SUMMERSET

Summerset Zone
Queen Ayrenn’s royal decree proclaims that Summerset, island home of the High Elves, now welcomes all visitors—travelers, traders, and immigrants alike! From the ports of Shimmerene to the throne city of Alinor, all of Summerset stretches before newcomers, providing endless opportunities for exploration and adventure. But not all High Elves agree with the royal decree. Worse, other threats arise during this period of change, including strange geysers, invading forces, and dangerous cultists that seek to overturn Altmer society. Summerset needs heroes. Are you ready to take up the challenge?

• Summerset is a new Chapter in The Elder Scrolls Online, suitable for characters of all levels. You can travel to Summerset by a few different means:
  • Use a Wayshrine to travel directly there
  • Create a new character and complete the tutorial
  • Accept “The Queens Decree” quest from the Stories section in the Collections UI
• This new Chapter includes a brand-new tutorial, zone story content, 6 Delves, 6 World Bosses, and 2 Public Dungeons – Sunhold and Karnwasten.
• Abyssal Geysers provide a new group challenge, which you can read about more below.
• New Item Sets found only in Summerset, detailed below.
• New Outfit and Housing rewards for completing select achievements and quest content.

Psijic Order Skill Line
Become a member of the ancient Psijic Order Guild and gain access to never before seen Psijic techniques. As you advance your rank, you delve deeper into the foundations of magic. The Psijic Order Skill Line consists of five active abilities, five passive abilities, and an Ultimate. The active abilities include the following:

• Time Stop: Slow down the passage of time so slow it eventually freezes, stunning all enemies in the area.
• Imbue Weapon: Enhance your weapon with energy, causing the next Light Attack to deal additional damage.
• Acceleration: Bend time and space around you, increasing you movement speed and the power of your Critical Strikes.
• Mend Wounds: Invoke the Rites of Moawita replacing your next Light Attack with a heal over time, or your next Heavy Attack with a channeled heal.
• Meditate: Learn to focus your mind into a relaxed state to restore Health, Magicka and Stamina.
• Undo (Ultimate): Walk backwards through time, reappearing at a prior location with the exact same Health, Magicka and Stamina values from 4 seconds prior.  

Cloudrest Trial
The city of Cloudrest is home to the Aerie of Eton Nir, where an elite force of battlemages (the Welkynar of Eton Nir) are garrisoned alongside their faithful companion gryphons. The Aerie has guarded Summerset since the First Age, but the city of Cloudrest below now lies vacant. The last Welkynar of Eton Nir, Olorime, has returned only to find the city fallen to some fell power. She was reporting to the Queen on the successful capture of an infamous Sea Sload shadowcaster named Z’Maja. It was so cowed by the Welkynar’s valor that Z'Maja surrendered without a fight when they confronted her.

As you observe the city, you see black gryphons carrying black riders and giant shadowy tendrils from within the city itself. Eton Nir’s roost is home to more than just gryphons now, and you will have to defeat challenges both in the mundus and in a twisted shadow copy if you wish to stop the darkness that grows in Summerset’s very heart.

• Cloudrest is a 12-player Trial located on the tallest mountain within Summerset, Eton Nir.
• The Trial includes a Normal and challenging Veteran version.
• There are unique Item Sets (detailed further down) within the Trial including Perfected versions only found in the Veteran difficulty.
• Unique Achievement awards are available for completing the Trial, including:
  • Unique Player Skin
  • Several Titles
  • Unique housing items

Jewelry Crafting
Jewelry Crafting is a new crafting Skill Line allowing you to craft, upgrade, research, and transmute Rings and Necklaces. Note that this skill line and use of the Jewelry Crafting station are only available to players who own the new Summerset chapter, but anyone can use crafted jewelry made by others. To gain the new Skill Line, simply touch one of the new Jewelry Crafting stations found all over the world: in towns, cities, and the Set Crafting locations.

