Shadowfen is the northernmost zone of Black Marsh, homeland of the Argonians. The zone is bordered by Deshaan in Morrowind to the north, and Cyrodiil to the west. The Ebonheart Pact is in control of Black Marsh, but there is a large presence of the Aldmeri Dominion in the region trying to take the province, and a powerful artifact known as the Mnemic Egg, for themselves.[1][2]
Background[]
- "On the border with Morrowind, the Shadowfen region has had more contact with Tamrielic civilization than most of Black Marsh—due primarily to the activities of the Dunmeri slavers who once operated out of the city of Stormhold. Now the Argonians are back in charge."
- ―Shadowfen loading screen[src]
A fetid, rank, and treacherous mire, Shadowfen has a history of Imperial occupation and the Dunmer slave trade, and the region was often fought over between the two sides prior to the formation of the Ebonheart Pact.[3][4] The Argonian Archcanon, Heita-Meen, administers Argonian affairs above the "tribal level" in Black Marsh, and is the keeper of the Hatching Pools in central Shadowfen.[5] Although the Argonian slave trade was outlawed after the formation of the Ebonheart Pact, rogue Dunmeri slave traders, particularly from House Dres and House Telvanni, can still be found roaming the marshes.[1]
The ancient city of Stormhold is located in Shadowfen, the source of the devastating Knahaten Flu.[6] Shadowfen has a variety of indigenous species: Wamasu, Giant Snakes, the extinct Kothringi and Fleshflies.[1] Diseases such as Swamp Fever, the Droops, the Knahaten Flu and Blood Rot are common here, making Shadowfen one of the most dangerous regions in all of Tamriel.[7] Dank foliage, murky, winding channels, Hist trees, Ayleid ruins and ruined temples are abundant in Shadowfen.[1]
Shadowscales, Argonians born under the sign of the Shadow and sometimes taken into the Dark Brotherhood, can be found in this zone.[8]
Locations[]
- Main article: Locations (Online)
The following are locations accessible in Shadowfen and, with the exception of unmarked locations, are discoverable on the map. Points of Interest serve as locations with unique side quests, while cities serve as the centralised areas with multiple sublocations and act as a hub for services and merchants. Explanations of the types of locations are provided in the main locations page.
Quests[]
- Main article: Quests (Online)
Shadowfen features a series of zone story quests and unrelated side quests. The zone story quests tie into the Ebonheart Pact's overarching storyline and carries on from Deshaan before continuing to Eastmarch, but it is not necessary to complete the story quests for zones prior to those in Shadowfen. Side quests are non-sequential and can be completed in any order, except where one carries on from another, and repeatable quests can be completed multiple times: weekly for arenas and trials and daily for all others. Pointer quests are optional zone quests that send the Vestige to the tarting location of another zone quest.
- Three Tender Souls
- Getting to the Truth
- Trail of the Skin-Stealer
- The Skin-Stealer's Lair
- Keepers of the Shell
- The Dominion's Alchemist
- The Dream of the Hist
- Children of the Hist
- Cracking the Egg
- Eyes of the Enemy
- Hushed Whispers
- Scouring the Mire
- The Mnemic Egg
- A Final Release
- A Last Reminder
- A Life of Privilege
- A Pirate Parley
- A Poisoned Heart
- A Stranger Uninvited
- And Throw Away The Key
- Bound to the Bog
- Broken Apart
- Buried in the Past
- Captive Souls
- Captured Time
- Catch the Lightning
- Clarity
- Cold-Blooded Revenge
- Deep Disturbance
- Dreams From the Hist
- Foreign Vintage
- Into the Mire
- Into the Temple
- King of Dust
- Last One Standing
- Life of the Party
- Lost Pilgrimage
- Lost to the Mire
- Missing in the Mire
- Missing Son
- Of Dubious Value
- Outside Interference
- Overrun
- Pull the Last Fang
- Riches Beyond Measure
- Saving the Relics
- Scales of Retribution
- Schism
- Shadowfen Smorgasbord
- Strength of the Father
- The Bargain's End
- The Fangs of Sithis
- The Keystone
- The Ones Left Behind
- The Swamp's Embrace
- The Thin Ones
- The Tree-Minder's Fate
- Threefold Folly
- Trials of the Burnished Scales
- Unbridled Wealth
- Unwelcome Guests
- Vigil's End
- Warm Welcome
- What Happened at Murkwater
- Whispers of the Wisps
- Will of the Broken
- Force of Nature
- Sap and Stone
- Silk and Shadow
- Pledge: Arx Corinium
- Pledge: Cradle of Shadows
- Pledge: Ruins of Mazzatun
- The Final Round
- A Taste for Toxins
- Anti-Venom Agitation
- Bug Off!
