Online:The Dread Cellar

Group Dungeon
Discoverable	Yes
Completion	Objective
Dungeon	Yes
# of Zones	8
Zone
	Blackwood Bog, Blackwood
Location
	West of Bloodrun Cave
Instanced Dungeon
Min Level	45
Group Size	4
Bosses	6
Mini-Bosses	0
Veteran Speed Run Target	25 mins
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	"There is no place in Tamriel I'd have rather seen that curdled, sump wizard, Mannimarco, condemned to than the Dread Cellar. While its hospitality might not be the equal to that of Molag Bal's realm, it's a damnable pit I have visitation privileges to."—Abnur Tharn

The Dread Cellar

The Dread Cellar is a group dungeon in northern Blackwood.

Backstory Description[edit]

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The Empire kept its darkest secrets hidden in the depths of Black Marsh, far from prying eyes—the Dread Cellar, a torture chamber meant to hold those the Empire wanted to vanish. Explore this forgotten abattoir and learn its secrets, old and new.

Waking Flame Preview—The Dread Cellar

Located in the hills of northern Blackwood, the Dread Cellar once served as one of the Empire's most notorious prisons. Home to dissidents, rebels, and political prisoners, this secret location seldom released those sent to it, and rumors abound of the guard's brutal treatment of their captives. Believed to be shuttered years ago, the Dread Cellar just recently began emanating mysterious magical energies and is now occupied by the Dagonic cult, the Waking Flame. Warned of the prison's reawakening by none other than Lyranth Foolkiller, a Dremora frequently involved in this year's Gates of Oblivion year-long adventure, the battlemages of the Imperial Legion, including the trainee battlemage Lucilla Caprenia and her master, Martus Tullius, have been dispatched to investigate this troubling news.

Related Quests[edit]

The Dread Cellar Objective: Investigate the Dread Cellar. / You cleared the Dread Cellar of the Waking Flame's presence.
- Quaking Dread: Assist a contingent of Imperial Battlemages sent to investigate Daedric activity within an abandoned prison.
Pledge: The Dread Cellar: Enter The Dread Cellar and return Undaunted.

Characters[edit]

The Dread Cellar
Lucilla Caprenia Martus Tullius Vitellia Laenius Imperial Soldier

Enemies[edit]

Normal Enemies[edit]

Elite Enemies[edit]

Minibossses[edit]

Purgator (optional)
Undertaker (optional)
Grim Warden (optional)

Bosses[edit]

Books[edit]

Leave the Crimson Oath Alone — A warning about the treatment of a Dremora warrior band
More Scorions
The Great Stain — Notes on the Dread Cellar and its association with raw necromantic energy
Ambitions Realized by Cyronin Artellian — Thoughts on a device created by Dagon cultists

Sets[edit]

Set Name	Bonuses	Location(s)	Set Type
Scorion's Feast	2 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Magicka 3 items: Adds 3-129 Magicka Recovery 4 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 5 items: When you deal damage with a fully-charged Heavy Attack, you gain an Imbued Aura for 10 seconds, granting you and up to 3 other group members 7-307 Magicka and Stamina Recovery. This effect can occur once every 20 seconds. If you deal damage with a fully-charged Heavy Attack with an Imbued Aura active, consume it and gain an Overflow Aura for 10 seconds, granting you and up to 3 other group members 7-307 Weapon and Spell Damage.	The Dread Cellar	Light Armor
Rush of Agony	2 items: Adds 3-129 Stamina Recovery 3 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 4 items: Adds 34-1487 Offensive Penetration 5 items: When you deal direct damage with a Blink, Charge, Leap, Teleport, or Pull ability, you begin to amass power. After 0.8 seconds, pull enemies within 12 meters. After 2 seconds, deal 1705 Physical damage to all enemies within 7 meters. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage. The pull will not apply Crowd Control Immunity to a target.	The Dread Cellar	Medium Armor
Crimson Oath's Rive	2 items: Adds 34-1487 Armor 3 items: Adds 28-1206 Maximum Health 4 items: Adds 34-1487 Armor 5 items: While you are in combat, casting an ability, drinking a potion, or using a poison that applies a Major or Minor buff to yourself or an ally, sends out a wave of energy that reduces the Armor of nearby enemies within 12 meters by 82-3541 for 15 seconds. This effect can occur once every 12 seconds, and will only occur if an enemy is within range.	The Dread Cellar	Heavy Armor
Magma Incarnate	1 item: Adds 3-129 Magicka Recovery 1 item: Adds 3-129 Stamina Recovery 2 items: When you heal yourself or a group member with a single target heal ability, grant the lowest Health group member within 28 meters Minor Courage and Minor Resolve, increasing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 215 and Armor by 2974 for 10 seconds. Daedric Energy will then bounce to a nearby group member within 8 meters, up to 3 times, applying Minor Courage and Minor Resolve for 10 seconds. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds.	The Dread Cellar	Monster Helm Sets

