Online:Aetherian Archive

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Trial
Discoverable	Yes
Completion	Objective
Dungeon	Yes
# of Zones	1
Zone
Elinhir Region, Craglorn
Location
Northeast of Elinhir
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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For untold ages this tower has loomed over Elinhir, its portals mystically sealed, all entry forbidden. Someone exerted immense effort to place impenetrable wards on this place—but now those wards are sundered.

The Aetherian Archive

The Aetherian Archive is a tower in southeastern Craglorn near the city of Elinhir.

Within the tower, groups of twelve battle through a series of challenges and ultimately face the Mage.

The Aetherian Archive Trial quest begins when you enter the dungeon. You have to complete the dungeon within a certain amount of time with limited respawns. The Mage's Tower is a quest to defeat the Celestial Mage, who is the final enemy in this dungeon. The bosses are the Lightning Storm Atronach, the Foundation Stone Atronach, Varlariel, and the Mage herself.

The Firstmages, the residents of the tower, can be encountered on both friendly and hostile terms as you progress through the trial.

You will receive a Periapt of Elinhir from Mindil the Untested with your other rewards after defeating The Mage with hard mode engaged.

Related Quests

• Aetherian Archive Objective: Follow the Celestial Mage through the Aetherian Archive. / You defeated the Celestial Mage.
  •  The Mage's Tower: Defeat the Celestial Mage to save her from the Serpent.

Characters

Aetherian Archive Firstmage Anirwen Firstmage Arnure Firstmage Earil Ilmindil the Incendiary Mad Zebba Mighty Mordra Mindil the Untested (After Objective)

Enemies

Normal Enemies

• Illusion Battlemage
• Illusion Healer
• Illusory Thundermaul
• Imp

Elite Enemies

• Firstmage Chainspinner
• Firstmage Nullifier
• Firstmage Overcharger
• Flame Atronach

Champion Enemies

• Frost Atronach

Boss Summons

• Conjured Reflection
• Conjured Axe
• Storm Atronach

Bosses

• Lightning Storm Atronach, a massive storm atronach
• Foundation Stone Atronach, a massive ornate stone atronach
• Varlariel, a wispmother
• The Mage, a corrupted celestial

Hard Mode

Aetherial Orb

Aetherial Orb (smashed)

Hard Mode is only available in the Veteran version of Aetherian Archive. When you get to the circle of teleport pads before the final boss fight against the Mage, you have the option to smash three blue Aetherial Orbs found on top of pedestals. A nearby note called Hands Off warns you against doing this. If all three orbs are smashed, Hard Mode will be activated and will make the boss fight much more difficult. There is no way to disable Hard Mode other than restarting the entire trial.

Books

• Coming of the Learned One Vol. I — A Firstmage account of the Celestial Mage's arrival to the Aetherian Archive
• Coming of the Learned One, Vol. II — A Firstmage account of the Celestial Mage's arrival to the Aetherian Archive
• Coming of the Learned One, Vol. III — A Firstmage account of the Celestial Mage's arrival to the Aetherian Archive
• Coming of the Learned One, Vol. X — A Firstmage account of the Celestial Mage's arrival to the Aetherian Archive
• Hands Off

Sets

Set Name	Bonuses	Set Type
Defending Warrior	2 items: Adds 34-1487 Armor 3 items: Adds 34-1487 Armor 4 items: Adds 28-1206 Maximum Health 5 items: When you Block, you deal 1196 Magic damage to all enemies within 10 meters of you and heal for 100% of the damage done. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds and scales off your Max Health.	Heavy Armor
Healing Mage	2 items: Adds 3-129 Magicka Recovery 3 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Magicka 4 items: Adds 4% Healing Done 5 items: When you use an area of effect heal ability, you apply Minor Cowardice to enemies within 10 meters of you, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 215 for 5 seconds. This effect can occur once every 3 seconds.	Light Armor
Infallible Mage	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 3-129 Weapon and Spell Damage 5 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 5 items: Your Heavy Attacks deal an additional 20-900 damage to monsters. Enemies you damage with fully-charged Heavy Attacks are afflicted with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%.	Light Armor
Quick Serpent	2 items: Adds 15-657 Critical Chance 3 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Stamina 4 items: Adds 25-1096 Maximum Stamina 5 items: Reduces the costs 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

Achievements

There are 4 achievements associated with this trial:

Achievement		Points	Description	Reward
Normal
	Aetherian Archive Completed	50	Defeat the Celestial Mage, freeing her from the Serpent's Control.	Julianos White
	Time Trial: Aetherian Archive	50	Complete Veteran Aetherian Archive within a time limit of 33 minutes.	Aurora Green
Veteran
	Aetherian Archive Conqueror	50	Defeat the Celestial Mage in Veteran Aetherian Archive.	Title: Mageslayer
	Aetherian Archive Difficult Mode	50	Defeat the Celestial Mage after taunting her by smashing the Aetherial Orbs.

Notes

• Although NPCs refer to the Aetherian Archive as a "tower", the dungeon also includes outside areas. This is due to the powerful magic unleashed by the Mage, which has warped the upper levels of the tower interior.
• Aetherian Archive originally scaled to Veteran Rank 12 and had no Normal mode. It later scaled to the Champion Points of the group leader, to a maximum of 160.

Maps

A map of Aetherian Archive lowest level

A map of Aetherian Archive middle level

A map of Aetherian Archive first island

A map of Aetherian Archive second island

A map of Aetherian Archive third island

A map of Aetherian Archive final island

Gallery

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  Interior

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  The moons viewed from the tower's gardens