Earthen Root Enclave Dungeon Guide ESO (2024)

CompletingEarthen Root Enclave can yield several different rewards, includingarmor sets and collectible items. This section of the guide will providean overview of what you can get by beating this dungeon.

Armor Sets in Earthen Root Enclave

Below are the armor sets that you can obtain in this dungeon, along with a quickfirereview of how useful the sets are.

Defeatingthe last boss of Earthen Root Enclave will drop the helmet from theArchdruid Devyric set, a powerful monster set applying [MajorVulnerability] to several enemies at once, and is likely to become ameta monster set for support roles. You can get the shoulder piece byspending Undaunted Keys at the Undaunted Enclave.

The following five-piece sets will also drop from bosses and chests in this dungeon:

Collectible Rewards from Earthen Root Enclave

Completing both Earthen Root Enclave and Graven Deep on Veteran difficulty will give you the Brightfern Green dye.Defeating Archdruid Devyric on Hardmode will give you the Earthen Root Avenger title.Defeatingevery single enemy in Veteran Earthen Root Enclave in 25 minutes(including all bosses on hardmode) without anyone in your team dyingwill give you the Invader's Bane title.

Finally, you can unlock the Earthen Root Champion title by completing the following achievements:

Most of the trash enemies in Earthen Root Enclave are notparticularly dangerous, and can just be dealt with normally. Howeverthere are some exceptions...

Stone Atronachs

StoneAtronachs will pulse AOE damage on the entire group, this hurts quite alot if left unchecked so they should be focused down.

Lurchers

Lurcherswill cast a very large AOE cone in front of them, so they should befaced away from the group by the tank, and DDs should make sure thatthey do not stand in this cone.

Monstrous Bears

Thefirst secret boss is found in the grassy area at the beginning of thedungeon. It is a fire-wielding Spriggan called Scalded Roots, however itwill be inactive to begin with. If you defeat this boss, you will getthe Scalded Strength buff for the rest of the dungeon, giving you andextra 500 weapon and spell damage.

How to Activate Scalded Roots

Toactivate the boss, you will need to find three bonfires scatteredaround the area and light them. The bonfires are guarded by trashenemies, so be careful when doing this.After all three are lit,a red orb will spawn and start moving to the boss. This orb is just aguide to help you locate the boss though, and you do not need to waitfor it to arrive before starting the boss. Once all fires are lit, yousimply need to approach the boss and it will activate a few secondslater.

How to Defeat Scalded Roots

Scalded Roots has around 3 million HP.

Fireball

Theboss will throw a fireball at whichever player has aggro. This fireballdoes some direct damage, and will then spawn a small fire AOEunderneath the player that was hit. This means that the tank will needto gradually move around to avoid taking too much damage from these fireAOEs, and the rest of the group should be wary of this and avoidstanding next to the tank.

Meteors

Shewill also periodically throw fire meteors at random players in thegroup. These do quite a lot of damage but not enough to one-shot you, soshouldn't cause a problem as long as you have some healing.

Cleave

Theboss has a small conal cleave attack, so the group should avoidstanding in front of her and just let the tank deal with this.

Fire Wolves

Finally,there will be fire wolf adds that spawn throughout the fight. These donot do much damage and can be taunted. Really they are just a minornuisance and should not be a problem, just make sure you have some AOEdamage in your group and they will die.

TheCorruption of Stone boss is a large atronach, with several smallerstone atronach adds around the arena who will start off inactive butcome alive at various intervals throughout the fight.

How to defeat the Corruption of Stone

Corruptionof Stone has around 6 million HP. The main challenge of this boss isthat he spawns a lot of AOEs on the group, so you need to be ready tomove around quite a lot.

Earthquakes

The first AOE thatthis boss does will be earthquakes that continue throughout the fight.These appear quickly and do quite a lot of damage. They will spawn underthe feet of each player in the group, so you will probably want tospread out to avoid stacking several AOEs next to each other.

Stomp

Theboss will sometimes stomp on the ground, and you will need to move backwhen this happens to avoid taking damage from the AOE.

