Shadowfen

Shadowfen is the northernmost zone of Black Marsh, homeland of the Argonians. The zone is bordered by Deshaan in Morrowind to the north, and Cyrodiil to the west. The Ebonheart Pact is in control of Black Marsh, but there is a large presence of the Aldmeri Dominion in the region trying to take the province, and a powerful artifact known as the Mnemic Egg, for themselves.^[1]^[2]

Background[]

"On the border with Morrowind, the Shadowfen region has had more contact with Tamrielic civilization than most of Black Marsh—due primarily to the activities of the Dunmeri slavers who once operated out of the city of Stormhold. Now the Argonians are back in charge."

―Shadowfen loading screen^[src]

A fetid, rank, and treacherous mire, Shadowfen has a history of Imperial occupation and the Dunmer slave trade, and the region was often fought over between the two sides prior to the formation of the Ebonheart Pact.^[3]^[4] The Argonian Archcanon, Heita-Meen, administers Argonian affairs above the "tribal level" in Black Marsh, and is the keeper of the Hatching Pools in central Shadowfen.^[5] Although the Argonian slave trade was outlawed after the formation of the Ebonheart Pact, rogue Dunmeri slave traders, particularly from House Dres and House Telvanni, can still be found roaming the marshes.^[1]

The ancient city of Stormhold is located in Shadowfen, the source of the devastating Knahaten Flu.^[6] Shadowfen has a variety of indigenous species: Wamasu, Giant Snakes, the extinct Kothringi and Fleshflies.^[1] Diseases such as Swamp Fever, the Droops, the Knahaten Flu and Blood Rot are common here, making Shadowfen one of the most dangerous regions in all of Tamriel.^[7] Dank foliage, murky, winding channels, Hist trees, Ayleid ruins and ruined temples are abundant in Shadowfen.^[1]

Shadowscales, Argonians born under the sign of the Shadow and sometimes taken into the Dark Brotherhood, can be found in this zone.^[8]

Locations[]

Main article: Locations (Online)

The following are locations accessible in Shadowfen 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.

Wayshrines	Dungeons	Points of Interest
Alten Corimont Wayshrine Bogmother Wayshrine Forsaken Hamlet Wayshrine Hatching Pools Wayshrine Hissmir Wayshrine Loriasel Wayshrine Percolating Mire Wayshrine Stillrise Wayshrine Stormhold Wayshrine Venomous Fens Wayshrine	Arx Corinium Atanaz Ruins Broken Tusk Chid-Moska Ruins Cradle of Shadows ^SH Gandranen Ruins Onkobra Kwama Mine Ruins of Mazzatun ^SH Sanguine's Demesne Shrine of the Black Maw	Alten Corimont Bogmother Deep Graves Forsaken Hamlet Hatching Pools Hissmir Loriasel Mud Tree Village Murkwater Percolating Mire Stillrise Village Stormhold Sunscale Strand Ten-Maur-Wolk White Rose Prison Xal Ithix Zuuk
Set Stations	Mundus Stones	Dark Anchors	Striking Locales
Hatchling's Crown (Hist Bark) Weeping Wamasu Falls (Whitestrake's Retribution) Xal Haj-Ei Shrine (Magnus' Gift)	The Atronach The Serpent The Shadow	Leafwater Dolmen Reticulated Spine Dolmen Venomous Fens Dolmen	Camp Crystal Abattoir Camp Merciful Reduction Camp Silken Snare The Graceful Dominator Hei-Halai Telvanni Acquisition Camp Tsonashap Mine The Vile Pavilion
World Bosses		Housing	Unmarked locations
Bitterroot Cave Captain Bones' Ship Haynekhtnamet's Lair Nen Ria Slaver Camp Xal Thak		The Ample Domicile Stay-Moist Mansion	Cold-Blood Cavern Mudshallow Cave Mushroom Cave Silyanorn Ruins To Blackwood To Deshaan

Quests[]

Main article: Quests (Online)

Shadowfen features a series of zone story quests and unrelated side quests. The zone story quests tie into the Ebonheart Pact's overarching storyline and carries on from Deshaan before continuing to Eastmarch, but it is not necessary to complete the story quests for zones prior to those in Shadowfen. 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

Pointer quests

Side quests

Solo dungeon quests

Group dungeon quests

Faction quests

Companion quests

A Mother's Obsession ^BW
Cold Blood, Old Pain ^HI
Dim and Distant Pasts ^NE

Prologue quests

Event quests

Fish Boon Feast

Characters[]

Random encounters

Deet-Waska – A beggar who can be donated to during random encounters.
Sanadarin – A traveler who is having trouble lighting their campfire during random encounters.
Sefra – A merchant who can be robbed during random encounters.
Walks-With-Rushes – A traveler who is having trouble lighting their campfire during random encounters.

Traveling merchants

Abijoo-Anoo – On the road south from White Rose Prison to Hissmir.
Blue-Scale – On the road from Stormhold to Mud Tree Village.
Far-Walker – On the road from Hissmir until the bridge leading to east to the Hatching Pools.
Nema-Pachat – On the road from the Hatching Pools Wayshrine through Alten Corimont to Ten-Maur-Wolk.
Rides-the-River – On the road from the Telvanni Acquisition Camp to the Ample Domicile.

