Online:Places

Tamriel divided into regions colored by alliance

There are a large variety of places in The Elder Scrolls Online spread across Tamriel and beyond. This page lists the most important places sorted by type, as well as a list of zones. See Maps for an overview of the icons used for different types of places, and for other available maps in the game.

Place List

• Battlefields — Sites of ancient and contemporary battles
• Beacons — Watchtowers, lighthouses, and other free-standing signal towers
• Bodies of Water — Lakes, rivers and seas
• Camps — Bandit camps, guard camps, and other temporary settlements
• Caves — Root hollows, lava chambers, ice caves, and all other types of natural cavern
• Cemeteries — Graveyards, necropoli and other places where the (un)dead dwell
• Cities — Major settlements in each zone
• Crypts — Tombs, barrows, and other underground burial sites
• Daedric Ruins — Ancient shrines to the Daedric Princes
• Docks — Harbors, boatyards and shipwreck sites
• Dwemer Ruins — The ruins of ancient Dwemer cities
• Elven Ruins — The ruins of ancient Ayleid and Aldmeri cities
• Estates — Countryside houses, homesteads and other estates
• Farms — Plantations and farmsteads
• Forts — Towers, forts, keeps and other fortified locations
• Gates — Milegates, passes, and other guarded thoroughfares
• Great Lifts — Dwemer mechanisms connecting the surface with Blackreach
• Groves — Glades, marshes, oases and other natural wildernesses
• Landmarks — Other miscellaneous locations
• Mines — Mining establishments and settlements
• Realms — Places which exist outside of Nirn
• Ruins — Nordic ruins, Yokudan ruins, and other ruins of contemporary civilization
• Sewers — City sewerage systems
• Ships — In-service, under construction, and scuttled ships
• Strongholds — Major locations in Coldharbour visited during the Main Quest
• Telvanni Towers — Wizard Towers of House Telvanni
• Towns — Towns, villages, and other permanent settlements

Places by Gameplay

• Arenas — Round-based challenges
• Delves — Minor open-world dungeons
• Dungeons — Locations with a high concentration of enemies
• Explorable Locations — Major locations that lack a quest objective
• Giant Camps — Locations which require you to eat mammoth cheese to mark as complete
• Group Bosses — Locations of overland world bosses
• Group Delves — Small, instanced dungeons designed for groups
• Group Dungeons — Large, instanced dungeons designed for groups
• Points of Interest — Locations which explore the lore and characters of a zone
• Public Dungeons — Large open-world dungeons designed for groups
• Quest Hubs — Places with an associated quest objective
• Reachman Camps — Locations which require you to pray at the shrine to mark as complete
• Striking Locales — Landmarks required for Exploration Achievements
• Trials — Large, instanced raid dungeons designed for groups of 12
• Unmarked Locations — Major overworld locations that don't have their own map marker
• Worldspaces — Locations which exist outside of the main zones and can only be accessed during certain quests

Alliance War and Battlegrounds

• Artifact Gates — Gates used to restrict access to Scroll Temples
• Artifact Spawns — Altars where Volendrung can spawn
• AvA Towns — Capturable settlements in Cyrodiil
• Battlegrounds — Instanced areas for small-scale PvP
• Border Keeps — The Alliance entry areas into Cyrodiil
• Keeps — Strategic military fortifications in Cyrodiil
• Milegates — Destructible border checkpoints in Cyrodiil
• Outposts — Minor military installations in Cyrodiil
• Scroll Temples — Temples built to hold the Elder Scrolls in Cyrodiil
• Imperial Districts — The battle-torn residential and commercial areas of the Imperial City

Utility and Services

• Ayleid Wells — Fonts of Aetherial power which grant a 10-minute health buff
• Crafting Sites — Special Crafting Stations for creating item sets with specific properties
• Event Hubs — Locations relating to special events
• Mundus Stones — Magical stones which grant special passive abilities
• Player Houses — Instanced locations that can be purchased and decorated
• Services — Banks, Stores, Guildhalls, Inns, Stables, Transport and other services
• Wayshrines — Access points to the fast-travel system

Minor Locations

• Ancestral Tombs — Unmarked locations scattered across Vvardenfell
• Border Crossings — Locations where it is possible to cross between zones on foot
• Buildings — Homes, Barracks, Houses of Worship, and other important buildings
• Museums — Places with special collection tasks
• Trophy Vaults — Loot locations found only in Imperial City
• Out-of-Bounds Locations — Unmarked locations across Tamriel that are typically inaccessible

World Events

• Abyssal Geysers — Wave-based group events found only on Summerset
• Dolmens — Summoning locations for Molag Bal's Dark Anchors
• Dragonscours — Locations where dragon hunting group events can occur
• Edifices — Points of entry for Bastion Nymic
• Harrowstorms — Wave-based group events in the Reach and Western Skyrim
• Mirrormoor Mosaics — Wave-based group events in West Weald
• Oblivion Portals — Points of entry for the Atoll of Immolation
• Volcanic Vents — Wave-based group events on High Isle and Galen

