Red Petal Bastion was not the first seat of power for the Knights of the Silver Rose, but it was built to be the last. Secured with all the defenses a kingdom’s treasury could buy, the bastion ensures that the spoils of the order’s many anti-Daedra crusades remain safely in the Silver Rose’s hands.
Red Petal Bastion is a four-person dungeon in the game The Elder Scrolls Online. The dungeon consists of various rooms and corridors, each with its own challenges and enemies. Red Petal Bastion can be accessed at Level 45. In this guide, I shall explain the mechanics as well as what you should and shouldn’t do while facing the dungeon’s bosses.
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Red Petal Bastion Location
Red Petal Bastion is located in the northeastern region of Glenumbra. Travel east from the Crosswych Wayshrine to reach Red Petal Bastion. You can also access Red Petal Bastion specifically by using the Dungeon Finder.
Inside Red Petal Bastion
Red Petal Bastion is a four-level dungeon with three bosses, three secret bosses, and one quest. The enemies in this dungeon include relic fiends, Silver Rose Warriors, war wolves, and skein spiders.
A Rose of Many Thorns
Weylin, a priest of Azura, claims that the Knights of the Silver Rose pillaged his temple. Though he enlisted the help of the Dremora, Lyranth, he asked for my assistance reclaiming the stolen relics for his temple.
Completing A Rose of Many Thorns
You will need to defeat Rogerain the Sly, the Artifcat Bearers, and Prior Thierric Sarazen. Speak to Finagaenion to complete this quest. Completing this quest will reward you with gold, a skill point, and an Unidentified Red Petal Bastion Armaments coffer.
Red Petal Bastion Boss Mechanics
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Wraith of Crows (secret boss #1)
As shown in the video this secret boss is pretty straightforward. You have two waves of adds. The first wave is 3 adds and the next one is 5-6 adds. The tank should be sure to hold them all still and together with them turned away from the group. Once they are killed you will have to fight the boss.
Crow Storm – The boss will pick ONE random player and cast a crow storm aoe at them, if you stand in this you will die, so you will need to kite (move around avoiding it) away from the group until it has gone.
Dark Bolts – The boss will cast almost dark magic-like abilities under each player which will quickly POP and do damage under them. Avoid these by moving or simply block.
Rogerain the Sly
This boss looks a lot more chaotic than it is but it is up to you how difficult you make it. If you follow basic mechanics it will be a breeze, if not you may get overwhelmed. The trick to this boss is to rid the room of ANY adds. Do that and you will make this 10x easier on yourselves. The tank should position the boss in the middle of the room or in a static spot as and when possible and simply hold him still. There will be mechanics where moving is required but you should be able to keep him in the same local area for the most part.
BIG BOOM! – Very simple this one, the boss will cast a HUGE aoe under his feet. Simply DON’T stand in it. Also, it will emit up to 8x individual aoes from inside of it and they will fan out across the floor at the group. All you have to do is move your feet left or right to avoid them. The amount of stuns and damage going on from these mechanics can be quite problematic so always be aware of this ongoing attack.
Lightning Winds – The boss will cast small winds of lightning in front of him, block these or avoid them, they don’t hit hard but it’s safer to take less damage in the fight than MORE!
Heavy Attack – Very simple, if the boss heavy attacks the tank, block it. If the tank has lost aggro for whatever reason and it aims at a dps/healer, be sure to dodge it or die!
Frogs! – During the fight, the boss will spawn frogs! These are simple adds with small aoe attacks and direct attacks. These should be killed as soon as possible to lessen the chaotic style of the fight and keep things simple. They do not have a lot of health and CAN be chained and/or stunned so be sure to make these a priority when they are around. Remember too many stacking mechanics is what causes problems, delete them!
Poison Splats! – The boss will make multiple small and LARGE poison splat time blobs fly around the room and land in random locations and/or on players. If they are on the floor of course don’t stand in them. If they are aimed at a player, the aoe will spread and then pop. Much like in many other dungeons for ice comet-like effects, these will need to be blocked in a safe open space. Do NOT stack them.
Daedric Portals – These Portals will be spawned by the boss, usually in the corners of the room so keep your eyes open. When they spawn you need to kill them. The longer they are up the more enemies will come out of them. Generally they spawn Flesh Atronachs, Daedra Spiders, and Watchers. These MUST be killed but the Portal takes priority first to stop them coming through. Adds are always a primary target in this dungeon so while you can manipulate their position to fight the boss at the same time, you should still focus all adds OVER the boss.
The order of priority is simple.
1) Portals
2) ANY adds
3) Boss.
It doesn’t matter how long it takes, just be sure you do this or you will end up overwhelmed. If you also do not get rid of the portal in due time, another will spawn, and so on making it really tricky.