Ground Slam

At75%, 50% and 25% HP, the boss will turn into a ball of rock and startfloating up into the air. When this happens, you have a few seconds tohide behind a stone pillar at the edge of the arena. The boss will slamdown into the ground, and anyone who isn't hidden in time will dieinstantly. He will do it again a few seconds later, and after that thefight returns to normal until the next HP threshold is reached. The bossdoes not have a cleave attack, so the tank should keep the boss in themiddle of the room so that there is enough time to run to the stonepillar when this mechanic happens.

Stone Atronachs

Thereare three stone atronachs around the edges of the arena, and when theycome alive they need to be focused down. They do a lot of damage, andthey can also turn players into stone if they are not interrupted.

Enrage

Thetank should also be aware that dodging the boss' attacks will cause theboss to enrage, doing more damage in subsequent attacks.

Corruption of Stone Hardmode Mechanics

Onhardmode, everything generally does more damage, so you will need to bemore careful. After the final ground slam, the boss will have an auraof flying stones around him. This aura does a lot of damage to everyonein the group, so you will need a decent amount of healing in order tosurvive it. Using the Barrier ultimate is also an option if you arestruggling.

Luteais a Nereid secret boss who first has to be activated by completing apuzzle in the second area of Earthen Root Enclave (just after you gounderground after defeating the Corruption of Stone). If you defeatLutea, you will get a buff called Lutea's Rejuvenation which increasesyour magicka and stamina recovery by 30%.

How to Activate Lutea

Thereare three pools of water scattered around the cave system. You can seethem on the map as green pools. To activate the boss, you will firstneed to defeat the spriggans who are guarding these pools. Their heavyattacks hit quite hard, so the tank will need to taunt them.Afterdefeating the spriggan guardians, go into the water and you should get asynergy to fill a vessel. Activating this will give you a speed buff,and you will then have 60 seconds to find a large glowing flower. Theseflowers will also be guarded by adds. As long as the timer didn't runout, you will be able to use the synergy again on the flower to give itthe water that you just picked up. The flower will then open and severalsmaller glowing flowers will sprout, signalling that this part of thepuzzle is complete.There are three pools and three flowers, andyou need to do this for all of them in order to activate the boss. Onceactivated, you can find her back near the beginning of the cave system,where you initially entered from.

How to Defeat Lutea

Lutea has around 3 million HP.

Water Jet

Herfirst mechanic will be to attack players with a jet of water. You willget a visual effect on you for a few seconds before this happens, sowhen you see this you should start blocking.

Ice ring

Shewill then teleport away from the middle of the arena, and summon a"donut" shaped ice AOE to trap players inside. It is safe to stay in themiddle of this though, just don't stand in the ice.

Water Throw

Periodicallyshe will also throw water in front of her, which does quite a lot ofdamage to anyone stood in the way but isn't enough to one shot you.That'spretty much all there is to this boss. She is quiet easy to beat andshouldn't cause problems as long as you remember to block the waterjets.

Corruption of Root is the second non-secret boss in Earthen Root Enclave. It has around 4.8 million HP.

How to Defeat the Corruption of Root

Thisboss is quite easy to beat, there is a lot of stuff going on visuallybut there aren't too many mechanics and the boss doesn't hit too hard.

AOEs

Onthis boss fight there will first be fast moving green AOEs. These canbe hard to avoid due to their speed but don't do too much damage bythemselves.

Adds

Theboss will summon different types of adds during the fight. She willspawn Fauns and spriggan animals, which can be taunted and shouldn'tpose much of a problem as long as you have some AOE damage in yourgroup. She will also spawn Root Nodes, which are basically trees thatshoot red orbs at players. You might want to focus these down just tomake sure that they don't cause you any problems.However, notethat the spriggan animals will leave behind permanent AOEs when theydie, so the tank will probably want to think about where to take theseadds, especially in groups with lower DPS where burning the boss downquickly is not an option. The room is pretty big so it's unlikely thatyou will run out of space due to these AOEs, but they could still becomequite problematic if they are placed erratically in a way thatrestricts players' movement.