Zones

Aldmeri Dominion

•  Auridon — The second-largest island in the Summerset Isles and the location of Firsthold, one of the largest Aldmeri cities in the world. (map)
•  Grahtwood — A large region deep in the jungles of Valenwood, and the location of the Aldmeri Dominion's capital, Elden Root. (map)
•  Greenshade — A large region of western Valenwood, lush with life under its canopy with rivers coursing through the land. (map)
•  Khenarthi's Roost — A small island off the coast of Elsweyr inhabited by both Khajiit and Maormer, named for the Khajiiti goddess Khenarthi. (map)
•  Malabal Tor — A region deep in the jungles of northwestern Valenwood, where little light reaches the forest floor. (map)
•  Reaper's March — A region connecting the jungles of Valenwood and the rolling plains of Elsweyr. (map)

Daggerfall Covenant

•  Alik'r Desert — A region along the northern coast of Hammerfell. (map)
•  Bangkorai — A region connecting the northern reaches of Hammerfell with the east of High Rock. (map)
•  Betnikh — A small island off the southern tip of High Rock, with steep cliffs and a lush, fertile interior. (map)
•  Glenumbra — A region in High Rock covering the entire peninsula that separates Iliac Bay from the Eltheric Ocean. (map)
•  Rivenspire — The northern region of High Rock. (map)
•  Stormhaven — The south-central region of High Rock. (map)
•  Stros M'Kai — A desert island off the coast of Hammerfell. (map)

Ebonheart Pact

•  Bal Foyen — A small coastal zone neighboring Stonefalls in mainland Morrowind. (map)
•  Bleakrock Isle — A small, barren island in the sea northwest of Morrowind, just to the south of Solstheim. (map)
•  Deshaan — A region in southern Morrowind. (map)
•  Eastmarch — The easternmost hold in Skyrim. (map)
•  The Rift — The southeastern hold of Skyrim. (map)
•  Shadowfen — The northwestern region of Black Marsh. (map)
•  Stonefalls — A zone in central Morrowind. (map)

Neutral and Disputed

•  Coldharbour — Molag Bal's realm of Oblivion. (map)
•  Craglorn — A region situated in northeastern Hammerfell between Bangkorai and Cyrodiil. (map)
•  Cyrodiil — The central province of Tamriel and home of the Imperials, who stand alone in the Alliance War. (map)
•  Eyevea — An island which becomes accessible after completing the Mages Guild quest line.
•  Imperial City — The central city and capital of Cyrodiil and the former Empire. (map)

Chapter Zones

•  Apocrypha — Hermaeus Mora's realm of Oblivion. (map)
•  Artaeum — A mystical island, home to the Psijic Order. (map)
•  Blackreach: Greymoor Caverns — A cavern system located in Blackreach beneath Western Skyrim. (map)
•  Blackwood — A swampy southern region located along the banks of the Lower Niben. (map)
•  High Isle — The largest island of the Systres Archipelago. (map)
•  Northern Elsweyr — A tropical province in southern Tamriel that is home to the Khajiit. (map)
•  Summerset — A large island off the southwestern coast of mainland Tamriel. (map)
•  Telvanni Peninsula — A region between the Inner Sea and Padomaic Ocean in mainland Morrowind. (map)
•  Vvardenfell — A large island located in Morrowind's Inner Sea. (map)
•  Western Skyrim — A Nordic kingdom in northern Tamriel. (map)
•  West Weald — A region in western Cyrodiil. (map)

Story DLC Zones

•  Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern — The southwestern cavern of the Blackreach cave system, located beneath the Reach. (map)
•  Clockwork City — A mechanical realm created by Sotha Sil, one of the living gods of Morrowind. (map)
•  The Deadlands — Mehrunes Dagon's realm of Oblivion. (map)
•  Fargrave — A demiplane of Oblivion containing a city. (map)
•  Galen — The northernmost island of the Systres Archipelago. (map)
•  Gold Coast — A region situated in western Colovia, between Hammerfell and Malabal Tor. (map)
•  Hew's Bane — A peninsula in southern Khefrem on the south coast of Hammerfell. (map)
•  Murkmire — A region situated in southernmost Black Marsh, south of Shadowfen. (map)
•  The Reach — A region in southwestern Skryim, ruled by the Reachmen from their capital city of Markarth. (map)
•  Southern Elsweyr — A tropical region in southern Tamriel that covers the Quin'rawl Peninsula. (map)
•  Wrothgar — A region situated in northeastern High Rock, north of Stormhaven. (map)

Other

• Unzoned — A listing of places which are not part of any zone or their associated storylines.