7. Crafting

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Crafting in Elder Scrolls Online is an inseparable element of the game. Thanks to this activity, the player is capable of creating equipment of any kind, as well as completely new items . From this chapter, you will learn how crafting works and how you can profit from it.

Alchemy

Potions can be crafted with alchemy

Alchemy in Elder Scrolls Online is an optional element of the game. Using alchemy, you can brew various potions, which you can also buy for gold. If you find (or buy) the ingredients, you can go to the city and use the Alchemy Table. Toy find out which ingredients you need to combine, to brew a specific potion, you need to find the recipe, or find out what properties a given ingredient has. You can do that by reading books that are spread all around the world, or play the guinea pig and test the ingredient on yourself. Regardless of which path you take, with each tested ingredient and brewed potion, you increase your alchemy level. Thanks to the appropriate alchemy level, you will be able to brew better and more advanced potions. With this skill, you are able to brew either healing potions or lethal poisons. The key ingredient is, of course, water, which you can buy or find during your journeys.

Provisioning

Provisioning

Thanks to Provisioning, you can craft food, which you then will be able to use, to your aid, in your journeys. To use this skill, you need several key elements. The most important one is finding the recipe and the ingredients for that meal. You can create food by a Provisioning Station. Food and beverages are useful, not only during the journeys, but also in wartime in Cyrodiil. Thanks to provisions, you can raise your health mana or endurance, whereas thanks to beverages, you can regenerate those attributes. Each recipe that you find can be entered into the book of recipes, by bringing up the inventory window and using the item. The better recipes require better ingredients, but they offer better buffs.

Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing offers you the opportunity to craft metal armors. To craft an armor, you first need to go to a city, where there is a blacksmithing battle and an anvil. The exception here are the tables that give you the opportunity to craft an armor that belongs to a magical set, of which there is a huge number. You find such tables by reading books or through exploration. As a rule, such tales can be found in dungeons and on the map, they are marked with the icon of fire and hammer. There are three blacksmithing options:
Creation- thanks to this option you will be able to create a weapon and an armor from the necessary ingredients. Depending on what level of item you want to create, such needs to be the level and the amount of the ingredients. To create a primitive item, you only are going to need iron. Iron ingots can be forged out of iron ores, which you can find all over the world. If you do not want to go looking for ores, you can buy ingots from the nearest blacksmith. To create an item, you need to select the material that you want to create it out of, the style that you want and the property that the item should have. For each one of the options, you need certain items, which you can buy or find on your travels. Thanks to books, which you find, you can learn completely new and more and more advanced blacksmithing techniques, thanks to which you can create better items with higher statistics.
Improvement- each item that you craft, can be improved, if only you have the special magical stone (hardener). Depending on the level of the item that you want to improve, the stone that you require will be rarer and rarer. There are several levels of improvement: Normal - white), Fine - green, Superior - blue, Epic - violet and Legendary - golden. While improving, you will get the chance of improving the item. The chance depends on how many stones, for that purpose, you have. If you are not interested in taking the risk, you can spend as many stones, so as to reach the chance of 100%. If you decide to improve an item, with a chance lower than 100%, then your item may be destroyed in the process and you will lose it irreversibly. The improved armors provide a better defense factor, where the weapon grant a higher offense factor. In both cases, improvement raises the value and the price for repairs.
Extraction - thanks to this option, you can acquire ingredients from the equipment that you have already obtained. Thanks to this, you can use the ingredients to create a new armor, or weapon, in the future. The materials that you obtain this way depend on the material that the item was crafted out of (from an iron armor, you receive the same class of ingredients). After the process, such items are destroyed and you receive the materials, and additional points to blacksmithing.

