Online:Blackrose Prison

Arena: Blackrose Prison (view on map) (lore page)
Discoverable	Yes
Zone
Murkmire
Location
Southeast of Dead-Water Village
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When Imperial Potentate Versidue-Shaie wanted a distant dungeon to house the most feared criminal and political prisoners of the Second Empire, he ordered a penal institution built on the coast of Black Marsh; it was named Blackrose Prison after the ancient city a day's march to the north.

Blackrose Prison

Blackrose Prison is a group-based arena in Murkmire, located southeast of Dead-Water Village.

The prison was originally ran by the Imperials during their attempted conquest of the region, but fell into disuse around a century ago, where it then became the founding place of the Blackguards, and remains their headquarters to this day.

Here, they run battles to the death, against challengers, or even putting some prisoners they capture through the gauntlet for their own amusement.

The Blackrose Prison yard

Related Quests

•  The Black Gauntlet: Enter a deadly gauntlet held by the Blackguards of Blackrose Prison.

Characters

Blackrose Prison Erilthel Seeks-the-Dark Blackguard Assassin Blackguard Warrior

Walkthrough

Blackrose Prison has both a Normal and a Veteran Mode, which can be accessed by changing your group settings before entering the prison. Each round takes places in a different section of the prison, and is itself split up into several rounds of enemy waves before a final boss fight. At the end of each round, you will receive a chest containing loot.

Round 1: Derelict Prison Yard

Derelict Prison Yard

The unique mechanic in this round is the six red sigils placed in the arena. Throughout the fight, the Bound Flame Atronachs will anchor themselves on them and move around to any vacant ones, where they will cast dangerous abilities that you must avoid.

Enemies

• Bound Flame Atronach
• Imperial Archer
• Imperial Cleaver
• Imperial Dread Knight
• Imperial Footsoldier
• Imperial Incinerator

Bosses

• Battlemage Ennodius

Round 2: Hall of Beasts

Hall of Beasts

The unique mechanic in this round is the presence of two massive and invulnerable Bull Netches that patrol the arena slowly. They are coated in a lightning aura that inflicts continuous moderate shock damage if standing near them.

They will periodically flap their tentacles, releasing a noxious gas, indicated by large circular AoE, dealing high continuous poison damage if standing inside. If you come close to them, they swat you with their tentacles dealing high physical damage.

Starting with Round 3, a slightly smaller Betty Netch is added to the arena. Starting with Round 4, another Betty Netch is added. They cannot be harmed like the Bull Netches and have the same attack as them, however, instead of releasing a noxious gas, they release a static field, dealing the same amount of damage but with shock instead of poison.

Enemies

• Beastmaster Handler
• Crocodile
• Hackwing
• Haj Mota
• Hoarvor
• Spider
• River Troll
• Wamasu

Bosses

• Tames-the-Beast

Round 3: Vampire's Pen

Vampire's Pen

The unique mechanic in this arena is the presence of three large swirling pools of necromantic energy located throughout the arena. They inflict very high continuous magical damage if standing in them.

These later play a more integral role during the boss encounter. When cursed by Lady Minara, you must run into one of the magic pools, which will dispel the curse but trap you into the ground for a duration, while summoning allies that will fight for Lady Minara.

Enemies

• Bloodfiends
• Bone Colossus (Boss summon-only)
• Cold Mage
• Gargoyle
• Infuser
• Screeching Bat
• Skeletal Mage (Boss summon-only)
• Skeletal Soldier (Boss summon-only)

Bosses

• Lady Minara

Round 4: Mess Hall of Misery

Mess Hall of Misery

The unique mechanics and enemies from the first three rounds are all involved during this round.

