwarven Automata Purpose: Social Buff Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Interrupt or kill the Arquebus. Distance Automata from the Arquebus.
Impulse Mine Throws a small Dwarven device that explodes when enemies approach it. Damages players far away from the device slightly when it goes off.
Damage: Moderate Shock Circle AoE, Low Shock Circle AoE Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Siege Ballista Hurls a shock projectile at its target, which throws a shock projectile to either side in turn.
Damage: Low Shock Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid. Move toward or away from the Arquebus—do not strafe.
Shock Barrage Channels a stream of projectiles on a single target.
Damage: Over time Purpose: Ranged Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Interrupt or break line of sight with the Arquebus.
Fetcherfly Hive Golem
Location Quest Achievement

Wilderness

N/A

N/A

Abilities

Colonize Summons a Fetcherfly colony that grows into a Fetcherfly nest.
Damage: Nests fight like Fetcherfly nests Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Hive Golem takes more damage with active nests. Use AoEs or destroy the Fetcherfly Hive Golem to destroy its nests.
Fetcherfly Storm Sends swarms of biting flies careening across the battlefield.
Damage: Moderate Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Silence
Strategy: Avoid.
Focused Swarm Throws a swarm of exploding flies to detonate on a distant location.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Fetcherfly Nest
Location Quest Achievement

Wilderness

N/A

N/A

Abilities

Summon Swarm Summons a swarm of molten flies to harry its opponent.
Damage: Swarms attack by damaging targets around them Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Use AoEs or destroy the nest to destroy its swarms.
Heat Vents Ignites the air around the nest.
Damage: Low Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Interrupt or avoid.
Bombard Throws a swarm of exploding flies to detonate on a distant location.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Hunger
Location Quest Achievement

Ancestor Tombs and Daedric Shrines

N/A

N/A

Abilities

Spring Rapidly closes on its prey.
Damage: Low Circle AoE at destination Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Stagger
Strategy: Avoid.
Torpor Sprays targets with hallucinogenic gas, causing them to see enemies that aren’t there.
Damage: Low Cone AoE Purpose: Disorient Status Effects: Stun, Hallucination
Strategy: Avoid.
Hollow Vanishes into an Oblivion pocket, then appears suddenly, knocking targets to the ground.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Offensive Teleport Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid.
Devour Pulls its prey into an embrace, draining Health and healing itself.
Damage: Over time Purpose: Heal/Stun Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block, break free, or get an ally to interrupt the Hunger. Defile the Hunger to significantly reduce healing taken.
Iron Atronach
Location Quest Achievement

Forgotten Wastes

N/A

N/A

Abilities

Blast Furnace Bombards the battlefield with fireballs.
Damage: Multiple Low Circle AoEs over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Rock Stomp Explodes the ground beneath the Atronach, then distant foes.
Damage: Multiple Moderate Circle AoEs Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Lavawave Sends a slow-moving wall of erupting lava toward its enemies.
Damage: Multiple Moving Low Circle AoEs in a Cone over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Subduction When the Atronach dies, it sends waves of lava toward its foes.
Damage: Low Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Post-Death Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Nix-Ox
Location Quest Achievement

Wilderness

N/A

N/A

Abilities

Winnow Leaps upon a distant target.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid.
Nix-Call Rallies nearby Nix-Oxen and Nix-Hounds, making them immune to debilitating effects and increasing their damage by 10%. Nix-Hounds gain access to a short-range projectile.
Damage: N/A Purpose: Social Buff Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Use AoEs or burn the Nix-Ox down.
Acid Spray Sprays acid around itself, leaving pools upon the ground.
Damage: Low Cone AoE, Circle AoE over time. Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Shriek Channeled sonic shockwave.
Damage: 2x Low Cone AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stagger
Strategy: Avoid.