Online:Antiquity Leads
Antiquity Leads are items that are used to Scry for Antiquities. They can be found in a wide variety of ways and places throughout the world. You don't need to be an Antiquarian to find them, but you do to use them. Some Leads may require you to have done other tasks before you can obtain them – exploring a zone, completing a quest, or digging up other Antiquities.
- Leads expire 30 days after you obtain them, however you can obtain them again.
- Leads are account-wide. This means if you discover a Lead on one character, another character can scry and excavate it.
- Leads have fixed locations, such as drops from certain enemies, containers or merchants.
Lead sourcing is often related to the Antiquity it will lead to. For example, Leads to Antiquities regarding Glenumbra's history will be found in Glenumbra. For information on where to find Leads sorted by Zone, see: Antiquities by Zone.
Difficulty Levels[edit]
Leads come in various difficulties, and it determines how challenging the Scrying and Excavation mini-games are. There are five levels, but it should be noted that the difficulty of the Lead doesn't always accurately relate to the quality of the antiquity. For example, an intermediate-difficulty Lead can uncover an epic quality item.
Simple[edit]
Simple Leads can be scryed by default and consist of mainly treasures, motifs chapters and antique maps. Every zone has one simple-difficulty Lead that is given to you for free.
Intermediate[edit]
Intermediate Leads consist of mainly treasures, motifs chapters, cosmetics, and mount components. You need to be at least level 3 in Scrying, and have the Antiquarian Insight II passive to scry for Antiquities of this difficulty.
Advanced[edit]
Advanced Leads consist of mainly treasures, motifs chapters, mount components and epic-quality furnishings. You need to be at least level 5 in Scrying, and have the Antiquarian Insight III passive to scry for Antiquities of this difficulty.
Master[edit]
Master Leads consist of mainly Mythic item and mount components, and some legendary-quality furnishings. You need to be at least level 7 in Scrying, and have the Antiquarian Insight IV passive to scry for Antiquities of this difficulty.
Ultimate[edit]
Ultimate Leads consists mostly of a selected range of legendary-quality furnishings. You need to be at least level 10 in Scrying, and have the Antiquarian Insight V passive to scry for Antiquities of this difficulty.
It should be noted that Ultimate Leads appear as the same shade of gold as found on Master-difficulty Leads, making it difficult to distinguish between the two. The following is a list of all Ultimate difficulty Leads:
- Al-Esh Ascension Coin
- Anvil of Old Orsinium
- Blessed Dais of Almalexia
- Brazier of Frozen Flame
- Coil of Satakal
- Echoes of Aldmeris
- Moons-Blessed Ceremonial Pool
- Moonlight Mirror
- Shrine of Boethra
- St. Alessia, Paravant
- Stained Glass of Lunar Phases
- Warcaller's Painted Drum
Mythic Items[edit]
Mythic Items are broken up into 5 fragments, each requiring a Master difficulty Lead to find. These Leads may require owning additional DLCs or Chapters to discover or excavate, in addition to the piece of content the Mythic item was released alongside.
For example, the Ring of the Pale Order was released with the Markarth DLC, but it also requires access to the Orsinium DLC in order to find all fragment Leads. In addition, the Greymoor chapter is also required to Scry these Leads via the Scrying skill line. The table below shows the DLCs required to complete a particular Mythic item.
Alongside having access to the appropriate content, you are required to be at least level 7 in Scrying, and have the Antiquarian Insight IV passive in order to scry Master difficulty leads. The dig site for fragments are usually found in the same zone as where the Lead drops, save for a few cases where it must be excavated in a different zone.
Furniture[edit]
There are three main categories of furnishings that can be unearthed.
Antiquity Furnishings[edit]
- Antiquity Furnishings — Unique furnishings that are always epic or legendary in quality. For a full list of leads, see the main page.
Composite Furnishings[edit]
These are essentially Antiquity Furnishings, but are broken up into several fragments of varying quality. All fragments must be excavated in order to obtain the item.
- Apocryphal Well — A decorative Apocrypha-themed furnishing
- Blackwood Tapestry — An enormous map of the Blackwood zone
- Trifold Mirror of Alternatives — A decorative 3-paneled mirror
- Music Box, Glyphic Secrets — A unique music box
- Music Box, In Dreams and Memories — A unique music box
Crafting Stations[edit]
- Daedric Enchanting Station — A Daedric-themed enchanting station
- Druidic Provisioning Station — A druid-themed provisioning station
- Telvanni Alchemy Station — A Telvanni-themed alchemy station
- Shipbuilder's Woodworking Station — A shipbuilding-themed woodworking station
Antique Maps[edit]
- Antique Maps — Placeable maps that are always fine in quality. For a full list of leads, see the main page.
