Apocrypha (Online)

Apocrypha is a zone in and the realm of the Daedric Prince Hermaeus Mora. It is directly connected to the Telvanni Peninsula through portals and is a part of the Shadow Over Morrowind story.Studio Director's Letter: ESO's 2022 Retrospective & the Future Apocrypha is a large island floating in a black sea of infinity cut through by many waterways and dotted with various structures, temples, cloisters and libraries. Daedra of Hermaeus Mora, including Seekers, Tomeshells, and Lurchers inhabit every area of the realm. The two sections of the island, Chroma Incognito and the Endless Library, one a land of red-orange hues and the other green, is separated by mountains impassable where it not for the Orphic Tunnels that run underneath.
==Background==
Apocrypha is the Oblivion realm of the Daedric Prince Hermaeus Mora who rules over the land he uses to collect and catalogue a vast array of knowledge from all places in the Aurbis. At the center of the accessible landmass of Apocrypha is Cipher's Midden, a sanctuary from the ungoverned and inhospitable landscape of the rest of the realm inhabited by the Scribes of Mora. In return to access to the infinite knowledge stored in Apocrypha, the ciphers tend to the archives and assist in cataloging and sorting. Many scholars and mages visit Apocrypha and do so in solitude, seeking their own knowledge for their own ends, but few mortals find themselves becoming a cipher. In Cipher's Midden, the scribes are given a safe haven and a place to form a community based on knowledge and mutual veneration of Hermaeus Mora.Dialogue with Cipher Plautis in 
==Locations==
The following are locations accessible in Apocrypha and, with the exception of unmarked locations, are discoverable on the map. Points of Interest serve as locations with unique side quests, while cities serve as the centralized areas with multiple sublocations and act as a hub for services and merchants. Explanations of the types of locations are provided in the main locations page.
Wayshrines 	Wayshrines 	Dungeons 	Points of Interest
 Apogee Nadir Wayshrine
 Cipher's Midden Wayshrine
 Feral Gallery Wayshrine
 Forlorn Palisades Wayshrine
 Soundless Bight Wayshrine
 Speiran Tarn Wayshrine
 Stilled Shallows Wayshrine
 Tranquil Catalog Wayshrine
 Writhing Wastes Wayshrine	
 Apogee Nadir Wayshrine
 Cipher's Midden Wayshrine
 Feral Gallery Wayshrine
 Forlorn Palisades Wayshrine
 Soundless Bight Wayshrine
 Speiran Tarn Wayshrine
 Stilled Shallows Wayshrine
 Tranquil Catalog Wayshrine
 Writhing Wastes Wayshrine	
 Apogee of the Tormenting Eye
 Fathoms Drift
 Infinite Archive
 Quires Wind
 The Disquiet Study
 The Underweave	
 Cenotaph of the Remnants
 Chthonic Landing
 Cipher's Midden
 Portal to Necrom (Chroma Incognito)
 Portal to Necrom (Endless Library)
 Rectory Corporea
 The Feral Gallery
 The Ravening Morass
 The Sidereal Cloisters
 The Tranquil Catalog
Set Stations	World Events 	Striking Locales 	World Bosses
 Artisan's Hermitage (Shattered Fate)
 Versicolor Carrels (Seeker Synthesis)	
 Fallen Hues Edifice
 Writhing Wastes Edifice	
 Altar of the One Who Knows
 Fractured Monolith
 Study of the Lost Cipher
 Syzygial Rostrum	
 Deepreave Quag
 Chthon Plaza
 Libram Cathedral
 Runemaster's Acropolis
Housing 	Unmarked locations	Unmarked locations	Unmarked locations
 Tower of Unutterable Truths	
 Central Orphic Tunnels
 Northern Orphic Tunnels
 Southern Orphic Tunnels	
 Central Orphic Tunnels
 Northern Orphic Tunnels
 Southern Orphic Tunnels	
 Central Orphic Tunnels
 Northern Orphic Tunnels
 Southern Orphic Tunnels
==Quests==
Apocrypha features a series of zone story quests and unrelated side quests. The zone story quests are shared with the Telvanni Peninsula and tie into the overarching Shadow Over Morrowind story, but it is not necessary to complete the story quests for zones prior to those in Apocrypha. Side quests are non-sequential and can be completed in any order, except where one carries on from another. Repeatable quests can be completed multiple times: weekly for arenas and trials and daily for all others.
