Alik'r Desert (Online)

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Alik'r Desert
Map
Province	Hammerfell
City	Bergama Kozanset Satakalaam Sentinel Tava's Blessing
Type	Zone
Sublocations	Hollow Wastes Myrkwasa Tigonus

For other uses, see Alik'r Desert.

The Alik'r Desert is a vast desert zone spanning much of Hammerfell including the northern coast in The Elder Scrolls Online. It is a scorching, arid wasteland where ancient ruins and deadly creatures lie hidden in the shifting sands. The only major center of civilization is the city of Sentinel, ruled by King Fahara'jad, and its surrounding towns.

Background

"Though there are fertile fields on the coast near the capital city of Sentinel, it is the arid expanses of the interior that have captured the hearts of the rugged Redguards. The Alik'r is rich in mineral resources, but its fierce creatures and harsh terrain are daunting to most."

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The Alik'r Desert stretches from the Hammerfell coast along the Iliac Bay to the central lands and while rich in resources, it is extremely inhospitable. Dotted along the desert dunes are ancient settlements, ruined structures, old caves including abandoned cities left behind by the Dwemer and Ayleids. While deserts are considered useless places to avoid by those beyond Hammerfell, the Redguards hold the Alik'r in great reverence for its history and cultural impact.

In 2E 582, a necromancer cult known as the Withered Hand was responsible for raising dead Redguard and Yokudan warriors from their tombs. With many unwilling to fight against the undead incursions out of fear of being cursed for striking the dead, the Redguards enlisted the help of the Vestige to end the attacks by defeating the Withered Hand. The Withered Hand had displaced the Ansei Wards that protected the buried dead from necromancy. Thus, by returning the Wards, the Withered Hand would be powerless. After recovering the Wards, the Vestige was able to defeat the leaders of the Withered Hand and end the crisis.

Locations

Main article: Locations (Online)

The following are locations accessible in the Alik'r Desert 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 centralized 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.

Wayshrines	Dungeons	Points of Interest
Aswala Stables Wayshrine Bergama Wayshrine Divad's Chagrin Mine Wayshrine Goat's Head Oasis Wayshrine HoonDing's Watch Wayshrine Kulati Mines Wayshrine Leki's Blade Wayshrine Morwha's Bounty Wayshrine Satakalaam Wayshrine Sentinel Wayshrine Sep's Spine Wayshrine Shrikes' Aerie Wayshrine	Aldunz Coldrock Diggings Divad's Chagrin Mine Lost City of the Na-Totambu Sandblown Mine Santaki Volenfell Yldzuun	Ancestor's Landing Bergama HoonDing's Watch Kozanset Kulati Mines Leki's Blade Morwha's Bounty Motalion Necropolis Ogre's Bluff Rain Catcher Fields Salas En Saltwalker Militia Camp Satakalaam Sentinel Sentinel Docks Sep's Spine Tava's Blessing Tears of the Dishonored Tu'whacca's Throne
Set Stations	Mundus Stones	Dark Anchors	Striking Locales
Alezer Kotu (Alessia's Bulwark) Artisan's Oasis (Vampire's Kiss) Rkulftzel (Song of Lamae)	The Ritual The Thief The Warrior	Hollow Waste Dolmen Myrkwasa Dolmen Tigonus Dolmen	Aswala's Remembrance Duneripper Downs Easterly Aerie Hatiha's Camp Na-Totambu's Landing Wayfarer's Wharf
World Bosses	Housing	Unmarked locations
Forsaken Hearts Cave Giant Camp Hag Camp King's Rest Lesser Circle Lost Caravan	House of the Silent Magnifico Sisters of the Sands Apartment	Ash'abah Pass Aswala Stables Baandari Camp Badwater Mine Goat's Head Oasis Shore Cave Volunidai's Manor Wind Scour Temple

Quests

Main article: Quests (Online)

The Alik'r Desert features a series of zone story quests and unrelated side quests. The zone story quests tie into the Daggerfall Covenant's overarching storyline and carries on from Rivenspire before continuing to Bangkorai, but it is not necessary to complete the story quests for zones prior to those in the Alik'r Desert. 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.

