- For other uses, see Deshaan.
Deshaan is the southern zone of Morrowind in The Elder Scrolls Online bordering Shadowfen in Black Marsh as well as Stonefalls to the north. Its fertile, ash-enriched plains surround the Tribunal Temple, the center of Dunmeri culture. A significant portion of Ashlanders can be found in the south and center of the zone, such as in Muth Gnaar and Ghost-Snake Vale.[1]
Background[]
- "The fertile valleys of Deshaan are home to lush fungal forests, deep kwama mines, and broad pastures where netches and guar graze. But all pales before the magnificence of Mournhold, home of the Tribunal and capital of the Ebonheart Pact."
- ―Loading screen[src]
The city of Mournhold is located in Deshaan, the center of Dunmeri culture, the location of the Tribunal Temple, and the capital of the Ebonheart Pact, as well as the capital of Morrowind.[2]
An Akaviri army entered Deshaan in 2E 572 in the hopes of sacking Mournhold. However, they were met by an army led by Almalexia herself and were driven back to Stonefalls. As the battle raged on, a Nord army led by Wulfharth the Ash-King and Jorunn the Skald-King caught up with the invaders and hoped to take revenge on the Akaviri for sacking the city of Windhelm. This was the first time a Nord army had entered Morrowind since the Battle of Red Mountain.[3]
A fourth army of Argonian Shellbacks led by a trio of Argonian battlemages entered the fray, and the three combined armies drove the Akaviri led by Ada'Soom Dir-Kamal into the sea near the city of Ebonheart, where they drowned by the thousands.[4]
Locations[]
- Main article: Locations (Online)
The following are locations accessible in Deshaan 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.
Cities[]
Dark Anchors[]
Dungeons[]
- Darkshade Caverns (group dungeon)
- Forgotten Crypts (public dungeon)
- Knife Ear Grotto (delve)
- Lady Llarel's Shelter (delve)
- Lower Bthanual (delve)
- Taleon's Crag (delve)
- The Corpse Garden (delve)
- Triple Circle Mine (delve)
Housing[]
Mundus Stones[]
Points of Interest[]
- Bthanual (dwemer ruin)
- Deepcrag Den (mine)
- Eidolon's Hollow (daedric ruin)
- Malak's Maw (camp)
- Muth Gnaar (town)
- Mzithumz (dwemer ruin)
- Narsis (town)
- Obsidian Gorge (ruin)
- Selfora (town)
- Shad Astula (estate)
- Shrine of Saint Veloth (ruin)
- Silent Mire (town)
- Tal'Deic Fortress (keep)
- Tribunal Temple (keep)
- Vale of the Ghost Snake (camp)
Set Stations[]
- Avayan's Farm (Twilight's Embrace set)
- Berezan's Mine (Armor of the Seducer set)
- Lake Hlaalu Retreat (Torug's Pact set)
Striking Locales[]
- Coiled Path Landing
- Hlanii's Hovel
- House Dres Farmstead
- Old Ida's Cottage
- Redoran Pier
- Shrine to Saint Rilms
- Smuggler's Slip
Unmarked locations[]
- Dranil Kir
- Fang Spires
- Volunidai's Manor
Wayshrines[]
- Eidolon's Hollow Wayshrine
- Ghost Snake Vale Wayshrine
- Mournhold Wayshrine
- Muth Gnaar Hills Wayshrine
- Mzithumz Wayshrine
- Obsidian Gorge Wayshrine
- Quarantine Serk Wayshrine
- Selfora Wayshrine
- Shad Astula Wayshrine
- Silent Mire Wayshrine
- Tal'Deic Grounds Wayshrine
- West Narsis Wayshrine
World bosses[]
- Caravan Crest
- Dire Bramblepatch
- Druitularg's Ritual Altar
- Grove of the Abomination
- Mabrigash Burial Circle
- Short-Tusk's Hillock
Quests[]
- Main article: Quests (Online)
Deshaan features a series of zone story quests and unrelated side quests. The zone story quests tie into the Aldmeri Dominion's overarching storyline and carries on from Stonefalls before continuing to Shadowfen. It is not necessary to complete the story quests for zones prior to those in Deshaan. Side quests are non-sequential and can be completed in any order, except where one carries on from another.