Enchanting

Enchanting can be performed, thanks to the Enchanting Station, which can be found in each bigger city. There are various attributes of enchanting and they range from adding fire damage, to receiving more experience. To enchant an item, you need two items: the item that you enchant and a Glyph. You can obtain glyphs by completing quest, opening chests, buying at stores and collecting runes to turn into glyphs. There are three main types of runes and, to create a glyph, you need one of each type: Essence Rune (yellow), Aspect Rune (red) and Potency Rune (blue). After you obtain such runes, you can create the magical word, from which you also learn the properties of the runes that you used, and also gain a higher enchanting level. To enchant a weapon, you need to open the inventory, select the weapon and the glyph whet you want to use. Depending on your enchantment level, you will be using more and more advanced magical words, which vest higher magical statistics in your weapon. You can also extract the runes from glyphs that you have found and learn, by this, the affixes of the words that were used to create them. You do that by selecting the Extraction option, at the Enchanting station.

Woodworking

Woodworking is a skill that allows you to craft bows and magical staves. To create a weapon, you need wood. You can obtain it by exploring the world and finding it, buying and by extracting it from the other weapons. Woodworking is subject to the same rules as blacksmithing. For each item that you create, you receive experience in woodworking. Just like blacksmithing, woodworking is divided into three branches:
Creation- thanks to this action, you can create a bow or a staff. Depending on which class of item you want to acquire, such level of proficiency, and as much of the material, you need. While performing this action, you can select the property (the bonus for the weapon) and style (what it is going to look like).
Improvement- This type of woodworking offers you the opportunity to improve the staves and bows that you have obtained (or crafted). To improve the items, you need special items and, depending on the level of improvement, such is the type of item that you are going to need. To obtain the highest class (Legendary) you are going to need the most expensive and the rarest, unique improvement items.
Extraction- This skill allows you to acquire materials for creating bows and staves. In exchange for destroying the weapon. The materials that you receive are determined by the class of the item that you destroyed. By extracting materials from high-end items, you obtain high-quality wood and styles.

Clothing

Clothing in ESO

Clothing is creating armors for mages and rogues (light and medium armors). It is subject to the same rules as blacksmithing. Clothing stations can be found in each major city, and the special ones in certain locations that you need to discover. For each armor that you create, you can choose a property and style. Just like in the case of blacksmithing and woodworking, there are three types of clothing:
Creation - Thanks to this action, you will be able to create your robes (light armor) and medium armor. In both of these cases, you are going to need materials. The quality and amount of these materials depends on what class of item you want to create (a better armor requires materials of high quality).
Improvement- Just like in the case of blacksmithing and crafting of heavy armors, you can improve your newly-made robe. To improve an item, you are going to need special, unique materials, and the chance of success is directly proportional to the amount of these materials.
Extraction- This option allows you to obtain materials from the equipment that you have already obtained, which can be later used to create the armor that suits your liking. The item that you extract the materials from is destroyed in the process. The amount of material that you obtain, depends on the level and quality of the item that you extract it from.

6. World exploration

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Exploration is one of the inseparable elements of the game. Following the paths chosen by you can provide you with additional attractions and riches. From this chapter, you will learn how this works and how you can profit from it.

Molag Bal's anchors

Molag Bal's dark anchors

During the exploration you will be running into a group of cultists that are preparing a dark ritual. If this happens, it is a good idea to call the rest of the players, because you will e taking part in a dynamic quest. Your main goal here is to fight back the groups of monsters sent by Molag Bal to the world of the living. Unarguably, this is too difficult for you to handle all on your own, which is why it is necessary to form a part or wait for reinforcements. Each monster that you kill releases a soul, which fills the stone that holds the anchor chain in place.

Anchor fastenings

Each player that participates in this event can destroy the crystals filled with souls. After you have destroyed all of them, the event ends in a success and you are rewarded with experience points. If you die in the course of the event, you can ask your party members to revive you, or use the soulgem. For each dynamic quest that you complete, you receive additional experience points from the fighters' guild tree.

