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. 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. Falmer prowl the northern tunnels.

Related Quests

•  Magic Mycology: Gather mushrooms for the clans.

Places

Delves

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

Points of Interest

•  Arkthzand Great Lift — An entrance to Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern in the Reach, north of the North Markarth Wayshrine and east of Bthardamz. (map)
•  Bthar-Zel — A Dwarven ruin in the northwestern corner of Arkthzand Caverns beneath the Reach. (map)
•  Library of Arkthzand — An expansive Dwemer ruin in northwestern Blackreach. (map)
•  Nalzthdbar Great Lift — An entrance to Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern in the Reach, located east of Briar Rock Ruins. (map)
•  Nchuand-Zel — A Dwarven ruin located in Understone Keep. (map)
•  Nighthollow Keep — A keep located in the eastern half of Arkthzand Cavern. (map)

Striking Locales

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

Set Stations

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

World Bosses

•  Sentinel Point — A Dwarven ruin located in southern Arkthzand Cavern. (map)

Wayshrines

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

Connected Worlds

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

Notes

• 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.

Maps

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

A map of Arkthzand Cavern

Gallery

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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