Malabal Tor

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Malabal Tor
Map
Province	Valenwood
City	Baandari Trading Post Silvenar
Type	Zone
Sublocations	Broken Coast Silvenar Vale Xylo River Basin

Malabal Tor is the northwestern zone of Valenwood in The Elder Scrolls Online. It is the deepest heart of the province, where little light reaches the forest floor. The region is dotted by many ancient ruins and Wood Orc settlements. Three major cities are located in this region: the legendary city of Silvenar, the Baandari Trading Post, and Velyn Harbor. The Xylo River runs through this region.

Background

"Malabal Tor is the northwest region of Valenwood, on the coast of the Abecean Sea and the Strid River estuary. Its capital is Silvenar, the spiritual home of all Wood Elves."

―Loading screen

The capital of Malabal Tor is Silvenar which is considered to be the spiritual home of all Bosmer, and serves as the seat of power for the Silvenar, the "Voice of the People" of Valenwood. In the thickness of the region's jungle, where little light penetrates the trees, Bosmer hunters climb to the tops of the trees to see the stars in the night sky.

In the summer season, the walking tree city of Falinesti travels to the Summer Site. While most of the population of Malabal Tor are Bosmer, the Khajiit and Orsimer (Wood Orcs) also have a presence in the region at the Baandari Trading Post and Dra'bul, respectively. The Maormer had also situated themselves on the coastal Tempest Island and battled the Aldmeri Dominion and Undaunted there.

Locations

Main article: Locations (Online)

The following are locations accessible in Malabal Tor 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

• Baandari Trading Post
• Silvenar

Dark Anchor

• Broken Coast Dolmen
• Silvenar Vale Dolmen
• Xylo River Basin Dolmen

Dungeons

• Black Vine Ruins (delve)
• Crimson Cove (public dungeon)
• Dead Man's Drop (delve)
• Hoarvor Pit (delve)
• Roots of Silvenar (delve)
• Shael Ruins (delve)
• Tempest Island (group dungeon)
• Tomb of the Apostates (delve)

Housing

• Black Vine Villa
• Cyrodilic Jungle House

Mundus Stones

• The Ritual
• The Thief
• The Warrior

Points of Interest

• Abamath (elven ruin)
• Belarata (elven ruin)
• Bloodtoil Valley (town)
• Deepwoods (grove)
• Dra'bul (camp)
• Falinesti Summer Site (grove)
• Fuller's Break (dock)
• Ilayas Ruins (elven ruin)
• Jathsogur (ruin)
• Jode's Pocket (camp)
• Ouze (ruin)
• Tanglehaven (town)
• Treehenge (grove)
• Valeguard (grove)
• Velyn Harbor (town)
• Vulkwasten (town)
• Wilding Run (grove)

Set Stations

• Chancel of Divine Entreaty – Alessia's Bulwark
• Matthild's Last Venture – Vampire's Kiss
• Sleepy Senche Overlook – Song of Lamae

Striking Locales

• Four Quarry Islet
• Horseshoe Island
• Ogrim's Yawn
• Ragnthar
• Starwalk Cavern
• Stranglewatch
• Supplication House

Unmarked locations

• The Hunting Grounds

Wayshrines

• Abamath Wayshrine
• Baandari Trading Post Wayshrine
• Bloodtoil Valley Wayshrine
• Dra'Bul Wayshrine
• Ilayas Ruins Wayshrine
• Valeguard Wayshrine
• Velyn Harbor Wayshrine
• Vulkwasten Wayshrine
• Wilding Run Wayshrine

World Bosses

• Bitterpoint Strand
• Bone Grappler's Nest
• Dugan's Knoll
• Jagged Grotto
• River Edge
• Windshriek Strand

Traveling merchants

Main article: Traveling Merchant

Traveling merchants are characters who walk specific routes in the zone who offer merchant services. The vestige can buy general merchant items, sell any sellable item, and repair damaged armor for a fee.