Distributors

Sometimesshe will split into four shades, called Distributors, and these need tobe killed before you can proceed with the boss fight.

Corruption of Root Hardmode Mechanics

Onhardmode you will want to try to kill the Fauns quickly when theyspawn. If they do not die, they will run into one of the trees aroundthe edges of the room, causing them to enrage and deal more damage toplayers. If you are not able to kill the fauns quickly enough, thendestroy the trees after a Faun has run into them (those trees will have ared glow). This mechanic is present in non hardmode, but does lessdamage so is less of an issue.Overall there isn't too much difference between hardmode and non hardmode.

Jodorois an Indrik secret boss in Earthen Root Enclave, and is the last ofthe three secret bosses in the dungeon. Defeating this boss will grantyour group a buff called Jodoro's Hide. This gives you an extra 3,000 HPand reduces your damage taken by 10%.

How to Activate Jodoro

Jodorois easier to find than the previous secret bosses in this dungeon. Asyou progress along the path to the final boss, look around to the sidesof the path once you have ascended to the top of the cliffs. There willbe three circular altars that you need to activate, but you will need tocarefully jump across some rock formations to reach them. Once you haveactivated them all, Jodoro will be activated. You can find him on aside-path to the left of the entrance to the final boss area.

How to Defeat Jodoro

Jodoro has a few mechanics to be aware of, but nothing too difficult.

Teleport

Jodorowill teleport around quite a lot, and normally after teleporting hewill start channeling an attack which needs to be interrupted.

Laser Beams

Hewill also shoot "laser" AOEs at players, these do very high damage ifyou stand in them - you should kite backwards in order to avoid this.He shoots smaller lasers at whichever player has aggro, this should be the tank so it shouldn't cause a problem.

Spectral Indrik

Sometimeshe will spawn a smaller green indrik that charges at the group. Thiseffectively acts as a cleave attack and will usually go in the tank'sdirection, however you might have to watch out for it if it happens justafter the boss teleports to the edge of the area.There isn't much else to this boss fight. It's pretty easy, as long as you watch out for the AOEs you should be fine here.

Archdruid Devyric is the final boss of Earthen Root Enclave. He has around 9 million HP.

How to Defeat Archdruid Devyric

Archdruid Devyric has quite a few different mechanics that you will need to watch out for.

Earthquakes

Thefirst mechanic to watch out for is some small earthquake AOEs thatfollow you around, very similar to those on the first boss. You can kitebackwards to avoid these, and it's probably best to avoid stacking tootightly with your group members just to avoid taking unnecessary damageto this mechanic.

Exploding Rocks

Thereare several rock pillars around the edges of the room. These willsometimes explode in a large AOE, so watch out for this and try to avoidstaying too close to them.

Lightning Pillar

Theboss will periodically summon a Lightning Pillar which shoots lightningat everyone in the group. These have 370K HP and should be focused downby the DDs to avoid taking too much damage.

Lightning Bolts

Hecan send out bolts of lightning on the ground in random directions.These hit pretty hard so it's a good idea to stand back a bit when thisis happening so you have time to react and avoid the lightning.

Fire Wolves

Firewolves will sometimes spawn, which will jump at players and explode.You will see a red circle above your head when a wolf is targeting you.

Bear Transformation

ArchdruidDevyric will eventually transform into a bear. When he changes intothis form, he will heal himself for around 20% of his max HP value. Hedoes not stay in this form forever, and may sometimes change back intohuman form.

Bear Charge

Inbear form he will sometimes charge at a randomly selected player. Youwill see a narrow AOE on the ground before this happens, so you shouldavoid stacking this on another player.

Bear Lightning Breath

Healso has a lightning breath attack which will be targeted at whoeverhas aggro - generally the tank. This will follow you, so you need toface tank it, sidestepping it does not work.

Archdruid Devyric Hardmode Mechanics

Onceagain, the hardmode of this boss is quite similar. The only realdifferences are that the boss has more health, around 13.5 million HP,and his attacks and the mechanics of the fight will deal more damage toplayers, so there is less room for error.