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 ListEdit

Abyssal Geysers — Wave-based group events found only on Summerset
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
Dolmens — Summoning locations for Molag Bal's Dark Anchors
Dragonscours — Locations where dragon hunting group events can occur
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
Groves — Glades, marshes, oases and other natural wildernesses
Harrowstorms — Wave-based group events
Landmarks — Other miscellaneous locations
Mines — Mining establishments and settlements
Mundus Stones — Magical stones which grant special passive abilities
Player Houses — Instanced locations that can be purchased and decorated
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
Towns — Towns, villages, and other permanent settlements
Wayshrines — Access points to the fast-travel system

Places by GameplayEdit

Arenas — Round-based challenges
Crafting Sites — Special Crafting Stations for creating item sets with specific properties
Delves — Minor open-world dungeons
Event Hubs — Locations relating to special events
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
Public Dungeons — Large open-world dungeons designed for groups
Quest Hubs — Places with an associated quest objective
Trials — Large, instanced raid dungeons designed for groups of 12
Striking Locales — Landmarks required for Exploration Achievements
Unmarked Locations — Major overworld locations that don't have their own map marker

Alliance War and BattlegroundsEdit

AvA Towns — Capturable settlements in Cyrodiil
Artifact Gates — Gates used to restrict access to Scroll Temples
Battlegrounds — Instanced areas for small-scale PvP
Border Keeps — The Alliance entry areas into Cyrodiil
Keeps — Strategic military fortifications in Cyrodiil
Outposts — Minor military installations in Cyrodiil
Milegates — Destructible border checkpoints 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

Minor LocationsEdit

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
Services — Banks, Stores, Guildhalls, Inns, Stables and other services
Trophy Vaults — Loot locations found only in Imperial City
Ancestral Tombs — Unmarked locations scattered across Vvardenfell
Out-of-Bounds Locations — Unmarked locations across Tamriel that are typically inaccessible

ZonesEdit

Aldmeri DominionEdit

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

Daggerfall CovenantEdit

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

Ebonheart PactEdit

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

Neutral and DisputedEdit

Coldharbour — Molag Bal's realm of Oblivion.
Craglorn — A region situated in northeastern Hammerfell between Bangkorai and Cyrodiil.
Cyrodiil — The central province of Tamriel and home of the Imperials, who stand alone in the Alliance War.
Imperial City — The central city and capital of Cyrodiil and the former Empire. (map)

Chapter ZonesEdit

ApocryphaNecrom — Hermaeus Mora's realm of Oblivion.Necrom
Artaeum — A mystical island, home to the Psijic Order.
Blackreach: Greymoor Caverns — A cavern system located in Blackreach beneath Western Skyrim.
Blackwood — A swampy southern region located along the banks of the Lower Niben.
High Isle — The largest island of the Systres Archipelago.
Northern Elsweyr — A tropical province in southern Tamriel that is home to the Khajiit.
Summerset — A large island off the southwestern coast of mainland Tamriel.
Telvanni PeninsulaNecrom — A region between the Inner Sea and Padomaic Ocean in mainland Morrowind.Necrom
Vvardenfell — A large island located in Morrowind's Inner Sea.
Western Skyrim — A Nordic kingdom in Skyrim which was added in the Greymoor Chapter.

Story DLC ZonesEdit

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