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Vvardenfell is a zone in The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind released on June 6th, 2017. The region itself is a large island located in the Inner Sea of Morrowind home to various Dunmer of the Great Houses as well as Ashlanders, with the volcano of Red Mountain dominating the island's center. The zone does not extend to the Sheogorad region in the north.[1]
Background[]
- "Surrounded by the Inner Sea, the sprawling volcanic island of Vvardenfell dominates northern Morrowind. The ominous, ever-smoldering peak of Red Mountain looms over this strange land."
- ―Loading screen[src]
While much of Vvardenfell has been populated by the Great Houses and their cities, including Balmora and Sadrith Mora, the city of Vivec is still under construction. While much of the city's vital infrastructure has been completed, several cantons are still being constructed, bringing industry and workers to the islands southern coast.[1][2]
House Redoran and House Telvanni are the dominant competing political forces on the island, with Redoran controlling much of the western holdings and Telvanni in the east. Because they are not members of the Ebonheart Pact, House Telvanni continues using and trading slaves, including Argonians, which has led to increasing tensions between the Houses.[2]
Locations[]
- Main article: Locations (Online)
The following are locations accessible in Vvardenfell 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.
Quests[]
- Main article: Quests (Online)
Vvardenfell features a series of zone story quests and unrelated side quests. The zone story quests tie into the Daedric War overarching storyline and continues on to the Clockwork City, but it is not necessary to complete the zone quests for other zones prior to those in the Clockwork City. 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.
- Divine Conundrum
- Divine Inquiries
- Divine Delusions
- Divine Intervention
- Divine Disaster
- Divine Restoration
- Divine Blessings
- A Call For Aid
- A Dangerous Breed
- A Hidden Harvest
- A Hireling of House Telvanni
- A Late Delivery
- A Melodic Mistake
- A Purposeful Writ
- A Smuggler's Last Stand
- A Web of Troubles
- An Armiger's Duty
- Ancestral Adversity
- Ancestral Ties
- Ashlander Relations
- At Any Cost
- Bound by Love
- Breaking Through the Fog
- Broken Bonds
- Echoes of a Fallen House
- Family Reunion
- Fleeing the Past
- Hatching a Plan
- Haunted Grounds
- If the Spell Fits
- Like Blood from a Stone
- Nothing to Sneeze At
- Objections and Obstacles
- Of Faith and Family
- Reclaiming Vos
- Rising to Retainer
- The Ancestral Tombs
- The Heart of a Telvanni
- The Heart's Desire
- The Lost Library
- The Magister Makes a Move
- The Memory Stone
- The Scarlet Judge
A Creeping Hunger- Ash-Eater Hunt
- Culling the Swarm
- Daedric Disruption
- Great Zexxin Hunt
- King Razor-Tusk Hunt
- Kwama Conundrum
- Mother Jagged-Claw Hunt
- Old Stomper Hunt
- Oxen Free
- Planting Misinformation
- Relics of Ashalmawia
- Relics of Ashurnabitashpi
- Relics of Assarnatamat
- Relics of Dushariran
- Relics of Ebernanit
- Relics of Maelkashishi
- Relics of Yasammidan
- Salothan's Curse
- Siren's Song
- Tarra-Suj Hunt
- Tax Deduction
- The Anxious Apprentice
- Tribal Troubles
- Unsettled Syndicate
- Writhing Sveeth Hunt
- Solo dungeon quests
- To Tel Fyr
- Adversarial Adventures NE
- Between a Rock and a Whetstone NE
- Cold Trail HI
- Tempting Fates NE
- The Lost Symbol HI
- For Glory
- Let the Games Begin
- Test of Mettle
- To the Victor
Characters[]
- Random encounters
- Aphia Madalas – A Dunmer woman shoveling excrement during random encounters.
- Fendros Nolar – A Dunmer man who has lost his pet netch Rosy during random encounters.
- Hlaalu Trader – A member of House Hlaalu who can be found with another house member during random encounters.
- Pilgrim – A Dunmer on the road being attacked by a cliff dtrider.
- Redoran Soldier – A member of House Redoran who can be found with another house member during random encounters.
- Telvanni Mage – A member of House Telvanni who can be found with another house member during random encounters.
- Traveler – A Dunmer male who can be seen on the road during random encounters being chased by a cliff racer.
- Traveling merchants
- Fanisea Saram – On the road from Balmora to Gnisis.
