dark anchors in cyro working?

kaisernick · December 2021

ok i am trying to get the achivement Anchors away yet i have been stood at a anchor in cyro for almost an hour and nothing has spawned.
how exactly do they work in cyro are thy even active?

Mushroomancer · December 2021

I don't play PvP, like, at all, but they should be active. Maybe it's just that there's 10 dolmens for Cyro alone and they are scattered across what is the biggest map in the game. Plus, I would assume that most people avoid them, either actively or because they are occupied doing other PvP activities. I will say that, in my admittedly limited time spent in Cyrodiil, I have probably only seen the Bruma Dolmen being actively completed.

drsalvation · December 2021

I think active anchors need to be closed before new ones spawn... And nobody in PvP regions care about PvE stuff so I don't think anybody else would be closing anchors, or maybe they're like you and waiting for their own anchor to spawn.

LightningWitch · December 2021

kaisernick wrote: »

ok i am trying to get the achivement Anchors away yet i have been stood at a anchor in cyro for almost an hour and nothing has spawned.
how exactly do they work in cyro are thy even active?

The entire game has been affected by this. Nearly every dolmen's respawn timer was increased.

Whether deliberate or a server issue is unknown, but I feel the only way this is corrected is with "maintenance".

The dolmens were still affected last night as I played Rivenspire.

tomofhyrule · December 2021

Since the new Dolmen markers on the map, it's been easier than ever to get a dolmen to pop.
...assuming you were at the right one.

This is a common complaint with Dolmens and Geysers in Summerset that now that we have the indicator, the one that's 'next in line' will have the icon showing it's active, but it won't actually be up. Once someone gets in range, it'll start instantly, but until someone goes up and starts it and then closes it, it's just set as 'the next one.' That means the old trick of "nobody's doing dolmens so whichever one I go to will start" no longer works since there is one programmed to be next and you just need to find it.

If you go to a dolmen and it's not up, just leave for another. That one won't come up until the actual one goes down, and especially in Cyro people aren't grinding them like Alik'r.

You can turn on the other map markers in Cyrodiil in the map menu - by default they don't show the other markers so you can see the keeps better, but you can turn them on. Then all you need to do is go visit each location so it's marked on the map. That way you'll get to see the 'active' marker wherever it spawns, and then you can go chase down the active one.

McMasterx · December 2021

kaisernick wrote: »

ok i am trying to get the achivement Anchors away yet i have been stood at a anchor in cyro for almost an hour and nothing has spawned.
how exactly do they work in cyro are thy even active?

drsalvation wrote: »

I think active anchors need to be closed before new ones spawn... And nobody in PvP regions care about PvE stuff so I don't think anybody else would be closing anchors, or maybe they're like you and waiting for their own anchor to spawn.

LightningWitch wrote: »

kaisernick wrote: »

ok i am trying to get the achivement Anchors away yet i have been stood at a anchor in cyro for almost an hour and nothing has spawned.
how exactly do they work in cyro are thy even active?

The entire game has been affected by this. Nearly every dolmen's respawn timer was increased.

Whether deliberate or a server issue is unknown, but I feel the only way this is corrected is with "maintenance".

The dolmens were still affected last night as I played Rivenspire.

Only 1 Dolmen is up at a time in Cyrodiil.

This change was made when they added Map indicators for which one is up. There are no Timers, you need to actively find the only active Dolmen in the ENTIRE Zone, and take that down first. And then HOPE the ones you want go active.

Nestor · December 2021

McMasterx wrote: »

kaisernick wrote: »

ok i am trying to get the achivement Anchors away yet i have been stood at a anchor in cyro for almost an hour and nothing has spawned.
how exactly do they work in cyro are thy even active?

drsalvation wrote: »

I think active anchors need to be closed before new ones spawn... And nobody in PvP regions care about PvE stuff so I don't think anybody else would be closing anchors, or maybe they're like you and waiting for their own anchor to spawn.

LightningWitch wrote: »

kaisernick wrote: »

ok i am trying to get the achivement Anchors away yet i have been stood at a anchor in cyro for almost an hour and nothing has spawned.
how exactly do they work in cyro are thy even active?

The entire game has been affected by this. Nearly every dolmen's respawn timer was increased.

Whether deliberate or a server issue is unknown, but I feel the only way this is corrected is with "maintenance".

The dolmens were still affected last night as I played Rivenspire.

Only 1 Dolmen is up at a time in Cyrodiil.

This change was made when they added Map indicators for which one is up. There are no Timers, you need to actively find the only active Dolmen in the ENTIRE Zone, and take that down first. And then HOPE the ones you want go active.

Anchors Away has now become the Most Difficult achievement in the game

huntgod_ESO · December 2021

If you look at the map the active dolmen will be lit...go to that one.

