Online:Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern

Zone: Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern (view on map)
Story DLC
Wayshrines	2
Points of Interest	6
Striking Locales	2
Set Stations	1
World Bosses	1
Skyshards	2
Occupants
Blackreach Jelly, Centipede, Cockroach, Mudcrab, Torchbug, Vale Deer Buck, Vale Deer Doe, Winter Moth Chaurus Egg, Falmer Nightprowler, Gloomspore Bear, Gloomspore Senche, Gloomspore Wolf Dwarven Centurion
Location
Underneath the Reach
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The superstitious Reachfolk rarely speak of the dark caverns that lie beneath the surface of their sacred land. This willful ignorance, born from the wise belief that no good can come from unearthing what's best left forgotten, has served them well since they first settled along the Karth River.

Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern

Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern is the southwestern cavern of the Blackreach cave system, located beneath the Reach. The Library of Arkthzand and Nighthollow Keep dominate the landscape in both of their respective section.

Within the cavern, there are several poisonous mushrooms which release a cloud of spores that deals low poison damage over time. Gloomspore creatures roam the fungal forests to the east.

Related QuestsEdit

• Blood of the Reach: Search for the Arkthzand Keystone.
• The Dark Heart: Search for the truth about the Dark Heart.
• The End of Eternity: Discover how to travel through the Void.
• Endeavor in the Gloom: Help a Psijic botanist uncover the plans of his master.
• A Feast of Souls: Stop the vampiric assault on Markarth.
• The Lost Scout's Report: Find out what happened to a Nord scout lost in Blackreach.
• Red Eagle's Song: Help Lyris and Sai uncover a long lost secret in the most unexpected place.
• The Study of Souls: Search for Lady Belain and the Ashen Lord in a Dwarven ruin.

Daily QuestsEdit

•  Alone in the Dark: Help Reachfolk exiles escape the Falmer.
•  To Burn Away Evil: Recover silver to use against the Gray Host.
•  Defenders of the Reach: Wipe out remnants of the Gray Host.
•  Discarded Treasures: Gather scrap metal discarded by a Dwemer construct.
•  Guides to the Deep: Destroy a massive Dwarven construct in Blackreach.
•  The Language of the Night: Salvage the ancient language of the Nighthollow Clan.
•  The Light of Arkthzand: Salvage gemstones from Dwarven constructs.
•  Magic Mycology: Gather mushrooms for the clans.
•  The Scholar's Request: Conduct an experiment on Dwarven spiders at Sentinel Point.
•  Strange Contamination: Gather fungal mold samples for mages to study.
•  Unhatched Menace: Destroy an egg that is in the possession of a mad mage.

PlacesEdit

DelvesEdit

•  Gloomreach — A cave with entrances in the Reach and Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern, containing Falmer and wildlife. (map)

Points of InterestEdit

•  Arkthzand Great Lift — An entrance to Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern in the Reach, east of Bthardamz. (map)
•  Bthar-Zel — A Dwarven ruin found in Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern, located northeast of the Arkthzand Wayshrine. (map)
•  Library of Arkthzand — An expansive Dwemer ruin found in Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern, located northeast of Nchuand-Zel. (map)
•  Nalzthdbar Great Lift — An entrance to Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern found in the Reach, located east of Briar Rock Ruins. (map)
•  Nchuand-Zel — A Dwarven ruin found in Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern, located southwest of the Library of Arkthzand. (map)
•  Nighthollow Keep — A keep found deep in the eastern end of Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern. (map)

Striking LocalesEdit

•  Ghostlight Grotto — A striking locale found in Arkthzand Cavern, located east of the Library of Arkthzand. (map)
•  Mistgloom Thicket — A luminescent fungal forest found in Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern, located southwest of Gloomreach. (map)

Set StationsEdit

•  Philosopher's Cradle — A Dwemer ruin found in Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern, located just southwest of the Library of Arkthzand. (map)

World BossesEdit

•  Sentinel Point — A Dwarven ruin found in Arkthzand Cavern, located just southwest of the Nalzthdbar Great Lift. (map)

WayshrinesEdit

•  Arkthzand Wayshrine — A wayshrine to the north of the Library of Arkthzand. (map)
•  Nighthollow Wayshrine — Located atop a cliff west of Nighthollow Keep. (map)

Unmarked LocationsEdit

• Nighthollow Archives — An ancient library found in Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern, located southwest of Nighthollow Keep. (map)

Connected WorldsEdit

• Grayhaven — A lost realm of Oblivion located deep in the Void.

NotesEdit

• The two skyshards in this zone require the use of Void Portals to reach. This is a simple matter of looking at the portal from a distance and activating it, similar to using a grappling bow. You are not required to have first obtained the Void Shard from the quest The Study of Souls to do this.

MapsEdit

• Each image is relevant to its location, and each number corresponds to the key on the right.

A map of Arkthzand Cavern

GalleryEdit

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  A poisonous mushroom

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  A poisonous mushroom spewing a Poisonous Cloud

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  Mushroom forest

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  Mistgloom Thicket

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  Mushroom forest

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  A tunnel where Falmer have passed through

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  In front of Nighthollow Keep