Online:Exarch's Stronghold

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ON-mapicon-Delve.png
Ruin:
Exarch's Stronghold
(view on map)
ON-icon-Craglorn.png
Delve
Discoverable Yes
Completion Explore and Clear
Dungeon Yes
# of Zones 1
Skyshards 1
Occupants
Giant Bat, Iron Orc Bruiser, Iron Orc Fire Shaman, Iron Orc Ranger, Iron Orc Shaman, Iron Orc Soldier, Iron Orc Thundermaul, Scaled Court Coldblood, Scaled Court Venomblade, Troll, Welwa
Zone
Upper CraglornCraglorn
Loading Screen
Loading screen
The Iron Orcs have turned these ruins into the primary stronghold for their chieftain, Braadoth, the Ophidian Exarch of Undulating Destruction.
Exarch's Stronghold

Exarch's Stronghold is an ancient Nordic ruin in Upper Craglorn containing Iron Orcs. It is located in the Valley of Scars.

It contains two boss fights, which you need to complete to clear the location: the troll Grothuska and Ordooth the Corruptor.

Two quest-related boss fights also take place here. Agganor is found here and must be killed during the quest Iron and Scales. As part of the quest The Serpent's Fang, you will gain access to a locked throne room containing Exarch Braadoth, the leader of the Iron Orcs, and his nirncrux-infused troll Kurzoth.

Related Quests[edit]

Clearing the Dungeon[edit]

Explore and clear Exarch's Stronghold.

To clear this dungeon and mark it as complete, you need to kill the following bosses:

ON-misc-Boss 1.png Grothuska
ON-misc-Boss 1.png Ordooth the Corruptor

Books[edit]

Achievements[edit]

There is one Achievement associated with this location:

Achievement Points Description
ON-icon-achievement-UD Recruit.png Exarch's Stronghold Explorer 10 Explore and clear Exarch's Stronghold.

Notes[edit]

  • Prior to Update 12, this location was an instanced 4-player ON-mapicon-GroupDelve.pngGroup Delve. Notably, there were two Iron Orc Fire Shamans guarding Grothuska when the location was a Group Delve, and all the bosses both outside and inside the delve itself were difficulty 2 or 3, they have now all been reduced to difficulty 1.
  • None of the delve bosses here are necessary for the quests in the region, and the quest-related bosses don't count towards completion of this delve.

Bugs[edit]

  • While walking in the river in the main cavern, the water splashes appear bright red instead of blue. ?

Maps[edit]

A map of Exarch's Stronghold

Gallery[edit]