What does a Dark Anchor/Dolmen supposed to do?

TheGent · November 2022

the chains come down and stick into that concrete foundation then lock in...what is it doing? Is it trying to pull the gound up into the portal? rip a hole in the ground for stuff to come up out of the earth? What is it doing?

Snamyap · November 2022

https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Anchors

thorwyn · November 2022

Provide xp for the needy.

DinoZavr · November 2022

The "Arrival" ESO cinematics is about Dark Anchors:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcBpo_Pizg
Also one of recent into additions has shown the daedra assault squads to emerge from these portals and rush to attacks anything that moves (it would be cool if implemented in the game, which currently limits the teleported daedra to stay within the dolmens' circles).

tomofhyrule · November 2022

This is explained in the second main quest - the one where you just follow the Prophet and he just explains the lore to you.

Basically, they're trying to pull the world up through the portals into Coldharbour.

PrimusTiberius · November 2022

TheGent wrote: »

the chains come down and stick into that concrete foundation then lock in...what is it doing? Is it trying to pull the gound up into the portal? rip a hole in the ground for stuff to come up out of the earth? What is it doing?

You want to have some fun, read or watch some videos about Elder Scroll lore, there's a ton of it out there. I just finished a watching a video on the History of the Septim Empire which briefly mentions the anchors.

https://youtu.be/PTmpl437Gf0

zaria · November 2022

DinoZavr wrote: »

The "Arrival" ESO cinematics is about Dark Anchors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcBpo_Pizg
Also one of recent into additions has shown the daedra assault squads to emerge from these portals and rush to attacks anything that moves (it would be cool if implemented in the game, which currently limits the teleported daedra to stay within the dolmens' circles).

Problem with spawning daedra all over is that it would overflow areas who are little used, some dolmens are a bit harder to get to, or if limited numbers they would be hard to track down.
But I agree they could roam 2-3 diameters of dolmen naturally.

DinoZavr · November 2022

@zaria Yes, you are right. i also remember Greenshade awkward "Drowned Coast" dolmen location on the island.
Still, ZOS can add the roaming Daedra assault squads just like the Deadlands roaming bosses for surprise challenges for base-game PVE players. And it could be spectacular if during the off-peak hours roaming Daedra forces take Cyrodiil keeps (and defend these) changing the Keep's status to "Neutral".

SammyKhajit · November 2022

thorwyn wrote: »

Provide xp for the needy.

And to keep Mirri happy!

ZOS_Icy · November 2022

Greetings,

This thread has been moved to the Lore section, as it is better suited there.

Thank you for your understanding.

TheGent · November 2022

PrimusTiberius wrote: »

TheGent wrote: »

the chains come down and stick into that concrete foundation then lock in...what is it doing? Is it trying to pull the gound up into the portal? rip a hole in the ground for stuff to come up out of the earth? What is it doing?

You want to have some fun, read or watch some videos about Elder Scroll lore, there's a ton of it out there. I just finished a watching a video on the History of the Septim Empire which briefly mentions the anchors. https://youtu.be/PTmpl437Gf0

I seen all of these