Ancestral Tombs are sacred burial grounds in ESO Morrowind. The “Ancestral Tombs Hunter” general achievement worth 50 points is given to those that collect them all, and hand the quest back to Librarian Bradyn. There is even a quest that starts to introduce you to this subject, but the objective only marks one of the tomb locations. Other than the achievement points, you’ll gain additional experience points for the two quests, as well as some juicy prizes. Our ESO Morrowind Ancestral Tomb locations guide will help you find all 30, so you can get the rubbings and find the Lost Library.
Librarian Bradyn Location
Librarian Bradyn is found in the Library of Vivec. This library is located in the southern part of Vivec City, just north from the Shrine and its Wayshrine. Go through the doors at the ground floor and talk with Librarian Bradyn. He will give you the quest: “The Ancestral Tombs”.
This quest will lead you to the Othrelas Ancestral Tomb Plaque, number 13 on the list. Once you take the rubbing from the Plaque, and return it to Librarian Bradyn, he will inform you about the existence of 29 more tombs.
All 30 Ancestral Tombs Map Locations
All thirty Tombs have unique names that represent a part of Vvardenfell. You can either collect them all in one go, or pick up the ones you’ve missed later on. Before you head to the hunt, keep in mind that you need free inventory slots for each tomb, as you take rubbing off of them. You don’t need to speak with Librarian Bradyn 30 times though, once will be enough if you have them all.
No. | Ancestral Tomb Name | Location Short Description |
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1 | Seran | Northwest from Urshilaku Camp Wayshrine, at the bottom of a rocky hill. |
2 | Ginith | On the lower level, looking toward the nearby Dwemer bridge, just south from the nearby skyshard. |
3 | Rethandus | On a hill, next to a tall mushroom, hidden by the rocks. |
4 | Salothran | North from nearby West Gash Wayshrine. |
5 | Telvayn | In the field, next to a small white mushroom and a tree. |
6 | Uveran | In the area of the group boss, the entrance is from the northeastern side. |
7 | Norvayn | Alongside the muddy road, next to a red plant. |
8 | Tharys | Across from Balmora stable, several steps away from the southeastern entrance. |
9 | Heran | Where the river meets the sea, next to a tall tree. |
10 | Lleran | Close to the road, next to a large tree and the candles. |
11 | Thelas | Between two large trees, hidden from the nearby sea by a large rock. |
12 | Sarano | Close to the road, down the slope, next to the bonfire. |
13 | Othrelas | Next to the shore, close to the bridge. |
14 | Aran | Alongside the road, at the bottom of a large rock formation. |
15 | Velas | At the bottom of some black boulders, its entrance is covered with three small mushrooms. |
16 | Releth | In the southern part of a small island, close to the water and a tall, large mushroom. |
17 | Raviro | Close to the main road that takes you to Molag Mar towards the east. |
18 | Redas | In the eastern part of a small forest plateau. |
19 | Arano | South from Tel Branora Wayshrine, close to the sea. |
20 | Hlervu | On top of a hill, hidden from the sea by the rocks. |
21 | Maren | West from the path lamp post, at the bottom of a tall hill. |
22 | Arenim | Facing towards the water, close to the several tall mushrooms. |
23 | Serano | On a tall hill, hidden away by the many large boulders. |
24 | Andas | A small path from the shore leads to it. |
25 | Verelnim | Facing the sea, at the bottom of a tall boulder. |
26 | Ieneth | Hidden from a nearby road by the large rock formation. |
27 | Sadryon | North from Sadrith Mora settlement and its Wayshrine, close to some tall, weird-looking fungi. |
28 | Venim | On a tiny hill, inside a small forest. |
29 | Nerano | On a small hill, close to a rather large but short mushroom. |
30 | Favel | East from Valley of the Wind Wayshrine, facing towards the nearby settlement. |
Once you collect them all, speak with Librarian Bradyn and give them all in. He will give you the next quest called “Lost Library“. This quest takes you on an interesting journey that the 30 plaque rubbings from the tombs started. The additional prize comes in the furnishing Vvardenfell scale model.
Super job thank you
THANK YOU excellently done and a kind thing also
Can’t find venim looked everywhere around that location
Next to the road there is a lamp post, and a metal fence. Jump over it and go right, up the hill.
Thanks
This is superbly written. Thank you!
./blush You are welcome, thank you for stopping by.
If you’re reading this and you accidentaly destroyed some rubbings, fear not, as long as you have one to turn in, the ones you have destroyed will be turned in as well.
So I thought I grabbed all of the rubbings but apparently I didn’t and I don’t feel like going to every single location again. How do I figure out which 2 I need still?
There is a giant 3D map of Vvardenfell close to Librarian Bradyn. Once you give Librarian the rubbings, the map fills up. Just look at the area you are missing, and its location on the map above 😀
I still have 2 spots on the map missing but I’ve went to every shrine 3 times EACH and I still can’t get the past two spots filled. There are 30 shrines if I’m not mistaken..?
You can also look at your achievements
Really good point :d
Great work thank you for your time in make this, OUTSTANDING
No problem Zoll, thank you for stopping by, this is what we are here for, have fun.
Thank you so much for this information! I sort of randomly started collecting these rubbings without knowing what to do with them. I don’t remember talking to the librarian, but I talk to everyone, lol, so maybe I did and just didn’t take the quest. Anyway, thanks!
You are welcome Frances, hope you are having fun with the game, stay good.
#22 seems inactive, Doesn’t identify as a tomb at all. Tomb is there but no label. Right spot, right description, but no dice for me or partner, Tried logging out and back in. Anyone have similar issue or know what we are doing wrong?
Odd… We both had it checked in our acheivements but neither of us had been to this part of Vvardenfell before…
Update… The Arenim tomb was checked when it shouldn’t have been, but the Hlervu tomb (#20) did NOT get checked even though we went back to double check. We also did not get credit for tomb #14 (Aran)…. Haven’t done any of the tomb farther north yet. anyone else find any bugs in the sequence? Thanks!
Btw, nice site… Good to have a spot for us noobs to ask questions like this! My wife opened a customer service ticket so we shall see…
Number #12, 15 and 24 didn’t check for me when I handed them in. Put in a ticket so will see what happens
You are a star thank you so much for this, I was about to quit the game altogether as I was getting so bored and frustrated attempting to do this, Bradyn said to keep checking list but didn’t get one anyway you help on this is really appreciated, I thank you so very much. have a great life.
Hey Patti thank you so much for the kind words, have a great life yourself 😀
Nerano (#29) doesn’t register as a tomb for me. The stele for the rubbing is missing. Guess a ticket is in order.
I have the same Problem with Nerano #29
I had the same issue =/
no 29 is not so accurate on this map its actually a little ways more northwest from the nearby town
Dreloth is not on here?
Broken quest! The game stinks!
This is a very meowy guild, it only took me about an hour to collect all my missing pieces, got a bunch of mats in the process too.
Well done good descriptions
VERY helpful tool, and well constructed. Thank you!
Where in achievements can I find which rubbings I am missing? Any help would be appreciated