Chests and Lorebooks

Treasure chest

You can find treasure chests all around the world. If you have a Lockpick on you, and you find such a chest, you can try to open it. The uniqueness of the treasure and the amount of gold are directly connected with the chest's difficulty level. While opening a chest, you need to fit within time limit. Also, you can attempt to force the chest open. Next to the allotted time limit, the game also displays your percentage chances of opening the chest by force.

Lorebooks

In the menu, there is a tab devoted to the books that you find. For completing sets of books of a given type, you will be rewarded with experience points and skillpoints. In the tab, you can look up which books are missing from your sets. Also, this is the most important way to improve on your skills in the mages' guild's tree.

Skyshards

Skyshard

Skyshards are the magical shards scattered all around Tamriel. The player that finds them can absorb their power by interacting with them. The player to collect three such shards is rewarded with an additional skillpoint. You can look up your progression in collecting shards, in your menu, in the skills tab. You find the shards in the open areas of your faction location, in dungeons and in Cyrodiil itself.

Mundus Stone and ingredients

The Lover - one of the magical stones in the ESO

Mundus Stones are magical stones, whose power is available to every player that finds them. After you interact with such a stone, you absorb a special power of the matching type. For each stone that you find, apart from the power, you are rewarded with experience points. The effect of a stone can be looked up in the statistics tab.

Iron ore that you need for smithery

During your explorations, you will also be finding crafting materials. You do not need any additional tools to mine for them. Some of the unique materials are highly valued, which makes them another way of earning gold in the game.

Dungeons

In Elder Scrolls Online dungeons are an inseparable element of the quests, group hunts and exploration. To hunt in faction dungeons, you need a group of players that will complement each other. The most typical party make-up is a tank, a mage healer and two damage dealers. With this kind of make-up, you can be sure that you will do well in any situation that you find yourself in there. The functioning of dungeons, in Elder Scrolls Online, is different than in other games of this type. After you enter an area, you cannot pick monsters one-by-one. Instead, the entire horde of monsters launches at your party, which is why it is imperative that you wield AoE abilities. Dungeons can be divided into solo (which you find while completing quests) ad group (which you discover while exploring and completing quests).
Each faction has its unique dungeons, with their own lore. There will be occasions, on which you will have to drive back a group of cultists, or fight back a dark terrifying Daedra.
A list of initial faction dungeons:
Daggerfall Covenant (Glenumbra): The name of the dungeon is Spindleclutch. The recommended experience level of the party members is 12-15. After you have cleared the first levels of the dungeons, you face a cruel Daedra - The Whisperer.
Aldmeri Dominion (Auridon): The name of the dungeon is Banished Cells. The recommended experience level of the party members is 12-15. The end boss is the powerful mage High Kinlord Rilis.
Ebonheart Pact (Stonefalls): The name of the dungeon is Fungal Grotto. The recommended experience level of the party members is 12-15. The last battle you fight in this dungeon is against the powerful spider Kra'gh the Dreugh King.

Justice System

Stealing is one of the activities available in the game

The justice system allows you to follow either the path of the thief or the murderer. Being a criminal affects your playing style and it completely changes the guards' disposition towards you. While stealing from people, you have a specific chance of success. If you fail to steal an object, you will be attacked and guards alarmed. The bounty on your head depends on the gravity of your crime. Low bounty suggests that, when you are captured, you will be stripped of all the stolen goods and fined. The amount of the fine depends on the amount of the bounty. Murder automatically raises the bounty to the red level. This means that any guard can kill you on spot. Guards are immortal, which is why the only thing that you can do, to avoid consequences, is escape. The amount of the bounty keeps dropping, on a regular basis, with time that elapses after your crime. This means that you can wait in a safety, after you commit a crime, until the bounty level drops to zero. With enough crimes committed, your bounty level reaches the maximum level. Each guard can then kill you without a single warning and he takes your gold. If you do not have enough gold to pay your fine, the guard will also take some of your equipment, which you cannot then retrieve. Gold that you deposit in bank is outside of the guards' reach.
After a successful theft, the item that you have stolen is marked in red and provided with the "stolen" note. To be able to use such items, you need to "launder" them first. Here, you can use the help of fences all around Tamriel, who launder the hot goods, for a price. If you do not want to use such items, you can sell them for a fraction of its normal price.