- Contract: Shadowfen Spree DB
- Contract: Shadowfen DB
- Crime Spree TG
- Dark Anchors in Shadowfen
- Give and Take in Shadowfen
- Idle Hands TG
- Lamia Demonstration
- Madness in Shadowfen
- Plucking Fingers TG
- Reeling in Recruits
- Salty Meats
- The Covetous Countess TG
- The Winds of Kyne
- Under Our Thumb TG
- A Mother's Obsession BW
- Cold Blood, Old Pain HI
- Dim and Distant Pasts NE
- The Missing Prophecy
- Of Knives and Long Shadows
- Ruthless Competition
- A Mortal's Touch
Characters[]
- Random encounters
- Deet-Waska – A beggar who can be donated to during random encounters.
- Sanadarin – A traveler who is having trouble lighting their campfire during random encounters.
- Sefra – A merchant who can be robbed during random encounters.
- Walks-With-Rushes – A traveler who is having trouble lighting their campfire during random encounters.
- Traveling merchants
- Abijoo-Anoo – On the road south from White Rose Prison to Hissmir.
- Blue-Scale – On the road from Stormhold to Mud Tree Village.
- Far-Walker – On the road from Hissmir until the bridge leading to east to the Hatching Pools.
- Nema-Pachat – On the road from the Hatching Pools Wayshrine through Alten Corimont to Ten-Maur-Wolk.
- Rides-the-River – On the road from the Telvanni Acquisition Camp to the Ample Domicile.
Item Sets[]
- Main article: Item Sets
Item sets are related armor and weapons that, when worn together, provide unique benefits. Overland sets can be acquired from world bosses, world events, delves, public dungeons and containers and as quest rewards; dungeon sets can be acquired from within group dungeons; monster sets can be acquired from the final boss of veteran group dungeons and Undaunted Enclaves; and crafted sets can be created at specific locations across the zone.
- Overland
- Gossamer (Light; Cradle of Shadows) SH
- Hand of Mephala (Heavy; Cradle of Shadows) SH
- Lamia's Song (Light; Arx Corinium)
- Medusa (Heavy; Arx Corinium)
- Undaunted Infiltrator (Medium; Arx Corinium)
- Widowmaker (Medium; Cradle of Shadows) SH
- Amber Plasm (Light; Ruins of Mazzatun) SH
- Heem-Jas' Retribution (Medium; Ruins of Mazzatun) SH
- Aspect of Mazzatun (Heavy; Ruins of Mazzatun) SH
- Hist Bark (Hatchling's Crown)
- Magnus' Gift (Xal Haj-Ei Shrine)
- Whitestrake's Retribution (Weeping Wamasu Falls)
Skyshards[]
- Main article: Skyshards (Online)
Sixteen Skyshards can be found in Shadowfen totaling in five skill points with one left over. The zone guide provides clues as to the location of each Skyshard, but many can be found simply by exploring and watching for the distinctive pillar of light they emit. Skyshards will appear on the map and compass when the Vestige is close to one and will remain discovered on the map even if it was not collected.
# | Description | Location |
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1 | Above the Mages' eye between the falls. | On top of the Mages Guildhall in Stormhold. |
2 | Still shrouded by spray past a western rise. | North of Stillrise Village at the waterfall. |
3 | Sneak behind the relic-thieves' camp. | Off the water's edge between Ten-Maur-Wolk and Camp Silken Snare. |
4 | Beside a bowsprit among pirates. | On the bow of Alten Corimont. |
5 | Ritual flames brew trouble in the mire. | East of Percolating Mire, north of the cave. |
6 | Where wisps waylay wanderers. | South edge of of the Deep Graves. |
7 | Like the sound of steam or snakes. | Southeast side of Hissmir. |
8 | Overlooking the murk of Xal Ithix. | By the temple west of Xal Ithix. |
9 | Imprisoned in a crumbling tower. | Northwest tower of White Rose Prison. |
10 | Peek behind pillars in Atanaz. | Behind the southwest pillars of the second chamber in Atanaz Ruins. |
11 | Skittering, slithering, a tusk once whole. | South elevation of the final chamber of Broken Tusk. |
12 | Unearthed by an outlaw excavation. | South three-way intersection in Chid-Moska Ruins. |
13 | Crown in hand, leave and look right. | East of the exit door in Gandranen Ruins. |
14 | Climb, little kwama, to reach your goal. | Elevated scaffolding in the final section of Onkobra Kwama Mine. |
15 | Digesting in the belly of the Black Maw. | Eastmost alcove of the final chamber of the Shrine of the Black Maw. |
16 | Deep in the den of debauchery. | Eastmost section of Sanguine's Demesne. |
Achievements[]
- Main article: Achievements (Online)
Achievements can be earned by completing specific tasks such as completing quests and discovering locations. Achievements are separated into categories and their progress is viewable from the journal. Earning achievement provides the Vestige a number of points, and some achievements unlock unique rewards such as furnishings that can be bought from Achievement Furnishers or collectibles.
