Hatchling's Shell is a Set in Elder Scrolls Online (ESO). It is a Heavy Armor Set that is part of One Tamriel, and has 4 Bonuses.
Heavy Armor - Argonian
Bind on Equip
Hatchling's Shell

LEVEL 50 CHAMPION 160
(2 items) Adds 1487 Physical Resistance
(3 items) Adds 1487 Spell Resistance
(4 items) Adds 1206 Max Health
(5 items) Whenever you take damage you gain a damage shield that absorbs up to 3200 damage for 6 seconds. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health.
Hatchling's Shell Set Guide
- Type of Set: Heavy Armor
- Jewelry Trait: Healthy
- Required Content: None
- Recommend For: Tanks
- Value: Medium
- Difficulty to Acquire: Low
- Transmute crystal cost:
Hatchling's Shell Set Location
- Hatchling's Shell Set can be found at Shadowfen
- Delve bosses have a chance to drop a waist or feet set piece from the zone they are located in.
- Each boss also has a small chance to drop a unique set piece.
- Overland group bosses have a 100% chance to drop head, chest, legs, or weapon set piece from the zone they are located in.
- Public dungeon bosses have a chance to drop a shoulder, hand, or weapon set piece from the zone they are located in.
- Treasure Chests gained from defeating a Dark Anchor have a 100% chance to drop a ring or amulet set piece form the zone they are located in.
- Treasure chests found in the world have a chance to grant any set piece that can drop in that zone:
- Simple chests have a slight chance of dropping an item set piece.
- Intermediate chests have a good chance of dropping an item set piece
- Advanced and Master chests have a guaranteed chance of dropping an item set piece.
- If you have the Treasure Hunter Champion Passive, both the above chances and quality of an item will be improved.
- Treasure chests found from a Treasure Map have a guaranteed chance to drop one random set piece that can drop in that zone.
- Major quests have been updated to reward a green or blue-quality set piece.
- Regular monsters throughout Tamriel have a small chance of dropping any item set piece that can drop in that zone.
- Pieces can be obtained from Cyrodilic Collections Daily Contract Recompense which is a reward container acquired by completing Daily Quests given by Jee-Lar of the Cyrodilic Collections in Shadowfen.
Builds that use Hatchling's Shell Set
Hatchling's Shell Unique Set Pieces
Dessicated Belt of the Hatchling's Shell
- Type: Girdles
- Dropped by: Talkynd, Nen Ria, Shadowfen
- Enchantments:Maximum Stamina
- Traits: Impenetrable
Discarded Bonds of the Hatchling's Shell
- Type: Gauntlets
- Dropped by: Rendrasa, Slaver Camp, Shadowfen
- Enchantments: Maximum Stamina
- Traits: Reinforced
Slimy Acidic Staff of the Hatchling's Shell
- Type: Fire Staff
- Dropped by: Argablog and Vlaga, Xal Thak, Shadowfen
- Enchantments: Fiery Weapon
- Traits: Reinforced
Hatchling's Shell Set Notes
- Values listed are at Legendary Champion 160
- This set is bind-on-equip
- This set has Weapons of every type
- This Set's bonuses were changed with Update 19.
- Once the set piece is in your Collections, you can create an account-bound piece of the set using Transmute Crystals.
Hatchling's Shell Set Pieces
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Why isn't this set considered a "tank set." I have spent a fair amount of time trying to find a reason but everyone seems to avoid it like it is the redheaded step child of armor sets
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the real question is. does the shield scale on anything? or it it just a flat 5k?
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This is so stupid, I read on list of sets:
(2 items) Adds 1487 Armor
(3 items) Adds 1487 Armor
(4 items) Adds 1206 Max Health
(5 items) Gain a damage shield equal to 20% of your MaxHealth for 15 seconds every 15 seconds.
then here:
(2 items) Adds 1487 Physical Resistance
(3 items) Adds 1487 Spell Resistance
(4 items) Adds 1206 Max Health
(5 items) Whenever you take damage you gain a damage shield that absorbs up to 3200 damage for 6 seconds. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds and scales off your Maximum Health.
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