• Just like Blacksmithing, Clothier, and Woodworking, you gain Inspiration (crafting experience) in Jewelry Crafting by deconstructing items - in this case, Rings and Necklaces.
  • You gain less Inspiration for deconstructing Jewelry that you yourself crafted.
  • Note that any Rings or Necklaces obtained before Update 18 cannot be deconstructed. These items will have an additional note on their tooltip indicating as much. They can, however, be used for Research, or upgraded with Platings.
• Jewelry is made with new precious metal materials found in Seams, which are found all over Tamriel in rocky outcroppings, in the shade of cliffsides, or in other stony places - in much the same places you might find the Metals used in Blacksmithing. You can harvest raw jewelry crafting materials (called Dust) from these Seams, regardless of whether or not you own Summerset.
  • Pewter: Lv. 1-25
  • Copper: Lv. 26-50
  • Silver: CP 10-60
  • Electrum: CP 70-140
  • Platinum: CP 150-160
• Jewelry is improved by using Platings. Platings can be refined from Plating Grains, which can be obtained by refining raw Dust or by deconstructing Jewelry.
  • Terne: Improves from White to Green.
  • Iridium: Improves from Green to Blue.
  • Zircon: Improves from Blue to Purple.
  • Chromium: Improves from Purple to Gold.
• Traits for Jewelry can be researched by obtaining a Ring or Necklace of the new trait and Researching it. The time required to research a new Trait is the same as other tradeskills - starting at 6 hours for your first trait, and doubling for each successive trait.
  • Just like with other tradeskills, you can research items crafted by other players or those you find in the world. See below for information about how to find Jewelry in all the new Traits for your researching needs.
  • Players with an ESO Plus membership will enjoy 10% faster research of all Jewelry Crafting Traits.
  • A Jewelry Crafting Research Scroll is available from Faustina Curio, the Achievement Mediator, for 10 Writ Vouchers, and requires you have the "Jewelry Crafter" achievement to be purchased. As with other Research Scrolls, the Jewelry Crafting Research Scroll has a 20 hour cooldown, and removes one day off of your remaining research time.
• The Jewelry Crafting skill line has five new Passives.
  • Engraver: Allows you to use higher-level Base Materials. The first rank (allowing use of Pewter) is granted for free upon obtaining the skill line.
  • Keen Eye: Jewelry: Highlights Seams in the world with a golden glow.
  • Jewelry Extraction: Increases the chance of getting Jewelry materials from deconstructing Jewelry, and allows you to obtain more powerful Plating Grains from refining raw Dust.
  • Lapidary Research: Decreases the time required to research a new Trait.
    • Note that, unlike other tradeskills' research-improving passives, Lapidary Research will not allow you to research additional lines of equipment.
• There are new Jewelry Crafting Writs you can perform. To become certified to do Jewelry Crafting Writs, visit Felarian outside the crafting district in the city of Alinor, in Summerset.
  • Once certified, you can pick up a Jewelry Crafting Writ from the Equipment Crafting Writ Boards in many cities across Tamriel.
• You can now obtain Jewelry Crafting Master Writs as a potential reward from completing normal Jewelry Crafting Writs.
  • Much like other tradeskills' Master Writs, these come in a tradeable, sellable item. Once you consume the item, however, the quest is bound to you and must either be completed or abandoned.
  • Learning additional Traits in Jewelry Crafting will increase your chances of obtaining a Jewelry Crafting Master Writ.
• You can craft Jewelry at the Set Crafting areas all around (and beyond) Tamriel.
  • Crafting a Ring or Necklace in a Crafted Set requires Trait knowledge. This is the same number of Traits you need to know for the other tradeskills - for instance, crafting a Hunding’s Rage Ring requires knowing 6 different Traits for Rings.
• You can now obtain Jewelry Crafting Stations from Faustina Curio, the Achievement Mediator.
  • A normal Jewelry Crafting station costs 125 Vouchers and requires the "Jewelry Crafter" achievement.
  • An Attunable Jewelry Crafting Station costs 250 Vouchers, and requires the "Jewelry Crafter" achievement. Attunable Stations can be used at any Set Crafting location in the world to attain that location's special set properties.
  • Reminder: You must own ESO: Summerset in order to use a Jewelry Crafting station.

Jewelry Crafting Traits
With the introduction of Jewelry Crafting, there are now nine Traits that can be applied to Rings and Necklaces. The six new Traits will not drop on existing item sets or from most sources in the game; rather, jewelry exhibiting each Trait can be acquired by participating in specific activities in the game. (The original three Traits - Arcane, Healthy, and Robust - will continue to appear on the jewelry found throughout the world).