Zone quests

• Risen from the Depths
• Rise of the Dead
• The Impervious Vault
• In Search of the Ash'abah
• Morwha's Curse
• The Initiation
• Ash'abah Rising
• Tu'whacca's Breath
• A Reckoning with Uwafa
• The Scholar of Bergama
• Gone Missing
• Alasan's Plot
• March of the Ra Gada
• Trials of the Hero
• Imperial Incursion
• Amputating the Hand
• Restoring the Ansei Wards

Pointer quests

• A Blessing for the Dead
• Favor for the Queen
• Kingdom in Mourning
• Shiri's Research
• The Search for Shiri
• Tracking the Hand
• Trouble at Tava's Blessing
• Word from the Throne

Side quests

• A Winner for Onwyn
• An Ill-Fated Venture
• Badwater Mine
• Crawling Chaos
• Feathered Fiends
• Gone Missing
• Honoring the Dishonored
• Lady Laurent's Favor
• Left at the Altar
• Malignant Militia
• Master of Leki's Blade
• Monkey Magic
• Past Due
• Past in Ruins
• Revered Ancestors
• Satak was the First Serpent
• Secrets of the Lost City
• Seize the Moment
• Snakes in the Sands
• Temple's Treasures
• Tharayya's Trail
• The Nature of Fate: Part Two
• The Nature of Fate
• The Oldest Orc
• The Real Snake
• The Search Is Over
• Thwarting the Aldmeri Dominion
• Trapped in the Bluffs
• Trouble at the Rain Catchers
• Undying Loyalty
• Warship Designs
• Whose Wedding?

Solo dungeon quests

• Chateau of the Ravenous Rodent
• Proving the Deed

Group dungeon quests

• Blood and Sand
• Pledge: Volenfell

Faction quests

• A Taste for Toxins
• Contract: Alik'r Desert Spree ^DB
• Contract: Alik'r Desert ^DB
• Crime Spree ^TG
• Dark Anchors Alik'r Desert
• Idle Hands ^TG
• Madness in Alik'r Desert
• Molten Pearls of Alik'r Desert
• Plucking Fingers ^TG
• Spider Demonstration
• The Covetous Countess ^TG
• Under Our Thumb ^TG

Companion quests

• Green with Envy ^HI
• Paths Unwalked ^NE

Prologue quests

• The Dragonguard's Legacy

Event quests

• Signal Fire Sprint

Characters

Random encounters

• Erimroth – A traveler having trouble lighting their fire during random encounters.
• Ila – A merchant with a horse who can be robbed during random encounters.
• Miruin Burr-Hair – A traveler having trouble lighting their fire during random encounters.
• Wallows-In-Sand – A beggar who can be donated to during random encounters.

Traveling merchants

• Jambi – On the road between Bergama and Leki's Blade.
• Jomer the Sharp – On the road between Sentinel and Rain Catcher Fields.

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

• Order of Diagna (Heavy Armor)
• Robes of the Withered Hand (Light)
• Sword-Singer (Medium)

Dungeon

• Crusader (Medium; Volenfell)
• Duneripper's Scales (Heavy; Volenfell)
• Treasure Hunter (Light; Volenfell)

Monster

• Tremorscale (Volenfell)

Craftable

• Alessia's Bulwark (Alezer Kotu)
• Song of Lamae (Rkulftzel)
• Vampire's Kiss (Artisan's Oasis)

Skyshards

Main article: Skyshards (Online)

Sixteen Skyshards can be found in the Alik'r Desert 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
1	Sentinel of a domed tower.	Tower on the northwest side of the Sentinel Bazaar.
2	Shedding shame in the oasis.	On an islet north of Divad's Chagrin Mine Wayshrine.
3	Across the ruin from the Warrior.	Southmost structure at Salas En.
4	Stored on a Bergama roof.	Roof of Magistrate Sumla's House in Bergama.
5	Walltop view of the broken blade.	West side of Leki's Blade.
6	Beside a drydocked stern.	Drydocked ship south of Tava's Blessing.
7	Left out in the open by Kozanset Mages.	Roof of the Mages Guildhall in Kozanset.
8	Near a paid feather-finder.	Before the broken bridge east of the Lost City of the Na-Totambu.
9	Tears shed for a toppled spire.	Northeast structure at the Tears of the Dishonored.
10	Second stop on her search for the Pearl.	Westmost chamber of Aldunz.
11	Buried respite from desert heat.	Northeastmost tunnel of Coldrock Diggings.
12	Dig deep, don't be embarrassed.	Center chamber of Divad's Chagrin Mine.
13	Blown down a mine shaft.	Northeastmost tunnel in Sandblown Mine.
14	A caravan's wreckage marks the path.	Eastmost tunnel of Santaki.
15	Trapped within the steam closet.	Eastmost chamber of Yldzuun.
16	Monumental find in the Lost City.	Bottom section in the centre area of the Lost City of the Na-Totambu.

