Online:Plucking the Crow

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Save Tamriel from the Crowborne Horror. Zone: Unzoned Quest Giver: Witchmother Taerma Location(s): Olyve's Brewery, Garden of Shadows Reward: Dremora Plunder Skull, Crowborne Horror XP Gain: Standard XP ID: 6695 Repeatable: Daily Group Size: 4 (Recommended)

Defeat the Crowborne Horror

This quest is only available during the Witches Festival

Witchmother Taerma asked for my help to defeat a Wraith-of-Crows from the Evergloam called the Crowborne Horror. She tasked me with collecting feathers from vile creatures in order to form an effigy that can bring the creature forth.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Enter Olyve's Brewery during the Witches Festival and speak to Witchmother Taerma.
2. Gather feathers from Plunder Skulls. The daily Dremora Plunder Skulls give more feathers.
3. Return to Witchmother Taerma and enter the Garden of Shadows.
4. Defeat the Crowborne Horror and speak with Taerma for your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough

A shrine by the entrance to Garden of Shadows

To pick up this quest, you must make your way to an Event Exchange or to Olyve's Brewery in Auridon,  Glenumbra, or  Stonefalls during the Witches Festival.

To begin the quest, speak with Witchmother Taerma. She will task you with collecting 30 Cursed Feathers, which have begun to appear throughout Tamriel as a portent of the arrival of a particularly powerful Wraith-of-Crows. These feathers are dropped in small amounts by any boss enemy you defeat. The feathers are found within Plunder Skulls, event boxes that drop from bosses during the Witches Festival, but only during the time you have this portion of this quest active; before you accept this quest, they will not appear, and they will stop appearing after you've collected enough to satisfy the quest requirement. You should be able to quickly gather the 30 required by visiting delves, world bosses, and similar locations during the event. The daily Dremora Plunder Skulls contain more feathers, so it may be faster to fight a variety of bosses to gather the required number.

Once you have 30 feathers, return to Olyve's Brewery and speak with Taerma. She will craft a Crowborne Horror Effigy, an item needed to use the portal within the brewery and access the Garden of Shadows. This area is a boss arena where you will face an event-specific group boss, the Crowborne Horror. The Crowborne Horror will be difficult to take on solo, so it is recommended that you group with other players before entering the portal if you're having difficulty.

Once the Horror is defeated, you must exit the realm and speak with Witchmother Taerma for your reward. The boss itself drops no loot; Taerma will instead reward you with a special Dremora Plunder Skull. This quest can be repeated daily for the duration of the event.

Notes

• This quest uses the Group Delve icon.
• Upon the release of this quest in 2021, Taerma would give three regular Plunder Skulls as a reward. This was changed the next year to a Dremora Plunder Skull, Crowborne Horror.
• Originally, this quest required you to gather 50 feathers. This was reduced to 30 in 2022.

Quest Stages

Plucking the Crow
Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
	I need to gather cursed feathers from plunder skulls. Objective: Gather Cursed Feathers: 0/30 Objective Hint: Cursed Feathers Are Found inside Plunder Skulls
	Now that I have enough cursed feathers, I need to go to Olyve's Brewery to combine them into an effigy that resembles the Crowborne Horror. Objective: Craft the Effigy
	Now that I have the effigy, I should show it to Witchmother Taerma. Objective: Show the Effigy to Witchmother Taerma
	I need to douse the Crowborne Horror effigy in the brazier in order to imbue it with energy from the Evergloam. Objective: Imbue the Effigy
	Now that the effigy is imbued with energy, I can use it to open a portal to the pocket realm and lure the Crowborne Horror inside. Objective: Open a Portal with the Wraith Effigy
	I must defeat the Crowborne Horror within the pocket realm Witchmother Taerma and I created. Objective: Defeat the Crowborne Horror
Finishes quest	I defeated the Crowborne Horror. I should speak to Witchmother Taerma. Objective: Talk to Witchmother Taerma

Notes

* Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the game and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.

• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.