Online:City of Ash II

Grove: City of Ash II (view on map) (lore page)
Group Dungeon
Discoverable	Yes
Completion	Objective
Dungeon	Yes
# of Zones	1
Zone
Green's Marrow, Greenshade
Location
North of Driladan Pass
Instanced Dungeon
Min Level	44
Group Size	4
Bosses	3
Mini-Bosses	4
Veteran Speed Run Target	30 mins
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Nature has returned to reclaim the City of Ash. An unsealed portal still threatens, and only a few remain to defend against it.

City of Ash entrance

The City of Ash II is a group dungeon found in Greenshade.

City of Ash II

The storyline continues from the events of City of Ash I. In this version, Fingaenion intends to travel to the Deadlands to rescue his wife Gilraen from Mehrunes Dagon, and he needs your help.

You can learn about its location from Mindil the Untested in Marbruk, Abzag the Monster in Shornhelm, or Roaring Ramavel in Stormhold.

See also: City of Ash I

Related Quests

• City of Ash Objective: The City of Ash is under attack. / You helped the Bosmer repel the Daedric invasion.
  • Return to Ash: Enter the Deadlands to rescue a failed invasion force.
•  Pledge: City of Ash II: Prove you are truly Undaunted by clearing the City of Ash II.
•  Veteran City of Ash Pledge: Prove you are truly Undaunted by clearing the Veteran City of Ash. (disabled since Patch 2.6.4)

Characters

City of Ash II Fingaenion Gilraen Zantan the Magnificent Caeleneth the Hapless Axel Malveaux Eats-Aged-Meat Umbarume the Undertaker Bloody Mayra Glad Glatha Brittgerd Bear-Master Hogondar Hammerhurl Monynen

Enemies

Normal Enemies

• Clannfear
• Crocodile
• Dremora Beldakyn
• Dremora Gandrakyn
• Dremora Harstryl
• Dremora Hauzkyn
• Dremora Kyngald
• Dremora Kynlurker
• Dremora Kynval
• Dremora Morikyn
• Fire Ravager
• Flame Atronach
• Scamp
• Senche-Tiger
• Storm Atronach
• Strangler
• Urata Elementalist
• Urata Militant
• Venomous Skeleton
• Xivilai Immolator
• Xivilai Ravager

Elite Enemies

• Air Atronach
• Flame Colossus

Minibosses

• Rukhan, a xivilai warrior and his two dremora assistants Akezel and Marruz
• Urata the Legion, a Dremora fire mage
• Xivilai Boltaic, one of two guardians blocking the bridge to Skoria
• Xivilai Fulminator, one of two guardians blocking the bridge to Skoria

Bosses

• Horvantud the Fire Maw, a large armored daedroth
• Ash Titan, a daedric titan
• Valkyn Skoria, a high-ranking dremora clad in molten armor

Hard Mode

Hard Mode is only available in the Veteran version of City of Ash II. When you get to the final boss fight against Valkyn Skoria, you have the option to activate a book called the Frigid Tome, located on a small island inside the fighting arena. Activating the tome will display the following:

<This tome is biting cold to the touch, and lies open to a page that reads, "For those mortals wishing to make a Pact—speak the words, in your own frail tongue, 'come slow and bring four keys.'">

Come slow and bring four keys.

Activating the tome will cause a blinding flash of light and will result in two of the four platforms being destroyed prior to beginning the boss fight. If your group dies, the arena will be reset and the Frigid Tome will need to be activated again to reenable Hard Mode.