• Cirodros – Road from Dra'bul east to Vulkwasten
• Guilion – Road from Velyn Harbor east leading north to Ilyas Ruins Wayshrine
• Tellanil – Road west of Ouze leading north to Baandari Trading Post and south to Valeguard
• Amlion – Road north from Silvenar before Wilding Run Wayshrine

Quests

Main article: Quests (Online)

Malabal Tor 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 Grahtwood before continuing to and ending in Reaper's March. 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.

Show: Malabal Tor Story Quests

# Name Location Quest giver Reward 1 The Siege of Velyn Harbor Velyn Harbor Scout Arenwe N/A 2 House and Home Velyn Harbor Corporal Anerel Lieutenant Ehran N/A 3 One Fell Swoop Velyn Harbor Sergeant Linaarie Vest of Long Sight 4 The Drublog of Dra'bul Dra'bul Lieutenant Minangor The Green Lady N/A 5 Reap What Is Sown Dra'bul The Green Lady Axe of the Houndslayer Skill point 6 The Hound's Plan Jathsogur Shaman Glazulg N/A 7 The Prisoner of Jathsogur Jathsogur The Silvenar Sapmagic Ring 8 A Wedding to Attend Silvenar The Silvenar N/A 9 Retore the Silvenar Silvenar The Silvenar The Hound's Helm 10 The Dark Mane Fort Grimwatch Lord Gharesh-ri N/A

Show: Malabal Tor Side Quests

Name Location Quest giver Reward A Father's Promise Tanglehaven Treethane Dailithil Greaves of the Wolf-Father A Nord in Need Baandari Trading Post Dead Man's Drop Battered Shield N/A A Novel Idea Valeguard Farandor N/A A Tale Forever Told Valeguard Shandi The Spinner's Weave A Tangled Net Baandari Trading Post Eraral-dro Gold Coast Guantlets Arithiel Abamath Aering Caralith Eralin Arithiel's Ring Awakening Treehenge Finoriell N/A Back to Rest Ouze Moranda Gem Array Totem of Y'ffre Blind Man's Bluff Horseshoe Island Captain Khammo Belt of the Sightless Pirate Brothers and Bandits Black Vine Ruins Daine N/A Buyer Beware Belarata Bataba Jurak-dar Raelys Blade of the Ayleid King Skill point Enemy of My Enemy Baandari Trading Post Four Quarry Islet Eraral-dro Tabil N/A For Everything a Season Cold Cave Vulkwasten Alphrost Frostbringer Fulfilling One's Fate Ouze Spinner Gwilon N/A Lost Daughter Tomb of the Apostates Vulkwasten Heirloom Vase N/A Nature's Best Friend Dra'Bul Wayshrine Liane Shapeshift Slayer Payment in Kind Bloodtoil Valley Mathragor N/A Raise the Curtain Fuller's Break Salgaer Acrobat's Boots Sacred Prey, Hunt Profane Treehenge Aniaste N/A Shipwrecked Sailors Jode's Pocket Seaman Ambaran Seaman Henaril N/A Shock to the System Bloodtoil Valley Yinz-Hei Sword of Sizzling Something Rotten Vulkwasten Galithor Peruin Rotmeth Sandals The Captain's Honor Jode's Pocket Ogrim's Yawn First Mate Valion Storm Shield The Dark Night of the Soul Treehenge Hengekeeper Lara Rootsong Amulet The Hound's Men Deepwoods Starwalk Cavern Henilien Rondor Thamenarth Dagger of the Green Sister The Maormer's Vessels Jode's Pocket Striker Aldewe N/A The Misfortunate Minstrels Silvenar Laen the Doorwalker N/A The Show Must Go On Fuller's Break Elandora N/A The Soul Trap Abamath Ayleid Sarcophagus The Birthstone Amulet The Storm's Call Ilayas Ruins Mariel the Ironhand Cuirass of Storms The Summer Site Falinesti Summer Site Tharuin the Melancholy Helmet of the Planes The Tale of the Green Lady Deepwoods Oraneth Valenwood Heartleaf The Ties that Bind The Hunting Grounds Nilaendril Ulthorn's Regret The Unkindest Cut Velyn Harbor Angardil N/A Z'en and Mauloch Bloodtoil Valley Journal of a Z'en Priest Amulet of Z'en

Show: Malabal Tor Dungeon Quests
Name Location Quest giver Reward Eye of the Storm Tempest Island Battlereeve Alduril Leggings of the Lamia-Slayer Export Business Crimson Cove Peras N/A Naval Intelligence Crimson Cove Glanir Glanir's Smoke Bomb Note: Quests related to delves are categorized as side quests.