- Breynshad Alasien – On the road from the Forgotten Wastes to the Urshilaku Camp.
- Gordol Teddalennu – On the road from the Halls of Fabrication to Foyada Quarry.
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.
- Automated Defense (Heavy; Halls of Fabrication)
- Inventor's Guard (Light; Halls of Fabrication)
- Master Architect (Light; Halls of Fabrication)
- War Machine (Medium; Halls of Fabrication)
Skyshards[]
- Main article: Skyshards (Online)
Eighteen Skyshards can be found in Auridon totaling in six skill points. 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 | At a small shrine where the road forks. | On the road west of Matus-Akin Egg Mine. |
| 2 | On an isle facing the Sea of Ghosts. | On the smallest islet east of Hanud Tower. |
| 3 | On a Dwemer overhang, above a river of lava. | In the Dwemer ruin north from Nchuleftingth Wayshrine. |
| 4 | On an outcropping overlooking a grisly scene. | Southeast corner of Esutanamus island, northeast of Hanud Tower. |
| 5 | In a hollow stump on the wetlands. | On an islet halfway between Molag Mar and Tel Branora Wayshrine. |
| 6 | Withheld at customs and stored in the yard. | By the Census and Excise Office in Seyda Neen. |
| 7 | In a stump on the northern shore of Lake Amaya. | On the north shore of Lake Amaya, west of Suran. |
| 8 | In the heart of crumbling Daedric ruins. | In Ashalmimilkala. |
| 9 | On a stranded rock in a river of lava. | On an islet in the middle of a pool of lava south of Valenvaryon. |
| 10 | Beneath the Dwarven bridge. | Underneath the bridge leading to Arkngthunch-Sturdumz east of Yasammidan. |
| 11 | On a treacherous path overlooking a sea of fire. | Southwest path of the lavaworks in Nchuleftingth. |
| 12 | Heaped onto a card of stone left on a precarious perch. | On the overlook of the Caverns of Kogoruhn in the Forgotten Wastes. |
| 13 | Nestled with glittering treasures where the red crystals glow. | At the end of a tunnel from the eastern pathway in Khartag Point. |
| 14 | Hidden deep within a shrine to the Prince of Corruption. | At the end of the passage leading south after entering the lower levels of Ashalmawia. |
| 15 | Where cliff-striders bask under golden rays in their den. | In the northeastern cavern of Zainsipilu. |
| 16 | On an islet in the subterranean lake. | On the islet in the middle of the water in the central cavern of the Matus-Akin Egg Mine. |
| 17 | In a cozy bandit's den. | On the north face of the central section of Pulk. |
| 18 | In the deepest depths of a subterranean Dwemer ruin. | On the southeast area of the depths of Nchuleft. |
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.
- Morrowind
- General
- Ancestral Tombs Hunter
- Ashlander Style Master
- Buoyant Armiger Style Master
- Cliff Striders' Bane
- Hlaalu Style Master
- Morag Tong Style Master
- Morrowind Master Angler
- Redoran Style Master
- Savior of Morrowind
- Strider Caravaner
- Telvanni Style Master
- The Pilgrim's Path
- Tribunal Preacher
- Vvardenfell Skyshard Hunter
- Exploration
- Ashalmawia Explorer
- Breaker of the Unbroken
- Cheater Defeater
- Consort Killer
- Daedric Explorer
- Defender of Morrowind
- Forgotten Wastes Conqueror
- Forgotten Wastes Group Event
- Forgotten Wastes Vanquisher
- Khartag Point Explorer
- Loop Eradicator
- Matus-Akin Egg Mine Explorer
- Morrowind Cave Delver
- Morrowind Master Explorer
- Morrowind Pathfinder
- Nchuleft Explorer
- Nchuleftingth Conqueror
- Nchuleftingth Group Event
- Nchuleftingth Vanquisher
- Pulk Explorer
- Solothan's Cursebreaker
- Songbird Silencer
- Wuyuvus Slayer
- Zainsipilu Explorer
- Quests
- Ald'ruhn Annalist
- Ashlander Associate
- Ashlands Relic Preserver
- Ashlands Stalker
- Bearer of the Blessed Staff
- Champion of Vivec
- Ebony Enforcer
- Hand of a Living God
- Hand of the Mistress
- Kwama Miner
- Morrowind Grand Adventurer
- Narsis's Apprentice
- Naryu's Confidant
- Pilgrim Protector
- Rising Sun
- Scarlet Judge
- Voice of the Failed Incarnates
- Halls of Fabrication
- Accept No Substitute
- Arc-Custodian
- Dynamo
- Environmentally Conscious
- Halls of Fabrication Completed
- Halls of Fabrication Conqueror
- Halls of Fabrication Fabrication
- Halls of Fabrication Vanquisher
- Kill Process
- Like Clockwork
- Planned Obsolescence
- Power House
- Refabricated Slayer
- Refabricated Style Master
- Scholar of Seht's Mysteries
- Stress Test
- Terminal Terminator
- Well-Oiled Machine
Shalidor's Library[]
- Main article: Shalidor's Library
Ten books that are a part of Shalidor's Library can be found in Vvardenfell and added to the collection. Books that have already been found in other zones will already be marked as completed in the zone tracker.