Crafting Motifs[edit]
The leads for all Ancestral motifs only have a chance to drop from treasure chests that are marked on Treasure Maps. Regular chests do not have a chance to contain these leads.
- Ancestral High Elf
- Ancestral Orc
- Ancestral Nord
- Ancestral Reach
- Ancestral Akaviri
- Ancient Daedric
- Ancestral Breton
Mounts and Pets[edit]
Several Leads are required to construct the antiquity mount and pet, which can be found in specific Dwemer Ruins. See the respective pages for exact locations:
Cosmetics and Outfit Styles[edit]
Emotes[edit]
Alinor Allemande[edit]
The Lead for the Alinor Allemande emote can be found by approaching the spirit of Kinlady Terannil, who can be found dancing on the banks of the river south of Rellenthil. When you approach her, she disappears, and you earn the Lead for this emote.
Lead | Source | Location | |
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Alinor Allemande | Approach Kinlady Terannil on the banks of the river south of Rellenthil (map) | Summerset |
Treasure[edit]
Simple (green) treasures are worth 250 gold, Intermediate (blue) treasures are worth 1,000 gold, and Advanced (purple) treasures are worth 5,000 gold.
Item Name | Type | Zone | Alliance | How to Obtain |
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Ancient Fertility Totem | Treasure | Greenshade | Aldmeri Dominion | Starting zone lead |
Nedic Wineskin | Treasure | Stonefalls | Ebonheart Pact | Starting zone lead |
Nord Copper Shield Boss | Treasure | Eastmarch | Ebonheart Pact | Starting zone lead |
Bosmer Hunting Horn | Treasure | Grahtwood | Aldmeri Dominion | Starting zone lead |
Festival of Defiance Token | Treasure | Auridon | Aldmeri Dominion | Starting zone lead |
House Tamrith Official Seal | Treasure | Rivenspire | Daggerfall Covenant | Starting zone lead |
Hunding Sextant | Treasure | Stros M'Kai | Daggerfall Covenant | Starting zone lead |
Khenarthi Skooma Pipe | Treasure | Khenarthi's Roost | Aldmeri Dominion | Starting zone lead |
Manmer Coupled Idol | Treasure | Glenumbra | Daggerfall Covenant | Starting zone lead |
Orcish Siege Gear | Treasure | Betnikh | Daggerfall Covenant | Starting zone lead |
Rune-carved Steering Oar | Treasure | Bleakrock Isle | Ebonheart Pact | Starting zone lead |
Satakal Skinrazer | Treasure | Alik'r | Daggerfall Covenant | Starting zone lead |
Secession Stamp Block | Treasure | Stormhaven | Daggerfall Covenant | Starting zone lead |
Spinner's Singing Bone | Treasure | Malabal Tor | Aldmeri Dominion | Starting zone lead |
St Pelin's Clod | Treasure | Bangkorai | Daggerfall Covenant | Starting zone lead |
Two Moons Censer | Treasure | Reaper's March | Aldmeri Dominion | Starting zone lead |
Basalt Table-Game Set | Treasure | Bal Foyen | Ebonheart Pact | Starting zone lead |
Coiled Snake Candlestick | Treasure | Deshaan | Ebonheart Pact | Starting zone lead |
Child's Ragged Tree Doll | Treasure | Shadowfen | Ebonheart Pact | Starting zone lead |
Ancient Fishing Rod | Treasure | Khenarthi's Roost | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Khenarthi Skooma Pipe |
Wolf-head Brooch | Treasure | Eastmarch | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Nord Copper Shield Boss |
Ayleid Statuette | Treasure | Grahtwood | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Bosmer Hunting Horn |
Ayleid Tendrilled Eye | Treasure | Betnikh | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Orcish Siege Gear |
Cloven Ritual Mask | Treasure | Bleakrock Isle | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Rune-carved Steering Oar |
Goblin Steam Mill | Treasure | Stros M'Kai | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Hunding Sextant |
Hunt-Lord's Djerid | Treasure | Reaper's March | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Two Moons Censer |
Jeweled Ayleid Scabbard | Treasure | Malabal Tor | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Spinner's Singing Bone |
Na-Totambu Two-Finger Gauntlet | Treasure | Alik'r | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Satakal Skinrazer |
Nedic Hex Totem | Treasure | Stormhaven | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Secession Stamp Block |
Northpoint Founding Coin | Treasure | Rivenspire | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate House Tamrith Official Seal |