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
Spinner's Garments	2 Items: Adds 25 (Base Value) Maximum Magicka. 3 Items: Adds 25 (Base Value) Maximum Magicka. 4 Items: Adds 3 (Base Value) Spell Damage. 5 Items: Adds 80 (Base Value) Spell Penetration.	Light Armor
Salvation	2 Items: Adds 25 (Base Value) Maximum Stamina. 3 Items: Adds 3 (Base Value) Stamina Recovery. 4 Items: Adds 25 (Base Value) Maximum Stamina. 5 Items:Reduces the cost of your Werewolf Transformation ability by 33%. While in Werewolf form, your Weapon Damage is increased by 5 (Base Value).	Medium Armor
Thunderbug's Carapace	2 Items: Adds 34 (Base Value) Armor. 3 Items: Adds 34 (Base Value) Armor. 4 Items: Adds 3 (Base Value) Spell Damage. 5 Items: When you take Physical Damage, you deal 114 (Base Value) Shock Damage in a 5 meter radius around you. This effect can occur once every 3 seconds.	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
Overwhelming Surge	2 Items: Adds 25 (Base Value) Maximum Magicka. 3 Items: Adds 3 (Base Value) Spell Damage. 4 Items: Adds 3 (Base Value) Spell Damage. 5 Items: When you deal damage with a Class ability, you surround yourself with a torrent that deals 25 (Base Value) Shock Damage to enemies within 8 meters of you every 1 second for 6 seconds. 15% of the damage you deal this way is restored to you as Magicka. This effect can occur every 7 seconds.	Tempest Island	Light Armor
Storm Master	2 Items: Adds 19 (Base Value) Weapon Critical. 3 Items: Adds 19 (Base Value) Weapon Critical. 4 Items: Adds 3 (Base Value) Weapon Damage. 5 Items: When you deal Critical Damage with a fully-charged Heavy Attack, you Light and Heavy Attacks deal an additional 35 (Base Value) damage for 20 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.	Tempest Island	Medium Armor
Jolting Arms	2 Items: Adds 28 (Base Value) Maximum Health. 3 Items: Adds 34 (Base Value) Armor. 4 Items: Adds 34 (Base Value) Armor. 5 Items: When you block an attack, you charge up your arms, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 107 (Base Value) for 6 seconds and causing your next Bash attack to deal an additional 81 (Base Value) damage. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds.	Tempest Island	Heavy Armor
Stormfist	1 Item: Adds 3 (Base Value) Stamina Recovery. 2 Items: When you deal damage, you have a 10% chance to create a thunderfist to crush the enemy, dealing 28 (Base Value) Shock Damage every 1 second for 3 seconds to all enemies within 4 meters and a final 196 (Base Value) Physical Damage when the fist closes. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds. The Shock Damage dealt from this set bypasses Spell Resistance.	Tempest Island	Monster Helm Set

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
Alessia's Bulwark	2 Items: Adds 34 (Base Value) Armor. 3 Items: Adds 28 (Base Value) Maximum Health. 4 Items: Adds 34 (Base Value) Armor. 5 Items: When you take damage from a melee attack, you have a 15% chance to reduce the attacker's Weapon Damage by 6 (Base Value) for 5 seconds.	5	Chancel of Divine Entreaty
Song of the Lamae	2 Items: Adds 34 (Base Value) Armor. 3 Items: Adds 34 (Base Value) Armor. 4 Items: Adds 28 (Base Value) Maximum Health. 5 Items: When you take damage while you are under 30% Health, you deal 88 (Base Value) Magic Damage to the attacker and healing for the damage done. This effect can occur once every 3 seconds.	5	Sleepy Senche Overlook
Vampire's Kiss	2 Items: Adds 3 (Base Value) Health Recovery. 3 Items: Adds 28 (Base Value) Maximum Health. 4 Items: Adds 4% Healing Taken. 5 Items: When you kill an enemy, you heal for 204 (Base Value) Health over 6 seconds.	5	Matthild's Last Venture

