Online: Sanctum Ophidia

The Sanctum caverns are works of art, carved masterpieces sealed long ago. Unfortunately for Craglorn, the Ophidians were always the most … fervent of the Celestial sects.

Ruin: Sanctum Ophidia (view on map)
Trial
Discoverable	Yes
Completion	Objective
Dungeon	Yes
# of Zones	1
Zone
Upper Craglorn, Craglorn
Location
Northern Craglorn

The entrance to Sanctum Ophidia

Sanctum Ophidia is an ancient Nedic temple in northern Craglorn.

Inside Sanctum Ophidia

The last room in Sanctum Ophidia where you will face The Serpent

The Serpent's Image of Tamriel (Veteran mode only)

It is the stronghold of the Serpent and his Scaled Court. It has both a Normal and a Veteran mode, as well as a "Hard Mode" which can be triggered only in Veteran mode by desecrating the sacred banners of the Scaled Court. Hard Mode only affects the Celestial Serpent, making this boss fight far more challenging.

You will receive The Serpent's Egg-Tooth for defeating the Celestial Serpent with hard mode active.

Related Quests

• Sanctum Ophidia Objective: Assault the mountain stronghold of the Celestial Serpent.
  •  The Oldest Ghost: Launch a direct assault on the Celestial Serpent.

Characters

• Atildel
• Fabius Albus
• Glenora
• Lady Blade
• Meneval (Outside)
• Scaevila Calvisius
• Seeks-Her-Glory
• Turuk Redclaws

Enemies

Normal Enemies

• Scaled Court Conjurer
• Scaled Court Perforator
• Scaled Court Shaman
• Scaled Court Skirmisher
• Lamia Footsoldier
• Lamia Howler
• Lamia Hurler

Elite Enemies

• Serpent Fang
• Serpent War-Priest
• Rockheaver Troll
• Scaled Court Overcharger

Bosses

• Possessed Mantikora, a Mantikora created specifically to be a vessel for the Celestial Serpent.
  • The Serpent's Image
• Stonebreaker, a massive armored troll.
• Ozara, a lamia.
• The Serpent

Sets

Set Name	Bonuses	Armor Weight
Wise Mage	2 items: Adds 19-833 Spell Critical 3 items: Adds 19-833 Spell Critical 4 items: Adds 3-129 Spell Damage 5 items: Enemies you damage with fully-charged Heavy Attacks are afflicted with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 8%.	Light Armor
Twice-Fanged Serpent	2 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon Damage 3 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Stamina 4 items: Adds 19-833 Weapon Critical 5 items: When you deal damage, your Physical Penetration is increased by 12-544 for 5 seconds, stacking up to 10 times. This effect can occur once every half second.	Medium Armor
Immortal Warrior	2 items: Adds 4% Healing Taken 3 items: Adds 28-1206 Maximum Health 4 items: Adds 4% Healing Taken 5 items: When you take damage while below 35% Health you gain Major Protection for 10 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 30%. This effect can occur once every 35 seconds.	Heavy Armor

Set Name	Bonuses	Location(s)	Set Type
Infallible Mage	2 items: Adds 19-833 Spell Critical 3 items: Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. 4 items: Adds 3-129 Spell Damage 5 items: Adds 19-833 Spell Critical 5 items: Your Heavy Attacks deal an additional 20-900 damage. Enemies you damage with fully-charged Heavy Attacks are afflicted with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 8%.	Aetherian Archive Hel Ra Citadel Sanctum Ophidia	Light Armor
Vicious Serpent	2 items: Adds 19-833 Weapon Critical 3 items: Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. 4 items: Adds 19-833 Weapon Critical 5 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon Damage 5 items: Reduces the cost of your Stamina abilities by 8%. When an enemy you have recently damaged dies, you restore 50-2150 Stamina and gain Major Expedition for 8 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. These effects can occur once every second.	Aetherian Archive Hel Ra Citadel Sanctum Ophidia	Medium Armor
Eternal Warrior	2 items: Adds 4% Healing Taken 3 items: Gain Minor Aegis at all times, reducing your damage taken from Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. 4 items: Adds 28-1206 Maximum Health 5 items: Adds 4% Healing Taken 5 items: When you drop below 25% Health in combat, you heal for 290-12500 Health and gain 2-100 Ultimate. This effect can occur once every 1 minute.	Aetherian Archive Hel Ra Citadel Sanctum Ophidia	Heavy Armor

Achievements

There are 5 achievements associated with this location:

Achievement		Points	Description	Reward
	Sanctum Ophidia Completed	50	Defeat the Celestial Serpent.	Ophidian Jade
	Sanctum Ophidia Conqueror	50	Defeat the Celestial Serpent in Veteran Sanctum Ophidia.	Title: Ophidian Overlord
	Time Trial: Sanctum Ophidia	50	Completed the Sanctum Ophidia within a time limit of 33 minutes.	Scaled Court Brown
	Sanctum Ophidia Difficult Mode	50	Defeat the Celestial Serpent after desecrating the sacred banners of the Scaled Court.
	Sanctum Ophidia: Feeding Pit	5	Use the feed pile in Sanctum Ophidia and survive the ensuing battle.

Maps

Possessed Mantikora Stonebreaker Door A map of the first area of Sanctum Ophidia

Ozara The Serpent Door A map of the second area of Sanctum Ophidia

The Serpent's Image A map of the Serpent's Image

Notes

• This trial scales to the Champion Points of the leader, to a maximum of 160.
• This trial cannot be accessed unless the player is at least level 50 as the entrance is in Craglorn.
• Sanctum Ophidia originally scaled to 14 and had no Normal mode.

Gallery

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  The Mantikora's chamber

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  The Nirncrux Altar, which needs to be set aflame to summon the Possessed Mantikora