Protective Tar Warding Sigil | Treasure | Greenshade | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Ancient Fertility Totem |
Rislav Tryptic Panel | Treasure | Glenumbra | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Manmer Coupled Idol |
Silver Wish Medallion | Treasure | Shadowfen | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Child's Ragged Tree Doll |
Scale-Etched Slither Pipe | Treasure | Auridon | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Festival of Defiance Token |
Wyrd Root Figure | Treasure | Bangkorai | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate St Pelin's Clod |
Great House Gold Chalice | Treasure | Bal Foyen | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Basalt Table-Game Set |
Torn Netch-leather Mask | Treasure | Deshaan | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Coiled Snake Candlestick |
Aquiline Calian Sphere | Treasure | Auridon | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Scale-Etched Slither Pipe |
Brittle Linen Pilgrimage Map | Treasure | Deshaan | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Torn Netch-leather Mask |
Royal Ivory Hilt | Treasure | Eastmarch | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Wolf-head Brooch |
Cornerstone of Reman II | Treasure | Betnikh | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Ayleid Tendrilled Eye |
Den of the Eldest Shoe | Treasure | Greenshade | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Protective Tar Warding Sigil |
Direnni Palatial Art | Treasure | Stormhaven | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Nedic Hex Totem |
Dwemer Astrological Charts | Treasure | Stros M'Kai | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Goblin Steam Mill |
Dwemer Trade Bar | Treasure | Bangkorai | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Wyrd Root Figure |
Hegathe Divining Rod | Treasure | Alik'r | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Na-Totambu Two-Finger Gauntlet |
High King Sunstone | Treasure | Bleakrock Isle | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Cloven Ritual Mask |
Mane's Frayed Crown | Treasure | Reaper's March | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Hunt-Lord's Djerid |
Onyx Shadowscale Scroll Case | Treasure | Shadowfen | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Silver Wish Medallion |
Phynastic Scroll Case | Treasure | Glenumbra | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Rislav Tryptic Panel |
Pilazjo Training Blade | Treasure | Khenarthi's Roost | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Ancient Fishing Rod |
Shatter Camoran Antler Crown | Treasure | Grahtwood | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Ayleid Statuette |
Silvenar's Scepter | Treasure | Malabal Tor | Aldmeri Dominion | Excavate Jeweled Ayleid Scabbard |
Spire of Erokii Frieze | Treasure | Rivenspire | Daggerfall Covenant | Excavate Northpoint Founding Coin |
Resdayni Signet Ring | Treasure | Bal Foyen | Ebonheart Pact | Excavate Great House Gold Chalice |
Tormentor's Roller | Treasure | Coldharbour | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Inert Daedric Manacles | Treasure | Coldharbour | Neutral | Excavate Tormentor's Roller |
Shattered Iron Maiden | Treasure | Coldharbour | Neutral | Excavate Inert Daedric Manacles |
Watcher's Ritual Stole | Treasure | Craglorn | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Cracked Serpent Pendant | Treasure | Craglorn | Neutral | Excavate Watcher's Ritual Stole |
Sacrificed Weapon of the Four | Treasure | Craglorn | Neutral | Excavate Cracked Serpent Pendant |
Yellowed Grummite Pearl | Treasure | Eyevea | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Sheogorath Madness Cube | Treasure | Eyevea | Neutral | Excavate Yellowed Grummite Pearl |
Inert Daedric Spellstone | Treasure | Eyevea | Neutral | Excavate Sheogorath Madness Cube |
Armless Stone Effigy | Treasure | Wrothgar | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Worn Orcish Cauldron | Treasure | Wrothgar | Neutral | Excavate Armless Stone Effigy |
Orsinium Cracked Iron Bell | Treasure | Wrothgar | Neutral | Excavate Worn Orcish Cauldron |
Halved Lion's Mane Wig Piece | Treasure | Hew's Bane | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Coiled Serpent Lock | Treasure | Hew's Bane | Neutral | Excavate Halved Lion's Mane Wig Piece |