YOU ARE THE GOAT! – That’s right!! The boss turns you into a GOAT! One player at random (usually not the tank unless it drops the taunt) will be turned into a goat and the room will be filled with Sweetrolls. As the goat, all you have to do is run around and collect these to help the group. You help them build ultimate, increase damage, increase healing, and heal for each one you pick up.
Once the timer is up you return back to your original form. One more major bonus is that if you charge the portal as a goat, you will do MUCH more damage to it and save it from causing you problems in the fight.
Hardmode – This is a basic hardmode. The fight is exactly the same but he has a LOT more health and hits a little harder. Give it a go, you can do it!
Spider Daedra (secret boss #2)
As shown in the video this secret boss is pretty straightforward. You have two waves of adds. The first wave is 3 adds and the next one is 5-6 adds. The tank should be sure to hold them all still and together with them turned away from the group. Once they are killed you will have to fight the boss.
Heavy Attack – This mechanic is pretty self-explanatory, block it!
Spit – The boss picks one player at random to spit at, exactly the same as the last boss in Spindleclutch I. So long as you stay spread out you can see who she is targeting. All you need to do is dodge roll to avoid it.
Lightning – Two players at a time will be targeted with a lightning strike. You have two options here, dodge it or block it. The choice is yours.
Artifact Bearers: Eliam Merick, Ihudir, Liramindrel
This boss VERY mobile! The tank should hold the boss as still as possible at all times while trying to have him aimed away from the group, preferably towards a wall. The boss WILL need to move around alot so be sure to maintain a taunt at ALL times and keep up your resources else it will get tricky.
Heavy Attacks – Basic hits for the tank to deal with, be sure to block.
Sparta Kick – This mechanic is a BIG problem and teaches you about the last boss too. The boss will KICK the tank and also emit some ground-based aoe in the direction he kicks. So be sure to have this turned away from the group. The problem with this is while it can be BLOCKED it will STILL knock you back anyway making you open to the next attack.
You have two options. Block it and be SURE you are ready for the next mechanic, OR you can dodge roll it. However, be sure that you try to maintain some sort of control and don’t move around too much while the dps are trying to hit him because it will take you a LOT longer!
Lightning! – The boss will spawn small and large lightning aoes on the ground, this can get quite hectic so be sure to avoid them at all costs regardless of role. Don’t panic, just don’t stand in them.
Charge! – During the fight, the boss will charge at the tank (hence why you should face toward a wall), This can be blocked or dodged but if you fail you will be run down and take HUGE damage. DPS and Healers will die so do not get caught.
JUMP! – This is an old-school mechanic for many of the base game bosses, but you get to see it all over again here. Simple rule. If you stay close to the boss, he won’t ever use this ability. If you are too far away he will jump on your head with a MASSIVE impact aoe. If you dodge it you will live. If he hits you, you will die. Be careful, watch your distance.
Mini-Bosses – At 80% The boss will spawn the Archer add. This is simple, she has light attacks, teleports around the room, and has a nasty cone attack which you should avoid. Stack the boss ON her head and kill her, and she will be incapacitated for a short while before she returns to the fight.
At 50% the Melee mini-boss will come in. He will teleport to long distances and channel if you don’t interrupt him he will do high damage and has the ability to enrage the enemies in the room. The trick to this is to interrupt him but move as a group to NOT allow the boss to do his JUMP chasing down long-ranged players.
Stack the boss on him and kill him as and when you can and he will sit down for a while before coming back to the fight. At 30% however, the boss will respawn BOTH of the adds and you will have to kill them again or just focus on the boss. The choice is yours! It’s easier to kill them first and then finish the boss but it depends on your group and control of the adds. If the tank cannot maintain taunts on all 3, it can get tricky.
HARD MODE! – On hard mode, ALL of the mechanics are the same BUT there are a couple of twists. Firstly, the boss has a LOT more health, which is pretty standard for Hard modes.
Secondly, the Archer will actually keep a shield around the boss while she is alive, hence why it is important to kill her. The boss will take MUCH less damage while the shield is active.
Also at Execute (around 30% or so) When the two adds come back into the room, they CANNOT be killed, they will out heal everything you do. So the tank MUST manage them.
During the original PTS cycle of the Walking Flame DLC these could be killed on hard mode much like they can on regular veteran. However, they changed it upon release and NOW the execute is deliberately more difficult. Maintain taunts, interrupt when necessary and keep doing what you are doing! nothing changes from here!
Grevious Twilight (secret boss #3)
As shown in the video this secret boss is pretty straightforward. You have two waves of adds. The first wave is 3 adds and the next one is 5-6 adds. The tank should be sure to hold them all still and together with them turned away from the group. Once they are killed you will have to fight the boss.
