Stranglers are carnivorous plants native to Valenwood and Black Marsh in The Elder Scrolls Online. Like the Spriggan, they are an integral part of the forest itself (see "The Eldest" below).
Background[]
- "A plant, exhibiting more animalistic (and certainly parasitical) tendencies than many actual animals we had encountered: the carnivorous epiphyte known as the strangler, rarely found outside of the deepest recesses of Valenwood."
- ―Grundvik Cold-Fist[src]
Combat[]
- Grapple
- [?]
Quests[]
- Baan Dar's Boast
- Maelstrom Arena OR
- Missing in the Mire
- The Blight of the Bosmer (The Eldest)
- Storgh's Bow
Items[]
- Supple Root, common item, trash type
- Lashing Tentacle – very rare item. One of the 7 items required for "Nature's Guardians"
Locations[]
- Baan Dar's Bash, Malabal Tor
- Black Vine Ruins[2]
- Bloodmayne Cave, Cyrodiil
- [?], Coldharbour
- Darkshade Caverns I, Deshaan
- Elden Hollow I, Grahtwood
- Near Haven
- Throughout Grahtwood
- Icereach HS
- Maelstrom Arena, WrothgarOR
- Root Sunder Ruins, Grahtwood
- Stranglewatch, Malabal Tor
- Teeth of Sithis, Murkmire
- The Underroot, Greenshade
- Verrant Morass: one normal, one unique
- Vinedeath Cave
- Xal Ithix, Shadowfen
Variations[]
- Bloodroot (Toothmaul Gully)
- Note: there is a group challenge Achievement for defeating him.
- Chokethorn (Elden Hollow I)
- Gentle-Blossom (Stranglewatch)
- Iron Lash (Bloodmayne Cave)
- The Eldest – A Strangler in Verrant Morass that is the "lifeblood of the forest in this area."[3]
- Strangle Vines (Darkshade Caverns I)
- Tamed Vine-Tongue MM – Non-hostile, has special interaction
Related books[]
- Black Vine Ruins
- Scrap of Storgh's Journal
- The Eldest: A Pilgrim's Tale
- Thozor's Diary — discusses Gentle-Blossom
Trivia[]
- Counts as Plant-Like Creature towards Slayer of Nature achievement.
Updates[]
- As of Update 2, more stranglers appear during the quest "Baan Dar's Boast." [4]
- As of Update 6, Grapple will no longer work if you have been grappled in the last 8 seconds.[5]
Bugs[]
This section contains bugs related to Strangler. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:
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- Stranglers in Coldharbour were reported as having no chance to drop the rare collectible for the Nature's Guardians achievement. This was fixed as of Update 3.
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
References[]
- ↑ Events of "The Forest Vandal"
- ↑ Black Vine Ruins
- ↑ Indaenir. Dialogue during "The Blight of the Bosmer"
- ↑ Update 2 patch notes
- ↑ Update 6 patch notes