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Contents

  • Changelog
    • Updates
  • Training
    • Advice for New Adventurers
    • Races and Factions
      • Overview
      • Factions
      • Character Races
      • Classes
        • Overview
        • Dragonknight
        • Nightblade
        • Sorcerer
        • Templar
        • Warden (New Class)
          • Overview
          • Green Balance
          • Winter’s Embrace
    • Leveling
      • Leveling
    • Attributes
      • Overview
      • Active Effects
      • Buffs and Debuffs
        • About the Buff/Debuff System
        • Aegis
        • Berserk
        • Brutality
        • Empower
        • Endurance
        • Evasion
        • Expedition
        • Force
        • Fortitude
        • Gallop
        • Heroism
        • Intellect
        • Mending
        • Prophecy
        • Protection
        • Resolve
        • Savagery
        • Slayer
        • Sorcery
        • Toughness
        • Vitality
        • Ward
        • Applying Debuffs
      • Mundus Stones
    • Champions
      • The Champion System
      • Passive Effects
        • About Passive Abilities
        • Constellation Group: The Thief
        • Constellation Group: The Mage
        • Constellation Group: The Warrior
    • Curses: Vampires and Werewolves
      • Overview
      • Vampirism
      • Lycanthropy
      • Obtaining Curses
      • Removing Curses
    • Skills
      • Overview
      • Weapon Skill Lines
        • Overview
        • Two-Handed
        • One Hand and Shield
        • Dual Wield
        • Bow
        • Destruction Staff
        • Restoration Staff
      • Armor Skill Lines
        • Overview
        • Light Armor
        • Medium Armor
        • Heavy Armor
      • World Skill Lines
        • Soul Magic
        • Legerdemain
        • Vampire
        • Werewolf
      • Guild Skill Lines
        • Fighters Guild
        • Mages Guild
        • Undaunted
        • Thieves Guild
        • Dark Brotherhood
      • Alliance War Skill Lines
        • Assault
        • Support
        • Racial Skill Lines
        • Craft Skill Lines
    • Archetypes
      • Overview
      • Magicka DPS
        • The Mage
        • The Flameblade
        • The Bloodmage
        • The Fanatic
        • The Naturalist
      • Stamina DPS
        • The Assassin
        • The Beastmaster
        • The Depraved
        • The Tempest
        • The Zealot
      • Tanks
        • The Crusader
        • The Dragonscale
        • The Stormshield
        • The Icebreaker
        • The Reaper
      • Healers
        • The Devoted
        • The Druid
        • The Invoker
        • The Flamekeeper
        • The Shadowpriest
  • Combat, Crafting, and Activities
    • Combat
      • Initial Combat Tactics
      • Additional Combat Tactics
      • Damage Types and Potency
      • Crowd Control: Vulnerabilities and Death
    • Stealth and Sneaking
      • Sneaking
      • Stealth Combat: Sneak Attacks
    • Group Activities
      • Winning Friends
      • Influencing People (Know Your Role)
    • Player Guilds
      • About Player Guilds
    • The Alliance War (PvP)
      • About the Alliance War
      • Joining a Campaign
      • Alliance Border Keeps
      • Alliance Points and Rankings
      • Campaign Score
      • Alliance Bonuses
      • Exploring Cyrodiil
      • Capture Points
      • Siege and Defend
      • Temples and the Elder Scrolls
      • Types of Quests
      • Imperial City DLC
    • Morrowind: Battlegrounds (PvPvP)
      • Overview
      • Game Modes
      • Battlefields
      • Rewards and Medals
    • Crafting
      • Crafting Professions
      • Seeking Inspiration
      • Certification and Crafting Writs
      • Traits
      • Crafting Sites and Sets
      • Morrowind Crafting Motifs and Sets
    • Crafting Professions
      • Overview
      • Alchemy
      • Blacksmithing
      • Clothing
      • Enchanting
      • Provisioning
      • Woodworking
      • Equipment Professions: Your Gear’s Life Cycle
      • Power-Leveling
