ESO Beginner Guide 2022: Everything You Need To Know Before Playing Elder Scrolls Online

in this elder scrolls ultimate beginner guide 2022 everything you need to know before playing we're going to go through all the necessary information you need as a new or returning player to the world of tamriel from the mmorpgs business model on how the subscription works to the different races classes and skills you can choose for your characters we'll also be providing some tips to help make your experience better if it's your first time hopping into eso if you've been searching for a comprehensive eso ultimate beginner guide then this video is for you note that if you need help with where to go or what to do first you'll want to check out our game progress guide which will help you adjust that elder scrolls online is a huge game so much that learning the gameplay mechanics from scratch can certainly be overwhelming especially for new players at the moment eso has five expansions or chapters which always provide access to other regions in tamriel as well as significant content that changes the way you play the game let's start with eso's business model and what you'll be getting when you purchase the standard edition as opposed to the blackwood version the elder scrolls online standard edition costs 1999 usd which features the base game and the first expansion which is morrowind where you'll gain access to vardenfell battlegrounds pvp and the warden class on the other hand the blackwood edition costs 59.99 usd and provides you with permanent access to the newest blackwood chapter base game and the rest of the expansions released in previous years this includes morrowind somerset ellsworth and greymore choosing between these two one-time purchases depends on your familiarity with the elder scrolls universe that is if you've played morrowind oblivion and skyrim in the past and what your budget might be if you're entirely new then the standard edition would be better for you to experience what tamriel has to offer but should you prefer to jump right into the game to play through more content both old and new then i highly suggest picking up the blackwood edition as it's hard to find better value for your money after making your purchase you can start playing eso without any subscription however there is eso plus which is an optional monthly subscription that grants significant quality of life perks and access to all dlcs of the game as long as your subscription is active the additions we've discussed a moment ago don't come with the dlcs just the expansions dlcs are instead purchased using crowns or eso's premium currency via the crown store furthermore you can buy houses furnishings mounts and outfits here as well to receive more crowns you'll have to spend real world money and you'll receive some every month via eso plus if you have it eso plus costs 14.99 usd per month in addition to all dlcs you'll get double bang space for your account and gold and experience bonuses if you don't plan on playing almost every day then eso plus won't be beneficial for you however if you have the luxury of time then the monthly subscription will definitely be worth it one of the biggest advantages of eso plus is the unlimited storage for crafting materials or the craft bag since you'll often be questing it's easy to accumulate a lot of stuff having infinite storage for all your crafting materials makes life simpler since you won't run into the trouble of constantly managing your inventory space by switching between alternate characters which can be tedious and frustrating of all the players i know who have eso plus most subscribe for this one aspect alone part of character creation is choosing the alliance race and class of your new character eso features three alliances each consisting of different races by default you're restricted to the races of your chosen alliance so for example if you want to become a member of the daggerfall covenant you're only able to pick bretton orc or the red car race this predicament can be circumvented by purchasing the any race any alliance upgrade from the crown store for 2 000 crowns in total there are 10 races in eso where the last one known as imperial can belong to any faction you'll have to spend 2 100 crowns for it though should you wish to play it choosing an alliance doesn't have any impact in pve meaning you can still do quests join guilds and engage in dungeons together even if you belong to another faction however if you're interested in pvp and you want to play with friends then you ought to coordinate to pick the same alliance otherwise you'll end up fighting against each other out in cereal and this is divided by faction picking the best race for your character also provides abilities that synergize depending on the role or build you wish to create for instance nords receive boosts in experience they gain when using two ended skills as well as increased max stamina and health due to their resilience this race is best suited for those who wish to play as a tank or stamina based dps choose carefully because though you can switch to a different race via the race change token in the crown store this is costly after selecting your character's faction and race you'll be able to choose their class in eso there are a total of six classes which can fulfill any role like the tank healer and stamina or magic damage dealer note that the necromancer class which is part of the elsewhere expansion can now also be accessed by buying it directly in the crown store let's go through these classes one by one the dragonite has the blood of a dragon and is therefore skillful in the ancient practices of burning foes to the ground they