5. Transportation

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The world of Elder Scrolls Online is vast, so every player needs a means of transport. In this chapter, you will learn about their types and find out about their characteristics. The information that you find here will help you travel between the individual locations and avoid consequences connected with that.

Teleporters

Fast travel

The main means of fast-traveling between locations is using Wayshrines. After you find one, it will be marked on your faction's general map, from which you can teleport straight to it, from any spot within that area. Depending the price to use one gets higher and higher, as you level up. If you want to teleport more than once, within a short period of time, the cost of each consecutive use will be several-fold higher. If, during your exploration, you do not find such a wayshrine and die, you will respawn next to the nearest one and the game reveals it on your map. If you play in a group and one of the party members is near the spot, where you want to go, you can use the Move To Player, which is free of charge.

Mounts

Horses- one of the means of transport

Another way to fast-travel is to ride a horse. Horses are very expensive and, to a certain point in the game, exclusive. There are two ways in which to obtain a horse. One of them is buying it for gold, from a local trader (the prices of good horses are sky-high). This is not it, because it does not suffice to only buy the horse, after which you can use it to travel around the world. Your horse also needs feeding, which imposes additional cost on you. Another way is to buy Elder Scrolls Online Imperial Edition.
You mount the horse by accessing the specific tab in your menu. You can summon it in any location of the game world. Such a horse's stamina, in gallop (in sprint), is higher than that of your character, and it regenerates faster. The more expensive horses come with faster traveling.

The process of upgrading the steed

• To make your horse more able, you need to take a proper car of it. In each stable, where you can buy a horse, you can find a tab that you need to access to upgrade your mount. There are three upgrades to choose from:
• Speed - governs the general speed at which the horse travels, while galloping (sprinting). The more points, the faster the horse.
• Stamina - the statistic that governs the horse's stamina, i.e. for how long you can keep sprinting before regeneration is necessary. The higher the stamina level, the longer you can sprint.
• Carry Capacity - governs how much you can carry when you have the selected horse in the main tab. The higher the carry capacity, the more you can carry.
• Each upgrade is 250 gold and you can obtain them at the stable. You can buy an upgrade once per 24 hours.

4. Factions and Races

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In this chapter, you will find descriptions of each of the three available factions and you will learn which races are assigned to those factions. Each faction groups three playable races. Also, in this chapter, you will find descriptions of abilities of the individual races, as well as supplementary information.

Aldmeri Dominion

Aldmeri Dominion is a faction of the Southern Tamriel, led by Queen Ayrenn. This faction groups three races:
Altmers- This race can be characterized with strong magical abilities. The Altmers are perfect at using magic of the four elements.

Ability Name	Description of the ability	Supplementary information
Destruction Talent	Increases the experience that you receive from the destruction talent tree, by 15%
Spellcharge	Increases mana regeneration, in combat, by o 3%	- This ability can be unlocked at the fifth ability level of the Altmer - 3 ability levels (9% in total)
Gift of Magnus	Increases maximum mana by 4%	- This ability can be unlocked at the tenth ability level of the Altmer - 3 ability levels (12% in total)
Elemental Talent	Increases damage, dealt with magic of the four elements, by 2%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 25th ability level of the Altmer - 3 ability levels (6% in total)

Wood Elves (Bosmer) - the race of the Wood Elves can be characterized for their high agility factor. Perfect as archers.