    • Homestead
      • Obtaining Your First Home
      • Example Costs and Sizes of Homes
      • Morrowind Homes
      • Furnishing Your Home
      • Homestead Visiting and Visitors
    • Other Activities
      • Exploration
      • Material Gathering
  • Adventuring Across Tamriel
    • Introduction
    • Currency and Holiday Events
    • Merchants and Services
      • Banks and Moneylenders
      • Crafting Stations
      • Dye Stations
      • Fences
      • Merchants
      • Navigators
      • Shrines
      • Stables
    • Making Money
      • Ways to Earn Money
    • Crime and Punishment
      • The Crimes
      • Infamy Meter
      • Stealth
      • Pickpocket
      • Lockpicking
      • Breaking and Entering
      • Theft
      • Safeboxes
      • Killing Livestock
      • Smuggling Contraband
      • Assault and Murder
      • Aiding in a Crime
      • Tamriel Guards: Paying Your Bounty
      • Outlaws Refuge
      • Treasure
      • Thieves Troves
      • Helpful Skills
    • Mounts
      • Mounts and Stables
    • Items of Note and Interest
      • Item Storage
      • Currency
      • Weapons
      • Apparel
      • Consumables
      • Crafting Materials
      • Miscellaneous
    • Factions (Major and Minor)
      • Major Guilds
      • Minor Factions
    • Locations
      • Provinces and Zones
      • Cities
      • Wayshrines
      • Housing
      • Navigators (Boatswains and Caravans)
      • Merchants
      • Crafting Stations
      • Crafting Sets
      • Guild Traders
      • Banks
      • Stables
      • Dye Station
      • Outlaws Refuge
      • Guild Halls
      • Shrines
      • Striking Locales
      • Settlements, Groves, Towns, Campfires
      • Museums
      • Dungeons
      • Group Bosses
      • Special Events
      • Dolmens (Dark Anchors)
      • Ayleid or Aetherial Wells
      • Mundus Stone
      • Cyrodiil Locations
      • Imperial City Locations
    • Dark Anchors (Dolmens)
      • About Dark Anchors
    • A Trove of Tamriel Tips
      • Skyshards
      • Tips
      • Glossary
  • Quests
    • Quest Map
    • Quest Types
      • Introduction
      • Main Story Quests
      • Aldmeri Dominion Story Quests
      • Daggerfall Covenant Story Quests
      • Ebonheart Pact Story Quests
      • Alliance War Quests (PvP)
      • Cyrodiil Quests (PvE)
      • Imperial City Quests (DLC)
      • Dark Brotherhood Quests (DLC)
      • Fighters Guild Quests
      • Mages Guild Quests
      • Thieves Guild Quests
      • Undaunted Quests
      • Aldmeri Dominion Side Quests
      • Daggerfall Covenant Side Quests
      • Ebonheart Pact Side Quests
      • Coldharbour Side Quests
      • Craglorn Quests
      • Wrothgar Quests
      • World Encounters
      • Crafting Quests
      • Holiday Events
      • Miscellaneous
    • Vvardenfell Main Story Quests
      • Broken Bonds (Tutorial)
      • Divine Conundrum
      • Divine Inquiries
      • Divine Delusions
      • Divine Intervention
      • Divine Disaster
      • Divine Restoration
      • Divine Blessings
    • Morag Tong Side Story Quests
      • Fleeing the Past
      • Of Faith and Family
      • A Purposeful Writ
      • Family Reunion
    • Telvanni Side Story Quests
      • A Hireling of House Telvanni
      • Rising to Retainer
      • Objections and Obstacles
      • The Magister Makes a Move
      • The Heart of a Telvanni
    • Vvardenfell Quests
      • A Melodic Mistake
      • Hatching a Plan
      • Haunted Grounds
      • Reclaiming Vos
      • At Any Cost
      • Ancestral Ties
      • If the Spell Fits
      • Bound by Love
      • The Memory Stone
      • Ancestral Adversity
      • Like Blood from a Stone
      • Nothing to Sneeze At
      • The Scarlet Judge
      • Breaking Through the Fog
      • An Armiger’s Duty
      • A Web of Troubles
    • Vector Quests
      • About Vector Quests
      • Ashlander Relations
      • A Friend in Need
      • A Late Delivery
      • For Glory!
      • To Tel Fyr
      • Crafting Consumables Certification
      • Crafting Equipment Certification