have three skill lines namely the ardent flame draconic power and earthen heart ardent flame comprises dps abilities to deal massive fire and poison damage draconic power provides better survivability and earthen heart grants buffs damage mitigation and crowd control the dragonite is the ideal class for you if you want to become a tank due to the resilience and skills that protect the party because of their versatility coupled with the restoration staff skill line they're also able to heal allies quite well nightblades are stealthy assassins who utilize agility and luck to their advantage in order to deal massive damage especially in pvp they have the assassination shadow and siphoning skill lines assassination incapacitates enemies to weaken them sufficiently and to deal great damage while granting nightblade's better mobility shadow focuses on crowd control by summoning spirits and shadows as well as escape tactics meanwhile siphoning allows nightblades to drain enemies of their health which they can then give to their allies making them decent healers the sorcerer excels in conjuring spells and wielding dark magic to destroy their foes from a distance they have the storm calling dark magic and daedric summoning skill lines storm calling makes use of lightning to inflict deadly shock damage from any distance whereas dark magic allows sorcerers to support their allies in addition to immobilizing targets with daedric summoning they're able to summon data to protect the party while assaulting those who wish them harm this class specializes in dps but they can also effectively heal allies thanks to the restoration staff skill trait the templar is the classic paladin that calls upon the light to defend its allies from harm this class features the aedric spear dawn's wrath and restoring light skill lines with heidrick's spirit templars are able to utilize magic damage to their advantage while improving the defenses of everyone in the party dawn's wrath focuses on dealing damage over time thanks to their light prowess while restoring light in addition to the restoration staff skill tree provides sufficient healing making templar the best healer in the eso although this class is not ideal for tanking it can still fulfill that role should the need arise dps-wise the templar is well suited to inflict massive damage the warden is a highly versatile class due to their abilities to manipulate nature however they want they have the winter's embrace green balance and animal companion skill lines winter's embrace allows them to wield frost spells to boost their defenses while green balance provides them with healing abilities meanwhile animal companions let wardens summon animals to aid them in combat due to their capabilities they are excellent dps healers and tanks necromancers are masters of dark art so much so that they're able to summon corpses and execute bone and flesh spells to empower themselves the gravelord bone tyrant and living death are skill lines available to this class gravelord allows necromancers to utilize elemental magic to strengthen the undead in order to overwhelm their enemies making them amazing damage dealers bone tyrant grants crowd control abilities for improved defenses and survivability and living death draws power from both the living and dead to heal allies you'll be able to level up your characters by completing quests laying enemies participating in dungeons and doing pvp note that you can take up to 25 quests at any given time they'll then acquire attribute points to enhance magicka health and stamina as well as skill points to improve skill line abilities there are a lot of skills in eso including your class and racial skills weapon and armor skills and crafting abilities to name some so you'll want to accumulate as many points as possible to do this you should also aim to engage in 4-man dungeons complete zone story quests and discover three skyshards at a time in eso the max character level is 50 however your progression doesn't end there afterward you'll gain access to champion points which allow you to further upgrade your character by investing in additional passives for higher level content such as trials or raids with the blackwood chapter the champion point cap has been increased from 810 to 3600 spreading out across three constellations these constellations have been redesigned to feature craft warfare and fitness trees the craft tree focuses on utility whereas the warfare tree is geared towards improving your performance in combat lastly the fitness tree enhances your survivability while improving your attributes additionally you'll notice that certain perks have different colors passive perks are yellow stars which are immediately applied to your character once unlocked comparatively active perks follow the color of their constellation for example arcane supremacy in the warfare tree raises your max magicka in order to activate it you need to slot them in the champion bar located at the top center of the screen otherwise the passive won't take effect there are also purple nodes that are subtrees providing you with more perks champion points are account based meaning every point you earn in one character is also applicable to the rest of your alternate characters regardless of their current level the champion point system is much more confusing than it needs to be but luckily you won't have to worry about it right at the beginning of the game in the beginning of the game your gear's max level adjusts to your current level so if it's 28 you'll get level 28 gear as such you shouldn't get attached to your equipment early on instead you should deconstruct them to gain inspiration to level up the crafting