Soloable Dungeons

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

I just started soloing dungeons with my new and improved magplar and am having a blast. But I ran into a hickup with Direfrost Keep because you need two people for pressure plates. Which dungeons need more that one player (because of mechanics) so I can avoid them?

Shadow-Fighter

Most II Dungeons, dire frost

Prof_Bawbag

I posted the same question not so long ago. A few posts down in my thread is the answer you're seeking

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en-GB/discussion/319908/which-group-dungeons-are-we-able-to-solo/p1

DurzoBlint13

your best bet is to run a search on this forum- keyword SOLO DUNGEONS. There have been many discussions about what can and can not be solo'd as well as how to avoid/go around some of the group mechanics. Good luck!

Prof_Bawbag

Originally posted by @Asmael

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Banished Cells I - soloable
Banished Cells II - soloable
Elden Hollow I - soloable
Elden Hollow II - soloable
City of Ash I - soloable
City of Ash II - soloable
Tempest Island - soloable
Selene's web - soloable

DC
Spindleclutch I - soloable
Spindleclutch II - soloable (ghost boss that drains your resources is an absolute PITA tho)
Wayrest sewers I - soloable
Wayrest sewers II - ? - harvester boss will lock you down and kill you, not sure if you can bypass the boss
Crypt of hearts I - soloable
Crypt of hearts II - requires specific setup / tactic, due to Nerien'eth stunlock at the end
Volenfell Blackheart Haven - soloable if you can kill the last boss before the skeleton change (requires stupid high DPS)

EP
Arx Corinium - soloable
Cradle of Shadows - soloable with specific tactics (masochist rank required)
Ruins of Mazzatun - soloable until last boss (derm hallucinations) (unless @Vaoh found some way)
Blessed Crucible - soloable
Direfrost keep - requires specific setup (2 platforms to trigger) / apparently it's been done already, don't know how yet
Fungal Grotto I - soloable
Fungal Grotto II - requires specific setup / tactic due to 1) boss that locks you down 2) boss that pulls you thru a portal
Darkshade Caverns I - soloable
Darkshade Caverns II - soloable

Neutral
Vaults of madness - soloable (requires long lasting DoTs on Harvester boss to kill the Feasts)
Imperial City Prison - requires specific setup / tactic (Ibomez for instance) - 2 levers to pull at the same time - @Vaoh required
White Gold Tower - requires specific setup / tactic (masochist rank required)

Trials
All 12-men - lolnope
nDSA - soloable (did it recently)
vDSA - ? (it was soloable previously, dunno if it has changed)

EDIT 1: Added tactic for VoM

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

@Prof_Bawbag Thank you!

ArchMikem

Hows your magplar geared in order to solo dungeons?

cjthibs

The fact that this is even possible points to huge balancing issues.

Prof_Bawbag

Vet is still very difficult for many, many people and that's where the best gear is hidden for the most part.

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

ArchMikem wrote: »

Hows your magplar geared in order to solo dungeons?

@ArchMikem - Here is her setup:

5x Twice Born Star (chest, legs, waist, wrists, feet - all divines)
5x Withered Hand (head & shoulders w/divines, jewelry w/spell damage)
2x Willpower swords (sharpened)
1x crafted fire staff sharpened

Alpheu5

cjthibs wrote: »

The fact that this is even possible points to huge balancing issues.

You'll be surprised by how many people find normal dungeons difficult/challenging, even in a group. The difficulty scale as far as I can tell goes:

Rabbits, Foxes, Deer, Snakes, etc.
Open-world PVE
Delves
Public Dungeons
Normal Maelstrom Arena
Imperial City
Normal I Dungeons
Normal Unranked Dungeons
Normal Dragonstar Arena
Veteran I Dungeons
Normal II Dungeons
Veteran Unranked Dungeons
Level 5 Keeps
Veteran II Dungeons
Normal Trials
Veteran Maelstrom Arena
Veteran Dragonstar Arena
Veteran Trials
Town Guards

Mic1007

Alpheu5 wrote: »

cjthibs wrote: »

The fact that this is even possible points to huge balancing issues.

