Online:Giant Snake

Giant Snake (lore page)
Location	Bad Man's Hallows, Bewan, Broken Coast, Cat's Eye Quay, Fallen Grotto Hunting Grounds, Horseshoe Island, Jode's Pocket, Nestmother's Den, Ogrim's Yawn, Shattered Shoals, Vale of the Ghost Snake, Shadowfen, Thormar, Southwest of Valeguard Tower
Species	Giant Snake
Health	60,370
Reaction	Hostile
Drops
Poison Solvents, Clean Pelt, Raw Leather, Inert Egg

Giant Snake

Giant Snakes are large serpents found in many different zones. In the swamps of Shadowfen, giant snakes are usually found coiled beneath trees in slumber.

Passive snakes also exist.

Related Quests

• Moment of Truth: Help a timid Orc prove himself.
• Pull the Last Fang: Recover a Fang of Sithis from the Renrijra Maor.
• Remembering Risa: Recover an amulet from the Coiled Path.
• The Trial of the Ghost Snake: Decide the fate of the Mabrigash tribe.

Skills and Abilities

Strike

A basic melee attack that does minor physical damage.

Lash

The snake whips its tail, as indicated by a red cone, dealing moderate physical damage as well as staggering its target. Blocking prevents the stagger.

Kiss of Poison

The snake gathers poison in its mouth and spits it at its target, dealing moderate poison damage followed by low poison damage over time. This attack can be blocked to set the snake off-balance.

Shed Skin

If low on health, the snake will curl up and heal itself. This can be interrupted to set the snake off-balance.

Poison Glob

The snake spits out a large glob of poison that splatters on impact, indicated by a circular AoE, dealing moderate poison damage. (Craglorn only)

Poisonous Bite

The snake bites you, dealing poison damage. ^{Specific snakes?}

Unique Giant Snakes

A red Giant Snake

• Aspect of Sithis, a spirit giant snake that can appear near Sunscale Strand during the quest Pull the Last Fang
• Deathfang, a giant snake that appears out of the water north of Bthzark during the quest Moment of Truth
• Fanged Menace, the first mini-boss in Arx Corinium
• Ghost Snake, a spirit giant snake found at Fang Spires in the Vale of the Ghost Snake during the quest The Trial of the Ghost Snake
• Giant Snake, a snake that fights alongside Basks-In-Snakes in Rockgrove
• Giant Snake Mother, the group event boss in Bad Man's Hallows
• Huzal, Mirudda's pet giant snake found with her in Sandblown Mine
• Laylah and Leelo, two small giant snakes found with First Mate Rodros in Shark's Teeth Grotto
• The Nestmother, the group boss of the Nestmother's Den
• Sea Serpent, a sea monster summoned by the Sea Vipers on the Abecean Sea
• Sepilisk, one of the delve bosses of Fearfangs Cavern
• The Serpent, the Serpent's avatar takes the form of a giant snake
• Serpent's Corruption, an aspect of the Serpent encountered in Reinhold's Retreat
• Shadow Snake, an aspect of the Ghost Snake encountered at Fang Spires in the Vale of the Ghost Snake during the quest The Trial of the Ghost Snake
• Snake (Bosmer Insight), a friendly giant snake bestowed by Brackenleaf during the quest Bosmer Insight
• Snake (Goat's Head Oasis), a friendly giant snake summoned at Goat's Head Oasis during the quest Satak was the First Serpent
• The Snake, a giant snake seen in a vision near Brackenleaf during the quest Bosmer Insight
• Songstress' Snake, Sliklenia the Songstress's pet snake found in Arx Corinium
• Spirit Snake, a spectral giant snake found with Hednor in Brackenleaf's Trunk during the quest Bosmer Insight
• Wenyand, a giant snake found with the Sea Vipers at South Beacon during the quest The Serpent's Beacon

Variants

• Celestial Snakes, giant snakes summoned in Skyreach Pinnacle
• Illusory Serpents, giant snake projections summoned by Valana the Dreamweaver in Skyreach Hold
• Sand Serpents, giant snakes found in the Alik'r Desert and Bangkorai
• Serpent's Stings, giant snakes summoned by Caluurion during combat in Fang Lair
• Snake Mother Hatchlings, baby giant snakes summoned when fighting the Giant Snake Mother

Generic Giant Snakes

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

Zone / Dungeon	Specific Location	Reaction	Difficulty	Health
The Hunting Grounds	At the waterfall	Hostile		(?)
Cat's Eye Quay	Around the reclaimed beach	Friendly		0
Arx Corinium	Throughout the dungeon	Hostile		78,586225,562
Thormar	In the Subtle Knife camp during the quest Baan Dar's Boast	Friendly		(?)
The Five Finger Dance	Upon revisiting after completing the quest Baan Dar's Bash	Friendly		100
Craglorn	Rahni'Za, School of Warriors, with Abelazar Ruins of Kardala, summoned by Izrunath the Corruptor	Hostile		119,700
Fearfangs Cavern	Delve occupants	Hostile		60,370
	With Sepilisk	Hostile		43,800
Loth'Na Caverns	Delve occupants, large snakes	Hostile		60,370
	Delve occupants, small snakes	Hostile		13,200/13,800
Serpent's Nest	Large snakes	Hostile		90,600
	Small snakes	Hostile		13,200
Zalgaz's Den	First section of the delve	Hostile		119,700
	Summoned by Zalgaz	Hostile		26,200/27,500
Maelstrom Arena	Stage 3: Drome of Toxic Shock	Hostile		22,393(?)
Ko Estaran	During the boss encounter	Hostile		39,500

Notes

• Some giant snake enemies in Craglorn as well as Dead Man's Drop are simply called "Snakes" and are slightly smaller than usual.

Gallery

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  A dead Giant Snake at Cat's Eye Quay

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  Smaller red giant snakes summoned at Ko Estaran

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  Pre-release render

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  Featured in a promotional render