Online:Darkshade Caverns II

Cave: Darkshade Caverns II (view on map) (lore page)
Group Dungeon
Discoverable	Yes
Completion	Objective
Dungeon	Yes
# of Zones	1
Zone
Siltreen, Deshaan
Location
Southeastern Deshaan
Instanced Dungeon
Min Level	42
Group Size	4
Bosses	3
Mini-Bosses	3
Veteran Speed Run Target	20 mins
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These caves have the distinction of being the most famous kwama mines in Deshaan. Dark Elves consider kwama eggs a delicacy, and those harvested from Darkshade Caverns are particularly prized by Dunmeri gourmets.

Darkshade Caverns

Darkshade Caverns II is a group dungeon found in southeastern Deshaan.

Inside the caverns

The ruins of Rkugamz

As Deshaan's largest kwama mine, the caverns' ownership remains hotly contested. The caverns also contain the hidden Dwemer ruin of Rkugamz.

The storyline continues from the event of Darkshade Caverns I. In this version, a Mages Guild researcher named Shatasha needs your help destroying a dangerous Dwemer mechanism within Rkugamz, before it corrupts Deshaan above.

You can learn about its location from Mad Zebba outside Elden Root, Lady Blade outside Wayrest, or Hranir Icy-Mane outside Mournhold.

Its dungeon sets are Armor of Truth, Netch's Touch, and Strength of the Automaton. Darkshade Caverns II is accessible starting at level 42.

Related Quests

• Darkshade Caverns Objective: Explore the Darkshade Caverns. / You braved the dangers of the Darkshade Caverns.
  • What Was Lost: Help Shatasha investigate Dwemer ruins.
•  Pledge: Darkshade II: Explore Darkshade Caverns II and return Undaunted.
•  Veteran Darkshade Pledge: Prove you are truly Undaunted by clearing Veteran Darkshade Caverns. (disabled since Patch 2.6.4)

Characters

Darkshade Caverns II Nervyna Selos Shatasha

Enemies

Normal Enemies

• Dwarven Sphere
• Dwarven Spider
• Fallen Marksman
• Fallen Miner
• Kwama Scrib
• Kwama Warrior
• Kwama Worker
• Netchling
• Transmuted Marksman
• Transmuted Miner
• Transmuted Scrib
• Transmuted Warrior
• Transmuted Worker

Elite Enemies

• Dwarven Centurion

Minibosses

• The Fallen Foreman, another corrupted miner
• Transmuted Alit, a trio of alit
• The Engine Garrison, a large group of Dwemer constructs

Bosses

• Transmuted Hive Lord, an unusually large kwama warrior along with his draining and sedating scribs.
• Grobull the Transmuted, a large netch
• The Engine Guardian, a giant Dwemer spider guarding the Dwemer mechanism

Books

• Adainaz's Journal by Adainaz — A journal documenting the discovery of the fabled "Great Engine of the Dwemer"
• Ithisa's Journal by Ithisa — A journal entry regarding the exploration of Dwemer ruins

Sets

Set Name	Bonuses	Location(s)	Set Type
Netch's Touch	2 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 3 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Magicka 4 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 5 items: Adds 9-400 Weapon and Spell Damage to your Shock Damage abilities.	Darkshade Caverns	Light Armor
Strength of the Automaton	2 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 3 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Stamina 4 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 5 items: Adds 9-400 Weapon and Spell Damage to your Physical and Bleed Damage abilities.	Darkshade Caverns	Medium Armor
Armor of Truth	2 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 3 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Stamina 4 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 5 items: When you deal damage to an enemy who is Off Balance, your Weapon and Spell Damage are increased by 10-460 for 10 seconds.	Darkshade Caverns	Heavy Armor
Engine Guardian	1 item: Adds 3-129 Health Recovery 2 items: When you use an ability that costs resources, you have a 25% chance to summon a Dwemer automaton to restore 12-550 Stamina or Magicka or 45-1955 Health to you every 0.5 seconds for 6 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.	Darkshade Caverns II	Monster Helm Sets

Achievements

There are seven achievements associated with this dungeon:

Achievement		Points	Description
Normal
	Darkshade Caverns II Vanquisher	10	Defeat the Fallen Foreman, Transmuted Hive Lord, Transmuted Alit, Grobull the Transmuted, the Engine Garrison, and the Engine Guardian in Darkshade Caverns II.
Veteran
	Darkshade Caverns II Conqueror	10	Defeat the Transmuted Hive Lord, Grobull the Transmuted, and the Engine Guardian in Veteran Darkshade Caverns II.
	Deadly Engineer	50	Defeat the Engine Guardian in Darkshade Caverns II without anyone in your group activating an Engine Lever.
	Veteran Construct Slayer	10	Defeat 800 Dwarven Constructs in Veteran Darkshade Caverns II.
	Veteran Kwama Slayer II	10	Defeat 200 Kwama in Veteran Darkshade Caverns II.
	Darkshade Caverns II Survivor	50	Defeat the Fallen Foreman, Transmuted Hive Lord, Transmuted Alit, Grobull the Transmuted, the Engine Garrison, and the Engine Guardian in Veteran Darkshade Caverns II, without suffering a group member death.
	Darkshade Caverns II Assassin	50	Defeat the Fallen Foreman, the Hive Lord and its Scribs, the Transmuted Alit, Grobull the Transmuted, the Engine Garrison, and the Engine Guardian in Veteran Darkshade Caverns II, all within twenty minutes. Timer starts upon engaging the first group of kwama.

Notes

• Before dungeon scaling was introduced in Update 5, Normal Darkshade Caverns was designed for Levels 20–23, and Veteran Darkshade Caverns was designed for Veteran Ranks 6–10.
• Prior to Update 12, Darkshade Caverns I was only available in Normal mode, and Darkshade Caverns II was only available in Veteran mode. These were named Darkshade Caverns and Veteran Darkshade Caverns respectively.

Maps

The Fallen Foreman Transmuted Hive Lord Transmuted Alit Grobull the Transmuted Engine Garrison Door A map of Darkshade Caverns II

The Engine Guardian Door A map of the last boss room of Darkshade Caverns II

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