Ability Name	Description of the ability	Supplementary information
Archery Expertise	Increases the experience, received from the tree of archery, by 15%
Vigor	Increases the regeneration of endurance, in combat, by 3%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 5 ability level of the wood elf - 3 ability levels (9% in total)
Resist Affliction	Increases resistance to poison and illnesses by 7%. Increases maximum endurance by 1%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 10 ability level of the wood elf - 3 ability levels (total 21 and 3% in total)
Stealthy	Increases the range of sneaking by 1 meter. Increases damage dealt, while sneaking, by 3%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 25 ability level of the wood elf - 3 ability levels (3 meters and 9% in total)

Khajiit - A feline race. They are characteristic with their high agility, intelligence and speed factors. Perfect as rogues.

Ability Name	Description of the ability	Supplementary information
Medium Armor Expertise	Increases experience received from the medium armor tree by 15%
Robust	Increases health regeneration, in combat, by 5%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 5 ability level of the Khajiit - 3 ability levels (15% in total)
Stealthy	Increases the range of sneaking by 1 meter. Increases damage dealt, while sneaking, by 3%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 10 ability level of the Khajiit - 3 ability levels (3 meters and 9% in total)
Carnage	Increases the critical hit factor by 1% and critical damage by 5%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 25 ability level of the Khajiit - 3 ability levels (3 and 15% in total)

Daggerfall Covenant

Daggerfall Covenant is a faction that encompasses the North-Western part of Tamriel. It is led by High King Emeric. The faction includes:
Bretons - Considered to be the most competent mages all around Tamriel. Their abilities are centered, predominantly, around offensive and healing magic.

Ability Name	Description of the ability	Supplementary information
Light Armor Affinity	Increases the experience received from the light armor tree, by 15%
Gift of Magnus	Increases maximum mana by 4%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 5 ability level of the Breton - 3 ability levels (12% in total)
Spell Resistance	Increases defense against magic by 2	- This ability can be unlocked at the 10 ability level of the Breton - 3 ability levels (6 in total)
Magicka Mastery	Decreases mana cost of magical abilities by 1%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 25 ability level of the Breton - 3 ability levels (3% in total)

Orcs - The brutal race of Orcs, due to their endurance and strength ratios are perfect for warriors that fight melee, as well as tanks.

Ability Name	Description of the ability	Supplementary information
Heavy Armor Expertise	Increases experience received from the tree of heavy armor by 15%
Brawny	Increases the maximum of health and endurance by 2%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 5 ability level of the Orc - 3 ability levels (6% in total)
Robust	Increases health regeneration in combat by 5%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 10 ability level of the Orc - 3 ability levels (15% in total)
Swift	Decreases endurance drop, while in sprint, by 4% and increases speed, while sprinting, by 3%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 25 ability level of the Orc - 3 ability levels (12 and 9% in total)

Redguard - a race that fares well as both warriors and rogues. They are very good as Tanks (offensive and defensive).

Ability Name	Description of the ability	Supplementary information
Shield Affinity	Increases experience received from the tree of one-handed weapons and shields by 15%
Vigor	Increases regeneration of endurance, in combat, by 3%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 5 ability level of the Redguard - 3 ability levels (9% in total)
Conditioning	Increases the maximum of endurance by 4%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 10 ability level of the Redguard - 3 ability levels (12% in total)
Adrenaline Rush	Regenerates 1 endurance point when the player attacks the opponent in melee (the ability activates once per 3 seconds)	- This ability can be unlocked at the 25 ability level of the Redguard - 3 ability levels (3 in total)

Ebonheart Pact

Ebonheart Pact Encompasses the North-Eastern areas of Tamriel. It is led by King Jorunn. This faction consists of:
Argonian - Lizard-men, who mastered the magic of restoration

Ability Name	Description of the ability	Supplementary information
Restoration Expertise	Increases experience received from the tree of restoration by 15%
Amphibious	Increases the speed of swimming by 50% and the potency of potions by 5%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 5 ability level of the Argonian - 3 ability levels (15% in total)
Argonian Resistance	Increases maximum health by 1% and resistance to poisons and illnesses by 7	- This ability can be unlocked at the 10 ability level of the Argonian - 3 ability levels (3% and 21 in total)
Quick To Mend	Increases the received healing by 2%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 25 ability level of the Argonian - 3 ability levels (6% in total)

