Online:Dire Wolf

Dire Wolf (lore page)
Location	Gold Coast, Jerall Mountains Summerset , Moon Hunter Keep, March of Sacrifices , Northern Elsweyr , Southern Elsweyr , Western Skyrim, Frozen Coast , Blackwood
Species	Wolf
Health	31364
Reaction	Hostile

A striped orange dire wolf, found on Summerset

Dire Wolves are a larger variety of wolf found in Tamriel's wilderness. They can be found in the Gold Coast, Elsweyr and Summerset. They can also be summoned by spriggans and pet rangers.

Their coats appear in a variety of colors. Grey dire wolves often appear in packs in grasslands, orange dire wolves with red eyes may sometimes be found guarding their pups in tropical areas, brown dire wolves can be found in Elsweyr and black dire wolves are encountered in the Hunting Grounds. Werewolves who have the Pack Leader morph can summon two dire wolves to fight by their side.

Striped dire wolf pups can be found by the Event Exchange near Alinor.

Skills and Abilities

Bite

A melee ability that deals minor physical damage.

Lunge

A melee ability that deals moderate physical damage. In Moon Hunter Keep, this ability deals major physical damage.

Unique Dire Wolves

• Ary, a giant, hostile dire wolf that is accompanying Vykosa the Ascendant in Moon Hunter Keep
• Huri, a friendly dire wolf located at the Shrine of the Hunt-Father in Markarth
• Mara, a friendly dire wolf located at the Shrine of the Hunt-Father in Markarth
• Skorm, a friendly dire wolf located in the Blue Palace's courtyard
• Stori, a friendly dire wolf located at the Shrine of the Hunt-Father in Markarth
• Timberwolf, a friendly dire wolf located at the Ebonheart Pact's siege range near Northern Morrowind Gate
• Zel, a giant, hostile dire wolf that is accompanying Vykosa the Ascendant in Moon Hunter Keep

Variants

A black Dire Wolf

• Cadaverous Dire Wolf, skeletal dire wolves found in Fang Lair
• Gloam Wolf, shadowy dire wolves in service to Nocturnal
• Vicious Dire Wolf, black dire wolves found in the March of Sacrifices and Moon Hunter Keep.
• Skeletal Dire Wolf

Generic Dire Wolves

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

Zone / Dungeon	Specific Location	Reaction	Health
Tamriel	Summoned as Familiars by player werewolves	Friendly Hostile to factions that oppose the summoner in PvP	16683
Tamriel	Summoned by Spriggans and Pet Rangers	Hostile	39959
Cyrodiil	Summoned by Spriggans and Pet Rangers	Hostile	40643
Scalecaller Peak	Frostspike Caverns	Hostile	58940191386
March of Sacrifices	Bloodscent Pass	Hostile	49116136704
Moon Hunter Keep	Moon Hunter Bailey	Hostile	49116136704
	Summoned by Mylenne Moon-Caller		58940191386
Vateshran Hollows: Hunter's Grotto, Shade of the Grove fight	Hunter's Grotto done first	Hostile	13,43637,993
	Hunter's Grotto done second		16,123(?)
	Hunter's Grotto done third		22,841(?)
Vateshran Hollows: Hunter's Grotto, Ogre Gatekeeper fight	Hunter's Grotto done first	Hostile	39,18883,110
	Hunter's Grotto done second		47,026(?)
	Hunter's Grotto done third		66,620(?)
Zenithar's Abbey	Grounds	Hostile	28228
Infinite Archive	Archive Wings	Hostile	65202

Achievements

There is one achievement associated with this creature:

Achievement		Points	Description
	Veteran Dire Wolf Slayer	10	Defeat 200 Dire Wolves or Vicious Dire Wolves in Veteran Moon Hunter Keep.

Gallery

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  A Dire Wolf pup from the Frozen Coast

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  A Dire Wolf summoned by a Pet Ranger

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  A grey yellow-eyed prairie dire wolf

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  A black red-eyed dire wolf in the Hunting Grounds

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  A striped dire wolf pup

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  Two red pit dire wolves summoned by a pack leader

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  Two white dire wolves summoned by a pack leader

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  A striped brown dire wolf, found in Northern Elsweyr

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  Wolf companions (old?)

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  A dire wolf found in Moon Hunter Keep

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  Scalecaller Peak

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  Vateshran Hollows

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  Featured in the background of the promotional render for the White River Ice Wolf Pup