ESO Nowhere Vault

The Nowhere Vault is a unique location in ESO where you can complete challenging rooms, uncover hidden secrets, and unlock the Ancient Direnni Quasigriff mount for free!

How to Access the Vault

To enter the Vault, you can claim the “Invitation to Treasures” quest for free from the Crown Store or simply travel to the Daggerfall Thieves Den and speak to Urli. Before you can enter the Vault, however, you need to own at least one Wondrous Nowhere Key.

Where to Get Wondrous Nowhere Keys

Wondrous Nowhere Keys are special items that you can get from a variety of activities, including:

• Heists
• Thieves Troves
• Delves and World Bosses
• Treasure Chests
• Favors
• Dynamic Encounters
• Rumors
• Solo Dungeons

Gameplay

The Vault consists of three wings.

• Arcanum Wing
• Cursed Castle Wing
• Lunar Path Wing

Each wing contains three challenge rooms that you need to clear to progress, plus an additional informational room. These rooms also contain secret objectives related to the Vault’s Rumors! You can enter the Vault alone or with a group of players. Only one Wondrous Nowhere Key is required to open a room. However, you may need additional keys to open Nowhere Chests or interact with Nowhere key locks found at the end of rooms.

Inside the Vault you can also find Jackpot Rooms! Those offer several chests you can loot or a variety of resources to harvest. The Nowhere Vault offers a variety of challenges to players. Different rooms require different strategies to complete, and not every challenge revolves around combat, making the Nowhere Vault a refreshing addition to ESO.

Nowhere Vault Rooms

Below you can find a list of all available rooms inside the Vault and how to solve their puzzles.

Arcanum Wing

The Arcanum Wing consists of the following Rooms:

• Hunt of the Watchers
• Murky Grotto
• Fungal Chasm
• Custodian’s Repository

Hunt of the Watchers

Collect five Seeker Glyph Keys while avoiding the watchers in the area. Once you have all five, stand in front of the sealed room to open it. You can now proceed to the next room. Before leaving collect the Shrill Whistle in the area. Search for the sigil on one of the hills.

Lure the only watcher with a sigil over him to the runic prison near the entrance of the room. When he gets inside the prison’s boundaries interact with it to make him vulnerable and defeat him. This will give you the Watcher Filtration Gills and start the “A Cage that Shines” Rumor!

Murky Grotto

Interact with the Toxic Bud to start the trial. Defeat all enemies that spawn and survive until the trial is over. If you have the Watcher Filtration Gills, then interact with the bud to start the trial and stay on top of it. Do not kill toxic plants and leave a few enemies alive to prolong the trial. This will force the Toxic Matron to spawn. Defeat her to get Fungal Sight.

Fungal Chasm

This room is simple and straightforward. Jump around the area and find the best way to reach the other side and leave the area. Using Streak from the Sorcerer Storm Calling skill line with Subclassing will make your life a lot easier.

If you have unlocked Fungal Sight, head to the left side of the map. There you will find previously invisible stairs. Jump on them and follow them to find the Subjugating Mindspore in a secret area. Collect that item before you leave the room.

Custodian’s Repository

This room offers info on the vault and a tip to solve one of its secrets. If you have the Astralight Lumen you can also interact with an Astral Tear inside this room, to obtain a Timeward Seal.

Cursed Castle Wing

The Cursed Castle Wing consists of the following Rooms:

• Gallery of Curios
• Sinking Courtyard
• Haunted Undercroft
• Prison of the Unrepentant

Gallery of Curios

Interact with the three curios in front of the exit to start the room challenge. Search around the room to find and interact with them. When you interact with all three you can leave this room. Interacting with a wrong curio spawns an enemy that attacks you.

Before you leave this room head to the eastern area and find “The Destroyed Painting“. Read the clues it offers and collect the Artist’s Lens nearby. Head to the southern area and use the Artist’s Lens above or below the stairs. This will give you Artist’s Touch and start the “A Cage that Shimmers” Rumor.

Sinking Courtyard

To clear this room you have to destroy the three crystals. Try to move around fast and destroy them before one of the crystals reforms. Avoid standing on the sand for long or you will be teleported back to the entrance. When you destroy all crystals you can leave the room.

If you have Artist’s Touch you can interact with the three Rain Totems found here. Their location is random every time. When you interact with all three the Brackish Fountain will activate. Interact with the Fountain to receive a Carafe of Salt Water.

Haunted Undercroft

When you get near the Stew it will spew slimes around the area. Hunt down the mini slimes, defeat them and collect the stew chunk they drop. Throw this to the cauldron until the meter is full to clear this room.

If you have a Carafe of Salt Water when you enter the room pick the “Alter the Stew” option. This will spawn a stewmaster boss. Defeat her to receive Connoisseur’s Vision!

Prison of the Unrepentant

This is the informational room of the Cursed Castle Wing. If you have the Subjugating Mindspore from the Arcanum Wing you can interact with the Physical Escape found here and collect another Timeward Seal.

Lunar Path Wing

The Lunar Path Wing consists of the following Rooms:

• Moonlit Isles
• Twilight Maze
• Eclipsed Hall
• The Lakehouse

Moonlit Isles

Navigate through the islands by activating bridges and jumping around. Having Streak will help you here as well. Reach the final island to clear this room and proceed. Before you leave interact with the three bridge switches. Find the right order to activate three bridges on the island in front of you.

Once you have all three bridges active teleport back to the entrance and make your way toward them. In the new island that is now connected to the rest of the map you will find a corrupted shrine. Break it to receive the Resonating Core. This begins the “A Cage that Sparkles” Rumor.

Twilight Maze

Move around in stealth to locate the three cantors. When you find one, approach, reveal and defeat them. Defeat all three to clear this area. If you have the Resonating Core ignore the cantors and search around for Little Soft Boots, a shadow puppy. When you find him, follow him around. He will lead you to a secret room. Enter the room and interact with the Statue to receive Cantor’s Starsong. Then focus on finding the cantors to clear the room.

Eclipsed Hall

Ring the Bell to summon Lanterns. Defeat enemies that block their way and guide them to the exit. Once five lanterns pass through you can move on. If you have Cantor’s Starsong a mallet will appear near the exit when you clear this room.

Take the mallet and ring the bell again. This will turn another bell in the area blue. Hit that new bell again to turn another bell blue. Continue until you receive the Astralight Lumen!

The Lakehouse

If you have the Connoisseur’s Vision from the Cursed Castle Wing you can interact with the Creative Transcendence inside this room and collect another Timeward Seal.

How to Get the Ancient Direnni Quasigriff Mount for Free

Complete rooms inside the Vault to collect Orrery pieces and repair the Nexus Orrery. This unlocks the Sage’s Trove and completes the “Invitation to Treasures” quest.

Inside the Trove, you’ll find the Ancient Direnni Quasigriff mount locked behind three seals. To unlock it, you need to solve all three Rumors inside the Vault and collect their Timeward Seals.

Each Timeward Seal removes one of the three seals protecting the mount. Return to the Sage’s Trove after collecting each seal and interact with the mount’s seals to break them.

Once all three seals are removed, interact with the Ancient Direnni Quasigriff to add this unique mount to your collection!