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Craglorn - What is it and what to expect
Dulfy
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Hey everyone, I have spent a bit of time in Craglorn on the PTS and I thought I would make an overview of what you can expect with this new zone today after the maintenance for those who havn't had the chance to read up on it yet.
I also posted a version here on my site as the forums can be hard to read since it changes the formatting a bit: http://dulfy.net/2014/05/22/eso-craglorn-zone-overview/
What is Craglorn?
Craglorn is an overland zone designed for VR10+ players. It is located between Bangkorai and Cyrodiil and therefore share some similar characteristics to Bangkorai. The entire zone is designed for 4 player groups so solo players will have a hard time here. Players can reach the new level cap of VR12 by doing the content here. You can enter this place at VR1 but you won’t find it enjoyable.
Questing
All the quests here are group quests designed for 4 players. You definitely need a healer and maybe a tank to do most of them. Some of them are out in the open world but others are inside private instances restricted to a maximum of 4 players. There are also daily quests here that give you a treasure chest containing loot.
Crafting materials
Craglorn uses the same mats as VR9 and VR10 zones – Nightwood, Void Bloom, Void Stone all that good stuff. No need to spend extra skill points to craft VR12 gear.
Magical Anomaly & Burial Sites
Unlike other ESO zones, Craglorn have no Dark Anchors. Instead, players can find Burial Sites and Magical Anomaly in the zone which are new events. Much like Dark Anchors, they are an excellent source of VP and loot. You will need a minimum group of 4 players but more than 4 players can participate.
Magical Anomaly
Magical Anomaly are mostly in the eastern section of the map. Players can find 5 of them in Craglorn. Inside each magical anomaly is a red Focus Crystal. Attacking that red crystal will spawn groups of mobs that the players must defeat. Once the red crystal is defeated, an Air Atronach boss will spawn and defeating it will given you a treasure chest of loot.
Video preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CzJqYopr0c
Burial Sites
Burial Sites are events where you must defend a NPC while fending off against waves of mobs who are trying to kill you and the NPC. If the NPC dies, you fail the event. There are 5 of them located on the western part of Craglorn.
Video preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6XEXs5DFsA
For the first and third wave, a large group of regular mobs will spawn and attack mostly your group with some occasional whacks on the NPC. However, for the second and fourth wave, two Gargoyles will drop down and head directly for the NPC. This is a DPS race as you must kill the Gargoyles before they reach the NPC or the NPC will de instantly from one of their attacks.
If you manage to get past the fourth wave, the boss spawns with some nasty AoE attacks which will also damage the NPC. This is again another DPS race as you try to finish off the boss before he kills the NPCs.
Skyshards, Delves and Locales
There are 12 skyshards to collect in Craglorn but they are all located inside the 12 delves in this zone. Most of them can be reached easily by a Nightblade using sneak + Cloaking Shadows.
Craglorn also have 9 Locales to explore for the achievement. They are fairly easy to locate but I marked them all down just in case.
For those looking to hunt down lorebooks, there are no lorebooks that I could find.
Crafting Station & Set bonuses
A majority of the crafted set bonus got some change with the Craglorn patch. Craglorn also have a single crafting station in the north section of the map (Lanista’s Waystation) where players can craft the Arena set that requires 8 researched traits.
Trials
Trials are 12 player “raids”. There are two Trials: Aetherian Archive and He Ra Citadel. You only get 36 rezzes for your entire Trial and if you run out of these rezzes, you will need to start over. Luckily there are no lockouts but the low rez limit can make learning fights a pain.Aetherian Archive have four bosses, He Ra Citadel might have the same number.
There is a leaderboard for raid teams that finish the fastest. Keep in mind though that death adds to the clock so it is better to go safe than getting a wipe.
I wrote up a guide to the first two bosses of Aetherian Archive. Looking to finish up the rest in the near future.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to The Noore guild for allowing me to guesting on their trial runs
Edited by Dulfy on May 22, 2014 8:23PM I also posted a version here on my site as the forums can be hard to read since it changes the formatting a bit: http://dulfy.net/2014/05/22/eso-craglorn-zone-overview/
What is Craglorn?
Craglorn is an overland zone designed for VR10+ players. It is located between Bangkorai and Cyrodiil and therefore share some similar characteristics to Bangkorai. The entire zone is designed for 4 player groups so solo players will have a hard time here. Players can reach the new level cap of VR12 by doing the content here. You can enter this place at VR1 but you won’t find it enjoyable.
- You can get to craglorn by talking to a quest NPC (Star-Grazer Herald) in Mournhold of Deshaan, Elden Hollow of Grahtwood or Wayrest of Stormhaven.
- If you want a peak at what Craglorn looks like, I have posted some screenshots of it here.