      • A Call for Aid
    • Daily Quests
      • Ald’ruhn Daily Relic-Preservation Quests
      • Ald’ruhn Daily Beast Hunt
      • Consumables Crafting Writs
      • Equipment Crafting Writs
      • Vivec City Group Boss Daily Quests
      • Vivec City Delve Daily Quests
    • Vivec City Museum Quests
      • The Ancestral Tombs
      • The Lost Library
    • Guild Quests
      • Fighters Guild: Anchors from the Harbour
      • Mages Guild: Long Lost Lore
      • Dark Brotherhood: Voices in the Dark
      • Thieves Guild: Partners In Crime
    • Delve Quests
      • A Smuggler’s Last Stand
      • A Hidden Harvest
      • A Dangerous Breed
    • Public Dungeon Quests
      • Echoes of a Fallen House
      • Forgotten Wastes Group Event
      • The Heart’s Desire
      • Nchuleftingth Group Event
    • Trial Quests
      • Forging the Future
      • Unique Monsters
      • Boss Fight 1: Hunter-Killer Fabricants
      • Boss Fight 2: Pinnacle Factotum
      • Boss Fight 3: Archcustodian
      • Boss Fight 4: Refabrication Committee Reactor, Reclaimer, and Reducer
      • Boss Fight 5: Assembly General
  • Interactive Maps
    • West Gash
    • Grazelands
    • Bitter Coast
    • Ashlands
    • Azura Coast (North)
    • Molag Amur
    • Ascadian Isles
    • Azura Coast (South)
  • The Atlas of Morrowind
    • Overview
    • Bitter Coast
      • Region Overview
      • Bitter Coast Collectibles Map
      • Bitter Coast Quest Map
      • Bitter Coast Fishing Map
      • Arenim Manor
      • Mallapi Cave
      • Aleft
      • Addadshashanammu
      • Ashalmimilkala
      • Hlormaren Stronghold
      • Ashurnibibi
      • Ahemmusa Camp
      • Shulk Ore Mine
      • Rethan Manor
      • Fishing Hovel
      • Zainsipilu
      • Firemoth Island
      • Sarys Ancestral Tomb
      • Andrano Ancestral Tomb
      • Seyda Neen Wayshrine
      • Seyda Neen
    • West Gash
      • Region Overview
      • West Gash Quest Map
      • West Gash Fishing Map
      • Yasammidan
      • Arkngthunch-Sturdumz
      • Ald Velothi Harbor House
      • Ashalmawia
      • Urshilaku Camp
      • Urshilaku Camp Wayshrine
      • Mysterious Ruin (Bethamez)
      • Maelkashishi
      • Drivam’s House (Gnisis)
      • Gnisis
      • Gnisis Wayshrine
      • Berandas
      • Salothan’s Council
      • Dushariran
      • Veloth Ancestral Tomb
      • Ashimanu Cave
      • West Gash Wayshrine
      • Randas Ancestral Tomb
      • Ularra
      • Khartag Point
      • Red Exile Camp
      • Hleran Ancestral Tomb
      • Ald’ruhn Wayshrine
      • Ald’ruhn
      • Mallapi Cave Back Tunnels
      • Ramimilk
      • Red Exile Tent
      • Kudanat Mine
      • Redoran Garrison
      • Nilthog’s Hollow
      • Assarnatamat
      • Boundary Bridge
      • Balmora
      • Balmora Wayshrine
    • Ascadian Isles
      • Region Overview
      • Ascadian Isles Collectibles Map
      • Ascadian Isles Quest Map
      • Ascadian Isles Fishing Map
      • Vassir-Didanat Mine
      • Foyada Quarry (INACCESSIBLE) (Arkngthand)
      • Fishing Lodge
      • Amaya Lake Manor
      • Mistress Dren’s Residence
      • Amaya Lake Docks
      • Ruined Ancestral Tomb
      • Quarry Bridge and Dam
      • Bal Ur
      • Suran Wayshrine
      • Suran
      • Inanius Egg Mine
      • Master Kharekh’s Residence
      • Ald Sotha
      • Vivec City Wayshrine
      • Vivec City
    • Ashlands
      • Region Overview
      • Ashlands Collectibles Map
      • Ashlands Fishing Map
      • Ashurnabitashpi
      • Ald Carac
      • Llando Ancestral Tomb
      • Falasmaryon
      • Valenvaryon
      • Ebernanit
      • Forgotten Wastes
      • Indaren Ancestral Tomb
      • Zergonipal
      • Valley of the Wind Wayshrine
      • Cavern of the Incarnate
    • Grazelands
      • Region Overview
      • Grazelands Collectibles Map
      • Grazelands Quest Map
      • Grazelands Fishing Map
      • Kushtashpi
      • Northern Farmstead
      • Poacher’s Treehouse
      • Vos
      • Tel Mora Wayshrine
      • Nchuleft
      • Scavenger’s Ruin
