- (2 pieces)Adds 129 Magicka Recovery
- (3 pieces)Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
- (4 pieces)Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
- (5 pieces)When you heal yourself or an ally, you grant them Major Evasion for 4 seconds, reducing damage from area attacks by 20%.
Cradle of Shadows
Cradle of Shadows is a four-player group dungeon in The Elder Scrolls Online. Its entrance is in Shadowfen. It requires access to the Shadows of the Hist DLC, also available with an active ESO Plus subscription. It is available on normal and veteran difficulty. It features a hard mode on veteran difficulty. Browse its equipment sets and the achievements you can earn inside.
Dungeon sets

Hand of Mephala
DungeonsWeaponsJewelryHeavy Armor
- (2 pieces)Adds 4% Healing Taken
- (3 pieces)Adds 1206 Maximum Health
- (4 pieces)Adds 1487 Armor
- (5 pieces)When you take damage, you encase the ground beneath you in webs for 5 seconds, reducing the Movement Speed of enemies within a 4 meter radius by 33% and applying Minor Breach to them, reducing their Physical and Spell Resistance by 2974. After 5 seconds the webs burst into venom, dealing 1414 Poison Damage. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds and scales off the higher of your Physical or Spell Resistance.

Velidreth
Monster SetsHeavy ArmorLight ArmorMedium Armor
- (1 pieces)Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
- (2 pieces)When you deal damage, you have a 20% chance to spawn 3 disease spores in front of you after 1 second that deal 1558 Disease damage to any enemy they hit. This effect reveals you, can occur once every 8 seconds, and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.

Widowmaker
DungeonsWeaponsJewelryMedium Armor
- (2 pieces)Adds 657 Critical Chance
- (3 pieces)Adds 657 Critical Chance
- (4 pieces)Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
- (5 pieces)When your alchemical poison fires, you drop a poisonous spore in front of you that bursts after 1 second, dealing 2856 Poison Damage over 10 seconds to all enemies within 5 meters. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
Leads in Cradle of Shadows

AntiquityRitual Circlet - Dig zone
- Blackwood
Dungeon achievements

Cradle of Shadows Vanquisher
Defeat Sithera, Khephidaen the Spiderkith, the Votary of Velidreth, Dranos Velador, and Velidreth the Lady of Lace in the Cradle of Shadows.

Cradle of Shadows Conqueror
Defeat Sithera, Khephidaen the Spiderkith, the Votary of Velidreth, Dranos Velador, and Velidreth the Lady of Lace in Veteran Cradle of Shadows.

Velidreth's Vengeance
Defeat Velidreth in Veteran Cradle of Shadows, after first enraging her by defiling her statue of Mephala.

Exterminator
Defeat Sithera, Khephidaen the Spiderkith, the Votary of Velidreth, Dranos Velador, and Velidreth the Lady of Lace in Veteran Cradle of Shadows within 30 minutes of starting the dungeon. Timer starts on entering the initial caverns.
Beacon in the Night
Defeat Sithera, Khephidaen the Spiderkith, the Votary of Velidreth, Dranos Velador, and Velidreth the Lady of Lace in Veteran Cradle of Shadows without suffering a group member death.

Heretic
Destroy 50 statues of Velidreth's Devotion in Veteran Cradle of Shadows.

Spider Cult Slayer
Defeat 600 members of the Silken Ring or their Spiderkith allies in Veteran Cradle of Shadows.

Cradle of Shadows Challenger
Complete the listed achievements for Veteran Cradle of Shadows.

Fear No Darkness
Pass through the spider caves in Veteran Cradle of Shadows without lighting more than two braziers.

Shadowplay
Defeat Khephidaen the Spiderkith in Veteran Cradle of Shadows without relighting any extinguished braziers.

Divided He Fell
Defeat Dranos Velador in Veteran Cradle of Shadows without absorbing any orbs.

Web Walker
Defeat Velidreth in Veteran Cradle of Shadows without any party members dying in the catacombs.

Embrace the Shadow
Defeat Velidreth in Veteran Cradle of Shadows without using the Atronach's Light synergy.

Nothing to See Here
Defeat Velidreth in Veteran Cradle of Shadows without any party members being caught by her Shadow Sense.

Venomous Evasion
Defeat Velidreth in Cradle of Shadows without any party members being hit by venom sacs.

Silken Ring Style Master
Learn every chapter in the Silken Ring style book, occasionally found as rewards for completing the Cradle of Shadows dungeon.