• Arcane: Increases Magicka
  • Arcane Rings and Necklaces can be found all over Tamriel as drops, quest rewards, or set items.
  • The Trait Material, Cobalt, can be created by refining Pulverized Cobalt, which is found by deconstructing Arcane jewelry or by refining raw Dust.
• Healthy: Increases Health
  • Healthy Rings and Necklaces can be found all over Tamriel as drops, quest rewards, or set items.
  • The Trait Material, Antimony, can be created by refining Pulverized Antimony, which is found by deconstructing Healthy jewelry or by refining raw Dust.
• Robust: Increases Stamina
  • Robust Rings and Necklaces can be found all over Tamriel as drops, quest rewards, or set items.
  • The Trait Material, Zinc, can be created by refining Pulverized Zinc, which is found by deconstructing Robust jewelry or by refining raw Dust.
• Triune: Increases Health, Stamina, and Magicka
  • A Triune Ring is found in Gladiator's Rucksacks, obtained from Conquest Board dailies in Cyrodiil.
  • The Trait Material, Dawn-Prism, is purchased from War Researchers in Cyrodiil for 100,000 AP per unit.
• Harmony: Increases the power of activated Synergy effects
  • A Harmony Ring or Necklace is found rarely in the Undaunted Reward chests located in the Undaunted camps near alliance capitals.
  • The Trait Item, Dibellium, is found in Daily Dungeon LFG reward system mails.
• Swift: Increases your non-mounted movement speed
  • You can obtain a Swift Ring or Necklace by completing your daily Jewelry Crafting Writs.
  • The Trait Material, Gilding Wax, can be purchased from Rolis Hlaalu, the Mastercraft Mediator, for 20 Vouchers.
• Infused: Increases the power of the Enchantment on that piece of Jewelry
  • You can rarely obtain an Infused Ring or Necklace from Psijic Portals all over Tamriel (visible only if you have the Psijic Order skill line unlocked, available in the Summerset Chapter).
  • You can also obtain the Trait Material, Aurbic Amber, or its raw form, Pulverized Aurbic Amber, from Psijic Portals. The pre-refined form is much rarer than the raw form.
• Protective: Increases Physical and Spell Resistance
  • Jewelry in the Protective Trait is obtained by completing the Summerset main quest and Psijic Order quest lines. (A Ring is obtained for completing Summerset's main quest, while a Necklace is obtained for completing the full Psijic Order quest line.)
  • The Trait Material, Titanium, is found rarely in precious metal seams all over Tamriel, but are found more often in seams found on Summerset.
• Bloodthirsty: Increases the damage you deal to low-health foes
  • You can rarely obtain a Bloodthirsty Ring or Necklace in the weekly quest reward boxes of Trials.
  • The Trait Material, Slaughterstone, is found in those same reward boxes the rest of the time.
• Once a trait is researched, you may use any Transmutation Station to change the Trait of your jewelry to that new trait. This costs the same amount of Transmute Stones (50) as transmuting any other piece of equipment.

New Item Sets
There are 10 new Item Sets available from a variety of sources. 3 Item Sets are available at crafting stations in Summerset, 3 Item Sets are available as drops throughout Summerset, and 4 Item Sets are available as drops in the new Trial, Cloudrest.