      • Pyroclastic Flow (Zainab Camp)
      • Dubdil Alar Tower
      • Zainab Camp
      • Sethan Ancestral Tomb
      • Aralen Ancestral Tomb
      • Pulk
      • An Unfortunate Experiment
      • Rubble-Filled Door
      • The Shoreline Farmstead
      • Falensarano Ruins
    • Molag Amur
      • Region Overview
      • Molag Amur Collectibles Map
      • Molag Amur Quest Map
      • Molag Amur Fishing Map
      • Library of Andule
      • Gimothran Ancestral Tomb
      • Zalkin-Sul
      • Mzanchend
      • Dulo Ancestral Tomb
      • Galom Daeus
      • Missir-Dadalit Egg Mine
      • Nchuleftingth Wayshrine
      • Nchuleftingth
      • Tusenend
      • Camp and Pyroclastic Flow
      • Sulipund Grange
      • Foyada Quarry
      • Ashunartes
      • Marandus
      • Vandus Ancestral Tomb
      • Erabenimsun Camp
      • Mountain Pass Tent (Mount Kand)
      • Alas Ancestral Tomb (Mount Kand)
      • Mountain Pass Ravine (Mount Kand)
      • Lower Mountain Arches (Mount Kand)
      • Inanius Egg Mine Back Entrance
      • Telasero
      • Red Exile Campsite
      • Dreudurai Glass Mine
      • Helan Ancestral Tomb
      • Molag Mar
      • Molag Mar Wayshrine
    • Azura’s Coast
      • Region Overview
      • Azura’s Coast (North) Map
      • Azura’s Coast (South) Map
      • Black Snail Smugglers’ Isle
      • Tel Mora
      • Esutanamus
      • Pinsun
      • Hanud Tower
      • Vassamsi Grotto and Mine
      • Hlervi Ancestral Tomb
      • Yansirramus
      • Tel Aruhn
      • Sadrith Mora
      • Sadrith Mora Wayshrine
      • Sadrith Mora Dock and Slave Field
      • Anudnabia
      • Halls of Fabrication (Tel Fyr)
      • Dreloth Ancestral Tomb
      • Kaushtarari
      • Tel Galen
      • Andalen Ancestral Tomb
      • Matus-Akin Egg Mine
      • Holamayan Monastery
      • Shashpilamat
      • Nchardumz (North)
      • Nchardumz (Southeast)
      • Almurbalarammi
      • Barilzar’s Tower
      • Red Exile Rock Camp
      • Grave Marker
      • Shrine of Azura
      • Mzahnch
      • Lady Laurent’s Camp
      • Bal Fell
      • Red Exile Toadstool Camp
      • Zaintiraris
      • Hlaalu Ancestral Tomb
      • Mawia
      • Abebaal Egg Mine (Abandoned)
      • Marvani Ancestral Tomb
      • Shipwreck Cove
      • Tel Branora Wayshrine
      • Tel Branora
      • Beran Ancestral Tomb
  • Bestiary
    • Overview
    • New Base Mob Enemies
    • Daedric Shrine Special Enemies
    • Vvardenfell Quest Enemies
    • Delve Quest Bosses
    • Public Dungeon Quest Enemies
    • Ald’ruhn Daily Beast Hunt Enemies
    • Delve Bosses
    • Forgotten Wastes Public Dungeon Champions
    • Nchuleftingth Public Dungeon Champions
    • Public Dungeon Group Event Enemies
    • Group Bosses
  • Appendices
    • Collections
    • Crafting Motifs
    • Crafting Sets
    • Equipment Sets
    • Furnishing Plans
      • Overiew
      • Furnishing Blueprints
      • Furnishing Designs
      • Furnishing Diagrams
      • Furnishing Formulas
      • Furnishing Patterns
      • Furnishing Praxes
    • Quest Rewards
    • Rare Fish
    • Survey Reports
    • Treasure Maps
    • Ancestral Tombs
    • Daedric Ruins
    • Housing
    • Merchants and Crafting Stations
    • Sermons
    • Shrines of the Seven Graces
    • Skyshards
  • Achievements
    • Overview of In-Game Achievements
    • Main Story Quests
    • Vvardenfell Quests
    • Ald’ruhn Daily Quests
    • Explore Vvardenfell
    • Public Dungeons
    • Ancestral Tombs Hunter
    • Tribunal Preacher
    • Morrowind Master Angler
    • Morrowind Skyshard Hunter
    • Morrowind Crafting Styles
    • The Pilgrim’s Path
    • Daedric Explorer
    • Strider Caravaner
    • Cliff Striders’ Bane
    • Group Bosses
    • Halls of Fabrication
    • Savior of Morrowind
    • Battlegrounds
    • Achievement Furnishings
    • Battlegrounds Achievement Furnishings
    • Console Achievements and Trophies
    • Xbox One Challenges
  • Concept Art
    • Locations
    • Vivec Statues
    • Dwarven Colossus
    • Armors and Weapons
    • Enemies