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Items Sets[]
- Main article: Item Sets
Overland[]
Pieces from overland sets are acquired from bosses, Dark Anchor chests, locked chests and as quest rewards. Public dungeon bosses drop a shoulder or hand piece, or a weapon; delve bosses drop a waist or foot item; world bosses drop a head, chest or leg piece, or weapon; and Dark Anchor chests drop a jewelry piece. Locked chests can give any random set item.
Set | Effects | Type |
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Mother's Sorrow |
2 Items: Adds 25 (Base Value) Maximum Magicka. |
Light Armor |
Night Mother's Embrace |
2 Items: Adds 25 (Base Value) Maximum Stamina. |
Medium Armor |
Plague Doctor |
2 Items: Adds 28 (Base Value) Maximum Health. |
Heavy Armor |
Dungeon[]
Dungeon sets are acquired from loot drops in the zone's group dungeons. Head pieces of monster helm sets can only be acquired from completing the corresponding group dungeon on veteran difficulty. There is no guarantee that the piece will be of the preferred weight class (heavy, medium or light). Shoulder pieces of monster helm sets can only be acquired at Undaunted Enclaves in exchange for keys earned from pledges.
Set | Effects | Dungeon | Type |
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Netch's Touch |
2 Items: Adds 15 (Base Value) Spell Critical. |
Darkshade Caverns I Darkshade Caverns II |
Light Armor |
Strength of the Automaton |
2 Items: Adds 15 (Base Value) Weapon Critical. |
Darkshade Caverns I Darkshade Caverns II |
Medium Armor |
Armor of Truth |
2 Items: Adds 15 (Base Value) Weapon Critical. |
Darkshade Caverns I Darkshade Caverns II |
Heavy Armor |
Crafted[]
Crafted sets are obtained by crafting them at the appropriate location. Crafted sets require a minimum number of traits researched into an item to craft it as a part of the set.
Set | Effects | Traits needed | Location |
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Armor of the Seducer |
2 Items: Adds 3 (Base Value) Magicka Recovery. |
3 | Berezan's Mine |
Torug's Pact |
2 Items: Adds 24 (Base Value) Armor. |
3 | Lake Hlaalu Retreat |
Twilight's Embrace |
2 Items: Adds 25 (Base Value) Maximum Magicka. |
3 | Avayan's Farm |
Skyshards[]
- Main article: Skyshards (Online)
Sixteen Skyshards can be found in Deshaan totalling 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.
# | Description | Location |
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1 | Free from quarantine. | Outside of the southside of the Quarantine Serk wall, west of Short-Tusk's Hillock. |
2 | A Hlaalu victory in Narsis. | Behind the Hlaalu Kinhouse in Narsis. |
3 | a river view on Muth Gnarr's outskirts. | Between Muth Gnaar and Hlanii's Hovel. |
4 | A twin falls in Mournhold. | Upriver before the waterfall from the west bridge of Mournhold. |
5 | Near the remnants of a House caravan. | Outside the entrance to Mzithumz. |
6 | Follow the river that snakes south to its source. | End of the river leading far south, southeast of Taleon's Crag. |
7 | Search neat the caravan with three eyes. | Outside of Darkshade Caverns, shortly west. |
8 | The right tower is Tel'Deic's left. | North side of the southeast tower in Tal'Deic Fortress. |
9 | Where ships dock and mushroom Mire. | West before the crags from The Crafty Monkey ship moored near Silent Mire. |
10 | Where the dead walk, no memories linger. | The east hallway in the north of the Forgotten Crypts. |
11 | Lend me your ear. | On the exit side of the on-way door at the end of Knife Ear Grotto. |
12 | Where a lady seeks kwama before the storm. | In the second section in Lady Llarel's Shelter. |
13 | Asleep in the depths, the Dwemer awakens. | Northmost point of Lower Bthanual. |
14 | Mine your step where the water drops in. | In the second section of the Triple Circle Mine. |
15 | Go from Crags to riches. | In the central chamber of Taleon's Crag. |
16 | Where corpses till a garden of sand. | In the second section of the Corpse Garden. |
Achievements[]
- Main article: Achievements (Online)
Achievements can be earned by completing specific tasks include quests and finding locations. Achievements are separated into categories and their progress is viewable from the journal. Earning achievement provides the Vestige some amount of points. Points earned only apply to the character that earned the achievement. Some achievements unlock unique rewards such as trophies or dyes.