; Zone quests
*Fate's Proxy
*Keeper of the Fate
*Spirit of Fate
*Fate's Lost Dream
*A Hidden Fate
*Conclave of Fate
*A Calamity of Fate
*An Unhealthy Fate
*Chronicle of Fate
; Group quests
* Bastion Nymic
; Side quests
*Akacirn the Deathless
*Castoff Destinies
*Destiny's Tide
*Escape of the Sane
*Forgotten Glories
*Hungry for Knowledge
*Lost in Thought
*Madness in the Wind
*Numinous Grimoire, Volume 1
*Numinous Grimoire, Volume 2
*Numinous Grimoire, Volume 3
*Piteous Envoys
*Turning a Page
*Under Malign Stars
; Companion quests
*Tempting Fates
*The Fateweaver Key
==Characters==
;Random encounters
*Elodique Ondre – A spectral mage trapped in a soul gem.
;Traveling merchants
*Mazishasa – On the road from Syzygial Rostrum to the Tranquil Catalog Wayshrine.
==Creatures==
;Generic
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;Critters
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==Item Sets==
Item sets are related armor and weapons that, when worn together, provide unique benefits. Overland sets can be acquired from world bosses, world events, delves, public dungeons and containers and as quest rewards; dungeon sets can be acquired from within group dungeons; monster sets can be acquired from the final boss of veteran group dungeons and Undaunted Enclaves; and crafted sets can be created at specific locations across the zone.
;Overland
*Adamant Luker (Heavy)
*Camonna Tong (Medium)
*Vivec's Duality (Light)
;Craftable
*Shattered Fate (Artisan's Hermitage)
*Seeker Synthesis (Versicolor Carrels)
==Skyshards==
Eleven Skyshards can be found in Apocrypha totaling in three skill points and two left over. The rest of the Skyshards shown in the zone guide can be found in the Telvanni Peninsula. The zone guide provides clues as to the location of each Skyshard, but many can be found simply by exploring and watching for the distinctive pillar of light they emit. Skyshards will appear on the map and compass when the Vestige is close to one and will remain discovered on the map even if it was not collected. Note that the number of the Skyshard is preserved according to its order in the Necrom Skyshard Hunter achievement.
# 	Description 	Location
5 	At the foot of the Endless Library's climbing mire. 	At the water crossing southeast of Artisan's Hermitage.
6 	 	At the stern of a floundered ship north of the Fractured Monoloth.
7 	In a dark corner of the echoing caves that divide Apocrypha. 	In the central Orphic Tunnels heading north.
8 	 	On the eastern of two islands at the mouth of the river west of the Cenotaph of the Remnants.
9 	 	Halfway been Apogee Nadir Wayshrine and the west entrance to the central Orphic Tunnels.
10	Atop a cliff overlooking Chthon Plaza and the Fallen Hues. 	On a cliff halfway between Chthon Plaza and the Rectory Corporea.
11	On a platform of ripped and ravaged books in the Underweave. 	On a circular platform above the courtyard northeast of the entrance of the Underweave
14	 	On the upper level of the north chamber of the Disquiet Study.
15	In Quires Wind, just beyond the gaze of Mora's searching eye. 	In the west end of the southeast section of Quires Wind.
16	On a prow pointed to the sky, among the ghosts of voyages past. 	At the bow of a ship in the northmost upper section of Fathoms Drift.
18	Beyond the central arches, where the Tormenting Eye was shelved.	In the cental hallway of the Apogee of the Tormenting Eye.
==Achievements==
Achievements can be earned by completing specific tasks such as completing quests and discovering locations. Achievements are separated into categories and their progress is viewable from the journal. Earning achievement provides the Vestige a number of points, and some achievements unlock unique rewards such as furnishings that can be bought from Achievement Furnishers or collectibles.