The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Guide › Bestiary

Vvardenfell Quest Enemies

Bosses and named mobs are a part of most quests, and every one of them is listed here with all pertinent information.

Barbas
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Clockwork City Vault

Divine Restoration

Hand of a Living God

Abilities

Lunge Rushes the target, swinging his blades when he arrives. Prefers to lunge at rooted targets.
Damage: Moderate Cone AoE Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid. Stay close to Barbas and he won’t lunge.
Spinning Blades Leaps into the air, slicing nearby targets with both blades.
Damage: High Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid.
Divine Hijack Channels Vivec’s stolen energy to create a pattern of divine destruction.
Damage: Many Moderate Circle AoEs Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid.
Barbs Hurls a bolt of flame at a distant target, rooting that target in place.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Crowd Control, triggers Lunge Status Effects: Root
Strategy: Dodge roll. Stay close to Barbas and he won’t use Barbs.
Captain Cedus
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Suran

The Scarlet Judge

Scarlet Judge

Abilities

Lightning Onslaught Sends two shock pillars careening across the battlefield.
Damage: High Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Ice Cage Creates a circle of frozen ground around the target.
Damage: Low Donut AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Snare
Strategy: Avoid or stay put.
Captain Flaeus
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Vassamsi Mine

The Heart of a Telvanni

Rising Sun

Abilities

Uppercut Strikes from below, knocking his opponent into the air.
Damage: High Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Block or distance.
Cleave A wide horizontal swing.
Damage: Moderate Cone AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Chodala
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Kaushtarari

Divine Intervention

Bearer of the Blessed Staff

Abilities

Sunder’s Echo Strikes the ground, causing molten slag to erupt from the ground.
Damage: Low Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid. Pillars deal the most damage when they appear and when they end.
Empowered Strike Teleports to a distant target, striking the ground at the target’s location.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Avoid or block.
Cleave A wide horizontal swing.
Damage: Moderate Cone AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Clockwork Assembly Core
Monster Location Quest Achievement

Dwarven Sentry

Clockwork City—Divinity Atelier

Divine Restoration

Hand of a Living God

Abilities

Shock Lasso Pulls a distant target to the Assembly Core.
Damage: N/A Purpose: Gap Closer, triggers Pulse Status Effects: Stun/Snare
Strategy: Block or stay near the Assembly Core.
Pulse Electrifies the ground near the Assembly Core, which explodes in a burst of shock.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Thunderbolt Sends a wave of shock careening toward its target.
Damage: Moderate Moving Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Fabricate Beetle Summons a Fabricant Beetle to fight at its side. Up to three Beetles can be active at a time.
Damage: Beetles damage players Purpose: Harass Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Beetles have very little Health and can be dispatched easily.
Clockwork Defense Core
Monster Location Quest Achievement

Dwarven Sentry

Clockwork City—Divinity Atelier

Divine Restoration

Hand of a Living God

Abilities

Shock Lasso Pulls a distant target to the Defense Core.
Damage: N/A Purpose: Gap Closer, triggers Pulse Status Effects: Stun/Snare
Strategy: Block or stay near the Defense Core.
Pulse Electrifies the ground near the Defense Core, which explodes in a burst of shock.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Thunderbolt Sends a wave of shock careening toward its target.
Damage: Moderate Moving Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Defensive Flare Throws a shock projectile at one target.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Ranged Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Standing near the Defense Core will stop it from using this attack.
Clockwork Guardian
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Clockwork City

Divine Restoration

Hand of a Living God

Abilities

Oily Smoke Breathes a gout of black smoke and sparks upon enemies in front of the Guardian.
Damage: Low Cone AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Lava Whip Whips its target with a fiery lariat.
Damage: High Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Off-Balance
Strategy: Block or distance yourself from the Guardian.
Clockwork Mediator Core
Monster Location Quest Achievement

Dwarven Sentry

Clockwork City—Divinity Atelier

Divine Restoration

Hand of a Living God

Abilities

Thunderbolt Sends a wave of shock careening toward its target.
Damage: Moderate Moving Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Sparks Orders unoccupied sentries to fire shock projectiles at its target.
Damage: Low Purpose: Harry Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Destroy the circling sentries.
Pulse Orders unoccupied sentries to electrify the ground around themselves.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Destroy the circling sentries.
Repair Orders unoccupied sentries to heal the Mediator Core.
Damage: N/A Purpose: Self-Heal Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Interrupt or destroy the circling sentries.
Defensive Flare Throws a shock projectile at one target.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Ranged Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Standing near the Mediator Core will stop it from using this attack.
Curate Erydno
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Shulk Ore Mine

Divine Inquiries

N/A

Abilities

Summon Skaafin Summons a Skaafin Witchling to her side.
Damage: Skaafin Witchlings damage players Purpose: Harass Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Curate takes more damage with an active Skaafin. Killing the Curate will kill the Skaafin.
Heat Wave Sends a surge of flame toward her adversary.
Damage: Heavy Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Fire Runes Hurls a fireball at her foe and a nearby location.
Damage: Low Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Curate Skaliz
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Hlormaren Stronghold

Family Reunion

Naryu’s Confidant

Abilities

Summon Skaafin Summons a Skaafin Witchling to his side.
Damage: Skaafin Witchlings damage players Purpose: Harass Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Curate takes more damage with an active Skaafin. Killing the Curate will kill the Skaafin.
Whirlwind Leaps into the air, slicing nearby targets with both blades.
Damage: High Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Assassinate Stabs his target in the back.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Don’t let the Curate behind you.
Dagger-Beak
Monster Location Quest Achievement

Cliff Strider

Gnisis

Hatching a Plan

Kwama Miner

Abilities

Feast Sends nearby Cliff Striders into a frenzy, causing them to use basic attacks more often. No adds in fight, so this ability is only used if another Cliff Strider is pulled over to Dagger-Beak or vice versa.
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 Centurion Alpha
Monster Location Quest Achievement

