Grahtwood

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Grahtwood
Map
Province	Valenwood
City	Elden Root
Type	Zone
Sublocations	Green Hall Long Coast Tarlain Heights

Grahtwood, also known as the Kingdom of Grahtwood, is a zone in the southeast of Valenwood. Its capital, the massive tree-city of Elden Root, with King Camoran Aeradan on the throne, serves as the capital of the Aldmeri Dominion, hidden away in the impenetrable jungle full of huge graht-oak trees.

Background

"This region is the southern heart of the Wood Elves' great forest, and home to more of the gigantic graht-oaks than any other part of Valenwood. Its capital, now also the capital of the entire Aldmeri Dominion, is Elden Root."

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The capital of Grahtwood, Elden Root, has served as the capital city of the Aldmeri Dominion since its founding and was simultaneously made the provincial capital of Valenwood by the Thalmor. During the Planemeld in 2E 582, parts of Grahtwood suffered attacks from the Daedra which included the total destruction of Gil-Var-Delle.

The region, predominantly populated by native Bosmer populations, also features various Orsimer strongholds, locally referred to as Wood Orcs and considered distinct from typical Orsimer, who frequently fend off attacks by organised bandits as well as Ayleid ruins long since abandoned by their creators. Separate from the native Bosmer and Orsimer are populations of Imperials in and around the city of Southpoint that was founded by the Second Empire. During the Alliance War, a group of Argonians left Black Marsh by sea and made landfall in Grahtwood, creating the Gray Mire. Despite the people of the Gray Mire initially considering attacking local Dominion forces, the Dominion tolerated their presence. Khajiit traders also have a presence in the north of the region at Redfur Trading Post, established by Khajiit from Senchal in Southern Elsweyr.

Locations

Main article: Locations (Online)

The following are locations accessible in Grahtwood 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
Cormount Wayshrine Elden Root Temple Wayshrine Elden Root Wayshrine Falinesti Wayshrine Gil-Var-Delle Wayshrine Gray Mire Wayshrine Haven Wayshrine Ossuary Wayshrine Redfur Trading Post Wayshrine Southpoint Wayshrine	Burroot Kwama Mine Elden Hollow I Elden Hollow II Lair of Maarselok SB Mobar Mine Ne Salas Root Sunder Ruins The Scuttle Pit Vinedeath Cave Wormroot Depths	Bone Orchard Brackenleaf Cave of Broken Sails Cormount Falinesti Winter Site Elden Root Gil-Var-Delle Goldfolly Haven Karthdar Laeloria Ossuary of Telacar Redfur Trading Post Reliquary of Stars Reman's Bluff Southpoint The Gray Mire
Mundus Stones	Dark Anchors	Striking Locales	World Bosses
The Lord The Mage The Tower	Green Hall Dolmen Long Coast Dolmen Tarlain Heights Dolmen	Battle of Cormount Memorial Boar's Run Overlook Faltonia's Mine Forked Root Camp Sacred Leap Grotto Sweetbreeze Cottage Tarlain Bandit Camp	Hircine's Henge Lady Solace's Fen Nindaeril's Perch Poacher Camp Thugrub's Cave Valanir's Rest
Housing	Set Stations	Unmarked locations
Grand Topal Hideaway Snugpod The Gorinir Estate	Fisherman's Isle (Torug's Pact) Temple of the Eight (Armor of the Seducer) Vineshade Lodge (Twilight's Embrace)	Fisherman's Hut Gate to Greenshade Gate to Northern Elsweyr Sarandel's Carnival The Aquifer The Middens The Orrery To Malabal Tor Tunnel to Reaper's March Vineshade Lodge Cave Volunidai's Manor

Quests

Main article: Quests (Online)

Grahtwood 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 Auridon before continuing to Greenshade, but it is not necessary to complete the story quests for zones prior to those in Grahtwood. 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

• Unsafe Haven
• The Honor of the Queen
• Fit to Rule
• The Grip of Madness
• Lost in Study
• Heart of the Matter
• A Lasting Winter
• The Orrery of Elden Root

