- For other uses, see Lich.
Liches are undead creatures that heavily utilize Necromancy, and appear in The Elder Scrolls Online. Several necromany-aligned factions use Liches, including Shadowed Path, Worm Cult, and Withered Hand.
Abilities[]
Defiled Ground[]
Necrotic Spear[]
Soul Cage[]
Prior to Update 4, killing a Lich would not stop this ability.[1]
Soul Rupture[]
Unique abilities[]
- Summon Escaped Souls: Used by Garron the Returned
- Consume Life: Used by Garron the Returned.
Quests[]
- Amputating the Hand – overarching quest, the encompasses the threat in Motalion Necropolis).
- A Secret Shame
- Ayleid Treasure – collect treasure from Vahtacen.
- Fulfilling One's Fate – stop the Worm Cult from taking control of Ouze.
- Gods Save the King – Rescue King Jorunn from his nightmares.
- Memories of Youth
- Mind of Madness – Escape the Vaults of Madness.
- No Second Chances
- Shiri's Research
- Souls of the Betrayed – Defeat Virmaril the Betrayer.
- The Lich
- The Search for Shiri
- The Spirit Trap in Malabal Tor (Undaunted Daily Delve Quest)
- The Warrior's Call
- Those She Devours: Defeat the Worm Cult as Lost Prospect Mine.
Pledges:
- Pledge: Wayrest Sewer II
- Pledge: Crypt of Hearts I
Locations[]
- Dark Anchors and Dark Fissures
- Bahraha's Gloom, Hew's Bane TG (Magnifico Bahraha)
- Buried Sands, Craglorn
- Crypt of Hearts I , Rivenspire (Uulkar Bonehand)
- Hectahame,Greenshade (Shade of Naemon)
- Lindai, Cyrodiil (Shadowed Path Lich)
- Lost Prospect Mine, The Rift
- Motalion Necropolis, Alik'r Desert
- Ouze, Malabal Tor.
- Ruins of Kardala, Craglorn (Satagna)
- Skald's Retreat, The Rift
- Skyreach Catacombs, Craglorn (Virmaril the Betrayer)
- Telesubi Ruins, Bangkorai
- Temple District, Imperial City (Mazaluhad – Patrolling Horror) IC
- Vahtacen, Cyrodiil.
- Valanir's Rest, Grahtwood
- Vaults of Madness, Coldharbour
- Village of the Lost, Coldharbour
- Wayrest Sewers II, Stormhaven (Garron the Returned)
Variations[]
- Arrai (Shael Ruins)
- Dream Eater (Several locations – Skald's Retreat; Jorunn's Dream; Mistwatch Crevasse)
- Garron the Returned (Wayrest Sewers II)
- Gedna Relvel (Dark Anchors)
- Gullveig (Lost Prospect)
- Macius Cento (Village of the Lost)
- Mad Architect (Vaults of Madness)
- Magnifico Bahraha (Bahraha's Gloom) (TG)
- Mazaluhad
- Nightcaller Gogrek (Skald's Retreat)
- Qumehdi (Telesubi Ruins)
- Satagna (Ruins of Kardala) – summons Anka-Ra Warriors
- Shade of Naemon (Hectahame)
- Shiri (Motalion Necropolis – during the course of the quests here, Shiri is transformed into a Lich.
- Spinner Indinael (Ouze)
- Suturah (Suturah's Crypt, Motalion Necropolis)
- The Faceless (Vahtacen)
- The Swarming Tide (Buried Sands)
- Uulkar Bonehand (Crypt of Hearts I)
- Valanir the Restless (Valanir's Rest)
- Virmaril the Betrayer (Skyreach Catacombs)
- Zaman (Telesubi Ruins)
Generic Variations[]
Related Achievements[]
- Bahraha's Gloom Explorer – Defeat Magnifico Bahraha.
- Buried Sands Explorer – Defeat the bosses, including The Swarming Tide.
- Crypt of Hearts I Conqurer and Crypt of Hearts I Assassin are both achievements earned by defeating, amongst others, Uulkar Bonehand.
- Horror of Horros – Defeat all Patrolling Horrors IC
- Lich Butcher – Defeat Qumehdi and Zaman in Telesubi Ruins.
- Lower Craglorn Cave Delver – complete the Deleves in Lower Craglorn (including Ruins of Kardala
- Wayrest Sewers Vanquisher and Veteran Wayrest Sewers Assassin are related to Garron the Returned.
Related Books[]
- Ascendancy: Pathway to Lichdom
- Civility and Etiquette V. 5: Undead
- Exiled from Exile, Volume 7
- Journal of Arrai (found in Shael Ruins)
- Journal of Master Pellingare [2]
- Arrai's Journal (found in Vulkwasten)
- Nahirah's Journal (Mentions Suturah) [3]
- Unhallowed Legions
- Eldbjorg's Needed Ingredients mentions liches.[4]
Trivia[]
- As of Update 5, liches are immune to Crowd Control.[5]
- The unique item, Garron's Icy Grasp, is dropped sometimes from Garron.
- Mad Architect has a chance to drop the unique item, The Mad Maul.
Appearances[]
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
- The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Mobile
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (mentioned only)
- The Elder Scrolls Online