ESO Aetherian Archive Trial
Welcome to The Tank Club: ESO Aetherian Archive Trial Guide for Tanks.
Aetherian Archive is a base game 12-person trial located in Craglorn. It was one of the first three trials that was introduced into The Elder Scrolls Online with the Craglorn update in May 2014. Originally this trial was scaled to Veteran Rank 12 and only had a normal and a hardmode but was later updated with the One Tamriel update in October 2016 to include a Veteran version and increased to CP160 difficulty.
This trial has 4 bosses and has a normal and veteran difficulty along with the option to activate a last boss hardmode.
This guide will focus on the Tank role and the mechanics and strategies for successfully completing this trial.
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ESO Aetherian Archive Trial Tank Builds
Main Tanks
This is the gear you might be asked to use for this trial as the Main Tank:
- Sets: Claw of Yolnahkriin, Crimson Oath’s Rive, Pearlescent Ward, Turning Tide, Powerful Assault.
- Monster Sets: Archdruid Devyric, Encratis’s Behemoth, Nazaray, Tremorscale.
- Other: You may be asked to use a hybrid/damage setup for the first 3 bosses because this trial is extremely easy for the Main Tank up until the last boss.
Off Tanks
This is the gear you might be asked to use for this trial as the Off Tank:
- Sets: Crimson Oath’s Rive, Pearlescent Ward, Powerful Assault, Saxhleel Champion.
- Monster Sets: Archdruid Devyric, Encratis’s Behemoth.
- Other: Spaulder of Ruin.
Off Tanks are not needed for this trial.
Aetherian Archive Skills
Dragonknight
Necromancer
Nightblade
Sorcerer
Templar
Warden