You'll be surprised by how many people find normal dungeons difficult/challenging, even in a group. The difficulty scale as far as I can tell goes:

Rabbits, Foxes, Deer, Snakes, etc.
Open-world PVE
Delves
Public Dungeons
Normal Maelstrom Arena
Imperial City
Normal I Dungeons
Normal Unranked Dungeons
Normal Dragonstar Arena
Veteran I Dungeons
Normal II Dungeons
Veteran Unranked Dungeons
Level 5 Keeps
Veteran II Dungeons
Normal Trials
Veteran Maelstrom Arena
Veteran Dragonstar Arena
Veteran Trials
Town Guards

The true endgame is revealed!

Vaoh

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

Originally posted by @Asmael

AD
Banished Cells I - soloable
Banished Cells II - soloable
Elden Hollow I - soloable
Elden Hollow II - soloable
City of Ash I - soloable
City of Ash II - soloable
Tempest Island - soloable
Selene's web - soloable

DC
Spindleclutch I - soloable
Spindleclutch II - soloable (ghost boss that drains your resources is an absolute PITA tho)
Wayrest sewers I - soloable
Wayrest sewers II - ? - harvester boss will lock you down and kill you, not sure if you can bypass the boss
Crypt of hearts I - soloable
Crypt of hearts II - requires specific setup / tactic, due to Nerien'eth stunlock at the end
Volenfell Blackheart Haven - soloable if you can kill the last boss before the skeleton change (requires stupid high DPS)

EP
Arx Corinium - soloable
Cradle of Shadows - soloable with specific tactics (masochist rank required)
Ruins of Mazzatun - soloable until last boss (derm hallucinations) (unless @Vaoh found some way)
Blessed Crucible - soloable
Direfrost keep - requires specific setup (2 platforms to trigger) / apparently it's been done already, don't know how yet
Fungal Grotto I - soloable
Fungal Grotto II - requires specific setup / tactic due to 1) boss that locks you down 2) boss that pulls you thru a portal
Darkshade Caverns I - soloable
Darkshade Caverns II - soloable

Neutral
Vaults of madness - soloable (requires long lasting DoTs on Harvester boss to kill the Feasts)
Imperial City Prison - requires specific setup / tactic (Ibomez for instance) - 2 levers to pull at the same time - @Vaoh required
White Gold Tower - requires specific setup / tactic (masochist rank required)

Trials
All 12-men - lolnope
nDSA - soloable (did it recently)
vDSA - ? (it was soloable previously, dunno if it has changed)

EDIT 1: Added tactic for VoM

so many assumptions

pmn100b16_ESO

Direfrost is soloable, you just need a bow handy.

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

pmn100b16_ESO wrote: »

Direfrost is soloable, you just need a bow handy.

I'll try that, thanks. Heavy attack, right?

Callous2208

pmn100b16_ESO wrote: »

Direfrost is soloable, you just need a bow handy.

Do explain!

Shunravi

Callous2208 wrote: »

pmn100b16_ESO wrote: »

Direfrost is soloable, you just need a bow handy.

Do explain!

Use magnum shot to knock yourself through the door.

Molydeus

cjthibs wrote: »

The fact that this is even possible points to huge balancing issues.

Most MMOs have group content that's soloable.

Sometimes it's due to old content being trivialized due to subsequent expansions, sometimes it's due to overpowered gear or overpowered classes, and sometimes the content is just undertuned. It could also be a combination of all that. It's impossible to balance around every possible combination without lots of nerfing that ends up affecting other players who don't solo at all, and nobody wants that. This happens due to PvP balancing all the time and it annoys nearly everyone. You want more nerfs?

cjthibs

Molydeus wrote: »

cjthibs wrote: »

The fact that this is even possible points to huge balancing issues.

Most MMOs have group content that's soloable.

Sometimes it's due to old content being trivialized due to subsequent expansions, sometimes it's due to overpowered gear or overpowered classes, and sometimes the content is just undertuned. It could also be a combination of all that. It's impossible to balance around every possible combination without lots of nerfing that ends up affecting other players who don't solo at all, and nobody wants that. This happens due to PvP balancing all the time and it annoys nearly everyone. You want more nerfs?