Pointer quests

• The Great Tree
• Trouble at the Tree

Side quests

• A Chief Concern
• A Little on the Side
• A Lucrative Scheme
• A Silken Garb
• Ancient Stones, Ancient Words
• Blood Hunt
• Bosmer Insight
• Brackenleaf's Briars
• Caring for Kwama
• Carnival Conundrum
• Enemies at the Gate
• Eyes of Azura
• Flipping the Coin
• Forbidden Love
• Forever Bound
• Forgotten Soul
• If the Dead Could Talk
• Keeper of Bones
• Light in the Darkness
• Lost Treasures
• Luck of the Albatross
• Pact Advocate
• Passage Denied
• Phantom Guilt
• Rare Imports
• Scars Never Fade
• Storgh's Bow
• The Blacksap's Hold
• The Enemy Within
• The Innkeeper's Daughter
• The Unquiet Dead
• The Unquiet Dead
• The Wakening Dark
• The Wandering Minstrel
• The Wounded Wood
• Until Death
• Wanted: Sgolag

Solo dungeon quests

• Simply Misplaced
• The Dangerous Past

Group dungeon quests

• Ancient Remains
• Consuming Darkness
• The Azure Blight ^SB
• Pledge: Elden Hollow I
• Pledge: Elden Hollow II
• Pledge: Lair of Maarselok ^SB

Faction quests

• Challenges of the Past
• Anti-Venom Agitation
• Ayleid Trinkets in Grahtwood
• Contract: Grahtwood Spree ^DB
• Contract: Grahtwood ^DB
• Crime Spree ^TG
• Dark Anchors in Grahtwood
• Dark Souls, Mighty Weapons
• Dragon Lore: Icehammer's Vault
• Dragon Lore: Shroud Hearth
• Dragon Lore: Stormcrag Crypt
• File Under D ^DH
• Glory of the Undaunted
• Goblin Demonstration
• Idle Hands ^TG
• Lamia Demonstration
• Lurcher Demonstration
• Madness in Grahtwood
• Plucking Fingers ^TG
• Skeleton Demonstration
• Spider Demonstration
• Sticks and Bones ^DH
• The Covetous Countess ^TG
• Under Our Thumb ^TG

Companion quests

• Things Lost, Things Found ^BW

Prologue quests

• The Demon Weapon
• The Coven Conspiracy

Event quests

• War Orphan's Sojourn

Characters

Traveling merchants

• Geldirel – On the road north of Goldfolly.
• Sabarapa – On the road from Karthdar to Cormount.
• Rehan – On the road between Elden Root and Haven.
• Anirwe – On the road west of Haven.
• Orthalon – On the road east of Southpoint.
• Thallioniel – On the road northwest of Elden Root.

Random encounters

• Hareglor – A traveler who is having trouble lighting their campfire at random encounters.
• Maenrin – A traveler who is having trouble lighting their campfire at random encounters.
• Mathys – A beggar who can be donated to at random encounters.
• Trader Rabamak – A merchant and horse that can be robbed at random encounters.

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

• Green Pact (Heavy)
• Ranger's Gait (Medium)
• Syrabane's Grip (Light)

Dungeon

• Azureblight Reaper (Medium; Lair of Maarselok) ^SB
• Barkskin (Medium; Elden Hollow I & II)
• Dragon's Defilement (Heavy; Lair of Maarselok) ^SB
• Light Speaker (Light; Elden Hollow I & II)
• Undaunted Bastion (Heavy; Elden Hollow I & II)
• Z'en's Redress (Light; Lair of Maarselok) ^SB

Monster

• Chokethorn (Elden Hollow I)
• Maarselok (Lair of Maarselok)
• Nightflame (Elden Hollow II)

Craftable

• Armor of the Seducer (Temple of the Eight)
• Torug's Pact (Fisherman's Isle)
• Twilight's Embrace (Vineshade Lodge)

Skyshards

Main article: Skyshards (Online)

Sixteen Skyshards can be found in Grahtwood 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	Granted safe haven by the mages.	East side of the Mages Guildhall in Haven.
2	The shrine of the south leads north.	Between Southpoint and the Bone Orchard.
3	Cooling off on the way to the Tower.	Northwest of the Tower.
4	Where the road to the root is an isle.	Southeast of Elden Root by the bridge leading south.
5	Atop falls that feed the temple.	South of Karthdar at the top of the eastern waterfall.
6	Spotted from a treehouse vantage.	West from Karthdar along the road to Elden Root.
7	A doorway to trolls near Redfur.	Outside a cave south of Redfur Trading Post Wayshrine.
8	Among ancient words in the stones.	A coastal island far south of Gil-Var-Delle among the Ayleid ruins.
9	Above a seasonal site of return.	East side of Falinesti Winter Site before the bluff.
10	Where Covenant forces pour forth.	Left antechamber before the boss in Ne Salas.
11	A scrabbling, a skittering, a scurrying.	Halfway through the Scuttle Pit.
12	Six-legged thunder invades.	Next to the boss in Burroot Kwama Mine.
13	Not yet dead on the vine.	First room after the boss of Vinedeath Cave.
14	Stolen starlight in wormy depths.	Southwest corner of the first chamber in Wormroot Depths.
15	Mined by the bandits of Mobar.	On an elevated platform in the northeast of the chamber before the one-way exit door in Mobar Mine.
16	Crocs claimed a meal in the sunder.	Area left of the first large area when entering Root Sunder Ruins.