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

Dungeon

Gossamer (Light; Cradle of Shadows) ^SH
Hand of Mephala (Heavy; Cradle of Shadows) ^SH
Lamia's Song (Light; Arx Corinium)
Medusa (Heavy; Arx Corinium)
Undaunted Infiltrator (Medium; Arx Corinium)
Widowmaker (Medium; Cradle of Shadows) ^SH
Amber Plasm (Light; Ruins of Mazzatun) ^SH
Heem-Jas' Retribution (Medium; Ruins of Mazzatun) ^SH
Aspect of Mazzatun (Heavy; Ruins of Mazzatun) ^SH

Monster

Craftable

Skyshards[]

Main article: Skyshards (Online)

Sixteen Skyshards can be found in Shadowfen 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	Above the Mages' eye between the falls.	On top of the Mages Guildhall in Stormhold.
2	Still shrouded by spray past a western rise.	North of Stillrise Village at the waterfall.
3	Sneak behind the relic-thieves' camp.	Off the water's edge between Ten-Maur-Wolk and Camp Silken Snare.
4	Beside a bowsprit among pirates.	On the bow of Alten Corimont.
5	Ritual flames brew trouble in the mire.	East of Percolating Mire, north of the cave.
6	Where wisps waylay wanderers.	South edge of of the Deep Graves.
7	Like the sound of steam or snakes.	Southeast side of Hissmir.
8	Overlooking the murk of Xal Ithix.	By the temple west of Xal Ithix.
9	Imprisoned in a crumbling tower.	Northwest tower of White Rose Prison.
10	Peek behind pillars in Atanaz.	Behind the southwest pillars of the second chamber in Atanaz Ruins.
11	Skittering, slithering, a tusk once whole.	South elevation of the final chamber of Broken Tusk.
12	Unearthed by an outlaw excavation.	South three-way intersection in Chid-Moska Ruins.
13	Crown in hand, leave and look right.	East of the exit door in Gandranen Ruins.
14	Climb, little kwama, to reach your goal.	Elevated scaffolding in the final section of Onkobra Kwama Mine.
15	Digesting in the belly of the Black Maw.	Eastmost alcove of the final chamber of the Shrine of the Black Maw.
16	Deep in the den of debauchery.	Eastmost section of Sanguine's Demesne.

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

Shadowfen Skyshard Hunter

Dungeons
Public Dungeons

Sanguine's Demesne Conqueror
Sanguine's Demesne Ground Event
Sanguine's Demesne Vanquisher

Group Dungeons

Arx Corinium Vanquisher

Veteran Dungeons
General

Arx Corinium Conqueror

Death Challenges

Snake Skinner

Slayer Challenges

Veteran Lamia Slayer
Veteran Snake Slayer

Speed Challenges

Arx Corinium Assassin

Survivor Challenges

Arx Corinium Survivor

Exploration
Ebonheart Pact

Atanaz Ruins Explorer
Black Maw Shrine Explorer
Broken Tusk Explorer
Captain Bones Destroyer
Chid-Moska Ruins Explorer
Gandranen Explorer
Haynekhtnamet Hunter
Mummy Lord Murderer
Ogre Twin Tormentor
Onkobra Kwama Mine Explorer
Shadowfen Cave Delver
Shadowfen Master Explorer
Shadowfen Pathfinder
Slave Lord's Ruination
Urrai's Bane

Fishing

Shadowfen Angler

Quests
Ebonheart Pact

Egg and Root
Egg Protector
Mnemic Egg Guardian
Shadowfen Adventurer
Skin-Stealer Destroyer

Shadows of the Hist
General

Veteran

Shalidor's Library[]

Main article: Shalidor's Library

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

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
Boga	Rivers	Fine
Coelacanth	Foul waters	Superior
Eel-Goby	Foul waters	Fine
Hardyhead	Rivers	Fine
Histcarp	Lakes	Superior
Opah	Rivers	Fine
Orange Roughy	Lakes	Fine
Pricklefish	Foul waters	Fine
Quillback	Lakes	Fine
Shark Todpole	Rivers	Superior
Toxic Xoach	Foul waters	Superior
Zander	Lakes	Fine

Gallery[]

Interactive map[]

Appearances[]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Events of The Elder Scrolls Online^{[citation needed]}
↑ Events of "The Mnemic Egg" in The Elder Scrolls Online
↑ Arx Corinium: First Seed Report
↑ Freedom's Price
↑ Events of "Three Tender Souls" in The Elder Scrolls Online
↑ The Daggerfall Chronicles
↑ Tips for Black Marsh Travel
↑ Events of "Scales of Retribution" in The Elder Scrolls Online

[Online-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Events of The Elder Scrolls Online^{[citation needed]}

[2] Events of "The Mnemic Egg" in The Elder Scrolls Online

[3] Arx Corinium: First Seed Report

[4] Freedom's Price

[5] Events of "Three Tender Souls" in The Elder Scrolls Online

[6] The Daggerfall Chronicles

[7] Tips for Black Marsh Travel

[8] Events of "Scales of Retribution" in The Elder Scrolls Online

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