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Shalidor's Library[]
- Main article: Shalidor's Library
Thirty-two books that are a part of Shalidor's Library can be found in Auridon 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 Pocket Guide to Mournhold
- A Werewolf's Confession
- Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer V
- Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer VI
- Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer X
- Arcana Restored
- Before the Ages of Man: Dawn Era
- Before the Ages of Man: Merethic Era
- Dark Ruins
- Dwemer Dungeons: What I Know
- Ebony Blade History
- Guild Memo on Soul Trapping
- Kwama Mining for Fun and Profit
- Legend of the Ghost Snake
- Liminal Bridges
- Magic from the Sky
- Manual of Spellcraft
- Monomyth: "Shezarr's Song"
- Monomyth: Lorkhan and Satakal
- Monomyth: The Myth of Aurbis
- Noxiphilic Sanguivoria
- On the Detachment of the Sheath
- Reality and Other Falsehoods
- Sanctioned Murder
- Shad Astula Academy Handbook
- The Art of Kwama Egg Cooking
- The Dreamstride
- The House of Troubles
- The Judgment of Saint Veloth
- The Living Gods
- The Old Ways
- War of Two Houses
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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Cutthroat Trout | Rivers | Fine |
Deshaan Chub | Rivers | Fine |
Gibberfish | Saltwater | Fine |
Gourami | Lakes | Fine |
Ide | Lakes | Fine |
Monkfish | Saltwater | Fine |
Mouthbrooder | Rivers | Fine |
Mud Lampray | Lakes | Superior |
Mustard Eel | Saltwater | Fine |
Old Man Gar | Lakes | Superior |
Pikeblenny | Saltwater | Superior |
Toadstool Tilapia | Rivers | Superior |
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
- An Elder Scrolls Novel: The Infernal City (mentioned only)
- The Elder Scrolls Online
Online Locations | |
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Provinces | Black Marsh • Cyrodiil • Elsweyr • Hammerfell • High Rock • Morrowind • Skyrim • Summerset Isles • Valenwood |
Aldmeri Dominion Zones | Auridon (Iluvamir, Calambar, Vafe) Grahtwood (Long Coast, Green Hall, Tarlain Heights) Greenshade (Wilderking Court, Drowned Coast, Green's Marrow) Malabal Tor (Broken Coast, Silvenar Vale, Xylo River Basin) Reaper's March (Northern Woods, Jodewood, Dawnmead) Khenarthi's Roost |
Daggerfall Covenant Zones | Glenumbra (Daenia, Cambray Hills, King's Guard) Stormhaven (Alcaire, Menevia, Gavaudon) Rivenspire (Eyebright Feld, Westmark Moor, Boralis) Alik'r Desert (Myrkwasa, Hollow Wastes, Tigonus) Bangkorai (Mournoth, Ephesus, Fallen Wastes) Stros M'Kai • Betnikh |
Ebonheart Pact Zones | Stonefalls (Daen Seeth, Zabamat, Varanis) Deshaan (Redolent Loam, Lagomere, Siltreen) Shadowfen (Reticulated Spine, Leafwater, Venomous Fens) Eastmarch (Giant's Run, Frostwater Tundra, Icewind Peaks) The Rift (Stony Basin, Ragged Hills, Smokefrost Peaks) Bleakrock Isle • Bal Foyen |
Other Zones | Coldharbour (Black Garrison, Fist of Stone, Shrouded Plain) Craglorn (Belkarth Region, Elinhir Region, Upper Craglorn) Cyrodiil (Covenant Territory, Dominion Territory, Pact Territory) |
Chapter and DLC Zones | Wrothgar (Western Wrothgar, Central Wrothgar, Eastern Wrothgar) Vvardenfell (Ascadian Isles, Ashlands, Azura's Coast, Bitter Coast, Grazelands, Molag Amur, West Gash) Summerset • Artaeum Murkmire • Norg-Tzel Northern Elsweyr (Anequina) Southern Elsweyr (Pellitine) Western Skyrim • Blackreach Blackwood Imperial City • Hew's Bane • Gold Coast • Clockwork City • The Reach • Spiral Skein |