Imperial City
You will need to be at least level 10 in order to enter the Imperial City, but will be battle leveled (scale up) according to the rules of your particular campaign. This PvP space includes the Imperial City Districts and the extensive Imperial Sewers network. Fight the elite Xivkyn forces of Molag Bal, and increase your might by spending new Tel Var Stones on items more powerful than anywhere in Tamriel! Be on your guard as enemy alliance members lurk around every corner throughout the Imperial City Districts and Imperial Sewers to take those very stones from you in their own quest for glory! The Imperial City and the Imperial Sewers are aimed at small groups, but if you’re highly skilled, you can try going through alone.
New Captains have been stationed next to each Grand Warlord. Find them to get the initial quest leading to the Imperial City.
Aldmeri Dominion
Captain Mulamurr and Captain Sireril
Daggerfall Covenant
Captain Durida and Captain Veranim
Ebonheart Pact
Captain Alesace and Captain Rythe
Three entry locations to the Imperial City are located in Cyrodiil off the Lake Rumare coast. They are visible on your map.
Note: Access to Imperial City is granted to all alliances in the Haderus campaign, regardless of current Keep ownership.
The Imperial Sewers are a large PvP public area that also contains the home base, a safe area for each alliance.
Crafting is easy due to merchants and crafting stations are housed in each alliance home base. Each alliance home base also includes the transit hub, a collection of ladders that each lead to one of the Imperial Districts above ground. The Imperial Sewer network contains many perils including new Xivkyn Elite Guard, bosses, Trove and Cunning Scamps, trapped chests and Coldharbour portals leading to mysterious events.
Within the Sewers, there are six ladders that also lead to the districts. These are not as safe as the ladders accessible from your alliance’s home base. be careful when you use those ladders to enter the district area. Resurrecting within the Sewers will take you back to your alliance’s sewer base. You can leave the city at the base by using the door. If you do decide to leave the City you will return to your alliance’s capital city in Cyrodiil.
Note: To leave the Imperial City, you go through your alliance’s home base in the Imperial Sewers, the same way you came in. This will return you to your home base in Cyrodiil (the same campaign you entered through.)
The Imperial City Districts are an open PvP area that contains the entrenched forces of Molag Bal, his elite Xivkyn army, and the corrupted Imperial Legion, “Legion Zero.”
Each Imperial District has a unique story which, once completed, unlocks repeatable daily quests.
There are six Districts and each of them features a Trophy Vault. The doors to these vaults are magically sealed by forces unknown, and you must collect 60 trophy items by killing monsters in the City’s districts or sewers in order to enter the vault. Inside, you’ll find a chest full of valuable items. Remember, always be on your guard for large roaming bosses that patrol the streets! We call them Sweepers. If you die, well, you will die many times but when you do resurrecting within the Districts will take you to an elevated platform within the District you are in, we call it balcony. Crafters, you can find unique crafting stations safely nestled within the Districts as well.
Tel Var Stones
Every monster has a chance to drop a currency called Tel Var Stones. This currency can be spent on new armor, lock boxes, and general equipment in your alliance home base in the Imperial Sewers, as well as deposited in your bank. Bosses and more challenging monsters will drop a greater number of Tel Var Stones than regular monsters. It is why we always encourage you to join Imperial City Events. The more of us the better. As you pass certain thresholds of Tel Var Stones that you are carrying, you’ll gain a multiplier to all future Tel Var Stones you collect from monster kills.
Note: If you die to another player character, they will get 80% of the Tel Var Stones you currently have on your character. The amount of Tel Var Stones will be split amongst all player characters that contributed to your death.
The White-Gold Tower is a standard 4-player PvE dungeon. Keep it i mind that the minimum level requirement for White-Gold Tower is level 10, but the recommended level is 25. You will find one Trophy Vault located in the White-Gold Tower that requires 150 trophy items only found off Veteran bosses in the White-Gold Tower, in order to open it.
The Imperial City Prison is a standard 4-player PvE dungeon. The minimum level requirement for the Imperial City Prison is level 10, but the recommended level is 35 and you can also find one Trophy Vault located in the Imperial City Prison that requires 150 trophy items only found off Veteran bosses in the Imperial City Prison, in order to open it.
For all of our fisherman. You will find the moats of Imperial City particularly rife with fish, more so than elsewhere in Tamriel. However, the groundskeepers normally responsible for tending to these piscine communities are, unfortunately, dead and/or Daedra. Be warned!
There is about two dozen new item sets to seek out and acquire! These can be crafted at special locations within the Imperial City, purchased from Tel Var Armorer and Tel Var Greater Armorer merchants, or obtained from the White-Gold Tower and Imperial City Prison dungeons.
The Imperial City’s Daedric forces bring with them a new style of crafting, based on a fusion of Imperial and Daedric artistry: the Xivkyn style.
You can learn to craft in the Xivkyn style by finding the Chapters for it, which are sometimes kept in certain well-warded chests in Imperial City. These chests require items that drop from many Daedra and their servants to open.
Note: Once you’ve found a Chapter, you must be at least Rank 9 in the Metalworking, Tailoring, or Woodworking passives to permanently learn the style.
To actually craft Xivkyn-styled gear, you’ll also need some Charcoal of Remorse, which can be purchased at Tel Var General merchants in your alliance’s base in the Sewers. Once you know the style and have the materials, you can craft the Xivkyn style at any equipment crafting bench, both in and out of the City.