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

• Grahtwood Skyshard Hunter

Dungeons

Public Dungeons

• Root Sunder Conqueror
• Root Sunder Group Event
• Root Sunder Vanquisher

Group Dungeons

• Elden Hollow I Vanquisher
• Elden Hollow II Vanquisher

Veteran Dungeons

General

• Elden Hollow I Conqueror
• Elden Hollow II Conqueror

Death Challenges

• Canonreeve Reaver
• Closing the Book

Slayer Challenges

• Veteran Alit Slayer
• Veteran Banekin Slayer
• Veteran Darkfern Orc Slayer
• Veteran Lurcher Slayer

Speed Challenges

• Elden Hollow I Assassin
• Elden Hollow II Assassin

Survivor Challenges

• Elden Hollow I Survivor
• Elden Hollow II Survivor

Exploration

Aldmeri Dominion

• Burroot Kwama Mine Explorer
• Grahtwood Cave Delver
• Grahtwood Master Explorer
• Grahtwood Pathfinder
• Mobar Mine Explorer
• Monsoon Marauder
• Ne Salas Explorer
• Peacemaker
• Poacher Pounder
• Scuttle Put Explorer
• Shagura's Doom
• Thugrub Dissector
• Valanir's Bane
• Vinedeath Cave Explorer
• Water Walloper
• Wormroot Depths Explorer

Fishing

• Grahtwood Angler

Quests

Aldmeri Dominion

• Grahtwood Adventurer
• Hero of Falinesti
• Iconoclast
• Reliquary Retriever
• Southpoint Savior

Scalebreaker

General

• Crop Rotation
• Duck and Weave
• Eyes to the Sky
• Lair of Maarselok Vanquisher
• Scalebreaker Explorer
• Scalebreaker Scout
• Stags of Z'en Style Master

Veteran

• Azureblight Construct Slayer
• Azureblight Infected Slayer
• Blue Thumbed Botanist
• Friend of the Trees
• Garden Master
• Lair of Maarselok Challenger
• Lair of Maarselok Conqueror
• Nature's Wrath
• Scalebreaker Delver
• Scourge Purger
• Selene's Savior
• Shagrath's Shield
• Undying Endurance
• Weed Eater

Shalidor's Library

Main article: Shalidor's Library

Thirty-two books that are a part of Shalidor's Library can be found in Grahtwood 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 Werewolf's Confession
• Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer V
• Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer VI
• Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer X
• Arcana Restored
• Aurbic Enigma 4: The Elden Tree
• Ayleid Survivals in Valenwood
• Before the Ages of Man: Dawn Era
• Before the Ages of Man: Merethic Era
• Civility and Etiquette: Wood Orcs I
• Common Arms of Valenwood
• Ebony Blade History
• Guild Memo on Soul Trapping
• In the Company of Wood Orcs
• 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
• The Book of the Great Tree
• The Devouring of Gil-Var-Delle
• The Dreamstride
• The House of Troubles
• The Legend of Vastarie
• The Old Ways
• Varieties of Faith: The Khajiit
• Varieties of Faith: The Wood Elves
• War Customs of the Tribal Bosmer

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
Bilious Catfish	Foulwater	Superior
Devil Ray	Saltwater	Fine
Dreughfish	Lakes	Fine
Greater Fangfin	Rivers	Superior
Hog Sucker	Rivers	Fine
Koi	Lakes	Fine
Magrove Shark	Saltwater	Superior
Mojarra	Saltwater	Fine
Snapper Eel	Foulwater	Fine
Stickleback	Lakes	Superior
Swamp Eel	Foulwater	Fine
Tiger Perch	Rivers	Fine

Gallery

Concept art of Grahtwood.

Elden Root from a distance.

A Bosmer temple in Grahtwood.

Grahtwood landscape.

A map of Grahtwood.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls Online
  • The Elder Scrolls Online: Scalebreaker