Skyshards

Main article: Skyshard (Online)

Sixteen Skyshards can be found in Malabal Tor 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
1	On an orbit of the storm sphere's home.	At the top of the bluff by the Town Hall on the east side of Velyn Harbor.
2	The best view of Fuller's Break.	Overlooking Fuller's Break to the south before Ilayas Ruins.
3	Unnoticed by a melancholy Elf.	West of "Crossroad Trading" down the road and south of Tharuin the Melancholy.
4	Near the river, disentangled.	Across the river north from Tanglehaven.
5	Seek seaward cliffs by the brewery town.	North side of Vulkwasten by the cliffs.
6	Fell from a bridge fleeing Abamath.	Across the south bridge on the river's shore from Tanglehaven
7	Search every nook to lift the Vale.	South section of Valeguard.
8	Eyed from an islet in the river.	South of Silvenar Vale Dolmen on the shore of the river.
9	Follow the sound of the wilding waves.	Shortly south of Windshriek Strand at the end of the road.
10	Withered within the vine.	Southernmost chamber of the Black Vine Ruins.
11	Dropped off when he still lived.	Top of the northwesternmost section of Dead Man's Drop.
12	Property of parasites.	Northernmost section of the Hoarvor Pit.
13	Fungus dwellers dig, far from home.	Center section of Roots of Silvenar by the water.
14	Part of Arrai's spectral dominion.	Southwest corner of the southernmost chamber of the Shael Ruins.
15	Haunted by heretics.	Northernmost section of the Tomb of the Apostates in the water.
16	Held by red-handed bandits.	Easternmost section of Crimson Cove on the northwest face.

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.

Show: Delves

Achievement Description Points Reward Black Vine Ruins Explorer Explore and clear Black Vine Ruins 10 N/A Dead Man's Drop Explorer Explore and clear Dead Man's Drop 10 N/A Hoarvor Pit Explorer Explore and clear the Hoarvor Pit 10 N/A Malabal Tor Cave Explorer Explore and clear all six caves in Malabal Tor 15 N/A Roots of Silvenar Explorer Explore and clear the Roots of Silvenar 10 N/A Shael Ruins Explorer Explore and clear the Shael Ruins 10 N/A Tomb of the Apostates Explorer Explore and clear the Tomb of the Apostates 10 N/A

Show: General
Achievement Description Points Reward Malabal Tor Angler Catch all 12 rare fish in Malabal Tor 5 N/A Malabal Tor Master Explorer Discover and clear all six caves and striking locales in Malabal Tor 50 Silvenar Green Malabal Tor Pathfinder Discover all of the striking locales in Malabal Tor 5 N/A Malabal Tor Skyshard Hunter Find all 16 Skyshards in Malabal Tor 15 N/A

Group Dungeons

Achievement Description Points Reward Burial at Sea Defeat Stormreeve Neidir in Veteran Tempest Island, after invoking the Scroll of Glorious Battle 50 N/A Tempest Island Assassin Defeat Sonolia the Matriarch, Valaran Stormcaller, Talorasse the Speaker, Stormfist, Commodore Ohmanil, and Stormreeve Neidir in Veteran Tempest Island within twenty minutes of starting the dungeon Timer starts when players engage the first group of Lamias 50 N/A Tempest Island Conqueror Complete Veteran Tempest Island by defeating Sonolia the Matriarch, Valaran Stormcaller, Yalorasse the Speaker, Stormfist, Commodore Ohmanil, and Stormreeve Neidir 10 Bust: Stormfist Tempest Island Survivor Defeat Sonolia the Matriarch, Valaran Stormcaller, Yalorasse the Speaker, Stormfist, Commodore Ohmanil, and Stormreeve Neidir in Veteran Tempest Island, without suffering a group member death 50 N/A Tempest Island Vanquisher Defeat Valaran Stormcaller, Stormfist, and Stormreeve Neidir 10 Trophy: Stormfist Veteran Sea Viper Slayer Defeat 550 Sea Vipers in Veteran Tempest Island 10 N/A Veteran Tempest Lamia Slayer Defeat 600 Lamias in Veteran Tempest Island 10 N/A

