Creepiest place in ESO

DagenHawk · March 2022

Traveling around Tamriel (and Deadlands) I have encountered a few creepy and downright disturbing places (the The Manor Of Revelry comes to mind) So I want to know what is the creepiest place you have found in ESO, especially with (but not limited to) the Blackwood expansion.

lets keep it positive please, this one is just for fun and there are no right or wrong answers on the subject.

ZOS_Kevin · March 2022

Me, gearing up to see everyone's creepy places:

Soriana · March 2022

The spider tunnels in Cradle of Shadows. Everyone tries to run through them as fast as possible. Stop when you're in there, close your eyes, and listen...some of the creepiest sounds in the game, imo!

Vevvev · March 2022

Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern before the change in the ambient music that played.

When the music was the super creepy gothic Greymoor delve music it sold the location perfectly! It was so creepy and awesome I'd camp out there from time to time, but then one patch they changed the music to be the music that plays in zones like Murkmire's delves, some dungeons, and the like. Completely ruined the creepy feeling for me.

edit: found the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6JW0H_Z1kI

Iron_Warrior · March 2022

I don't know if it counts as a "place" but i've got scared in eso twice so far:(spoiler alert)

1- somewhere in the rivenspire storyline you get to a creepy manor to talk to somebody and there were also a bunch of lifeless npcs there. After talking with that npc, you will turn around and see all these npcs are now standing infront of you with a very creepy pose that reminded me of the ending of "hereditary" movie and that movie is the scariest movie that i've seen.

2- in deshaan storyline you will reach a quest and in that quest you will go through some portals to see the backstory of the main baddy. In one of them she is talking to boethiah and after she finishes, she will turn around looking at you and says: "i can see you" or something like that and it caught me offguard.

Arunei · March 2022

From the quests and stuff I've done so far I'd probably say Doomcrag. The whole area surrounding it has this super creepy ambiance in subtle noises and sounds that play every so often. Was legit creeped out when it first happened and I didn't realize what was causing it.

Gederic · March 2022

Hmm tough one. Honestly probably the room in Forgotten Crypts (Deshaan Public Dungeon) where they are cutting up and cooking the body parts of their fellow Dunmer. There's plenty of obviously creepy places but the context of this one is just.... yikes. And the fact that if you leave Sela with the hideaways there it turns out they kill and eat her... Yeah.. Pretty deranged haha.

I'd have to go through all the base game and dlc zones to jog my memory. There's a lot of disturbing places in Tamriel

Necrotech_Master · March 2022

the first place that comes to my mind is probably the vile manse in reapers march lol

honglatongla · March 2022

The Checkered Void.

fiender66 · March 2022

For me Cyrodiil. Not exactly scary, but a drab, dreary vastness.
Every time I went there (I avoid it by now), I felt sad, and went away in a hurry.

duagloth · March 2022

riften zone chat

SeaGtGruff · March 2022

It's funny, but I love riding around Cyrodiil, and always get a smile whenever people dismiss it as "a riding simulator."

The Forgotten Crypts public dungeon is definitely one of my choices.

There's a delve or public dungeon whose location and name escapes me at the moment, populated by skeletons, including a few skeletons locked in cells and banging on the doors to be let out. The idea of starving to death and rotting away forgotten or deliberately ignored in a locked cell is definitely creepy to me.

Reese_Flamelocks · March 2022

It has to be Everwound Wellspring, where everything seems idyllic, and the aspirations good, but there is insidiousness underneath. Especially with the curator trying to stop us through the intercom.

Mik195 · March 2022

I found the original tutorial where you go murdered by Mannimarco creepy. I wondered if ESO was a horror game.

Peacatcher · March 2022

Lion's Den public dungeon, all the misty nooks up in the mountain valleys and secluded atmosphere, just feels really far detached from the rest of the Rift and anything could happen.

Thought it would be Blackreach as that scared the crap out of me in Skyrim (namely all the chaurus) but it has more of a mysterious but relaxing feel to it in ESO, which I love.

Dojohoda · March 2022

Imperial City and especially the sewers are creepy to me.

Tornaad · March 2022

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Me, gearing up to see everyone's creepy places:

I was hoping for more pictures.

RaikaNA · March 2022

Vulkhel Guard Wayshrine....

BlueRaven · March 2022

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

the first place that comes to my mind is probably the vile manse in reapers march lol

Yup, gets my vote as well.

Necrotech_Master · March 2022

BlueRaven wrote: »

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

the first place that comes to my mind is probably the vile manse in reapers march lol

Yup, gets my vote as well.

i still remember when first adventuring there and getting into the upper building and everything looked normal/fancy, then you find the key and go to the cellar... (gets even more creepy when you read all the lore behind the place too lol)

DagenHawk · March 2022

Wow great places... several I haven't been to yet, now I have places to go this weekend

S0Z0H · March 2022

Murkmire is legit like a old horror movie, reminds me of Creature From The Black Lagoon. That's probably the "creepiest" place in ESO. Just has old Universal Studio vibes. Check out the Creature From The Black Lagoon

SeaGtGruff · March 2022

S0Z0H wrote: »

Check out the Creature From The Black Lagoon

buh BUH BAAAH!

opaj · March 2022

I find the pumpkin patch in the Shadow Cleft pretty creepy. Those "scarecrows"... no thank you.

Northwold · March 2022

The whole concept of Coldharbour had me on edge the first time I played it through. So, mission accomplished on that front! But the Vile Manse definitely doesn't feel right.

Snamyap · March 2022

I'm not easily creeped out but I like the Hunger daedras that were introduced with Morrowind. There is one as a boss (Voracity) in The Forgotten Wastes that's clinging against a wall, hard to see unless you know it's there. But they get a proper introduction and a bit of background story in a sidequest on Summerset at Cey-Tarn Keep. Nice story.

Picture of Voracity in this old thread: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/422812/creepy-and-randoms-zos-suggestion

Sylvermynx · March 2022

opaj wrote: »

I find the pumpkin patch in the Shadow Cleft pretty creepy. Those "scarecrows"... no thank you.

Yep, that's my creepiest memory.... I was never into scarecrows (saw Wizard of Oz first time when I was about 7 - had nightmares for a VERY long time thereafter); my grandfather used to stand them up in his garden, so I could never walk out that direction.

My family wasn't very understanding of a child's fears and an incredibly active imagination.

whitecrow · March 2022

Snamyap wrote: »

I'm not easily creeped out but I like the Hunger daedras that were introduced with Morrowind. There is one as a boss (Voracity) in The Forgotten Wastes that's clinging against a wall, hard to see unless you know it's there. But they get a proper introduction and a bit of background story in a sidequest on Summerset at Cey-Tarn Keep. Nice story.

Picture of Voracity in this old thread: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/422812/creepy-and-randoms-zos-suggestion

Yes! That was creepy!

SammyKhajit · March 2022

Forgotten Waste. The return of the ash statues gave Sammy a good fright: “Oh noes! You’re not meant to appear until Morrowind!”

spartaxoxo · March 2022

My torture chamber house. I AM THE THING THAT GOES BUMP IN THE NIGHT! Mwu hahahahahhahaha

DP99 · March 2022

Rivenspire, it's so drab and depressing, the whole zone is just creepy.