Heavy Attack – The boss will heavy attack the tank, this is simple, Block it.
Machine Gun – The boss cast a constant wave of energy balls at a random player, exactly the same as Lord Warden from Imperial City Prison. All you have to do as a tank is physically get in the WAY of it and block it. The target should stand still.
Meteors – Also like lord warden, meteors will fly from the sky. This has a slight twist though, instead of ONE which all should avoid, he casts one per PLAYER…Block it or dodge it but of course, due to the nature of this skill, you should NEVER stack up in this fight.
Prior Thierric Sarazen
The Final boss has LOTS of staggering mechanics but if you have paid full attention to everything so far, he is NOT that bad at all. It’s mostly footwork and prioritizing targets. The BOSS is NOT your main priority. There is NO dps check at all. Just be sure to kill the ADDS first.
The tank should hold the boss STILL, preferably mostly in the middle of the room if possible, doing so will save you complications later on, but it is a very mobile fight so it’s not the end of the world if he is in other places sometimes, so long as he is standing still. DO NOT run around like a headless chicken, you WILL die!
Sparta Kick – Exactly like the last boss, you fought, he will kick the tank with a ground-based aoe following it. This is blockable or dodgeable. The risk of dodging is that you start running around too much. The risk to blocking is that while blocking he will STILL nudge you back leaving you open to the next attack. Do whatever works better for you but be READY for his next hit, it IS fast!
Heavy Attack/Cleave – Pretty straightforward, usually straight after the Sparta Kick, he will hit with a really wide frontal cleave swinging his weapon. He does have a shadow version of himself during these times especially on hardmode so he is kind of a double hitter. be sure as the tank to block this and as DPS and/or healers be sure to stay BEHIND him. Blocking it as the tank is fine, getting hit as anything else is dead mode!
Ground Spikes – The boss will stab his sword into the ground channeling. During this time each player will have a small aoe pop under their feet 4 times. Each one contains a spike that will come up from the ground and hit you for huge damage. The trick to this is to move in a tiny circle to place them on the ground until they have all gone and then resume the fight. Each player has their own so do NOT overlap. It’s very simple to the fanning-out type mechanic from the lighting in Asylum Sanctorium.
Teleport Spike! – The Boss will teleport across the other side of the room, and one player will have a small marker under their feet. This player is marked to die. You MUST interrupt the boss. If you do not do it in time, the marked player will be stabbed from under the ground with a spike (like the Cradle of Shadows last boss Velidreth) and be killed with a one-shot. No, you will not survive it, it will hit you for about 300-400k. Don’t be lazy, interrupt the boss!
ADDS – This is essential! During the fight, MULTIPLE adds will spawn in the room from the sides. Small daedra should be dispatched quickly, but also you will have some rather large Nords channeling all manner of nastiness at the group. These MUST be your primary focus, they must be taunted, they must be interrupted and above all they MUST be killed. If you don’t kill every add you see you will get overwhelmed. The adds will continuously stack and you will have too much to deal with. The add spawns are quite far apart so once they are dead you generally have a “you vs the boss” moment for quite a long period of time.
Kill the adds, THEN the boss, don’t go soloing and die! Even in the video we could have finished the boss, but sometimes it is not worth it. There is NO dps race, kill the adds, the boss can take as long as you like.
Healing Circles – The boss will cast BIG healing circles in the fight, these will heal him and damage you, don’t stand in them, and don’t let HIM stand in them.
Stun Walls – Around mid-way into the fight the boss will start to spawn walls of AOE balls that slide across the floor from a random direction. There are GAPS in these so watch your feet and look for the gap. If you get caught you will take high damage, be stunned and then open to other attacks.
NOTE: This is why we tank the boss in the middle as often as possible, that way you can see the walls much earlier. If you hold him on the corner or the wall then they could spawn on your face! These usually happen in waves of 3-4 and then they will stop for around a minute and then happen again. Once they are introduced to the fight it is a stacking mechanic you must now constantly deal with.
Blade Tempest – At low health now you have all of the above mechanics dealt with, he will cast multiple big red SLOW moving whirlwinds in the room. These are easier to manage than they look. Don’t stand in them. it really is as simple as that. Don’t panic, they are easy to see, watch your feet until they are gone.
Hard Mode! – The fight is ALMOST the same but he has a LOT more health. Stick to the same basics and ALWAYS watch your feet and focus on the adds FIRST. However two minor adjustments. The wall mechanic now fills one whole side. On regular it has a couple of aoes to avoid, in here you have a full sheet of them. Watch your feet.
The teleport mechanic. This is VERY dangerous…good luck using crushing shock to range interrupt, it WON’T work. When he teleports he now has a shield, so YES that means you MUST run to him as fast as possible, get INSIDE the shield, and interrupt him right in his face!
