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Harpy
(lore page)
Location Kozanset, Shrieking Scar, Silverhoof Vale
Species Harpy
Health 31,364
Reaction Hostile
Drops
Medium Armor Raw Materials, Foul Pelt
A red Harpy flying
A red harpy perched on a ledge

Harpies are half-bird, half-woman hybrid creatures found all over Tamriel, often in warm climates. They have little intelligence and are usually hostile.

There are two kinds of red harpies. The harpies with brighter red feathers whose crests are folded back neatly in the shape of a briarheart seed appear younger. These bright red harpies have feathered collars that stand straight up. These harpies have no tails. There are also dark red harpies, whose crest feathers appear spaced further apart. These older, darker red harpies wear more jewelry than their counterparts with brighter plumage. The harpies with darker plumage have tail feathers. Harpies with darker plumage have feathers around their neck that jut outwards towards their shoulders, as opposed to the younger harpies, whose collar stands up straight.

Related Quests[edit]

Skills and Abilities[edit]

Talon
A basic melee attack that does minor physical damage.
Bolt
A basic ranged attack that does minor shock damage.
Wing Slice
A charged melee attack that does moderate physical damage. This attack can be blocked to set the harpy off-balance.
Lightning Gale
A ranged attack that does moderate shock damage. The attack can be interrupted to set the harpy off-balance, or simply avoided.
Wing Gust
An attack that does moderate physical damage and knocks down all enemies as indicated by a red cone.
Charged Ground
An attack that does moderate shock damage over time to all enemies as indicated by a red circle. The attack can be interrupted to set the harpy off balance, or simply avoided.

Unique Harpies[edit]

Variants[edit]

Generic Harpies[edit]

Generic, unnamed harpies can be encountered in various places across Tamriel, including delves, dungeons, and DLC content. These harpies have varying stats, namely health. Below is a list of harpies, categorized by location, difficulty and health.

Zone / Dungeon Specific Location Reaction Difficulty Health
Windshriek Strand Summoned by Skullbreaker Hostile ON-misc-Boss 1.png 90,628
Blackheart Haven Red harpies in the Roost Hostile Normal49,116Veteran136,704
Blue harpies in the Roost Hostile Normal32,417Veteran71,289
Tower of Lies By the water on the lower level Friendly 0
Perched on pulleys in the prison camp, as seen from the higher levels Friendly 40,000
WrothgarOrsinium The Accursed Nursery Hostile ON-misc-Boss 1.png 60,418
WrothgarOrsinium Frostbreak Fortress Hostile 60,418
Scalecaller PeakDragon Bones Red harpies in Scalecaller Rise Hostile Normal41,467Veteran(?)
Blue harpies in Scalecaller Rise Hostile Normal(?)Veteran28,260
IcereachHarrowstorm Icereach Ramparts Hostile Normal(?)Veteran136,700

Notes[edit]

  • There are different varieties of harpies: red harpies are the most common, and purple harpies in base game zones tend to be the ones that use more magic. Black harpies appear in Wrothgar and Northern Elsweyr. According to Orzorga, the harpies in Wrothgar are far less intelligent than other harpies due to generations of inbreeding.
  • Their eggs are prized by Argonians, such as Deechee-Noo. Walks-Softly considers them to be sickening and garish.
  • Harpies can be seen snatching up soldiers at Frostbreak Fortress and flying off with them.

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