Dark Elves (Dunmer) - This race is perfect for dual-weapon fighting and magic

Ability Name	Description of the ability	Supplementary information
Ambidexterity	Increases experience received from the tree of dual weapons by 15%
Dynamic	Increases defense against magic and endurance by 2%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 5 ability level of the Dunmer - 3 ability levels (6% in total)
Resist Flame	Increases resistance to fire by 105 and the maximum of mana by 1%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 10 ability level of the Dunmer - 3 ability levels (3% in total)
Flame Talent	Increases the potency of magical properties of fire by 1	- This ability can be unlocked at the 25 ability level of the Dunmer - 3 ability levels (3 in total)

Nord - The race of Nord is best as warriors that use heavy armor and two-handed weapons.

Ability Name	Description of the ability	Supplementary information
Two handed Expertise	Increases experience received from the tree of two-handed weapons by 15%
Robust	Increases health regeneration, in combat, by 5%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 5 ability level of the Nord - 3 ability levels (15% in total)
Resist Frost	Increases resistance to cold by 10 and the maximum of health by 1%	- This ability can be unlocked at the 10 ability level of the Nord - 3 ability levels (30 and 3% in total)
Rugged	Increases the armor factor by 2	- This ability can be unlocked at the 10 ability level of the Nord - 3 ability levels (6 in total)

3. Combat

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The "Combat" chapter has been devoted to combat system, available in Elder Scrolls Online. You will find here the description of its properties and a detailed description of the system of your hero's abilities. In this chapter, you will find out which abilities are the most useful, and which ones it is worthwhile to use most frequently to develop your hero as fast as possible.

Combat system

Combat in ESO

Combat w Elder Scrolls Online is dynamic and requires agility of the player. The combat system has several main properties:

• Attack - This is the basic combat property. There is cooldown time for the character's main abilities The only exception here are the Ultimate Abilities. What stops you from casting spells and using physical abilities are mana endurance (the blue and the green bar, respectively). The player can mark the target and does not need to worry about the accuracy in battle (TAB, by default).
• Defense - in the battle, everyone needs to defend against the opponent attacks. Elder Scrolls Online provides the system of blocking attacks (RMB, by default). If the opponent is performing a strong attack you can knock him off balance, by pressing the keys that appear on the screen (LMB+RMB, by default). After being knocked off balance, the opponent is exposed to attacks.
• Dodges - In Elder Scrolls Online you can also find a system of dodges. If you notice that the opponent is performing a strong attack, and a special marking appears on the ground (red area which symbolizes the range of the attack) you can perform a dodge and counter that attack (by default, by pressing a directional key).

Types of abilities

The ultimate ability

The abilities of your character are an inseparable element of the combat system. There are several classes of abilities:

• Passive abilities- The abilities of this type have a constant effect and they support your playing style in a way. The only exception here is using the weapons and armors assigned to them. If you wear a robe and use staves, only passive abilities, connected with this type of equipment, are in effect.
• Active abilities - an ability that needs to be used to take its effect. These are all of the abilities, whose using provides an instantaneous effect (healing, magical attack, curse, physical assault). These abilities use up mana (magical abilities) and endurance physical abilities).
• Toggle abilities - The abilities, whose effect can be felt after the ability is activated or deactivated. Such abilities are in effect until your supplies (of mana, endurance) deplete, or until you die.
• Ultimate Abilities - These are the abilities that need power to load. The loading of the ability's power is performed by attacking opponents. These abilities can be permanent (until power depletes) or cause an instantaneous outburst of energy and the effect. In both cases, such abilities require regeneration, each time they are used. Each one of the classes has several such abilities and only depends on the ability tree, which one they are using. At any moment, you can use only one such ability, which you drag to the quick bar.

