Online:Sanctum Ophidia

Ruin: Sanctum Ophidia (view on map)
Trial
Discoverable	Yes
Completion	Objective
Dungeon	Yes
# of Zones	1
Zone
Upper Craglorn, Craglorn
Location
North of Loth'Na Caverns
Instanced Dungeon
Group Size	12
Bosses	4
Mini-Bosses	0
Veteran Speed Run Target	33 mins
Crafting Stations
Alchemy Station Enchanting Table Cooking Fire Blacksmithing Station Clothing Station Woodworking Station Jewelry Station
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The Sanctum caverns are works of art, carved masterpieces sealed long ago. Unfortunately for Craglorn, the Ophidians were always the most … fervent of the Celestial sects.

The entrance to Sanctum Ophidia

Sanctum Ophidia is an ancient Nedic temple in northern Craglorn.

It is the stronghold of the Celestial Serpent and his Scaled Court. It has both a Normal and a Veteran mode, as well as a "Hard Mode" which can be triggered only in Veteran mode by desecrating the sacred banners of the Scaled Court. Hard Mode only affects the Celestial Serpent, making this boss fight far more challenging.

You will receive The Serpent's Egg-Tooth for defeating the Celestial Serpent with hard mode active.

Related QuestsEdit

• Sanctum Ophidia Objective: Assault the mountain stronghold of the Celestial Serpent.
  •  The Oldest Ghost: Launch a direct assault on the Celestial Serpent.

CharactersEdit

Sanctum Ophidia Atildel Fabius Albus Glenora Lady Blade Meneval (Outside) Scaevola Calvisius Seeks-Her-Glory Turuk Redclaws

EnemiesEdit

Normal EnemiesEdit

• Lamia Footsoldier
• Lamia Howler
• Lamia Hurler
• Scaled Court Conjurer
• Scaled Court Perforator
• Scaled Court Shaman
• Scaled Court Skirmisher

Elite EnemiesEdit

• Scaled Court Overcharger
• The Serpent's Image (Veteran-only)
• Serpent Fang
• Serpent War-Priest

Champion EnemiesEdit

• Cursed Totem
• Empower Totem
• Rockheaver Troll
• Wrest Totem

BossesEdit

• Possessed Mantikora, a massive mantikora created specifically to be a vessel for the Celestial Serpent
• Stonebreaker, a massive armored troll
• Ozara, a lamia
• The Serpent, the master of the sanctum

Hard ModeEdit

Sacred Banner

Hard Mode is only available in the Veteran version of Sanctum Ophidia. When you get to the staircase on the approach to the final boss fight against the Serpent, you have the option to burn two Sacred Banners found on either side of the staircase. If all banners are set aflame, Hard Mode will be activated, making the boss fight much more difficult.

LayoutEdit

Inside Sanctum Ophidia

BooksEdit

• Quartermaster's Note
• Subtropical Cyrodiil: A Speculation by Lady Cinnabar of Taneth — Thoughts on the climate of Cyrodiil and its relationship to the White-Gold Tower
• Unmarked Pages

SetsEdit

Set Name	Bonuses	Set Type
Immortal Warrior	2 items: Adds 4% Healing Taken 3 items: Adds 28-1206 Maximum Health 4 items: Adds 4% Healing Taken 5 items: When you take damage while below 35% Health you gain Major Protection for 20 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 10%. This effect can occur once every 20 seconds.	Heavy Armor
Twice-Fanged Serpent	2 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 3 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Stamina 4 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 5 items: When you deal damage, your Offensive Penetration is increased by 12-544 for 5 seconds, stacking up to 10 times. This effect can occur once every half second.	Medium Armor
Vicious Serpent	2 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 3 items: Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%. 4 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 5 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 5 items: Reduces the cost of your Stamina abilities by 8%. When an enemy you have recently damaged dies, you restore 57-2454 Stamina and gain Major Expedition for 8 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. These effects can occur once every second.	Medium Armor
Wise Mage	2 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 3 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 4 items: Adds 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 5 items: Enemies you damage with fully-charged Heavy Attacks are afflicted with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%.	Light Armor

AchievementsEdit

There are 5 achievements associated with this trial:

Achievement		Points	Description	Reward
Normal
	Sanctum Ophidia Completed	50	Defeat the Celestial Serpent.	Ophidian Jade
	Time Trial: Sanctum Ophidia	50	Complete Veteran Sanctum Ophidia within a time limit of 33 minutes.	Scaled Court Brown
	Sanctum Ophidia: Feeding Pit	5	Use the feed pile in Sanctum Ophidia and survive the ensuing battle.
Veteran
	Sanctum Ophidia Conqueror	50	Defeat the Celestial Serpent in Veteran Sanctum Ophidia.	Title: Ophidian Overlord
	Sanctum Ophidia Difficult Mode	50	Defeat the Celestial Serpent after desecrating the sacred banners of the Scaled Court.

NotesEdit

• This trial scales to the Champion Points of the leader, to a maximum of 160.
• This trial cannot be accessed unless the player is at least level 50 as the entrance is in Craglorn.
• Sanctum Ophidia originally scaled to 14 and had no Normal mode.

MapsEdit

Possessed Mantikora Stonebreaker Door A map of the first area of Sanctum Ophidia

Ozara The Serpent Door A map of the second area of Sanctum Ophidia

The Serpent's Image A map of the Serpent's Image

GalleryEdit

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  The Mantikora's chamber

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  The Serpent's Image of Tamriel (Veteran mode only)

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  The Serpent's chamber with his broken Apex Stone

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  The Nirncrux Altar, which needs to be set aflame to summon the Possessed Mantikora

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  Pink Bubble Phase, active during the fight against the Serpent in Veteran Sanctum Ophidia