professions you wish to specialize in when you find better gear when you reach level 50 at champion point 160 you can begin hunting for sets which contain powerful bonuses for end game builds a new companion system was added with a blackwood chapter where the goal isn't to replace other players but rather to have someone to aid you in combat at the moment you can recruit muriel lendus and bastian helix by finishing their quests located in blackwood specifically at doom vault volpinaz and deep scorned hollow respectively you're able to summon miri or bastion by going to the collection section allies and then companions since they also gain experience when you complete quests and engage in combat together it's highly recommended to immediately recruit them while you're in the early game you can level them up assign roles and skills change companion equipment and even alter their combat behavior as needed additionally you'll be able to get to know them better if you establish a good relationship with them you can bring your companion to group dungeons if you lack the total number of players needed however if another player joins midway your companion will automatically be removed from the same instance companions allow you to defeat many world bosses on your own that you might otherwise struggle with make sure to play around with different weapons and armor on your companions as you get them and see what makes the most sense for you for instance if you're playing a healer it might be a good idea to make your companion a tank or dps crafting is an essential part of your eso experience because it lets you craft some of the best gear in the game crafting consists of seven vocations blacksmithing which makes heavy armor and melee weapons clothing which makes light and medium armor woodworking which makes stave shields and bows provisioning which makes consumables like food and drinks alchemy which makes potions and chanting which makes glyphs for armor and weapons and jewelry crafting which makes accessories like rings and necklaces crafting includes gathering resources and materials by venturing out into the world you can obtain them from nodes guild traders npcs crates and dead animals once you have them you should access any crafting station which is located in every major city for blacksmithing clothing woodworking and jewelry crafting you'll need to refine their corresponding raw materials first before you can craft any item conversely for provisioning alchemy and chanting you can immediately start crafting provided that you know their respective recipes and combinations in order to level up your chosen crafting professions and acquire treasure chests containing materials and rewards you'll have to craft or deconstruct items additionally you can do daily writs which are special crafting assignments to gain access to them you need to get certified for instance if you wish to specialize in blacksmithing clothing and woodworking then you should first complete the certification quest given by milanath at the fighters guild if you want to be proficient at alchemy and chanting and provisioning then consider paying danel toleno at the major scale to visit for jewelry crafting you'll have to seek valarian in eleanor however note that you'll only unlock this if you own the summerset expansion when it comes to progressing efficiently and crafting it's important to invest the max number of skill points into one or two professions unless you're aiming for the grandmaster crafting title otherwise you'll be better off avoiding spreading yourself too thin especially since there are other class and racial skills you'll be allocating points into as you reach higher levels and unlock more skill points you'll be able to max all professions on a single character but it's best to focus on one or two early on when you have fewer skill points depending on the profession you choose you'll have several options to further improve the way you craft items for instance you need to prioritize researching traits every day to make your crafted items much more powerful they're also required later on when you begin crafting special sets once you reach champion point 160 you can then improve the quality of your gear using rare materials until you reach legendary additionally you'll be able to start transmuting the sets you collect to change their respective traits by spending transmutation crystals to obtain these crystals you'll have to complete daily dungeon pledges per character dungeons and trials are pve content that you'll often engage in to level up your character and do end game content in eso there are five types of dungeons based on their difficulty and player size requirements delves which are solo dungeons group delves which are slightly harder delves that designed for groups public dungeons that have many bosses and mini bosses that are also designed for groups group dungeons which are four man dungeons that are instances that require you to complete certain mechanics to progress and are akin to other dungeons you would find in other mmos and trials which are the raid equivalent in eso and have 12 players per group dungeons and trials both have veteran modes which are much more challenging they provide you with commendable and rare quality gear so you want to get into this at end game at champion point 160 or higher due to eso's vast size it's best to start leveling up the mount skills of all your characters every 20 hours otherwise you'll slowly traverse the world which can be a pain later on you can do this by visiting the stable master in the zone you're in and spending gold these riding skills include speed stamina and capacity you only have to level