Actually, I want caps.

Playing whack-a-mole with nerfs and buffs is stupid. PvP was balanced, for the most part, around 1.5.

And having caps would give devs an actual target to balance against.

Molydeus

cjthibs wrote: »

Molydeus wrote: »

cjthibs wrote: »

The fact that this is even possible points to huge balancing issues.

Most MMOs have group content that's soloable.

Sometimes it's due to old content being trivialized due to subsequent expansions, sometimes it's due to overpowered gear or overpowered classes, and sometimes the content is just undertuned. It could also be a combination of all that. It's impossible to balance around every possible combination without lots of nerfing that ends up affecting other players who don't solo at all, and nobody wants that. This happens due to PvP balancing all the time and it annoys nearly everyone. You want more nerfs?

Actually, I want caps.

Playing whack-a-mole with nerfs and buffs is stupid. PvP was balanced, for the most part, around 1.5.

And having caps would give devs an actual target to balance against.

Can you be more specific? Like caps on outgoing damage? Health/stamina/magicka caps? Caps on penetration and crit and resistances? Caps on regeneration? Etc.

cjthibs

Molydeus wrote: »

cjthibs wrote: »

Molydeus wrote: »

cjthibs wrote: »

The fact that this is even possible points to huge balancing issues.

Most MMOs have group content that's soloable.

Sometimes it's due to old content being trivialized due to subsequent expansions, sometimes it's due to overpowered gear or overpowered classes, and sometimes the content is just undertuned. It could also be a combination of all that. It's impossible to balance around every possible combination without lots of nerfing that ends up affecting other players who don't solo at all, and nobody wants that. This happens due to PvP balancing all the time and it annoys nearly everyone. You want more nerfs?

Actually, I want caps.

Playing whack-a-mole with nerfs and buffs is stupid. PvP was balanced, for the most part, around 1.5.

And having caps would give devs an actual target to balance against.

Can you be more specific? Like caps on outgoing damage? Health/stamina/magicka caps? Caps on penetration and crit and resistances? Caps on regeneration? Etc.

In the beginning all of those things had caps and combat was much more fun and balanced because of it.

They were 'soft' caps, in that you could go over, but trying to stack nothing but weapon damage, for example, would result in additional bonuses counting for less and less.

It was also entirely possible to play a hybrid as well because you didn't have to stack everything into stamina/weapon damage or magicka/spell damage to be competitive.

Waffennacht

Molydeus wrote: »

cjthibs wrote: »

Molydeus wrote: »

cjthibs wrote: »

The fact that this is even possible points to huge balancing issues.

Most MMOs have group content that's soloable.

Sometimes it's due to old content being trivialized due to subsequent expansions, sometimes it's due to overpowered gear or overpowered classes, and sometimes the content is just undertuned. It could also be a combination of all that. It's impossible to balance around every possible combination without lots of nerfing that ends up affecting other players who don't solo at all, and nobody wants that. This happens due to PvP balancing all the time and it annoys nearly everyone. You want more nerfs?

Actually, I want caps.

Playing whack-a-mole with nerfs and buffs is stupid. PvP was balanced, for the most part, around 1.5.

And having caps would give devs an actual target to balance against.

Can you be more specific? Like caps on outgoing damage? Health/stamina/magicka caps? Caps on penetration and crit and resistances? Caps on regeneration? Etc.

As in everyone has the same stats end game

Boo!

cjthibs

Waffennacht wrote: »

Molydeus wrote: »

cjthibs wrote: »

Molydeus wrote: »

cjthibs wrote: »

The fact that this is even possible points to huge balancing issues.

Most MMOs have group content that's soloable.

Sometimes it's due to old content being trivialized due to subsequent expansions, sometimes it's due to overpowered gear or overpowered classes, and sometimes the content is just undertuned. It could also be a combination of all that. It's impossible to balance around every possible combination without lots of nerfing that ends up affecting other players who don't solo at all, and nobody wants that. This happens due to PvP balancing all the time and it annoys nearly everyone. You want more nerfs?