Enemies

• Beastmaster Handler
• Bloodfiend
• Bound Flame Atronach
• Crocodile
• Gargoyle
• Hackwing
• Haj Mota
• Hoarvor
• Imperial Archer
• Imperial Cleaver
• Imperial Dread Knight
• Imperial Footsoldier
• Imperial Incinerator
• Infuser
• Screeching Bat
• Skeletal Mage (Boss summon-only)
• Skeletal Soldier (Boss summon-only)
• Spider

Bosses

• Battlemage Ennodius (1st, leaves upon reaching 60% health)
• Tames-the-Beast (2nd, leaves upon reaching 60% health)
• Lady Minara (3rd, leaves upon reaching 60% health)
• Final Round: All bosses together with remaining health combined into a singular combined health bar

Round 5: Drakeeh's Cage

Drakeeh's Cage

Drakeeh's Cage

The unique mechanic in this round involves the present of several looming invulnerable spectral wraiths that slowly move throughout the arena. If you approach them, they shoot a bolt of energy at you, dealing high magical damage. At the start of the round, only three are present but the more the rounds go on, more will appear.

These later play a more specific role in the boss encounter. One of Drakeeh's abilities involve sending out magical bolts to three of the ghosts roaming around. Golden circles then appear around them. They must be reached to absorb their energy, which then must be cleansed at a sigil nearby, otherwise massive damage is inflcited.

Enemies

• Reanimated Convict
• Resurrected Prisoner
• Shadow Proxy (Boss-summon)
• Soul of Void
• Vengeful Revenant

Bosses

• Drakeeh the Unchained

Sets

• Normal weapons can drop from the last boss of the Arena on normal difficulty.
• The Perfected versions of the weapons only drop in Veteran Mode or can be awarded to players who successfully rank on the weekly Arena leaderboard.

Set Name	Bonuses	Set Type
Gallant Charge	2 items: Reduces the cost of Shield Charge by 25% and reduces the cost of your next non-Shield Charge One Handed and Shield ability cast within 3 seconds by 100%.	Weapon
Perfected Gallant Charge	2 perfected items: Adds 27-1190 Armor 2 items: Reduces the cost of Shield Charge by 25% and reduces the cost of your next non-Shield Charge One Handed and Shield ability cast within 3 seconds by 100%.	Weapon
Mender's Ward	2 items: Steadfast Ward applies Major Vitality to your target for 4 seconds, increasing their healing received and damage shield strength by 12%.	Weapon
Perfected Mender's Ward	2 perfected items: Adds 2-103 Magicka Recovery 2 items: Steadfast Ward applies Major Vitality to your target for 4 seconds, increasing their healing received and damage shield strength by 12%.	Weapon
Radial Uppercut	2 items: Uppercut deals 45% of its damage to all enemies near your primary target.	Weapon
Perfected Radial Uppercut	2 perfected items: Adds 27-1190 Offensive Penetration 2 items: Uppercut deals 45% of its damage to all enemies near your primary target.	Weapon
Spectral Cloak	2 items: Activating Blade Cloak while in combat allows you to gain Spectral Cloak whenever Blade Cloak deals damage for 2 seconds, reducing your damage taken and increasing your damage done by 6%.	Weapon
Perfected Spectral Cloak	2 perfected items: Adds 2-103 Stamina Recovery 2 items: Activating Blade Cloak while in combat allows you to gain Spectral Cloak whenever Blade Cloak deals damage for 2 seconds, reducing your damage taken and increasing your damage done by 6%.	Weapon
Virulent Shot	2 items: Scatter Shot applies a damage over time effect that deals 65% of your initial attack as Poison Damage every 2 seconds for 4 seconds. The duration increases if you are farther away from your target to a maximum of 12 seconds.	Weapon
Perfected Virulent Shot	2 perfected items: Adds 12-526 Critical Chance 2 items: Scatter Shot applies a damage over time effect that deals 65% of your initial attack as Poison Damage every 2 seconds for 4 seconds. The duration increases if you are farther away from your target to a maximum of 12 seconds.	Weapon
Wild Impulse	2 items: Reduce the cost of Impulse by 10%. Impulse places lingering elemental damage on your targets, dealing 605 Flame, 605 Shock, and 605 Frost Damage over 8 seconds. Each element ticks once over the duration and its damage scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.	Weapon
Perfected Wild Impulse	2 perfected items: Adds 27-1190 Offensive Penetration 2 items: Reduce the cost of Impulse by 10%. Impulse places lingering elemental damage on your targets, dealing 605 Flame, 605 Shock, and 605 Frost Damage over 8 seconds. Each element ticks once over the duration and its damage scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.	Weapon