2. The group and guilds

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This chapter has been devoted to the social options, available in Elder Scrolls Online. Among others, you will find here information on group creation or teleportation between the members of this kind of group. Also, this chapter explains the issue of guilds, which constitute a very important aspect of each MMORPG. You will learn about their greatest assets and the possibilities that they create.

The group and friends

A group

The purpose of Elder Scrolls Online is, of course, exploration and discovering the world with your friends. This is why the game could not do without the system of parties and guilds. It is a typical thing for MMOs to create parties and complete quests, or participating in expeditions into dungeons, together. This system has several specific properties. In one group, there can be between 2 to 24 players, which do not necessarily need to complete the same quest. At any moment, you can look up which quest your friend is currently at and teleport to him, by using a tab in the menu. The list of players that are currently in your group, can be looked up in the upper-left corner of the screen. By accessing the Group tab, you can display the current make-up of the party, the experience level of a given player and the mission that he is currently at.
The forming of a new group is subject to the rule of opening a new, common access room, where you can set the requirements. This room may include information that is helpful while searching for a player with the appropriate experience level or class. You can also take another path and, simply, join a group created by someone else.

Guilds

A guild

Guilds in Elder Scrolls Online are societies bigger than a group. Joining a guild is connected with common aims, which predominantly, are centered around taking over fortresses in Cyrodiil and gaining advantage over the enemy factions. A player that joins a guild allots all of his characters to that faction. From now on, all of the characters that you have created, are in the same guild and the only condition is that your characters belong to the same faction (the characters of Aldmeri Dominion cannot join a guild created for players from Daggerfall Covenant or the Ebonheart Pact, and the other way around). At any moment, you can create your own guild and invite your friends, or complete strangers from the same factions. After you create or join a guild, a separate tab will appear in the chat window, where all of the players, in a given guild, can communicate with each other, without any problems. Each player can join five different faction guilds and switching between chat tabs is performed by means of /guild1 /guild2, etc. type of commands.

Guild store

In Elder Scrolls Online there is no general economy model. Instead, the developers decided to introduce auctions within guilds. Since you have access to the maximum of five guilds, at a time, the game offers you five different auctions . the effectiveness of the guild store depends on the number of players in that guild. The more players are members of a guild, the better its economy. You will be able to replace more equipment and choose from among a wider variety of items. This kind of solution requires players to join guilds. Still, the advantages that it offers are not limited to bartering.

1. The Hero

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From this chapter, you will learn about the character creation process, what races are available, for the individual factions and the characteristics of the races in the game. You will also learn about the methods of gaining experience, because in Elder Scrolls Online your character gets promoted, not only via killing opponents, but also through exploration and completing quests. The final part of this chapter has been devoted to the consequences of your character's death and the ways to revive him.

Character creation

Character creation in ESO

While creating your character in Elder Scrolls Online, just like in the case of the remaining installments of the series, you are granted much freedom. You can attune your character to your own needs and playing style. The individual races have been allotted to one of the three factions in the game.

• Aldmeri Dominion - This faction groups High Elves, Wood Elves and Khajit
• Ebonheart Pact - This faction groups Argonians, Nords and Dark Elves
• Daggerfall Covenant - This faction groups Bretons, Orks and Redguards

Each of the races has four classes to choose from:

• Dragonknight - is the offensive Tank that wields additional magic. He works well while taking on a lot of damage and casting buffs onto his allies.
• Sorcerer - The typical mage class. Can be used to reinforce allies and to summon monsters to fight on your side. Also, has abilities to cast debuffs on enemies, which ensures advantage in the battlefield. Also works well while wielding magic of four elements.
• Nightblade - The rogue. The abilities of this class are centered around sneaking and planning the attack. Ideal for eliminating individual enemies silently.
• Templar - As a templar, you can play in any way. Has healing skills, deals magical and physical damage. This is a self-sufficient class. Just like in the case of the Sorcerer, the most important change is reaching the ability to swap weapons (starting with level 15), thanks to which you can quickly swap between healing and offensive weapons.

