Online:Assassin Beetle

Assassin Beetle (lore page)
Location	Alik'r Desert, Ancestor's Landing, Bangkorai, Basking Grounds, Cumberland Falls, Lesser Circle, Lost City of the Na-Totambu, Old Tower, Rain Catcher Fields, Sheogorath's Tongue, Stormhaven, Southwestern Stros M'Kai Hew's Bane, No Shira Citadel Forgotten Wastes Northern Elsweyr Amenos, High Isle Forest near Llanshara
Species	Assassin Beetle
Health	31,364
Reaction	Hostile
Drops
Carapace, Beetle Scuttle

Assassin Beetle

A grey Assassin Beetle

Assassin Beetles are large, hostile arthropods found across Tamriel. They have six legs, a hard exoskeleton, and are dark in color, often with red markings. Upon being killed, they exude poison that will harm anyone that comes too close.

Related Quests

• Blood and Sand: Help a Dwemer researcher recover her notes on a Dwemer artifact.
• Darkvale Brews: Retrieve some stolen potions from a gang of Argonian bandits.
• Trouble at the Rain Catchers: Help cleanse the contaminated Sentinel water supply.

Skills and Abilities

Bite

A basic melee attack dealing low physical damage.

Poisonous Bite

The beetle lunges forward and bites fiercely, with its mandibles dripped in green poison, dealing moderate physical damage, low poison and low bleed damage over time. This attack can be blocked to set the beetle off-balance.

Shadow Step

The beetle teleports behind its target.

Acid Blood

This ability activates upon the assassin beetle's death. The corpse spills bubbling poison that appears on the ground as an AoE.

Unique Assassin Beetles

• Abe, a friendly assassin beetle found at the Alten Corimont Mages Guildhall
• Ash-Eater, an assassin beetle found east of Erabenimsun Camp during the quest Ash-Eater Hunt
• Clacker, one of the champions in the Lost City of the Na-Totambu
• Scarab Guardian, part of the group event boss trio in the Lost City of the Na-Totambu
• Woe, a friendly assassin beetle found in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary

Variants

• Ambush Beetles, assassin beetles found in the Forgotten Wastes
• Assassin Beetle Corpses, dead assassin beetles found at Rain Catcher Fields during the quest A Taste for Toxins
• Boilbite's Assassin Beetles, assassin beetles found with Boilbite in Volenfell
• Giant Scarabs, assassin beetles summoned by Thurvokun in combat in Fang Lair
• Skein Beetles, beetles native to The Spiral Skein
• Swarming Beetles, assassin beetles summoned by Khephidaen's Gloom Wraiths in the Cradle of Shadows

Generic Assassin Beetles

Generic, unnamed assassin beetles can be encountered in various places across Tamriel, including delves, dungeons, and DLC content. These assassin beetles have varying stats, namely health. Below is a list of assassin beetles, categorized by location, difficulty and health.

Zone / Dungeon	Specific Location	Difficulty	Health
Cyrodiil	Bloodmayne Cave, Newt Cave		42,677
Volenfell	Red beetles		49,116136,704
	Gray beetles		54,028150,375
Buried Sands	Summoned by the Swarming Tide		13,700
Dragonstar Arena	Round 5: The Celestial Ring		36,838126,375
Rahni'Za School of Warriors	Summoned during the Trial of the Arena		30,100