Dwarven Centurion

Gnisis Egg Mine

A Melodic Mistake

N/A

Abilities

Powered Up While the Centurion is near its Dwemer Power Crystal, it deals 20% more damage.
Damage: No damage Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Keep the Centurion away from the Dwemer Power Crystal.
Sweeping Spin The Centurion winds itself up and spins, damaging nearby targets with its hammer and blade arms.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Steam Breath Vents steam upon its adversaries.
Damage: Low Cone AoE over time Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Galgalah
Monster Location Quest Achievement

Lich

Valenvaryon

Haunted Grounds

N/A

Abilities

Defiled Ground Desecrates a patch of earth with necromantic energies.
Damage: Low Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Snare
Strategy: Avoid.
Soul Cage Summons magic crystals to bathe the battlefield in freezing light and explode in a hail of ice.
Damage: Low Circle AoE over time, Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Stun (end only)
Strategy: Avoid.
Gulakhan Yus-Zashten
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Ald’ruhn—Skar

Divine Delusions

Voice of the Failed Incarnates

Abilities

Ash Storm Ground beneath her target erupts.
Damage: Low Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid or interrupt.
Fiery Breath Breathes a gout of fire upon enemies in front of Gulakhan.
Damage: High Cone AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Lava Whip Whips its target with a fiery lariat.
Damage: High Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Off-Balance
Strategy: Block or distance yourself from Gulakhan.
Hazbur
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

West of Tel Aruhn

The Heart of a Telvanni

Rising Sun

Abilities

Bombard Fires explosive arrows that rain upon the battlefield.
Damage: Low Circle AoE Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Chilled Ground Freezes a large section of ground that suppresses movement through it.
Damage: Circle AoE, no damage Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Snare
Strategy: Avoid. This attack is only used at range.
Quake Shot Fires at the ground, ending shockwaves out in a cone.
Damage: Moderate Cone AoE, Moderate Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stagger
Strategy: Avoid. This attack is only used up close.
Hired Assassin
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Rethan Manor—South of Balmora

Like Blood from a Stone

Ebony Enforcer

Abilities

Teleport Strike Steps through the shadows and arrives in front of her target.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block.
Shadow Cloak/Veiled Strike Vanishes into the shadows to deliver a sneak attack.
Damage: High Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block. Use Reveal effects to detect the assassin.
Jovval Mortal-Bane
Monster Location Quest Achievement

Skaafin

Clockwork City—Maintenance Junction

Divine Restoration

N/A

Abilities

Skaafin Flare Hurls a ball of flame at its target.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Ranged Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Roll Dodge.
Devastating Leap Leaps into air and lands devastating blow on the target.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Block or Avoid. Does not use at distance.
Lagdabash
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

West of Tel Aruhn

The Heart of a Telvanni

Rising Sun

Abilities

Whirlwind Leaps into the air slicing nearby targets with both blades.
Damage: High Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid
Assassinate Stabs her target in the back.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Don’t let the her behind you.
Mad Griskild
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Bal Fell

A Web of Troubles

N/A

Abilities

Summon Spider Summons two ranged Spiders to attack his opponents.
Damage: Spiders damage players Purpose: Harass Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Defeat the first two Spiders before Mad Griskild’s Health drops to 40% or below, or you’ll have to fight four Spiders at once.
Summon Exploder Summons two Spiders that chase a target and explode.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Snare
Strategy: Avoid or kill Spiders before they explode.
Teleport Strike Steps through the shadows and arrives in front of his target.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block.
Siphoning Strikes Surrounds his weapons in shadow magic, reducing damage dealt but causing him to heal 1% of his Maximum Health for every hit.
Damage: No damage Purpose: Self-Heal Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Don’t let him hit you. Deal continuous damage or afflict Mad Griskild with Defile to reduce the healing he receives.
Terror Throws a shadowy skull projectile to frighten his adversary.
Damage: Low Purpose: Crowd Control Status Effects: Fear
Strategy: Interrupt.
Malur Rethan
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Balmora

Like Blood from a Stone

Ebony Enforcer

Abilities

Throw Dagger Readies a dagger, then throws it at his opponent. Being struck by the dagger causes the target to bleed.
Damage: Heavy, then over time Purpose: Heavy Ranged Attack Status Effects: Snare
Strategy: Interrupt or keep close to Malur Rethan; he won’t use this ability while you’re close to him. Block to avoid the damage over time and Snare effect.
Heavy Attack Heavy melee attack.
Damage: Heavy Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Block or outrange the attack.
Marshal Hlaren
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Inanius Egg Mine