Portrait of Lady Vadaya | Treasure | Hew's Bane | Neutral | Excavate Coiled Serpent Lock |
Ornate Nose Ring | Treasure | Gold Coast | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Water-worn Anvil Bust | Treasure | Gold Coast | Neutral | Excavate Ornate Nose Ring |
Book of Dark Rites | Treasure | Gold Coast | Neutral | Excavate Water-worn Anvil Bust |
Refitted Dwarven Rod | Treasure | Vvardenfell | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Massive Ash-herder Grapnel | Treasure | Vvardenfell | Neutral | Excavate Refitted Dwarven Rod |
Bleeding Beetle Door Lock | Treasure | Vvardenfell | Neutral | Excavate Massive Ash-herder Grapnel |
Series Two Animo Core | Treasure | Clockwork City | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Apostle's Scourge | Treasure | Clockwork City | Neutral | Excavate Series Two Animo Core |
Eligiac Vessel | Treasure | Clockwork City | Neutral | Excavate Apostle's Scourge |
Apraxic Decanter | Treasure | Summerset | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Jurisreeve's Eye | Treasure | Summerset | Neutral | Excavate Apraxic Decanter |
Kinlord's Tree of Aldmeris | Treasure | Summerset | Neutral | Excavate Jurisreeve's Eye |
Faded Psijic Folio | Treasure | Artaeum | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Warped Scrying Dipper | Treasure | Artaeum | Neutral | Excavate Faded Psijic Folio |
Ritemaster's Slate | Treasure | Artaeum | Neutral | Excavate Warped Scrying Dipper |
Naga Skull-Trap | Treasure | Murkmire | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Stone-Chief's Xul-Vaat | Treasure | Murkmire | Neutral | Excavate Naga Skull-Trap |
Vakka Bok Sun Bowl | Treasure | Murkmire | Neutral | Excavate Stone-Chief's Xul-Vaat |
Faded Khajiit Claw | Treasure | Northern Elsweyr | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Khajiit Plague Mask | Treasure | Northern Elsweyr | Neutral | Excavate Faded Khajiit Claw |
Khajiit Prayer Cloth | Treasure | Northern Elsweyr | Neutral | Excavate Khajiit Plague Mask |
Spiked Scalebreaker Bolt | Treasure | Southern Elsweyr | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Meteoric-Iron Pavise | Treasure | Southern Elsweyr | Neutral | Excavate Spiked Scalebreaker Bolt |
Ancient Dragonguard Lure | Treasure | Southern Elsweyr | Neutral | Excavate Meteoric-Iron Pavise |
Al-Esh Ascension Coin | Treasure | Western Skyrim | Neutral | "Curious Coin Collection" in the Antiquarian Circle after excavating all other treasures |
Nordic Scrimshaw Pendant | Treasure | Western Skyrim | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Silvered Nord Drinking Horn | Treasure | Western Skyrim | Neutral | Excavate Nordic Scrimshaw Pendant |
King's Belt Plate | Treasure | Western Skyrim | Neutral | Excavate Silvered Nord Drinking Horn |
Reach Trail Maker | Treasure | The Reach | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Ancient Extraction Tool | Treasure | The Reach | Neutral | Excavate Reach Trail Maker |
Spear Tip of the Reach King | Treasure | The Reach | Neutral | Excavate Ancient Extraction Tool |
Imperial Legionary's Spade | Treasure | Blackwood | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Shattered Ayleid Cloak Clasp | Treasure | Blackwood | Neutral | Excavate Imperial Legionary's Spade |
Saint Kaladas's Plumb Bob | Treasure | Blackwood | Neutral | Excavate Shattered Ayleid Cloak Clasp |
Kynreeve's Law-Cane | Treasure | Deadlands | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Mindcleaver Clan Banner | Treasure | Deadlands | Neutral | Excavate Kynreeve's Law-Cane |
Ancient Morpholith Chisel | Treasure | Deadlands | Neutral | Excavate Mindcleaver Clan Banner |
Ancient Mariner's Sextant | Treasure | High Isle | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Stonelore Circle Effigy | Treasure | High Isle | Neutral | Excavate Ancient Mariner's Sextant |
Orichalcum Burial Urn | Treasure | High Isle | Neutral | Excavate Stonelore Circle Effigy |
Thrassian Crystal Shard | Treasure | Galen | Neutral | Starting zone lead |
Draoife Runic Chit | Treasure | Galen | Neutral | Excavate Thrassian Crystal Shard |
All Flags Armada Scabbard | Treasure | Galen | Neutral | Excavate Draoife Runic Chit |