Questing
All the quests here are group quests designed for 4 players. You definitely need a healer and maybe a tank to do most of them. Some of them are out in the open world but others are inside private instances restricted to a maximum of 4 players. There are also daily quests here that give you a treasure chest containing loot.
Crafting materials
Craglorn uses the same mats as VR9 and VR10 zones – Nightwood, Void Bloom, Void Stone all that good stuff. No need to spend extra skill points to craft VR12 gear.
Magical Anomaly & Burial Sites
Unlike other ESO zones, Craglorn have no Dark Anchors. Instead, players can find Burial Sites and Magical Anomaly in the zone which are new events. Much like Dark Anchors, they are an excellent source of VP and loot. You will need a minimum group of 4 players but more than 4 players can participate.
Magical Anomaly
Magical Anomaly are mostly in the eastern section of the map. Players can find 5 of them in Craglorn. Inside each magical anomaly is a red Focus Crystal. Attacking that red crystal will spawn groups of mobs that the players must defeat. Once the red crystal is defeated, an Air Atronach boss will spawn and defeating it will given you a treasure chest of loot.
Video preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CzJqYopr0cBurial Sites
Burial Sites are events where you must defend a NPC while fending off against waves of mobs who are trying to kill you and the NPC. If the NPC dies, you fail the event. There are 5 of them located on the western part of Craglorn.
Video preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6XEXs5DFsAFor the first and third wave, a large group of regular mobs will spawn and attack mostly your group with some occasional whacks on the NPC. However, for the second and fourth wave, two Gargoyles will drop down and head directly for the NPC. This is a DPS race as you must kill the Gargoyles before they reach the NPC or the NPC will de instantly from one of their attacks.
If you manage to get past the fourth wave, the boss spawns with some nasty AoE attacks which will also damage the NPC. This is again another DPS race as you try to finish off the boss before he kills the NPCs.
Skyshards, Delves and Locales
There are 12 skyshards to collect in Craglorn but they are all located inside the 12 delves in this zone. Most of them can be reached easily by a Nightblade using sneak + Cloaking Shadows.
Craglorn also have 9 Locales to explore for the achievement. They are fairly easy to locate but I marked them all down just in case.
For those looking to hunt down lorebooks, there are no lorebooks that I could find.
Crafting Station & Set bonuses
A majority of the crafted set bonus got some change with the Craglorn patch. Craglorn also have a single crafting station in the north section of the map (Lanista’s Waystation) where players can craft the Arena set that requires 8 researched traits.
Trials
Trials are 12 player “raids”. There are two Trials: Aetherian Archive and He Ra Citadel. You only get 36 rezzes for your entire Trial and if you run out of these rezzes, you will need to start over. Luckily there are no lockouts but the low rez limit can make learning fights a pain.Aetherian Archive have four bosses, He Ra Citadel might have the same number.
There is a leaderboard for raid teams that finish the fastest. Keep in mind though that death adds to the clock so it is better to go safe than getting a wipe.
I wrote up a guide to the first two bosses of Aetherian Archive. Looking to finish up the rest in the near future.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to The Noore guild for allowing me to guesting on their trial runs
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Shanna✭✭✭I guess my adventuring will end at V10, then. I don't even do the current group dungeons very often, as I prefer solo playing.This is all part of the game.3 -
Dulfy✭✭✭Has anyone heard the rumor that the level cap for Craglorn will be VR15? On the PTS and in the PTS patch notes they said specifically VR12 but in the grouping tool video they showed craglorn as VR1 to VR15 content hmmDulfy.net - MMO guides & blog
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Dulfy✭✭✭nerevarine1138 wrote: »
Yes, I played the PTS build and over there the cap is VR12 but in the grouping video they showed it as VR15 so..
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✭✭✭✭✭nerevarine1138 wrote: »
Yes, I played the PTS build and over there the cap is VR12 but in the grouping video they showed it as VR15 so..
They could just be showing a different build that's in early development. I'd be very surprised if they added 3 VR levels to the PTS build without testing.----
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Dulfy✭✭✭Well the new patch notes just confirmed that it is indeed VR12 onlyYou can earn up to Veteran Rank 12 as you continue your adventures in Craglorn. Additionally, the veteran XP earned from killing enemies has more than doubled.Dulfy.net - MMO guides & blog
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Dulfy✭✭✭And Craglorn is live!Dulfy.net - MMO guides & blog
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Gillysan✭✭✭✭Lanista’s Waystation question - for a VR1, how hard is it to get to the craft station from where you zone in? OFC I'm going to find out on my own if there is no reply but thought I would ask first.Crafting Services http://tinyurl.com/GillysansStore Organizational Guide http://tinyurl.com/GillysansEnchanterLeveling
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