Show: Public Dungeons
Achievement Description Points Reward Crimson Cove Conqueror Defeat all of the champions in Crimson Cove 50 N/A Crimson Cove Group Event Defeat Flat Tooth and his minions in Crimson Cove 50 N/A Crimson Cove Vanquisher Defeat three of the champions in Crimson Cove 10 N/A

Show: Quests

Achievement Description Points Reward Hero of Frond and Leaf Unite the Silvenar with the Green Lady 5 Wood Elf Union Trellis Hound Hinderer Uncover the Hound's plan to lure the Green Lady to Silvenar 5 Wood Orc Dream Catcher Malabal Tor Adventurer Complete 40 quests in Malabal Tor 50 Handfast Matchmaker You restored the Silvenar and the Green Lady to their rightful place in Malabal Tor 15 Falinesti Green Handfast Pedestal Silvenar's Friend Save the Silvenar from his captors 5 Wood Orc Malacath Banner

Show: World Bosses

Achievement Description Points Reward Bone Grappler's Bane Kill the strangler Bone Grappler in it's nest 5 N/A Drowned Horde Decimator Destroy Thjormar and the Drowned Horde at Bitterpoint Strand 5 N/A Dugan's Demolisher Kill the Orc reaver Dugan the Red 5 N/A Green Vanquisher Kill Commander Faldethil of the Green Hunters at River Edge 5 N/A Skullbreaker Kill Skullbreaker the sea troll at Windshriek Strand 5 N/A Tallatta's Annihilator Kill the nereid queen Tallata the Lustrous in the Jagged Grotto 5 N/A

Shalidor's Library

Main article: Shalidor's Library

Thirty-one books that are a part of Shalidor's Library can be found in Malabal Tor 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 Nereid Stole My Husband
• An Accounting of the Elder Scrolls
• Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer I-B
• Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer VIII
• Ayleid Cities of Valenwood
• Flesh to Cut from Bone
• Green Lady, My Lady
• Guylaine's Dwemer Architecture
• Ode To The Tundrastriders
• Opusculus Lamae Bal ta Mezzamortie
• Pirates of the Abecean
• 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 Humor of Wood Elves
• The Last King of the Ayleids
• The Order of the Ancestor Moth
• The Red Paint
• The Totems of Hircine
• The Voice of the People
• The Wedding Feast: A Memoir
• The Woodsmer
• Valenwood: A Study

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
Abecean Halibut	Saltwater	Superior
Arowana	Lakes	Fine
Ghastel Bass	Foulwater	Fine
Inconnu	Lakes	Fine
Mrigal	Rivers	Fine
Ono	Saltwater	Fine
Ouze Toadfish	Foulwater	Superior
Sea Bass	Saltwater	Fine
Stargazer	Foulwater	Fine
Stonefish	Rivers	Fine
Strident Leechfin	Rivers	Superior
Z'en's Whitefish	Lakes	Superior

Gallery

Ayleid Ruins in Malabal Tor.

Malabal Tor loading screen.

Malabal Tor concept art.

A map of Malabal Tor.

The Grahtwood-Malabal Tor border.

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Trivia

• The Prayer To Y'ffre can be found in this region in Tamriel's Interactive Map.
• Malabal Tor's name roughly translates to Highstone Hill. Mala means 'high,' Bal means 'stone' and Tor means 'hill.'

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls Online

References

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