Online:Salamander

Salamander (lore page)
Location	Coral Forest, Corgrad Wastes, Ebon Stadmont, Eton Nir Grotto, Karnwasten, Rellenthil Sinkhole, Saltbreeze Cave, Shimmerene Waterworks, Summerset, Wasten Coraldale Deepmire, Ixtaxh Xanmeer, The Mists, Murkmire, Teeth of Sithis, Tsofeer Cavern Rimmen Palace Recesses South Guard Ruins, Southern Elsweyr, Tideholm, Western Plains, Zazaradi's Quarry and Mine Nchuthnkarst Blackwood Bog, Gloomire, The Silent Halls, Vunalk
Species	Salamander
Health	31,364
Reaction	Hostile

A salamander

Salamanders are large, hostile amphibians found throughout Summerset. They can also be found in Murkmire, Southern Elsweyr, and Blackwood, and appear within Nchuthnkarst. They attack using various elemental abilities, as well as their long tongues and tails.

Related Quests

• The Dragon's Lair: Investigate a Dragon's lair off the coast of Senchal.

Skills and Abilities

A large, naturally occurring amphibian only seen on the Summerset Isles (and mainly along the coastline). Salamanders adapt to their surroundings and threats by changing their appearance and behaviors: To this end, they have thee different forms: Fire, Shock, and Ice. — Prima guide description

Bite

A basic melee attack dealing low physical damage.

Tongue Dart

The salamander extends its tongue to strike from a distance, dealing low physical damage.

Tail Whip

The salamander whips its tail, dealing moderate physical damage and knocking down its target. This can be blocked to set the salamander off-balance.

Scurry

The salamander slithers forward at high speed, excreting a green toxic substance that deals continuous moderate poison damage and snares those that step in it. It doesn't have an AoE indicator.

Adaptation

The stripes along the salamander's back change color to represent the element it's adapting to. This occurs after the salamander is struck by a specific element (flame, shock, frost) for a certain amount of damage either from incoming attacks towards it, or simply at a time of the salamander's choosing (at random, but with a cooldown period). When it adapts to an element, it receives resistance to the element it adapted to, but a weakness to the other two elements. Once it's adapted, its abilities also change to become specific to that element.

Explosive Element

Regardless of which element they adapt to, the moment they do, three swirls of their attuned element shoot out from their body in different directions, indicated by small red circles, dealing moderate damage of the specific element.

Embers (flame only)

The salamander shakes violently, emitting embers that linger and deal continuous moderate fire damage, indicated by small red circles.

Cellular Hibernation (frost only)

The salamander's metabolism slows, and it briefly casts a shield around itself. Attacking the shield will break it, but not before the salamander throws a frozen projectile at its target, dealing moderate frost damage. If this projectile crosses over other salamanders, it heals them slightly.

Static Release (shock only)

The salamander concentrates its body's electricity, rolling forward and slamming its tail down to release an expanding line of electricity, indicated by a red rectangle, dealing moderate shock damage and stunning targets. The damage dealt by this ability decreases as it travels farther away from the salamander.

Flick

^{displayed by salamanders at Graveld's Hideaway}

Unique Salamanders

• Gilleruk the Viscous, one of the champions in Karnwasten
• Girawell the Erratic, a powerful salamander and possible boss at Abyssal Geysers
• Graveld, the group boss of Graveld's Hideaway

Variants

• Blazing Salamanders and Frigid Salamanders, salamanders found in Black Drake Villa
• Flame Salamanders, fiery salamanders summoned by Kovan Giryon in Bal Sunnar
• Grotto Salamanders, salamanders that can appear during the fight against Pyroturge Encratis in Black Drake Villa

Generic Salamanders

Generic, unnamed salamanders can be encountered in various places across Tamriel, including delves, dungeons, and DLC content. These salamanders have varying stats, namely health. Below is a list of salamanders, categorized by location, difficulty and health.

Zone / Dungeon	Specific Location	Difficulty	Health
Summerset/Murkmire	Being eaten by other creatures		0
Graveld's Hideaway	Around the lair		31,364
	Graveld's first summons		60,370
	Graveld's second and onward summons		135,500
Vateshran Hollows: Hunter's Grotto	Hunter's Grotto done first		39,18883,110
	Hunter's Grotto done second		47,026(?)
	Hunter's Grotto done third		66,620(?)

Notes

• Several salamander pets are available: Flame Skin Salamander, Lava Line Salamander, Shock Skin Salamander, Toxin Skin Salamander, Ice-Glow Salamander, and Pocket Salamander.
• If you hover your cursor over a Pocket Salamander pet, a health bar with the name Salamander Variant may appear.

Bugs

• Salamanders found in Vunalk have their names misspelled as Salamandar. ^?

Gallery

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  A Salamander using shock magic

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  A Salamander in Vunalk