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Online:Taskmaster Viccia

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Taskmaster Viccia
Location The Cauldron, Howling Cavern
Race Xivilai Gender Female
Health Normal2,946,975Veteran(?) Difficulty ON-misc-Boss 3.png
Reaction Hostile
Taskmaster Viccia

Taskmaster Viccia is a Xivilai found in the Howling Cavern section of the Cauldron. She serves as the second boss of the dungeon.

She wields a maul in combat. During the fight you will also need to avoid her traps.

Related Quests[edit]

Skills and Abilities[edit]

Hammer Strike
A basic melee attack dealing moderate physical damage.
Uppercut
Taskmaster Viccia winds up her hammer and strikes hard, dealing massive physical damage and knocking you back. This attack can be blocked.
Shocking Slam
Taskmaster Viccia rakes her hammer across the floor then slams it into the ground, causing a massive shockwave, dealing very high damage and knocking you back, indicated by a growing circular AoE. The area of the slam remains charged with electricity for a duration, dealing continuous moderate shock damage.
Lightning Runes
Taskmaster Viccia raises her hammer to the sky, causing four lightning runes to be applied in various spots of the arena, indicated by circular AoEs. Stepping in them causes an explosion that deals very high shock damage. These can linger long enough that they will still exist when the next application occurs.
Summon Dremora
During the fight, Taskmaster Viccia summons Dremora allies from the camp surrounding the arena.

Dialogue[edit]

As you enter the Howling Caverns along with Drathas, the Taskmaster will notice you:

Taskmaster Viccia: "Escapees? Not on my watch."
Drathas: "Tell me where to find my father, monster!"
Taskmaster Viccia: "Father? Do you expect me to see any mortals as individuals? You're just flesh and muscle."
Drathas: "Let's take this monster down! I can help!"

Combat Dialogue[edit]

Idling before combat:

Taskmaster Viccia: "Welcome, new slaves! Breaking you will be my pleasure."
Taskmaster Viccia: "Drop those pitiful weapons so I can show you to your cage!"
Taskmaster Viccia: "A bit scrawnier than my usual servants but you'll do."
Taskmaster Viccia: "Let's see how many bones I can break before you can no longer work."

Discharge attack:

Taskmaster Viccia: "Watch where you step!"
Taskmaster Viccia: "Dance for me!"
Taskmaster Viccia: "Scatter, bugs!"

When a player steps on her traps:

Taskmaster Viccia: "Caught ya!"
Taskmaster Viccia: "You're mine!"
Taskmaster Viccia: "Ha! Wrong move!"

Group wipe:

Taskmaster Viccia: "Not even strong enough for a pickaxe!"
Taskmaster Viccia: "Into the stone pits!"
Taskmaster Viccia: "Ha! Victorious once more!"

Achievements[edit]

There are several achievements associated with this boss:

Achievement Points Description
ON-icon-achievement-Flames of Ambition Scout.png Flames of Ambition Scout 10 Complete both Black Drake Villa and the Cauldron in Normal.
ON-icon-achievement-The Cauldron Vanquisher.png The Cauldron Vanquisher 10 Defeat Oxblood the Depraved, Taskmaster Viccia, the Molten Guardian; free Lyranth; and defeat Baron Zaudrus in the Cauldron.
ON-icon-achievement-Hot-Footed.png Hot-Footed 50 Defeat all encounters in addition to Oxblood the Depraved, Taskmaster Viccia, the Molten Guardian; free Lyranth; and defeat Baron Zaudrus within 35 minutes of entering Veteran Cauldron. Your timer starts when you engage the first group of enemies.
ON-icon-achievement-Relentless Justice.png Relentless Justice 50 Defeat all encounters in addition to Oxblood the Depraved, Taskmaster Viccia, the Molten Guardian; free Lyranth; and defeat Baron Zaudrus in Veteran Cauldron without suffering a group member death.
ON-icon-achievement-The Cauldron Conqueror.png The Cauldron Conqueror 10 Defeat Oxblood the Depraved, Taskmaster Viccia, the Molten Guardian; free Lyranth; and defeat Baron Zaudrus in Veteran Cauldron.
ON-icon-achievement-The Cauldron Challenger.png The Cauldron Challenger 50 Complete the listed achievements for Veteran Cauldron.
ON-icon-achievement-Flames of Ambition Delver.png Flames of Ambition Delver 50 Complete both Black Drake Villa and the Cauldron in Veteran.
ON-icon-achievement-Subterranean Smasher.png Subterranean Smasher 50 Defeat all encounters in addition to Oxblood the Depraved, Taskmaster Viccia, the Molten Guardian; free Lyranth; and defeat Baron Zaudrus after raising the challenge banner in Veteran Cauldron within 35 minutes without suffering a group member death.
ON-icon-achievement-Can't Catch Me!.png Can't Catch Me! 10 Defeat Taskmaster Viccia without anyone in your group triggering a single trap in Veteran Cauldron.