Online:The Banished Cells I

Discovery	Leveled XP
Completion	Objective; Leveled XP
Zone
	Vafe, Auridon
Location
	At the northern tip of Auridon
Instanced Dungeon
Group Size	4
Bosses	2
Mini-Bosses	3
Veteran Speed Run Target	20 mins

The High Elves live long lives and have a talent for magic. Sometimes an Altmer's pursuit of magical power leads to tampering with forbidden knowledge and illicit dealings with evil Daedra. It was to confine such trespassers that the Banished Cells were created.

The Banished Cells I

The Banished Cells I is a group dungeon found at the northern tip of Auridon.

In this version, Keeper Cirion needs your help binding the spirit of a dangerous Altmer, High Kinlord Rilis.

You can learn about its location from Turuk Redclaws in Vulkhel Guard, Abzag the Monster in Daggerfall, or Roaring Ramavel in Davon's Watch.

Related Quests[edit]

The Banished Cells Objective: Explore the Banished Cells.
- Banishing the Banished: Help imprison the spirit of an evil Altmer.
One of the Undaunted: Join the group of adventurers called "The Undaunted".
Pledge: Banished Cells I: Explore the Banished Cells I and return Undaunted.
Banished Cells Pledge: Explore the Banished Cells and return Undaunted. (disabled since Patch 2.6.4)

Banished Cells I[edit]

Enemies[edit]

Various kinds of skeletons
Scamps
Banekin
Clannfear

Minibosses[edit]

Cell Haunter, a wraith
Angata the Clannfear Handler, a Dremora summoner
Skeletal Destroyer, a bone colossus

Bosses[edit]

Shadowrend, a clannfear
High Kinlord Rilis, an Altmer

Sets[edit]

Set Name	Bonuses	Location(s)	Set Type
Sanctuary	2 items: Adds 14-1206 Maximum Health 3 items: Adds 4% Healing Taken 4 items: Adds 12-1096 Maximum Magicka 5 items: Increases your healing received by 12% for you and up to 11 group members within 10 meters of you.	The Banished Cells	Light Armor
Jailbreaker	2 items: Adds 12-1096 Maximum Stamina 3 items: Adds 1-129 Stamina Recovery 4 items: Adds 1-129 Stamina Recovery 5 items: Gain Minor Expedition at all times, increasing your Movement Speed by 10%.	The Banished Cells	Medium Armor
Tormentor	2 items: Adds 14-1206 Maximum Health 3 items: Adds 4% Healing Taken 4 items: Adds 4% Healing Taken 5 items: When you deal damage with a Charge ability, you gain 42-3642 Physical and Spell Resistance and taunt the enemy to attack you for 15 seconds.	The Banished Cells	Heavy Armor
Shadowrend	1 item: Adds 1-129 Magicka Recovery 2 items: When you take damage, you have a 15% chance to summon a shadowy Clannfear for 15 seconds. The Clannfear's basic attacks deal 40-3440 Magic damage and apply Minor Maim to any enemy hit for 3 seconds, reducing their damage done by 15%. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds.	The Banished Cells I	Monster Helm Sets

Achievements[edit]

There are several Achievements associated with this dungeon:

	Points	Description
Banished Cells I Vanquisher	10	Defeat Shadowrend and High Kinlord Rilis in Banished Cells I.
Banished Cells I Conqueror	10	Defeat Cell Haunter, Shadowrend, Angata the Clannfear Handler, the Skeletal Destroyer, and High Kinlord Rilis in Veteran Banished Cells I.
Soul Splitter	50	Defeat High Kinlord Rilis in Veteran Banished Cells I, after invoking the Scroll of Glorious Battle.
Veteran Bonebreaker I	10	Defeat 350 Skeletons in Veteran Banished Cells I.
Veteran Daedra Slayer I	10	Defeat 100 Daedra in Veteran Banished Cells I.
Banished Cells I Survivor	50	Defeat Cell Haunter, Shadowrend, Angata the Clannfear Handler, the Skeletal Destroyer, and High Kinlord Rilis in Veteran Banished Cells I, without suffering a group member death.
Banished Cells I Assassin	50	Defeat Cell Haunter, Shadowrend, Angata the Clannfear Handler, the Skeletal Destroyer, and High Kinlord Rilis in Veteran Banished Cells I, all within twenty minutes. Timer starts when a group member enters the first hallway.

Notes[edit]

Before dungeon scaling was introduced in Update 5, Normal Banished Cells was designed for levels 12-15 and Veteran Banished Cells was designed for Veteran Ranks 1-5.
Prior to Update 12, The Banished Cells I was only available in Normal mode, and The Banished Cells II was only available in Veteran mode. These were named The Banished Cells and Veteran Banished Cells respectively.