General 	General 	General
;Companions
*Azandar's Companion
*Azandar's Favor
*Mercenaries and Metamagic
*The Consummate Cohort
;Antiquities
*Antiquarian Chase: Necrom
*Cryptcanon Vestments
*Esoteric Environment Greaves
*Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet	
;Companions
*Azandar's Companion
*Azandar's Favor
*Mercenaries and Metamagic
*The Consummate Cohort
;Antiquities
*Antiquarian Chase: Necrom
*Cryptcanon Vestments
*Esoteric Environment Greaves
*Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet	
;Companions
*Azandar's Companion
*Azandar's Favor
*Mercenaries and Metamagic
*The Consummate Cohort
;Antiquities
*Antiquarian Chase: Necrom
*Cryptcanon Vestments
*Esoteric Environment Greaves
*Velothi Ur-Mage's Amulet
Exploration	Exploration	Quests
*Catalogue Crusher
*Dead Keeper Style Master
*Deepreaver Destroyer
*Dreamcarver Demolisher
*Great Oaks from Little Acorns
*Hero of Necrom
*Necrom Master Angler
*Necrtom Master Explorer
**Necrom Cave Delver
***Apogee Explorer
***Disquet Study Explorer
***Fathoms Drift Explorer
***Quires Wind Explorer
**Necrom Pathfinder
*Necrom Skyshard Hunter
*Runebreaker
*Slaughtered by Tentacles
*Traveler of Strange Roads
**Pulled from the Depths
**Syzygy
**Tomes of Unknown Color
*Savior of Necrom	
*Catalogue Crusher
*Dead Keeper Style Master
*Deepreaver Destroyer
*Dreamcarver Demolisher
*Great Oaks from Little Acorns
*Hero of Necrom
*Necrom Master Angler
*Necrtom Master Explorer
**Necrom Cave Delver
***Apogee Explorer
***Disquet Study Explorer
***Fathoms Drift Explorer
***Quires Wind Explorer
**Necrom Pathfinder
*Necrom Skyshard Hunter
*Runebreaker
*Slaughtered by Tentacles
*Traveler of Strange Roads
**Pulled from the Depths
**Syzygy
**Tomes of Unknown Color
*Savior of Necrom	
*Champion of Apocrypha
**Apocryphal Investigator
**Dream Miner
**Dreambreaker
**Ghost Catcher
**Marked by the Eye
**Mouth for the Mouthless
**Mythos Delver
**Necropolis Protector
**Secret Keeper
*Necrom Grand Adventurer
*Necrom Monster Hunter
*Necrom Sojourner
*Necrom's Stalwart Protector
*Nymic Mercinary
Dungeons 	Dungeons 	Dungeons
;Public Dungeons
*Defender of Necrom
*The Underweave Conqueror
*The Underweave Group Event
;Bastian Nymic
*Fate's Puzzler
*Keeper of the Bastion
**Bane of Heralds
**Bastion Nymic Master Puzzler
**Nymic Champion
*Nightmare's Puzzler
*Nymic Defier
*Nymic Purifier
*Nymic Refuter
*Pestilence's Puzzler	
;Public Dungeons
*Defender of Necrom
*The Underweave Conqueror
*The Underweave Group Event
;Bastian Nymic
*Fate's Puzzler
*Keeper of the Bastion
**Bane of Heralds
**Bastion Nymic Master Puzzler
**Nymic Champion
*Nightmare's Puzzler
*Nymic Defier
*Nymic Purifier
*Nymic Refuter
*Pestilence's Puzzler	
;Public Dungeons
*Defender of Necrom
*The Underweave Conqueror
*The Underweave Group Event
;Bastian Nymic
*Fate's Puzzler
*Keeper of the Bastion
**Bane of Heralds
**Bastion Nymic Master Puzzler
**Nymic Champion
*Nightmare's Puzzler
*Nymic Defier
*Nymic Purifier
*Nymic Refuter
*Pestilence's Puzzler
==Shalidor's Library==
 books that are a part of Shalidor's Library can be found in Apocrypha and added to the collection. Books that have already been found in other zones will already be marked as completed in the zone tracker.
*Aedra and Daedra
*The House of Troubles
*Modern Heretics
*Fragmentae Abyssum Hermaeus Morus
*Where Magical Paths Meet
*The Book of Daedra
*Ancestors and the Dunmer (Abridged)
*The Great Houses and Their Uses
*Mottos of the Dunmeri Great Houses
*Sanctioned Murder
==Fish==
Fish can be caught from fishing hotspots, ideally with the correct bait. Common fish will be caught most often while rare fish and alternative bait are rare catches. Each zone has unique rare fish than can be caught from hotspots. Slaughterfish and trodh can be caught from foul hotspots, dhufish and longfin can be caught from saltwater hotspots, silverside perch and spadetail can be caught from lake hotspots, and salmon and river betty can be caught from river hotspots. Chub, minnow, shad and fish roe can be caught and used as bait from foul, saltwater, lake and river hotspots, respectively.
Fish 	Source 	Quality
Inkwell Squid	Foulwater	
Lurker Spawn 	Foulwater	
Quillfish 	Foulwater	
==Gallery==
Apocrypha Loading Screen.png|Loading screen.
Cipher's Midden.png|Cipher's Midden.
The Sidereal Cloisters.png|The Sidereal Cloisters.
The Feral Gallery.png|The Feral Gallery.
Altar of the One Who Knows.png|The Altar of the One Who Knows.
===Interactive map===
==Trivia==
*The text surrounding the map icon of Apocrypha when viewing the map of the Aurbis or Telvanni Peninsula reads "the realm of the Apocrypha eternal library of Hermaeus" in the Daedric alphabet: .
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==References==
Category:Necrom: Zones
Category:Necrom: Oblivion Locations