these up once for a single character even if you have multiple mounts until reaching the max level of 60 per skill in terms of fast travel the best option you have is to travel via way shrines but this costs gold if you don't teleport from one wave shrine to another this can become pricey as the expense increases every time you do it to avoid doing so you should use your amount to ride to the nearest available way shrine to get to your destination another option is to travel to your friend or guild mate since this won't cost you anything either managing your inventory is one of the most challenging aspects of eso due to how limited the space is because of this you'll want to create alternate characters who can hold some of your items and materials if you have eso plus you automatically gain access to the craft bag allowing you to store an infinite amount of crafting materials this comes in handy if you intend to master all professions however if you've opted not to pay a monthly subscription you can do the following instead visit pac merchants they offer permanent extra carrying capacity however it'll cost you a lot of gold sell unnecessary items items under the junk tab should be sold since they won't be used for anything else you could also mark other items as junk if you feel like it you don't need them anymore deconstruct equipment make it a habit to deconstruct low-level equipment to level up your crafting profession and to gain extra materials items with the magnifying glass icon beside them should be researched while those with the ornator gold bag icon ought to be sold to merchants in every major city you'll have access to banks which let you store the rest of your items these are account bound so you can transfer equipment and materials from one character to another to increase bank space you can spend gold or crowns like any other mmorpg eso has player guilds which differ based on their purposes they can focus on socializing with others engaged in pve or pvp content or both and concentrate mainly on trading when you join a guild you unlock the guild bank and guild store in the bank guild banks are for storing items to share with the rest of your guild mates whereas the guild store functions as an auction house only members can put up items for sale and buy them unless your guild has a guild trader with a guild trader every item on sale will be available to the public this is usually common in trading guilds if you wish to search for these and other types of guilds you can do so by accessing the guild finder note that you can join up to a maximum of 5 guilds simultaneously currently esl has 6 npc guilds on top of player guilds and these are the fighters mages undaunted thieves dark brotherhood and psijic order for the thieves dark brotherhood and city order guilds you'll need their respective dlcs or expansions and you'll need to do some quests thieves guild comes with the thieves guild dlc dark brotherhood with the dark brotherhood dlc and citric order with the summerset expansion note that if you have eso plus you'll have access to both of these dlcs and will retain their skill lines even if your eso plus lapses should you unlock them first you can also purchase these skill lines in the crown store but that is not recommended by doing quests related to these npc guilds you'll gain access to corresponding skill lines giving you alternate ways to enhance your characters for instance if you have a stamina based character you want to unlock the fighters guild in order to improve your stamina regeneration while reducing its cost meanwhile the undaunted guild is also useful since your max health max stamina and max magicka will be increased based on the type of armor you equip when you reach level 45 you'll be able to gain access to undaunted pledges via the undaunted kill these are repeatable daily quests where you're tasked to complete specific dungeons to obtain undaunted keys these keys can be used to open chests which contain special gear at the undaunted guild since gear scales with your character level it's best to unlock chests once you reach champion level 160 to ensure that you obtain the best possible equipment for instance you can get special monster sets like helms from bosses and veteran dungeons and shoulder pieces from the undaunted chess themselves so hang on to your keys unless you plan to do these often enough that you have plenty of them with agreemore expansion comes the antiquity system where you become an archaeologist in search of ancient relics to begin your journey you'll have to go to the antiquarian circle which is located at solitude and western skyrim be sure to seek verita nemeda who will teach you skills and introduce you to the antiquarian's eye tool that is necessary to uncover lost artifacts the first step is to obtain a lead by exploring zones or completing quests more often than not leads are related to antiquities you are trying to find for example if you're searching for a lead about glenumber's history then you ought to explore ganomera itself but note that many have a 30-day timer so you have to get the antiquity by then once you've acquired the lead you'll be able to know more about the item you're searching for bringing us to the step number two also known as cry scrying helps determine the place where you ought to excavate the relic which is the third and final step from antiquities you'll be able to obtain outfits costumes housing items and more importantly mythic items mythic items are powerful pieces of gear that grant significant bonuses to your character however you can only equip one at a time for example with the ring of the wild hunt your movement speed increases by a certain