Actually, I want caps.

Playing whack-a-mole with nerfs and buffs is stupid. PvP was balanced, for the most part, around 1.5.

And having caps would give devs an actual target to balance against.

Can you be more specific? Like caps on outgoing damage? Health/stamina/magicka caps? Caps on penetration and crit and resistances? Caps on regeneration? Etc.

As in everyone has the same stats end game

Boo!

ACTUALLY. We had much more varied builds back then.
Nowadays everyone has the same builds because you have to stack certain stats to oblivion to be competitive.

(This was all pre-Console, by the way.)

Parafrost

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

Originally posted by @Asmael

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Banished Cells I - soloable
Banished Cells II - soloable
Elden Hollow I - soloable
Elden Hollow II - soloable
City of Ash I - soloable
City of Ash II - soloable
Tempest Island - soloable
Selene's web - soloable

DC
Spindleclutch I - soloable
Spindleclutch II - soloable (ghost boss that drains your resources is an absolute PITA tho)
Wayrest sewers I - soloable
Wayrest sewers II - ? - harvester boss will lock you down and kill you, not sure if you can bypass the boss
Crypt of hearts I - soloable
Crypt of hearts II - requires specific setup / tactic, due to Nerien'eth stunlock at the end
Volenfell Blackheart Haven - soloable if you can kill the last boss before the skeleton change (requires stupid high DPS)

EP
Arx Corinium - soloable
Cradle of Shadows - soloable with specific tactics (masochist rank required)
Ruins of Mazzatun - soloable until last boss (derm hallucinations) (unless @Vaoh found some way)
Blessed Crucible - soloable
Direfrost keep - requires specific setup (2 platforms to trigger) / apparently it's been done already, don't know how yet
Fungal Grotto I - soloable
Fungal Grotto II - requires specific setup / tactic due to 1) boss that locks you down 2) boss that pulls you thru a portal
Darkshade Caverns I - soloable
Darkshade Caverns II - soloable

Neutral
Vaults of madness - soloable (requires long lasting DoTs on Harvester boss to kill the Feasts)
Imperial City Prison - requires specific setup / tactic (Ibomez for instance) - 2 levers to pull at the same time - @Vaoh required
White Gold Tower - requires specific setup / tactic (masochist rank required)

Trials
All 12-men - lolnope
nDSA - soloable (did it recently)
vDSA - ? (it was soloable previously, dunno if it has changed)

EDIT 1: Added tactic for VoM

You can dodge roll the hallucinations in ruins of mazzatun. Cradle can be soloed if and only if you burst down the 2nd boss fast enough into his mechanic where he becomes immuned to damage. Other then that it is pretty difficult to solo

danno8

Shunravi wrote: »

Callous2208 wrote: »

pmn100b16_ESO wrote: »

Direfrost is soloable, you just need a bow handy.

Do explain!

Use magnum shot to knock yourself through the door.

Alternatively, you can go through the exit part of that area by flipping the switch through the second gate (in the room before the pressure plates), travelling backwards through the area to the boss, killing the boss through the door, then using the portal at the start of the dungeon to port yourself into the room where the boss was and flip the first switch to open the rest of the dungeon.

SodanTok

Shunravi wrote: »

Callous2208 wrote: »

pmn100b16_ESO wrote: »

Direfrost is soloable, you just need a bow handy.

Do explain!

Use magnum shot to knock yourself through the door.

Or just shoot the boss and he will come through the doors himself
EDIT: What he said ↑

Vaoh

Parafrost wrote: »

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

Originally posted by @Asmael

AD
Banished Cells I - soloable
Banished Cells II - soloable
Elden Hollow I - soloable
Elden Hollow II - soloable
City of Ash I - soloable
City of Ash II - soloable
Tempest Island - soloable
Selene's web - soloable

DC
Spindleclutch I - soloable
Spindleclutch II - soloable (ghost boss that drains your resources is an absolute PITA tho)
Wayrest sewers I - soloable
Wayrest sewers II - ? - harvester boss will lock you down and kill you, not sure if you can bypass the boss
Crypt of hearts I - soloable
Crypt of hearts II - requires specific setup / tactic, due to Nerien'eth stunlock at the end
Volenfell Blackheart Haven - soloable if you can kill the last boss before the skeleton change (requires stupid high DPS)