Your hero's looks

The next step is the looks of your hero. You can use the randomly generated presets, or choose your own looks that you like. There are many settings here, which will help you personalize your hero, like the posture, eye color or the nose shape. After you determine your looks, you can create your hero by pressing the Create button.

The Interface

The Interface

The interface in the Elder Scrolls Online is very lucid and intuitive. The location of the quick bar, or the compass does not obstruct navigation.

1. Compass - you will find markers for quests here, as well as the directions and the areas that you are approaching.
2. The opponent's name and health bar - If you look at the bar, you will learn what the name of your opponent is and how many health points he has left.
3. Quick bar - in this bar, you will find the abilities that you have dragged over from the main abilities tab in the menu, as well as potions.
4. The current quest - The currently selected quest

Gaining experience

A Quest

The main way to gain experience in Elder Scrolls Online is completing quests. For each quest that you complete, you receive a reward in the form of gold and experience. In the majority of cases, you receive additional items, as well as ability points.
The second way to gain experience is hunting. Killing monsters is not as profitable as completing quests, but this is used to raise your weapon and defense statistics.
Another way to gain experience is exploration of the world. For each area that you discover, each book that you read, or each stone that you find, you receive some experience.
The weapon and defense abilities are an additional asset in Elder Scrolls Online. Just like each game in the series, the game offers you the possibility of following your own path, when it comes to using weapons or the abilities of your character. For each quest that you complete, or the monster that you slay, your ability level rises. If the level of your abilities is high enough, you will be able to determine the path that you want to follow, with that ability. With each consecutive weapon level, you will be dealing more damage with that type of weapon. Wearing a specific type of armor, and taking damage, also increases your defensive abilities.

Inventory and banks

Inventory

In Elder Scrolls Online, you will be finding various types of weapons or items necessary for crafting. At any point, you can sell these items to a merchant, or train your crafting skills. The space in your inventory is strictly limited so, sometimes, you will have to return to the merchant to empty it. Inventory is divided into several main categories. You can mark an item as valueless, which will help you while bartering with the merchant. To increase the space in your inventory, you need to buy a special item that is available only in the case of some of the merchants (Bag merchant). The maximum space in the inventory is determined by your level and the gold that you have. With each level (+10 slots in the inventory), it is going to cost you more and more.
Banks are a kind of chests where you can leave your loot. Such a bank can be found in each major city and, just like in the case of the inventory, you can increase the available space. For a certain amount of gold, you can buy the space that you need, from the bank manager.

The Hero's death

The Hero's death may be fraught with consequences. After your hero dies at the faction's grounds, he will be transferred to the nearest Wayshrine and the items in his inventory will be damaged. To be able to use your items, you need to fix them at the local smithy. You can do that for a certain amount of gold and, the highest the damage, and the experience level, the more you need to pay. Sometimes, the cost of reparation may be so steep that it may be more sound an idea to buy, or craft, a new item.
Another option is to be revived in the place where your character has died. To use this option, you need to own a Soul Gem. Also in this case, your armor loses its features and you will have to repair it. If you travel in a group and you do not have the Soul Gem on you, you can ask an ally, who has such a gem, to revive you. Also in this case, your armor gets damaged.
After you die for a certain number of times, your armor the defensive properties of your armor may drop to zero. If this happens, your character will no longer be protected (just like in the case in which you wear no armor at all).
There are two options available for you, if you want to repair your equipment. One of them is the merchant in the nearest city, or village, and the second is to buy your repair set, which you can carry around and use without the necessity to teleport (or travel) to the nearest merchant. In both cases, you need gold (or loot a chest for the repair set).