Cyrodiil Dark Anchors Guide
A few notes to begin with:
• Only one Dark Anchor is active at a time and will only change location after being cleared.
• Cloud Ruler Temple is just a location and not a true Dark Anchor.
• You can see where the active Dark Anchor is using one of Wayshrines at your Alliance base.
To being with, I recommend visiting every Dark Anchor in one big loop of Cyrodiil (map link:
https://images.app.goo.gl/7ZqahSMmB1o4fcTM7). Doing this allows you to see where the active Dark Anchor is as you can use one of the Wayshrines at your Alliance base to view the full map in more detail. The active Dark Anchor will be the one flashing with two crossed swords on the icon. Then, you can set a marker for the active Dark Anchor and make your way there from your base, or use a Transitus Shrine to fast travel closer. It is very unlikely that the Dark Anchor will have been moved by the time you get there as I managed to obtain this achievement whilst only ever seeing one enemy player at a Dark Anchor. I kept some distance between us and we both managed to clear the Anchor and be on our separate ways. If you don’t approach enemy players, there’s a good chance they won’t attack you. Dark Anchors being so quiet means it’s better to actively farm them instead of waiting for it to change location as this can take a very long time. You might have to farm a lot of Dark Anchors to get the last one or two you need, or you can return every now and then and see which Dark Anchor is currently in use.
You don’t really need to check the Journal to see which Anchors you have already cleared as when you’re using a Wayshrine to view the map in full the Dark Anchors you have previously cleared will be white with a black outline instead of the standard icon, which is black with a white outline. However, if you do want to view the list navigate to:
Journal > Achievements > Exploration > Dark Anchors > Imperial Anchor Shatterer
To speed up the process, you can use Keep Recall Stones, which you can purchase at your Alliance base for 20k Alliance Points, to return back to the base and see where the next Dark Anchor is. I also fast travelled back to base by jumping in the river that flows up from the South and wraps around the Imperial City (in the centre of the map) as the Slaughterfish in this water will kill you very quickly. There are also Transitus Shrines that you can use in linked Keeps to fast travel back to base.