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.

Character

Skyshards

• Alik'r Desert Skyshard Hunter

Dungeons

Public Dungeons

• Lost City Conqueror
• Lost City Group Event
• Lost City Vanquisher

Group Dungeons

• Volenfell Vanquisher

Veteran Dungeons

General

• Volenfell Conqueror

Death Challenges

• They Were Just Rusty

Slayer Challenges

• Veteran Dwarven Construct Slayer
• Veteran Treasure Hunter Slayer

Speed Challenges

• Volenfell Assassin

Survivor Challenges

• Volenfell Survivor

Exploration

Daggerfall Covenant

• Aldunz Ruins Explorer
• Alik'r Desert Cave Delver
• Alik'r Desert Master Explorer
• Alik'r Desert Pathfinder
• Coldrock Diggings Explorer
• Divad's Chagrin Mine Explorer
• Duneripper's Downfall
• Hag Upheaval
• Korignah's Bane
• Lonely Papa's Doom
• Mummy King Murderer
• Saint Slayer
• Sandblow Mine Explorer
• Santaki Ruins Explorer
• Yldzuun Ruins Explorer

Fishing

• Alik'r Desert Angler

Quests

Daggerfall Covenant

• Alik'r Desert Adventurer
• Uwafa's Ruination
• Alasan's Devastation
• Ash'abah Hero
• Consecrated Ground

Shalidor's Library

Main article: Shalidor's Library

Thirty-two books that are a part of Shalidor's Library can be found in the Alik'r Desert and added to the collection. Books that have already been found in other zones will already be marked as completed in the zone tracker.

• An Accounting of the Elder Scrolls
• Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer I-B
• Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer VIII
• Flesh to Cut from Bone
• Guylaine's Dwemer Architecture
• Motalion Necropolis Report
• Ode to the Tundrastriders
• Opusculus Lamae Bal ta Mezzamortie
• Redguards, History and Heroes, V. 1
• Redguards, History and Heroes, V. 2
• Redguards, History and Heroes, V. 3
• Sacrilege and Mayhem in the Alik'r
• Sentinel, the Jewel of Alik'r
• Tamrielic Artifacts, Part One
• Tamrielic Artifacts, Part Three
• Tamrielic Artifacts, Part Two
• The Adabal-a
• The Amulet of Kings
• The Battle of Glenumbria Moors
• The Book of Dawn and Dusk
• The Cantatas of Vivec
• The Cleansing of the Fane
• The Exclusionary Mandates
• The Five Far Stars
• The Last King of the Ayleids
• The Lusty Argonian Maid, Volume 2
• The Order of the Ancestor Moth
• The Salas En Expedition
• The Totems of Hircine
• Tu'whacca's Prayer
• Varieties of Faith, Crown Redguards
• Varieties of Faith, The Forebears

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
Alewife	Saltwater	Fine
Banded Killifish	Lakes	Fine
Bonefish	Saltwater	Superior
Cutthroat Eel	Foul water	Fine
Desert Pupfish	Lakes	Superior
Driftfish	Saltwater	Fine
Lungfish	Lakes	Fine
Midget Salmon	Foul water	Superior
Sablefish	Saltwater	Fine
Sand Eel	Foul water	Superior
Sand Moray	Foul water	Fine
Saw Belly	Lakes	Fine

Gallery

Alik'r Desert loading screen.

Alik'r Desert landscape.

Alik'r Desert concept art.

Map of the Alik'r Desert.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls: Arena
• The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (mentioned only)
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (mentioned only)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (mentioned only)
• The Elder Scrolls Online