Lore:Duneripper

Dunerippers
A Duneripper (Legends)
Type		Beast(Reptile)
Range		Hammerfell,Northern Elsweyr
Appears in		ESO,Legends

Dunerippersare carnivorous desert-dwelling reptiles with protective scales on their backs. A duneripper can reach the length of three horses, and its armored tail is covered in chitinous scales. Dunerippers are ambush predators, and have a digestion system that requires only a modicum of food to sustain their large bodies. The duneripper burrows beneath the sand, sometimes lying motionless for days, waiting to strike its victim.Redguardnomads claim that dunerippers of theAlik'rare a fraction of the size they used to be when theRa Gadafirst encountered them.

The first sign of an imminent duneripper attack is its dorsal crest piercing the sand, causing the sand to churn like a whirlpool.They rip through the dunes with their fins, and should a bite not incapacitate its prey, the duneripper will try to clamp down on it, roll onto it, constrict it, or burrow back into the sand to smother its prey.The duneripper will also sweep its tail around to upend its prey, and it exhibits shorts bursts of impressive speed.TheGiant Scorpionis known to fall prey to dunerippers.

Their armored plates and durable neck spines generally fetch good prices at markets.Duneripper blood is believed to prolong life by the people ofBergama,though that is untrue as duneripper blood can be detrimental to one's health if handled poorly.The spine of a duneripper can been used to make drinking horns.The spine has also been made into dowsing sticks.

They share many similarities with thesea-drakesfound in the waters ofBlack Marsh,and are comparable in appearance to theDuneracersofCraglorn.

Gallery

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  Painting of a duneripper

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  Duneripper (ESO)

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  Tremorscale, a giant duneripper (ESO)

See Also

• For game-specific information, see theElder Scrolls OnlineandLegendsarticles.