EP
Arx Corinium - soloable
Cradle of Shadows - soloable with specific tactics (masochist rank required)
Ruins of Mazzatun - soloable until last boss (derm hallucinations) (unless @Vaoh found some way)
Blessed Crucible - soloable
Direfrost keep - requires specific setup (2 platforms to trigger) / apparently it's been done already, don't know how yet
Fungal Grotto I - soloable
Fungal Grotto II - requires specific setup / tactic due to 1) boss that locks you down 2) boss that pulls you thru a portal
Darkshade Caverns I - soloable
Darkshade Caverns II - soloable

Neutral
Vaults of madness - soloable (requires long lasting DoTs on Harvester boss to kill the Feasts)
Imperial City Prison - requires specific setup / tactic (Ibomez for instance) - 2 levers to pull at the same time - @Vaoh required
White Gold Tower - requires specific setup / tactic (masochist rank required)

Trials
All 12-men - lolnope
nDSA - soloable (did it recently)
vDSA - ? (it was soloable previously, dunno if it has changed)

EDIT 1: Added tactic for VoM

You can dodge roll the hallucinations in ruins of mazzatun. Cradle can be soloed if and only if you burst down the 2nd boss fast enough into his mechanic where he becomes immuned to damage. Other then that it is pretty difficult to solo

You would like this.

Asmael

Parafrost wrote: »

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

Originally posted by @Asmael

AD
Banished Cells I - soloable
Banished Cells II - soloable
Elden Hollow I - soloable
Elden Hollow II - soloable
City of Ash I - soloable
City of Ash II - soloable
Tempest Island - soloable
Selene's web - soloable

DC
Spindleclutch I - soloable
Spindleclutch II - soloable (ghost boss that drains your resources is an absolute PITA tho)
Wayrest sewers I - soloable
Wayrest sewers II - ? - harvester boss will lock you down and kill you, not sure if you can bypass the boss
Crypt of hearts I - soloable
Crypt of hearts II - requires specific setup / tactic, due to Nerien'eth stunlock at the end
Volenfell Blackheart Haven - soloable if you can kill the last boss before the skeleton change (requires stupid high DPS)

EP
Arx Corinium - soloable
Cradle of Shadows - soloable with specific tactics (masochist rank required)
Ruins of Mazzatun - soloable until last boss (derm hallucinations) (unless @Vaoh found some way)
Blessed Crucible - soloable
Direfrost keep - requires specific setup (2 platforms to trigger) / apparently it's been done already, don't know how yet
Fungal Grotto I - soloable
Fungal Grotto II - requires specific setup / tactic due to 1) boss that locks you down 2) boss that pulls you thru a portal
Darkshade Caverns I - soloable
Darkshade Caverns II - soloable

Neutral
Vaults of madness - soloable (requires long lasting DoTs on Harvester boss to kill the Feasts)
Imperial City Prison - requires specific setup / tactic (Ibomez for instance) - 2 levers to pull at the same time - @Vaoh required
White Gold Tower - requires specific setup / tactic (masochist rank required)

Trials
All 12-men - lolnope
nDSA - soloable (did it recently)
vDSA - ? (it was soloable previously, dunno if it has changed)

EDIT 1: Added tactic for VoM

You can dodge roll the hallucinations in ruins of mazzatun. Cradle can be soloed if and only if you burst down the 2nd boss fast enough into his mechanic where he becomes immuned to damage. Other then that it is pretty difficult to solo

Take from those natch potes and tested ingame:

• Ruins of Mazzatun
  • The Hist Hallucinations from Tree-Minder Na-Kesh can no longer be dodged.

Sinthrax

Prof_Bawbag wrote: »

Vet is still very difficult for many, many people and that's where the best gear is hidden for the most part.

Except its not..you get blue and upgrade to purple. Only thing about normal difficulty is you get blue jewelry instead of purple. you would need to do Vet to get the best jewelry but not so with armor and weapons.