- Shadowfen Skyshard Hunter
- Sanguine's Demesne Conqueror
- Sanguine's Demesne Ground Event
- Sanguine's Demesne Vanquisher
- Group Dungeons
- Arx Corinium Vanquisher
- Arx Corinium Conqueror
- Death Challenges
- Snake Skinner
- Slayer Challenges
- Veteran Lamia Slayer
- Veteran Snake Slayer
- Speed Challenges
- Arx Corinium Assassin
- Survivor Challenges
- Arx Corinium Survivor
- Atanaz Ruins Explorer
- Black Maw Shrine Explorer
- Broken Tusk Explorer
- Captain Bones Destroyer
- Chid-Moska Ruins Explorer
- Gandranen Explorer
- Haynekhtnamet Hunter
- Mummy Lord Murderer
- Ogre Twin Tormentor
- Onkobra Kwama Mine Explorer
- Shadowfen Cave Delver
- Shadowfen Master Explorer
- Shadowfen Pathfinder
- Slave Lord's Ruination
- Urrai's Bane
- Fishing
- Shadowfen Angler
- Egg and Root
- Egg Protector
- Mnemic Egg Guardian
- Shadowfen Adventurer
- Skin-Stealer Destroyer
- Cradle of Shadows Vanquisher
- Mazzatun Massacre
- Mazzatun Style Master
- Ruins of Mazzatun Vanquisher
- Sapped Sludge Slingers
- Shadows of the Hist Explorer
- Silken Ring Style Master
- Venomous Evasion
- Veteran
- Beacon in the Night
- Blind Luck
- Clean Freak
- Cradle of Shadows Challenger
- Cradle of Shadows Conqueror
- Divided He Fell
- Embrace the Shadow
- Exterminator
- [[Fear No Darkness]
- Haj Mota Matador
- Iconoclast
- Nothing to See Here
- Obedience Training
- Ruination
- Ruins of Mazzatun Challenger
- Ruins of Mazzatun Vanquisher
- Savior of the Su-Zahleel
- Shadowplay
- Shadows of the Hist Delver
- Shadows of the Hist Delver
- Sludge-Slinger Slayer
- Spider Cult Slayer
- Sticky Situation Savvy
- Tree-Minder's Mania
- Unbowed
- Validreth's Vengeance
- Web Walker
- Xit-Zaht Slayer
Shalidor's Library[]
- Main article: Shalidor's Library
Thirty-two books that are a part of Shalidor's Library can be found in Shadowfen and added to the collection. Books that have already been found in other zones will already be marked as completed in the zone tracker.
- A Mother's Nursery Rhyme
- A Shallow Pool
- Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer XI
- Antecedents of Dwemer Law
- Arx Corinium: First Seed Report
- Darkest Darkness
- Dust's Shadow
- Dwarven Automatons
- Fair Argonian Maiden
- Freedom's Price
- Gods and Worship in Tamriel
- Invocation of Azura
- Modern Heretics
- Monomyth: The Heart of the World
- Nine Commands of the Eight Divines
- On Oblivion
- On the Knahaten Flu
- Remember Me
- Ruminations on the Elder Scrolls
- Sithis
- Spirit of the Daedra
- Suril's Journal
- The Book of Daedra
- The Doors of Oblivion, Part 1
- The Doors of Oblivion, Part 2
- The Firmament
- The Pig Children
- The Right Mattock for the Job
- The Ruby Necklace
- Varieties of Daedra, Part 1
- Varieties of Daedra, Part 2
- Vivec and Mephala
Fish[]
- Main article: Fishing (Online)
Fish can be caught from fishing hotspots, ideally with the correct bait. Common fish will be caught most often while rare fish and alternative bait are rare catches. Each zone has unique rare fish than can be caught from hotspots. Slaughterfish and trodh can be caught from foul hotspots, dhufish and longfin can be caught from saltwater hotspots, silverside perch and spadetail can be caught from lake hotspots, and salmon and river betty can be caught from river hotspots. Chub, minnow, shad and fish roe can be caught and used as bait from foul, saltwater, lake and river hotspots, respectively.
Fish | Source | Quality |
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Boga | Rivers | Fine |
Coelacanth | Foul waters | Superior |
Eel-Goby | Foul waters | Fine |
Hardyhead | Rivers | Fine |
Histcarp | Lakes | Superior |
Opah | Rivers | Fine |
Orange Roughy | Lakes | Fine |
Pricklefish | Foul waters | Fine |
Quillback | Lakes | Fine |
Shark Todpole | Rivers | Superior |
Toxic Xoach | Foul waters | Superior |
Zander | Lakes | Fine |
Gallery[]
Interactive map[]
Appearances[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Events of The Elder Scrolls Online[citation needed]
- ↑ Events of "The Mnemic Egg" in The Elder Scrolls Online
- ↑ Arx Corinium: First Seed Report
- ↑ Freedom's Price
- ↑ Events of "Three Tender Souls" in The Elder Scrolls Online
- ↑ The Daggerfall Chronicles
- ↑ Tips for Black Marsh Travel
- ↑ Events of "Scales of Retribution" in The Elder Scrolls Online
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