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 |
|---|---|---|
|
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. | ||