Online:Maelstrom Arena (quest)

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Compete in an otherworldly Daedric arena. Zone: Wrothgar Objective: Maelstrom Arena — Survive the Maelstrom Arena. Quest Giver: Fa-Nuit-Hen Location(s): Maelstrom Arena Reward: Very High Leveled Gold XP Gain: Very High XP ID: 5448 Repeatable: Daily

Maelstrom Arena

I have been welcomed into the bizarre realm of the Daedric Demiprince Fa-Nuit-Hen. In order to test my mettle and demonstrate my skills, I've agreed to enter the Maelstrom Arena, where deadly challenges created by Fa-Nuit-Hen's Barons await me.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Fa-Nuit-Hen.
2. Survive each round in the arena.
3. Return to Fa-Nuit-Hen.

Detailed Walkthrough

• See the location page.

Notes

• The Normal and Veteran versions of Maelstrom Arena are counted as two separate quests. You must drop this quest and pick it up again if you wish to change the difficulty midway through a run, resulting in a total loss of progress.
• You could originally receive a Maelstrom Shield as a standalone reward for completing Maelstrom Arena. This was changed in Patch 2.2.9 so that the shield would instead drop alongside a Maelstrom Sword or Mace.
• Originally, Maelstrom weapons would only drop on Veteran difficulty. This was changed with Update 26 so that Maelstrom weapons would drop from Normal mode, while Veteran mode now drops Perfected Maelstrom weapons.
• The Baron Moves-Like-a-Smoking-Plume is summoned upon completion of the Arena.

Bugs

• Starting the arena without speaking with Fa-Nuit-Ten results in the quest becoming inaccessible if you die and return to the lobby. As a result, after completing the arena, Fa-Nuit-Ten and the Tutor will still behave as if you completed the arena but none of the additional NPCs that are meant to appear on the arena grounds do.
  • Leaving the instance, leaving and coming back into Maelstrom Arena via the portal, changing zones completely, closing out to Main Menu and starting a new session or even fully rebooting the game do not fix this bug. Same thing when fully completing the arena, then exiting and re-entering Maelstrom Arena.
  • The only solution is to exit the instance and wait 10+ minutes plus for it to reset.

Quest Stages

Maelstrom Arena
Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
	I should enter the next arena, Vale of the Surreal. Objective: Enter Vale of the Surreal.
	I need to survive this challenge, Vale of the Surreal. Objective: Survive Vale of the Surreal.
	I should enter the next arena, Seht's Balcony. Objective: Enter Seht's Balcony.
	I need to survive this challenge, Seht's Balcony. Objective: Survive Seht's Balcony.
	I should enter the next arena, Drome of Toxic Shock. Objective: Enter Drome of Toxic Shock.
	I need to survive this challenge, Drome of Toxic Shock. Objective: Survive Drome of Toxic Shock.
	I should enter the next arena, Seht's Flywheel. Objective: Enter Seht's Flywheel.
	I need to survive this challenge, Seht's Flywheel. Objective: Survive Seht's Flywheel.
	I should enter the next arena, Rink of Frozen Blood. Objective: Enter Rink of Frozen Blood.
	I need to survive this challenge, Rink of Frozen Blood. Objective: Survive Rink of Frozen Blood.
	I should enter the next arena, Spiral Shadows. Objective: Enter Spiral Shadows.
	I need to survive this challenge, Spiral Shadows. Objective: Survive Spiral Shadows.
	I should enter the next arena, Vault of Umbrage. Objective: Enter Vault of Umbrage.
	I need to survive this challenge, Vault of Umbrage. Objective: Survive Vault of Umbrage.
	I should enter the next arena, Igneous Cistern. Objective: Enter Igneous Cistern.
	I need to survive this challenge, Igneous Cistern. Objective: Survive Igneous Cistern.
	I should enter the next arena, Theater of Despair. Objective: Enter Theater of Despair.
	I need to survive this challenge, Theater of Despair. Objective: Survive Theater of Despair.
Finishes quest	I should speak to Fa-Nuit-Hen. Objective: Talk to Fa-Nuit-Hen

Notes

* Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the game and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.

• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.