- Invocation of Azura
- Kwama Mining for Fun and Profit
- On Stepping Lightly
- Sanctioned Murder
- The Art of Kwama Egg Cooking
- The Great Houses and Their Uses
- The House of Troubles
- The Living Gods
- Varieties of Faith: The Dark Elves
- Vivec and Mephala
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ash Blindfish | Rivers | Superior |
| Firemouth Guiyu | Foulwater | Fine |
| Ghost Octopus | Saltwater | Fine |
| Hoaga Oto | Lakes | Fine |
| Netch-Hook Eel | Rivers | Fine |
| Oanna | Foulwater | Superior |
| Pilgrim Goby | Rivers | Fine |
| Pity Bombil | Lakes | Fine |
| Resdaynian Sailfin | Saltwater | Superior |
| Shalk-Brother Crayfish | Lakes | Superior |
| Sleeper Coffinfish | Foulwater | Fine |
| Weeping Pygmy Shark | Saltwater | Fine |
Development[]
On December 6, 2012, when asked how big Morrowind would be compared to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, ZeniMax replied that the game would take place on the mainland areas of Deshaan, Stonefalls, and Bal Foyen, close to the size of Vvardenfell. Zenimax stated "That's not to say adventurers in The Elder Scrolls Online won't ever be able to visit Vvardenfell." The pre-alpha map of Tamriel displayed Vvardenfell as a future zone.[UL 1] During the September 10, 2014 Writer's AmA, Lawrence Schick said that Vivec and Sotha Sil are "very busy and have their hands full," and that it will eventually be revealed what it is they are busy with, as Zenimax has big plans. As Vivec resides on Vvardenfell, this can be alluded to the future incorporation of the island.[UL 2]
After Public Test Server patch 2.4.0 added the Dark Brotherhood DLC,[3] 14 locations found on Vvardenfell in Morrowind were added to the data files, located in many areas around the island's coast.[UL 3] After patch 2.5.0 containing the Shadows of the Hist DLC was released, 60 new locations from Vvardenfell were found to be added to the data files, confirming each zone besides Red Mountain, Sheogorad, and the Ashlands.[UL 4] In the PTS 2.7.0 Homestead patch,[4] a large overhead map of Vvardenfell was found,[5][UL 5][UL 6] which showed most of the pre-existing locations already added to the files, as well as a few new ones. Only Sheogorad and part of the northern Ashlands were not completed zones.
Gallery[]
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Interactive map[]
Trivia[]
- Vvardenfell is mentioned multiple times The Elder Scrolls Online: Dark Brotherhood, by both characters and books:
- Speaker Terenus mentions the Dark Brotherhood is having trouble establishing a presence in Vvardenfell.
- Naryu Virian says she is heading to Vvardenfell, and will be glad to see her family members there. She also says the Morag Tong have big plans in the works and she wants to travel to the island and be a part of them.
- The Letter from Kireth is written to Kireth Vanos' relatives on Vvardenfell.
- The Arena Fight Card advertises challengers "the Silent Ashwalkers" who are from Vvardenfell.
- The Field Guide to River Trolls tells of the mythical Lava Trolls of Vvardenfell, which are believed to be extinct.
Appearances[]
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (mentioned only)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (mentioned only)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn (seen at a distance)
- The Elder Scrolls Online (seen at a distance)
Notes[]
References[]
| Online Locations | |
|---|---|
| Provinces | |
| Aldmeri Dominion Zones | |
| Daggerfall Covenant Zones | |
| Ebonheart Pact Zones | |
| Neutral Zones | |
| Chapter and DLC Zones |
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| Other Locations | Unzoned Locations |