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Cooling Your Heels achievement in The Elder Scrolls Online

Cooling Your Heels

Complete Veteran Bloodroot Forge without ever touching the lava flowing through the Sanguine Veins.

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How to unlock the Cooling Your Heels achievement

  • oxHARMONxooxHARMONxo
    05 Sep 2017 05 Sep 2017 05 Sep 2020
    This achievement is incredibly annoying. Once you finish off the second boss, you will enter the forge. As you travel through the forge, you will encounter lava that you have to jump across the rocks to get to the other side. You will do this quite a few times, so keep forward progress as you are jumping or you can freeze jump in mid air. You will encounter shalks that hit a single target with a lava ball. SUSTAIN HEALS do not attempt to rid it. Once you get to the fourth boss, you will have to jump onto the rocks along the outside during his major aoe 1 hit mechanic.

    Finally, Once you get to the last boss, he will shoot lava out towards the tank. There is an altar of blood you can use to aim and shoot at the lava to make it disappear. This specific mechanic has been confirmed to not count against the achievement. However, there is lava still in the corners of the final boss fight that are easy to avoid.

    **Edit-credit DallastheDude**
    If you are struggling to cross the lava, players who die and go temporary ghost mode can run across lava with no penalty. Apparently it’s the damage tick from the lava that negates the achievement.
    Good luck!

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    ArteenGot this done as a sorcerer. I used Bolt Escape (Streak) during the Galchobar fight to get on and off the rocks surrounding the central arena. If you know the distance it's safe and consistent.
    Posted by Arteen On 07 Jan 21 at 23:52
    FruitofPassionDoes anyone know if this is required of EVERYONE in the group to avoid touching it or is it individually counted?
    Posted by FruitofPassion On 22 Jan 21 at 02:07
    oxHARMONxoJust the individual going for the achievement .
    Posted by oxHARMONxo On 22 Jan 21 at 02:10
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  • Imperi4l jokerImperi4l joker
    14 Dec 2020 14 Dec 2020 14 Dec 2020
    Sorry for the long essay, but you will thank me afterwards.

    I finally have the best and flawless way of getting past this dungeon without touching the lava. Hopefuly so that many more can now get this without any issues.
    You die before you touch any lava and simply run across. It was mentioned in the other guide, but this time I got an even better way.
    Best used on a damage dealer or healer as the tank needs to stay alive for the 4th boss on those platforms.
    As a "dd" or "h" use a skill that drains your health such as equilibrium in the mages guild, then simply equip the "potion" (not poison) called ravaging health and instakill yourself.
    Right before any lava once your through the door (after first 2 bosses) use this and slowly reach the next solid platform and repeat (some you can do in one run, near the beginning) and some you can stop halfway.
    Lastly, on the 4th boss, cause as much damage as you can on the boss. Wait for him to do his aoe mechanic and suicide on the left, so that another dd or healer can revive you after the mechanic is over. The other two players including tank keep the boss busy. Rice and repeat. Once dead, suicide and run across the lava to the final door. Same again, suicide across the final part.
    As for the final boss, lava does not void the achievement, just don't be silly and run to one of the two corners with static lava and jump in it.
    Achievement unlocked. Did this 4 times as I helped everyone in the group get it too.

    Best tips:-
    You can do this on your own, no group achievement
    Better with dd or h, as tank needs to stay alive
    WATCH OUT FOR SPALKS TARGETTING YOU
    (If your near lava, there lava bomb and push you into the lava) Spalk target does not void this.
    Final boss lava that spawns, does not void this
    You HAVE TO kill all the adds in this dungeon, DO NOT skip, as the achievement says all of the attendants.
    (Skipped first adds, had no achievement)
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    twitchinmonkeyYou don’t have to kill all the adds, I got it yesterday and we ran past the majority of adds.
    Posted by twitchinmonkey On 16 Nov 21 at 14:24
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