TIPS:
Remember, it LOOKS more chaotic than it is and most of the stuff that will kill you is literally on you.
Keep the boss still as much as you can, watch your feet, stay on interrupts, and always kill adds first. NO dps check so take your time.
GOOD LUCK!
Red Petal Bastion Dungeon Loot
Below is a list of all the loot you can expect to find in Red Petal Bastion.
On normal the loot is blue and the boss does NOT drop a monster helmet, but on veteran difficulty all of the loot is purple and the main boss DOES drop a special monster helmet.
Note: in dungeons some individual bosses can drop a unique item but generally, the weapons and jewelry (non-named items) come from the last boss. HOWEVER the entire loot table can also drop from trash and chests, so loot everything! Got the gear in the wrong traits? Don’t worry! You can alter the traits by either transmuting or reconstruct the piece with a trait of your choice. For more information see the Introduction to Transmuting and Reconstructing article.
If you are looking for a matching shoulder monster piece, visit the Undaunted Pledge Master Urgarlag Chief-Bane at the nearest Undaunted enclave. She sells a 50/50 chance at the shoulder piece as part of the Waking Flame Coffer or it could be in her mystery coffer. You can learn more about the Undaunted in the Undaunted Guide.
- Grisly Gourmet
- Thunder Caller
- Silver Rose Vigil
- Prior Thierric (monster helm from vet only)
Red Petal Bastion Achievements
Arcane Analyst
Complete secrets in both Red Petal Bastion and the Dread Cellar.
Bastion Breaker
Defeat all encounters in addition to Rogerain the Sly, the Artifact Bearers, and Prior Thierric Sarazen after placing the Challenge Banners in Veteran Red Petal Bastion within 25 minutes without suffering a group member death.
Echoes of Death
Enter and acquire the Crystal Animus Nagaia from the Goriseli Moraburo of Red Petal Bastion.
Echoes of Life
Enter and acquire the Crystal Animus Anya from the Goriseli Moraburo of Red Petal Bastion.
Echoes of Wisdom
Enter and acquire the Crystal Animus Agea from the Goriseli Moraburo of Red Petal Bastion.
Folhardy Footwork
Trigger at least 40 traps in a single encounter with the Artifact Bearers in Veteran Red Petal Bastion.
Petal, Stem, and Thorn
Defeat Eliam Merick, Ihudir, and Liramindrel after placing the Challenge Banner in Veteran Red Petal Bastion.
Prior Offenses
Defeat Prior Thierric Sarazen after placing the Challenge Banner in Veteran Red Petal Bastion.
Realmshaper Slayer
Defeat 50 Silver Rose Realmshapers in Veteran Red Petal Bastion.
Red Petal Bastion Challenger
Complete the listed achievements for Veteran Red Petal Bastion.
Red Petal Bastion Challenger
Defeat Rogerain the Sly, the Artifact Bearers, and Prior Thierric Sarazen in Veteran Red Petal Bastion.
Red Petal Bastion Vanquisher
Defeat Rogerain the Sly, the Artifact Bearers, and Prior Thierric Sarazen in Red Petal Bastion.
Silver Rose Slayer
Defeat 200 Silver Rose Knights and Relic Fiends in Veteran Red Petal Bastion.
Silver Rose Style Master
Learn every chapter in the Silver Rose style book, occasionally found as rewards for completing the Red Petal Bastion dungeon.
Stampede Shuffle
Avoid all Rockslide Rushes by Prior Thierric Sarazan’s duplicates in Veteran Red Petal Bastion.
Untarnished Victory
Defeat all encounters in addition to Rogerain the Sly, the Artifact Bearers, and Prior Thierric Sarazen in Veteran Red Petal Bastion without suffering a group member death.
Waking Flame Delver
Complete both Red Petal Bastion and the Dread Cellar in Veteran.
Waking Flame Explorer
Enter either Red Petal Bastion or the Dread Cellar for the first time.
Waking Flame Scout
Complete both Red Petal Bastion and the Dread Cellar in Normal.
World’s Shortest Siege
Defeat all encounters in addition to Rogerain the Sly, the Artifact Bearers, and Prior Thierric Sarazen within 25 minutes of entering Veteran Red Petal Bastion. Your timer starts when you engage the first group of enemies.
You are the GOAT
Defeat Rogerain the Sly after placing the Challenge Banner in Veteran Red Petal Bastion.
Red Petal Bastion Leads
There are currently no leads located in Red Petal Bastion.
Final Note
Thank you for taking the time to watch the content and read this guide. Be sure on your travels to remember, although once you get very experienced you may make these dungeons much easier and faster… it starts from the ground up and it’s…