Only one dolmen will be active at a time and if no one is actively doing them you can wait an extraordinarily long time.

Vevvev · December 2021

Think if they are keeping the silly system of one active at a time they should make it one dolmen per alliance area active. So Cyrodiil will have 3 active at a time.

Jaraal · December 2021

There are ten dolmens in Cyrodiil, and two of them are up at once. Other zones have three dolmens, and only one up at a time.

TequilaFire · December 2021

Meanwhile there isn't a single active dolmen on my map in PS NA Blackreach at the moment.

edit - So it turns out I had one undiscovered dolmen in Cyro and it was active with nobody doing it in days.
So it seems 1 undiscovered dolmen was locking me out of all of them, stupid change if you ask me.
This change may work in active zones but not cyro.

Lauranae · February 2022

been 3 hours doing the dark anchors on cyrodill and Bruma dolmen never popped.

Do i need that my faction own the town to let this dolmen start ? or is there a bug ?

Brrrofski · February 2022

Lauranae wrote: »

been 3 hours doing the dark anchors on cyrodill and Bruma dolmen never popped.

Do i need that my faction own the town to let this dolmen start ? or is there a bug ?

The answer to your question is above

Luke_Flamesword · February 2022

Just wait for Mayhem event, look for campaign with almost full map taken by your faction and it will be easy to travel through whole map - this is best time also to complete missing skyshards and other objectives.

RisenEclipse · February 2022

I remember when I was clearing the Cyro map, and I did dolmens while I was doing delves, skyshards, and lore books. It took me across the map enough that I just grabbed dolmens when I saw they were down. It'll just take some running around and closing any that are up until the ones you need drop.

AlnilamE · February 2022

huntgod_ESO wrote: »

If you look at the map the active dolmen will be lit...go to that one.

Only one dolmen will be active at a time and if no one is actively doing them you can wait an extraordinarily long time.

Only if you've actually discovered that dolmen. Otherwise it will not show, even with addons.

Necrotech_Master · February 2022

AlnilamE wrote: »

huntgod_ESO wrote: »

If you look at the map the active dolmen will be lit...go to that one.

Only one dolmen will be active at a time and if no one is actively doing them you can wait an extraordinarily long time.

Only if you've actually discovered that dolmen. Otherwise it will not show, even with addons.

addons can still show where the dolmens are even if you havent discovered them, but it doesnt help with determining which is active (you have to physically explore it to see if active)

on a side note with the account wide achievements if you have 1 toon that has the achievement you wont have to worry about this anyway lol

Lauranae · February 2022

Brrrofski wrote: »

Lauranae wrote: »

been 3 hours doing the dark anchors on cyrodill and Bruma dolmen never popped.

Do i need that my faction own the town to let this dolmen start ? or is there a bug ?

The answer to your question is above

No its not or i would have not post, I discovered all other dolmens and they are marked in the achievement. The only one i need is Bruma. And after 6 hours of cyrodill last night, and doing each dolmen following the order, multiples times, bruma never popped.

I tested Gray, the non cp and the standard. I stayed 2 hours on each. I captured Bruma multiple times, and bruma never popped.

So i repeat my question

azjuwelz · February 2022

Lauranae wrote: »

Brrrofski wrote: »

Lauranae wrote: »

been 3 hours doing the dark anchors on cyrodill and Bruma dolmen never popped.

Do i need that my faction own the town to let this dolmen start ? or is there a bug ?

The answer to your question is above

No its not or i would have not post, I discovered all other dolmens and they are marked in the achievement. The only one i need is Bruma. And after 6 hours of cyrodill last night, and doing each dolmen following the order, multiples times, bruma never popped.

I tested Gray, the non cp and the standard. I stayed 2 hours on each. I captured Bruma multiple times, and bruma never popped.

So i repeat my question

Again the answer is… no.

You just have to close the active dolmen, and then another randomly will start. But there’s also no way to make it start at a particular location.

Waiting at a dolmen is pointless because nobody is going after the active one(s).

Lauranae · February 2022

azjuwelz wrote: »

Lauranae wrote: »

Brrrofski wrote: »

Lauranae wrote: »

been 3 hours doing the dark anchors on cyrodill and Bruma dolmen never popped.

Do i need that my faction own the town to let this dolmen start ? or is there a bug ?

The answer to your question is above

No its not or i would have not post, I discovered all other dolmens and they are marked in the achievement. The only one i need is Bruma. And after 6 hours of cyrodill last night, and doing each dolmen following the order, multiples times, bruma never popped.

I tested Gray, the non cp and the standard. I stayed 2 hours on each. I captured Bruma multiple times, and bruma never popped.

So i repeat my question

Again the answer is… no.