Achievements[edit]

There are 25 achievements associated with this Dungeon:

Achievement		Points	Description	Reward
	Waking Flame Explorer	5	Enter either Red Petal Bastion or the Dread Cellar for the first time.	Pet: Scorion Pyreling
	Crimson Oath Style Master	50	Learn every chapter in the Crimson Oath style book, occasionally found as rewards for completing the Dread Cellar dungeon.
Needed for The Dread Cellar Challenger
	The Dread Cellar Challenger	50	Complete the listed achievements for Veteran Dread Cellar.
	The Dread Cellar Conqueror	10	Defeat the Scorion Broodlord, Cyronin Artellian, and the Magma Incarnate in Veteran Dread Cellar.	Memento: Agonymium Stone Bust: Magma Incarnate (page)
	Unshaken	50	Defeat the Magma Incarnate after placing the challenge banner in Veteran Dread Cellar.	Title: Incarnate
	Stay of Execution	50	Defeat all encounters in addition to the Scorion Broodlord, Cyronin Artellian, and the Magma Incarnate in Veteran Dread Cellar without suffering a group member death.
	Dreadful Dash	50	Defeat all encounters in addition to the Scorion Broodlord, Cyronin Artellian, and the Magma Incarnate within 25 minutes of entering Veteran Dread Cellar. Your timer starts when you engage the first group of enemies.
Normal
	Waking Flame Scout	10	Complete both Red Petal Bastion and the Dread Cellar in Normal.
	The Dread Cellar Vanquisher	10	Defeat the Scorion Broodlord, Cyronin Artellian, and the Magma Incarnate in the Dread Cellar.	Trophy: Magma Incarnate (page) Agonymium Stone, Inert (page) 0001500015,000
	Arcane Analyst	50	Complete optional content in both Red Petal Bastion and the Dread Cellar.	Head Marking: Shattered Chivalry Face Tattoo
	Purgatory Purged	10	Defeat the Purgator in battle and gain the ability to call upon it in the Dread Cellar.
	A Deadly Undertaking	10	Defeat the Undertaker in battle and gain the ability to call upon it in the Dread Cellar.
	Warden Awarded	10	Defeat the Grim Warden in battle and gain the ability to call upon it in the Dread Cellar.
	Rest in Pieces	10	Destroy 200 Restless Dead as a group while fighting Cyronin Artellian in the Dread Cellar.
Veteran
	Waking Flame Delver	50	Complete both Red Petal Bastion and the Dread Cellar in Veteran.	Dye: Moonshadow Orchid
	Battlespire's Best	50	Defeat all encounters in addition to the Scorion Broodlord, Cyronin Artellian, and the Magma Incarnate after placing the Challenge Banners in Veteran Dread Cellar within 25 minutes without suffering a group member death.	Title: The Dreaded
	Dremora Slayer	10	Defeat 200 Dremora in Veteran Dread Cellar.
	Scorion Slayer	10	Defeat 50 Scorions and Agonymium Stones in Veteran Dread Cellar.
	Glutton for Punishment	50	Defeat the Scorion Broodlord after placing the challenge banner in Veteran Dread Cellar.
	Tormenting the Torturer	50	Defeat the Cyronin Artellian after placing the challenge banner in Veteran Dread Cellar.
	Preposterous Priorities	10	Defeat the Scorion Broodlord after destroying 4 Agonymium Stones while no Xivilai are alive when each stone is defeated in Veteran Dread Cellar.
	Settling Scores	10	Have Scorions get struck 10 times by the Magma Incarnate's Unstable Blitz after placing the challenge banner in Veteran Dread Cellar.
	Dreadless Runner	10	Defeat Cyronin Artellian without getting hit by a Dread Surge in Veteran Dread Cellar.
	Ring Around the Ashes	10	Obtain 15 stacks of Flame Dancer by moving through the Magma Incarnate's Eternal Flames without being hit for 15 seconds in Veteran Dread Cellar.
	Assuaging Agony	10	Destroy all the Agonymium Stones drawn upon by the Magma Incarnate at least one time in Veteran Dread Cellar.