Books

• Daedra Dossier: The Titans by Denogorath the Dread Archivist — Notes on the origin of the Daedric Titans
• Here to Stay
• How Long?
• The First Day — A Razor Master is made
• The New Lord by Monynen — An otherworldly encounter within the Knives of Discord
• To Whom It May Concern by Hogondar Hammerhurl — An account of an Undaunted expedition into Oblivion

Sets

Set Name	Bonuses	Location(s)	Set Type
Burning Spellweave	2 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Magicka 3 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 4 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 5 items: When you deal damage with a Flame Damage ability, you apply the Burning status effect to the enemy and increase your Weapon and Spell Damage by 11-490 for 8 seconds. These effects can occur once every 12 seconds.	City of Ash	Light Armor
Sunderflame	2 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Stamina 3 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 4 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 5 items: When you deal damage with a fully-charged Heavy Attack, you deal an additional 1925 Flame damage over 10 seconds and apply Minor Breach to the enemy, reducing their Physical and Spell Resistance by 2974. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.	City of Ash	Medium Armor
Embershield	2 items: Adds 28-1206 Maximum Health 3 items: Adds 28-1206 Maximum Health 4 items: Adds 34-1487 Armor 5 items: When you complete a fully-charged Heavy Attack, you increase your Physical and Spell Resistance by 76-3300 and deal 0 Flame damage to all enemies within 5 meters of you every 1 second for 6 seconds. The damage scales off the higher of your Physical or Spell Resistance.	City of Ash	Heavy Armor
Valkyn Skoria	1 item: Adds 34-1487 Offensive Penetration 2 items: When you deal damage with a damage over time effect, you have an 8% chance to summon a meteor that deals 1342 Flame damage to the target and 447 Flame damage to all other enemies within 5 meters. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds and scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.	City of Ash II	Monster Helm Sets

Achievements

There are ten achievements associated with this dungeon:

Achievement		Points	Description	Reward
Needed for Deadlands Savvy
	Deadlands Savvy	50	Complete the following achievements associated with City of Ash II.	Title: Deadlands Adept
	City of Ash II Conqueror	15	Complete Veteran City of Ash II by defeating Horvantud the Fire Maw, the Ash Titan, and Valkyn Skoria.	Sigil Orange
	Easy as Pie	5	Explore the culinary traditions of the Dremora.	Deceit Orange
	Undaunted Rescuer	10	Rescue all of the members of the failed Undaunted expedition to the Deadlands of Mehrunes Dagon.
	A World On Fire	50	In Veteran City of Ash II, make a pact with the Frigid Tome, then defeat Valkyn Skoria.
	Mehrunes Dremora Slayer	10	Defeat 300 Dremora in Veteran City of Ash II.
	Veteran Flame Colossus Slayer	10	Defeat 50 Flame Colossi in Veteran City of Ash II.
	Deadly Deadlands Survivor	50	Defeat Rukhan, Marruz, Akezel, Urata the Legion, Horvantud the Fire Maw, the Ash Titan, and the Daedra at the bridge to Valkyn Skoria, before defeating Valkyn Skoria himself in Veteran City of Ash II without suffering a group member death.
	City of Ash II Assassin	50	Defeat Rukhan, Marruz, Akezel, Urata the Legion, Horvantud the Fire Maw, and the Ash Titan; reassemble the bridge; and defeat Valkyn Skoria himself in Veteran City of Ash II, all within thirty minutes. Timer starts when players enter the Inner Grove.
Normal
	City of Ash II Vanquisher	10	Defeat Horvantud the Fire Maw, the Ash Titan, and Valkyn Skoria in City of Ash II.

Notes

• Before dungeon scaling was introduced in Update 5, Normal City of Ash was designed for levels 28–31, and Veteran City of Ash was designed for Veteran Ranks 1-4. Until the Veteran Rank increase in Update 7, Veteran City of Ash did not scale like the other dungeons.
• Prior to Update 12, City of Ash I was only available in Normal mode, and City of Ash II was only available in Veteran mode. These were named City of Ash and Veteran City of Ash respectively.
• The line you must read from the Frigid Tome in order to activate Hard Mode is a quote from the Commentaries on the Mysterium Xarxes.

Maps

Rukhan Portal 1 A map of the first area of City of Ash II

Urata the Legion Horvantud the Fire Maw Portal 1 Entrance to Hallway 1 A map of the second area of City of Ash II

Ash Titan Exit to Hallway 1 Entrance to Hallway 2 A map of the third area of City of Ash II

Valkyn Skoria Xivilai Fulminator Xivilai Boltaic Exit to Hallway 2 Sigil Stone (Exit Portal) Frigid Tome A map of the final area of City of Ash II