Books

• Drakeeh the Unchained's Journal, Page 3 by Drakeeh the Unchained — Notes on the history of the Blackguards
• Drakeeh the Unchained's Journal, Page 12 by Drakeeh the Unchained — Notes on the history of the Blackguards
• Drakeeh the Unchained's Journal, Page 17 by Drakeeh the Unchained — Notes on the history of the Blackguards

Achievements

There are 16 Achievements associated with this arena:

Achievement		Points	Description	Reward
​	Honor Guard Style Master	50	Learn every chapter in the Honor Guard style book, occasionally found as rewards for completing Blackrose Prison.
Normal
	Blackrose Prison Vanquisher	15	Defeat Battlemage Ennodius, Tames-the-Beast, Lady Minara, and Drakeeh the Unchained in Blackrose Prison.	Title: Blackrose Condemner Apricot Outrage
	Cleansing the Damned	10	Have a single group member successfully absorb at least three of Drakeeh's targets during his Spirit Ignition ability and cleanse themselves without dying.
	Meteor Mayhem	10	Use Battlemage Ennodius' Meteor ability to stun all four atronachs simultaneously in the first arena of Blackrose Prison.
	Rise of the Fallen	10	Use a Sigil of Resurrection in any arena to revive three other group members at once in Blackrose Prison.
Veteran
	A Thrilling Trifecta	10	Defeat Battlemage Ennodius, Lady Minara, and Tames-the-Beast within 20 seconds of each other in Veteran Blackrose Prison.
	Blackrose Buccaneer	50	Defeat Battlemage Ennodius, Tames-the-Beast, Lady Minara, and Drakeeh the Unchained in Veteran Blackrose Prison in under 40 minutes without dying. The timer starts when the first arena begins.
	Blackrose Prison Conqueror	50	Defeat Battlemage Ennodius, Tames-the-Beast, Lady Minara, and Drakeeh the Unchained in Veteran Blackrose Prison.	Title: Blackrose Executioner Skin: Marshmist Palescale
	Faster than Flames	10	Defeat Battlemage Ennodius without group members taking flame damage while her Flame Spouts ability is active in Veteran Blackrose Prison.
	Gauntlet Gallop	50	Defeat Battlemage Ennodius, Tames-the-Beast, Lady Minara, and Drakeeh the Unchained in Veteran Blackrose Prison in under 30 minutes. The timer starts when the first arena begins.
	God of the Gauntlet	50	Defeat Battlemage Ennodius, Tames-the-Beast, Lady Minara, and Drakeeh the Unchained in Veteran Blackrose Prison in under 40 minutes without dying and without activating Sigils during combat. The timer starts when the first arena begins.	Title: The Unchained
	Rarely Rooted	10	Defeat Tames-the-Beast without a group member becoming trapped by the Crushing Roots ability in Veteran Blackrose Prison.
	Sigil Stingy	50	Defeat Battlemage Ennodius, Tames-the-Beast, Lady Minara, and Drakeeh the Unchained in Veteran Blackrose Prison without using Sigils during combat.
	Skeletal Summoning	10	Defeat Lady Minara after three Bone Colossi are summoned within 30 seconds of the round beginning in Veteran Blackrose Prison.
	Spirits Sundered	10	Defeat Drakeeh the Unchained while always ensuring he absorbs at least 2 spirits before casting Spirit Scream in Veteran Blackrose Prison.
	Unchained and Undying	50	Defeat Battlemage Ennodius, Tames-the-Beast, Lady Minara, and Drakeeh the Unchained in Veteran Blackrose Prison without dying.