The Scarlet Judge

Scarlet Judge

Abilities

Dark Talons Grabs up to six targets with molten talons.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Crowd Control Status Effects: Root
Strategy: Dodge roll.
Brace Shields himself, reducing incoming damage and rendering it immune to debilitating effects. Attacking Marshal Hlaran while he’s bracing will stagger the player.
Damage: N/A Purpose: Defensive, interfaces with Power Bash Status Effects: Stagger, Stun, Off-Balance
Strategy: Don’t use heavy attacks. If his target is staggered by Brace, Marshal Hlaran will use Power Bash on that target.
Power Bash Delivers a heavy melee attack.
Damage: Heavy Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stagger into Disorient
Strategy: Block or outrange the attack.
Dragonknight Standard Summons a standard that lands on the battlefield, damaging nearby enemies and reducing the healing they take.
Damage: Low Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Major Defile (-30% Healing Taken)
Strategy: Avoid.
Matriarch Rathila
Monster Location Quest Achievement

Bone Colossus

Veloth Ancestral Tomb

Ancestral Adversity

N/A

Abilities

Wake the Dead Summons three Bone Flayers to attack its enemies, then explode.
Damage: Bone Flayers damage targets, then explode in a Heavy Circle AoE Purpose: Harass Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Distance yourself from Bone Flayers before they explode.
Bone Saw Stomps the ground, damaging everything in front of it.
Damage: Moderate Cone AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stagger
Strategy: Avoid.
Necrotic Wave Stomps the ground, which erupts in a shockwave of necrotic energy.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid.
Mertis Othren
Monster Location Quest Achievement
N/A Vos Rising to Retainer N/A

Abilities

Teleport Strike Steps through the shadows and arrives in front of his target.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block.
Shadow Cloak/Veiled Strike Vanishes into the shadows to deliver a sneak attack.
Damage: High Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block. Use Reveal effects to detect Mertis.
Nerandas
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Pinsun

Reclaiming Vos

Hand of the Mistress

Abilities

Aura of Protection Summons a totem to reduce damage taken by nearby allies.
Damage: No damage Purpose: Defensive Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Destroy the totem or pull Nerandas out of its aura. Destroying the totem stuns Nerandas and sets him off-balance.
Olfrig
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Ashurnibibi

Fleeing the Past

N/A

Abilities

Fiery Grip Throws a fiery chain at his target, drawing it close.
Damage: Low Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block.
Dark Talons Grabs up to six targets with molten talons.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Crowd Control Status Effects: Root
Strategy: Dodge roll.
Uppercut Strikes from below, knocking his opponent into the air.
Damage: High Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Block or outrange the attack.
Othloth Salavel
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Balmora

Fleeing the Past

N/A

Abilities

Brace Shields himself, reducing incoming damage and rendering it immune to debilitating effects. Attacking Othloth Salavel while he’s bracing will stagger the player.
Damage: N/A Purpose: Defensive, interfaces with Power Bash Status Effects: Stagger, Stun, Off-Balance
Strategy: Don’t use heavy attacks. If his target is staggered by Brace, Othloth will use Power Bash on that target.
Power Bash Delivers a heavy melee attack.
Damage: Heavy Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stagger into Disorient
Strategy: Block or outrange the attack.
Overseer Torvayn
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Suran

The Scarlet Judge

Scarlet Judge

Abilities

Heavy Strike Heavy sword blow.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Block or outrange the attack.
Retaliation Blocks briefly, then goes in for the kill.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stagger, Stun, Off-Balance
Strategy: Don’t use heavy attacks while he’s blocking, or you won’t be able to avoid the attack. Wait for him to finish blocking, then block yourself or outrange the attack.
Javelin Hurls a javelin at a distant foe.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Heavy Ranged Attack Status Effects: Stagger
Strategy: Interrupt or stay close to Overseer Torvayn—he only uses this attack from a distance.
Ralasa Delvi
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Sadrith Mora

Objections and Obstacles

N/A

Abilities

Winter’s Reach Creates a frozen vortex that moves across the battlefield.
Damage: Heavy Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Snare
Strategy: Avoid or interrupt.
Ice Barrier Creates a wall of ice between Ralasa and her target that intercepts projectile attacks directed at her.
Damage: No damage Purpose: Defensive Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Move behind or to either side of the wall, destroy the wall, or use melee attacks.
Void Summons shadow energy that careens across the battlefield.
Damage: High Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Ruddy Broodmother
Monster Location Quest Achievement

Dreugh Warrior

Dreudurai Glass Mine

An Armiger’s Duty

Pilgrim Protector

Abilities

Brace Shields itself, reducing incoming damage and rendering it immune to debilitating effects. Attacking the Dreugh while it’s bracing will stagger the player.
Damage: N/A Purpose: Defensive Status Effects: Stagger, Stun, Off-Balance
Strategy: Don’t use heavy attacks.
Shocking Rake Electrifies the ground in front of it.
Damage: Low Cone AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Lightning Tow Pulls a target to him.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Gap Closer, interfaces with Lightning Field Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block.
Lightning Field Blasts nearby targets with a shock pulse.
Damage: Heavy Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Ruinfang the Wicked
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Southwest of Hanud