percentage when you're in and out of combat which is excellent in pvp and if you're out questing or farming materials endeavors curated item set drops and the armory system are newly added features in eso endeavors are account wide side tasks that provide you with seals that are used to purchase crown crates from the crown store so you won't have to spend real world money or to purchase cosmetics or amounts that can be found within crown crates you can complete three daily quests per day and one weekly quest per week which provides you with seals of endeavor the seals of endeavour incentivize you to complete a couple of specific tasks in exchange for rewards while you play the game another recent change is that when you deconstruct items that are part of an item set you will be able to create a bound version of that item once again by using transmutation crystals what this does is allows you to deconstruct set items you may not need but then reproduce them again should you decide to change your bill this saves you valuable storage space and these collections are unlocked for all of your characters as well item drops have also seen a major change that coincides with this now when you deconstruct items which adds them to your set items you are more likely to get drops of those you don't have from the bosses you face this doesn't add items to these boss's loop pools but instead shifts the drop pool towards items that you have not added to your collection that the boss can drop so for instance if the boss only drops shoulders and leg set items it will still only drop these but it is more likely to drop the ones you have not yet collected last but not least is the armory system which lets you switch between different builds with ease in order to save time this includes your saved gear attributes skills and champion points you'll have to obtain the free armory station furnishing item from the crown store so you can add it to your home by default you have two build slots but you can purchase more via the same store this is particularly useful for dungeons where you may need a role you are not currently spec for similar to other mmorpgs eso features an outfit system that allows you to make your character look more appealing even when you change gear sets to do this you'll have to visit an outfit station which is available in major cities you'll then be able to change your looks as well as dies of your weapons and armor once done you can pay by spending outfit tokens or gold by default you only have one outfit slot but you're able to buy more via the crown store to unlock the rest of the dies you'll need to complete achievements associated with them by right-clicking on the respective color and viewing achievements for example for the faded dwemer scholar red you have to collect trophies from dwemer constructs note that you won't be able to die costumes and hats unless you have an esl subscription in eso you can own a house that differs in size and can either be furnished or unfurnished when you complete the starting housing quest you'll be granted a small house but you'll also have the option of acquiring more via the crown store or the collections section for instance to obtain the amia lake lodge you ought to first acquire the savior of morrowind achievement before spending crowns or gold you can decorate your house with furniture you find and craft owning a house lets you add crafting and armory stations and storage chests in addition to having a pleasant place to stay in when it comes to pvp you can choose from three modes namely battleground cereal and imperial city for serial and imperial city you have the option to select specific pvp campaigns where champion points will not be taken into account battlegrounds is synonymous with your traditional pvp where you'll engage in 4v4 v4 mode such as deathmatch and capture the flag you can choose to play solo or with friends champion points are not applied here so this is a good starting point for those who wish to try out pvp for the first time if you want to participate in non-stop open world pvp action then i suggest signing up for cyridel by clicking l or alliance war this contains large groups of players constantly attacking one another the goal is to score more points than the other two factions particularly the daggerfall covenant aldmeri dominion or ebenhardt pact you can accomplish this by capturing and defending keeps and resources and completing certain quests in cereal or even by being crowned emperor which doubles your hb stamina and magicka until you are dethroned imperial city is a smaller pvp mode compared to serial mixed with pbe elements you can access this by traveling to cerrito the objective here is to collect talvar stones by defeating enemies or stealing these stones from other players when you kill them the more telvar you gain the higher your bonus modifier will become increasing your yield further there's also a bank to deposit your talvar so that when you die you won't lose them but depositing your stones resets your modifier to zero this makes imperial city exciting but incredibly risky talvar stones can be used in the imperial city to purchase unique items and equipment be sure to check out our eso progression guide that is coming in just a couple of days if you're lost and don't know what to do first in eso and make sure to use our elder scrolls online wiki and drop by the twitch channel if you have questions about the game what did you think of our eso ultimate beginner guide 2022 will you be jumping into the game sometime soon let us know in the comments below [Music] [Music] you

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Published: Thu Jan 06 2022