You just have to close the active dolmen, and then another randomly will start. But there’s also no way to make it start at a particular location.

Waiting at a dolmen is pointless because nobody is going after the active one(s).

if you read really what i wrote you would stop to answer me. Or say you have no clue. I REPEAT for you, i did exactly that, close the active dolmen, rince and repeat, for 6 hours. Is that enough for you ?? and the only one who did not spawn was Bruma. So if it does not spawn during those 6 hours after closing each of the other dolmens multiples times, i guess its a bug. Your answer could have just been : no there is other method, its probably bugged but no you had to just answer for answering. Too bad you waisted your time

jle30303 · February 2022

This is just a spectacularly bad change.

It works with other zones because (a) you can teleport across the WHOLE zone when you have the wayshrines, and (b) there's only three dolmens per zone.

It just doesn't work when there are ten dolmens in the zone and no guarantee of which one will spawn next: nor indeed when the zone distances are so huge and you can't even teleport round most of it because transitus shrines only work in your own territory. Even if you did know which dolmen was next, there's a good chance you wouldn't get to it before somebody else did if it was on the opposite side of the map.

Cyrodiil dolmens need to go back to being independent and spawning on a timer (e.g. 10 minutes after being cleared), as they originally used to be.

RisenEclipse · February 2022

I remember a similar incident happened to me with an IC boss in the temple district. I was waiting HOURS for that stupid flaming ogrim to pop. Kept getting the lich. That was a 50% chance for the ogrim that I kept failing. Days later, and sitting in IC for hours each day, it finally appears. You could just be horribly unlucky. I'd try a different campaign, or take a break for a few days and come back.

Xarc · February 2022

when a dolmen is up, you have this icon on the map :

You may wait for hours a dolmen if another who is actually up isnt done

Lauranae · February 2022

Xarc wrote: »

when a dolmen is up, you have this icon on the map :

You may wait for hours a dolmen if another who is actually up isnt done

i know all that. I need to clear every dolmen with this mark to be able to have a new one starting.

I do not count now the days of doing this, even during this event. I even did stay up 22 hours to try to get it done. NOTHING.

I keep doing those dolmens, 1 mark pop, down it, rince and repeat. I tested all campaign.

I can tell you all that the domen follow a spawn order. They do not spawn randomly. Its like a clock. But each time it should be Bruma, the dolmen is jumped over, and the next to spawn is the one just beside bruma, not bruma.

If there was actually an achievement for killing those Cyro dolmens the most, i would have get it. I counted i am now at 135 dolmens destroyed in Cyro. And no Bruma.

And this is not my first character, i never had this problem with any of my other 2 accounts. But i will just stop to do that. This is frustrating and anyway i am totally ignored by the devs.

MasterSpatula · February 2022

Dang. Good thing I did these like seven years ago. Another QOL decrease cause by a lack of foresight and/or thoroughness.

kendellking_chaosb14_ESO · February 2022

I don’t think the new system is bad it’s very helpful it just needs one change for Cyrodiil don’t jump to the next one unless the active one is cleared that one change would be a good QOL the whole it jumps if someone just rides nearby it.

Mad_Catz · November 2023

I was looking for a dolman map for Cyrodiil, and came across this thread. For the Anchors Away achievement, you only need the base game maps / locations for the achievement! Does anyone know if there is a pattern that the dolmans follow, as to which one drops next?

For anyone attempting to go for these... I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND finding each location first, then you can go to the Wayshrine (NOT Transitus Shrine) of your alliance's gate, and you will see ALL of the dolmans on the map: Any that you have done, and which one is active. The crossed swords on the dolman DOES NOT indicate if it is on standby, ready to start... or is about to be closed. I would only attempt this, when the alliance your character is in... has most of Cyrodiil!!!

Kitziboo · November 2023

I only have Applewatch to complete but despite regularly travelling half of Cyrodil, I have never found it active. I’ve also never seen the usual indication of an active dolmen on my map (X EU, Grey Host).

rpa · November 2023

I do not recall seeing active indicators for dolmens in Cryodiil. The problem being (if I understand right) you have to discover one before the indicator works for that dolmen. I think I have done like one (or two max) I happened to pass by while gathering skyshards on dead campaign.

Maitsukas · November 2023

Necro...

Reverb · November 2023

This is a necro but I’ll try to answer some questions before a mod shuts it down.

Active indicators do work in cyrodiil but you need to find each anchor first.

Map objectives are disabled by default in cyrodiil. That’s why a commenter above mentioned going to the wayshrine to see which anchor is active. You don’t need to do that. Just open your map and select Objectives from the filters tab.

I haven’t seen the Bruma anchor active in over a year but all others are working and I’ve farmed a lot of Coldfire siege in recent nights when pvp wasn’t fun.