If the Spell Fits

N/A

Abilities

Raise the Earth Summons a bear to attack his adversaries.
Damage: Bear damages opponents Purpose: Harass Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Caster takes more damage with an active bear. Killing the caster kills the bear.
Gore Hurls a Spectral Haj Mota across the battlefield.
Damage: Heavy Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid.
Dive Calls a Spectral Cliff Strider to explode at the target’s location.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Savarak Fels
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

East of Tel Mora

Reclaiming Vos

Hand of the Mistress

Abilities

Winter’s Reach Creates a frozen vortex that moves across the battlefield.
Damage: Heavy Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Snare
Strategy: Avoid or interrupt.
Ice Barrier Creates a wall of ice between the Savarak and his target that intercepts projectile attacks directed at him.
Damage: No damage Purpose: Defensive Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Move behind or to either side of the wall, destroy the wall, or use melee attacks.
Void Summons shadow energy that careens across the battlefield.
Damage: High Moving Circle AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Slavemaster Arenim
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Vassamsi Mine

The Heart of a Telvanni

Rising Sun

Abilities

The Slavemaster’s Chains Binds an adversary with magical chains.
Damage: Circle AoE, no damage Purpose: Crowd Control Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Stand farther than 30m from the Slavemaster.
Raise the Earth Summons a bear to attack his adversaries.
Damage: Bear damages opponents Purpose: Harass Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Caster takes more damage with an active bear. Killing the caster kills the bear.
Dive Calls a Spectral Cliff Strider to explode at the target’s location.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Dark Reach Pulls the target in with magical chains.
Damage: Low Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block.
Brand’s Cleave Strikes at nearby enemies, knocking them to the ground.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Avoid or block. Slavemaster only uses this attack up close, so stay away from him to avoid this attack.
Veya Releth
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Redoran Garrison Meeting Hall

Family Reunion

Naryu’s Confidant

Abilities

Teleport Strike Steps through the shadows and arrives in front of her target.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block.
Soul Tether Strikes at the souls of nearby enemies. The original target of the attack is bound to Veya, supplying her with a steady stream of Health.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE, Low over time Purpose: Heavy Attack and Light Heal Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Avoid or block.
Whirlwind Leaps into the air, slicing nearby targets with both blades.
Damage: High Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Avoid.
Shadow Cloak/Veiled Strike Vanishes into the shadows to deliver a sneak attack.
Damage: High Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Stun
Strategy: Block. Use Reveal effects to detect Veya.
Warclaw Banobani
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Kudanat Mine

Of Faith and Family

N/A

Abilities

Uppercut Strikes from below, knocking her opponent into the air.
Damage: High Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Block or outrange the attack.
Shock Aura Fills the air around the caster with electricity.
Damage: Moderate Circle AoE Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid or interrupt.
Lightning Form Infuses herself with lightning, damaging nearby targets and increasing Physical and Spell Resistance for the duration.
Damage: Low Circle AoE Purpose: Defensive, Area Denial Status Effects: N/A
Strategy: Stay away from the Warclaw while the effect is active.
Warclaw Ferhara
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Redoran Garrison Basement

Family Reunion

Naryu’s Confidant

Abilities

Lunge Rushes the target, swinging both weapons upon arrival. If the target is far away, the attack does not occur. Prefers to lunge at rooted targets.
Damage: Moderate Cone AoE Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Avoid. Strafing is best.
Pin Fires a crossbow bolt that pins its target to the ground.
Damage: Low Purpose: Crowd Control, triggers Lunge Status Effects: Root
Strategy: Dodge roll.
Basilisk Powder Throws a bag of silencing powder at a distant target, or spreads that bag into the air in front of it, according to range.
Damage: Moderate Single or Low Cone AoE according to range Purpose: Harass Status Effects: Silence
Strategy: Interrupt.
Warclaw Zabaseh
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Kudanat Mine

Of Faith and Family

N/A

Abilities

Charge Charges a distant target, damaging anything in his way.
Damage: Moderate Purpose: Gap Closer Status Effects: Stagger
Strategy: Stay close to the Cavalier and he won’t use this attack. Step out of path to avoid, stunning him.
Warden Libo
Monster Location Quest Achievement

N/A

Marandas

The Scarlet Judge

Scarlet Judge

Abilities

Negate Magic Creates a bubble of antimagic around the targeted location.
Damage: N/A Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Silence, Dispels summons and AoEs in the radius
Strategy: Avoid.
Ice Cage Creates a circle of frozen ground around the target.
Damage: Low Donut AoE over time Purpose: Area Denial Status Effects: Snare
Strategy: Avoid or stay put.
Uppercut Strikes from below, knocking his opponent into the air.
Damage: High Purpose: Heavy Attack Status Effects: Knockback
Strategy: Block or distance.

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