• Crafted Sets
  • Adept Rider
    • 2 – 2975 Spell Resist
    • 3 – 2975 Physical Resist
    • 4 – 1206 Max Health
    • 5 – While mounted, you gain Major Evasion, increasing your dodge chance by 15%. Dismounting spawns a dust cloud at your position for 12 seconds that deals 1436 Physical Damage every 1 second to enemies who stand inside it.  You and group members inside the dust cloud gain Major Evasion. The dust cloud can be created once every 12 seconds.
  • Sload’s Semblance
    • 2 – 1096 Maximum Magicka
    • 3 – 1096 Maximum Stamina
    • 4 – 129 Spell Damage
    • 4 – 129 Weapon Damage
    • 5 – Damaging an enemy has a 10% chance to put a Leeching Shadow on them, dealing 853 Oblivion Damage every 1 second for 6 seconds.  This effect can occur every 6 seconds.
  • Nocturnal’s Favor
    • 2 – 129 Stamina Recovery
    • 3 – 1206 Max Health
    • 4 – 1206 Max Health
    • 5 – Whenever you successfully Dodge, heal yourself for 4000. This effect can occur every 2 seconds.
• Summerset Zone Sets
  • Light - Wisdom of Vanus
    • 2 – 1096 Max Magicka
    • 3 – 129 Magicka Recovery
    • 4 – 1096 Max Magicka
    • 5 – After landing a Full Heavy Attack, gain Major Mending for 3 seconds, increasing your healing done by 25%.  This duration is increased with each rank of the Restoration Staff passive Essence Drain when using a Restoration Staff.
  • Medium - Gryphon’s Ferocity 
    • 2 – 833 Weapon Critical
    • 3 – 833 Weapon Critical
    • 4 – 129 Weapon Damage
    • 5 – After dealing direct damage, gain Minor Force and Minor Expedition for 3 seconds, increasing your Critical Damage done by 10% and increasing your Movement Speed by 10%.
  • Heavy - Grace of Gloom 
    • 2 – 1206 Max Health
    • 3 – 4% Healing Taken
    • 4 – 1206 Max Health
    • 5 – When you take damage from a single target direct attack or ability, you have a 10% chance to become a living shadow, causing your light and heavy attacks to heal you for 3440 and gaining Major Evasion for 5 seconds, increasing your dodge chance by 15%.  This effect can occur every 15 seconds.
• Trial Sets – These sets are based off the four Griffin Riders of the Trial and are the normal sets; the Perfected versions have a slightly higher 5 piece set bonus.
  • Light DPS - Mantle of Siroria 
    • 2 – 129 Spell Damage
    • 3 – Minor Slayer , increasing damage done to Dungeon and Trial Monsters by 5%
    • 4 – 1096 Maximum Magicka
    • 5 – Direct damage with single target abilities creates a ring of fire beneath you for 10 seconds. Standing in the ring grants 30 Spell Damage, this effect can stack up to 20 times for a total of 600 Spell Damage.
  • Light Healer - Vestment of Olorime 
    • 2 – 129 Magicka Recovery
    • 3 – Minor Aegis, reducing damage taken by Dungeon and Trial Monsters by 5%
    • 4 – 129 Magicka Recovery
    • 5 – Ground based effect abilities cast apply a circle of might on the ground. Allies in the circle gain Major Courage, granting 258 Weapon and Spell Damage.
  • Medium - Arms of Relequen 
    • 2 – 833 Weapon Critical
    • 3 – Minor Slayer, increasing damage done to Dungeon and Trial Monsters by 5%
    • 4 – 833 Weapon Critical
    • 5 – Light and Heavy attacks apply harmful winds to the target for 5 seconds, dealing 200 Physical Damage per second per stack. Stacks up to 20 times.
  • Heavy - Aegis of Galanwe 
    • 2 – 1206 Max Health
    • 3 – Minor Aegis, reducing damage taken by Dungeon and Trial Monsters by 5%
    • 4 – 4% Healing Taken
    • 5 – After successfully blocking, you have a 50% chance to empower 3 allies. Empower increases the damage of their next Light Attack by 40%.

New Collectibles
This update brings a number of new Collectibles to ESO for you to obtain from various sources:

• Public Dungeons
  • The Big-Eared Ginger Kitten Pet is earned by finding the seven Runebox Fragments containing its collar, sleeping-basket, milk saucer, and other necessities from the Karnwasten Public Dungeon, and combining them into a Runebox.
  • The Sea Sload Dorsal Fin Memento is obtained by completing the quest "An Unexpected Betrayal" in the Karnwasten Public Dungeon.
  • The Psijic Glowglobe Emote is earned by finding its seven Runebox Fragments from the Sunhold Public Dungeon, and combining them into a Runebox.
  • The Gryphon Feather Talisman Memento is obtained by completing the quest "Sunhold Sundered" in the Sunhold Public Dungeon.
• Trials
  • The Collectible Trophy of Z'Maja is obtained for completing the new Cloudrest Trial on any difficulty.
  • The Collectible Bust of Z'Maja is obtained for completing the new Cloudrest Trial on Veteran difficulty.
  • The Z'Maja's Shadow Skin is obtained by completing the new Cloudrest Trial achievement, Cloudrest Vanquisher, on Veteran Hard Mode.
• Quests
  • The Psijic Skullcap Hat is earned by completing the quest "The Towers' Fall", in Summerset.
  • The Face Imprint of the Psijic Order, a Face Markings collectible, is obtained by completing the quest "The Shattered Staff", in Summerset.
  • The Body Imprint of the Psijic Order, a Body Markings collectible, is earned by completing the quest "The Towers' Remains" in Summerset.
  • The Mystic Eye Psijic Cuirass, an Outfit Style, is obtained by completing the quest "The Crystal Tower", in Summerset.
  • The Psijic Warden Gauntlets, an Outfit Style, is obtained by completing the quest "Lost in Translation", in Summerset.
  • The Fan of False-Face, a Collectible Furnishing, is obtained by completing the Relics of Summerset achievement.

Psijic Portals
Psijic Portals are invisible to the untrained eye - only those with the "See the Unseen" passive, granted as part of the Psijic Skill Line, can see these portals and interact with them.

• Psijic Portals appear rarely, in similar places to those one might expect to find Enchanting resources - near ancient ruins, destroyed buildings, and other relics of the past.
• Psijic Portals contain items based on the location you find them in. This includes:
  • A random Set Item, from the Sets that can drop from monsters or treasure chests in the place you found it. For instance, a Psijic Portal found in Auridon might drop a piece of the Elegance set. These set items will always be at least Blue quality, and may sometimes be Purple quality.
  • An Aspect, Essence, and Potency Rune.
    • The Aspect Rune is never a Ta (white) rune. It is always at least green-quality, and may be up to gold-quality.
    • The Essence rune may be any Essence rune currently in the game, including, rarely, a Prismatic rune.
    • The Potency rune is based on your Level or Passive rank, in a 50/50 split.
  • Rarely, you may obtain a Motif chapter from a Psijic Portal. These Motif chapters are from a Motif found within that zone - for instance, a Psijic Portal in Clockwork City could grant you a Clockwork Apostle motif chapter.
  • Psijic Portals may include Infused jewelry, or its associated trait materials; Pulverized Aurbic Amber, or refined Aurbic Amber, as noted above in the Jewelry Crafting section.
  • Very rarely, a Psijic Portal may contain a single draught of Psijic Ambrosia.

Abyssal Geysers
Abyssal Geysers are new events found only in Summerset, pitting you and your allies against wave upon wave of foes, capped off by a fight against a boss monster. Depending on how well you and your allies perform, you may fight against a Yaghra Monstrosity or one of a number of deadlier, more rewarding named bosses.

• Fighting a Yaghra Monstrosity provides a guaranteed Ring or Necklace in either the Grace of Gloom, Gryphon's Ferocity, or Wisdom of Vanus item sets, among other loot.
• Fighting one of the named Bosses guarantees the Ring or Necklace will be at least Blue quality, and sometimes Purple quality. In addition, you'll receive a guaranteed Jewelry Enchantment of at least Blue quality, among other loot.
• Regardless of which Boss you fight, at the end of the Geyser, you'll be able to open a Shell Trove for additional rewards: another Set Ring or Necklace, a chance at Psijic Motif chapters, and a chance at unique clammy furnishings.

New Houses
There are two new homes in Summerset now available for you to purchase:

• Golden Gryphon Garret: A modest, single-room dwelling, but the advantage of this inn apartment is its unrivaled location, just steps from the gates of Alinor. That, and the rare prestige of an Alinor address!
• Alinor Crest Townhouse: On the heights of Alinor, with easy access to the Royal Palace, this splendid mansion was built as a consulate for the Bosmeri Ambassador of the Camoran Dynasty. With the ambassador now in Elden Root, the townhouse is available for you!

Pyandonean Motif
Fisherfolk across Summerset have started reporting unusual bottles showing up in their catch. These bottles are of Pyandonean origin, and appear to contain crafting materials intended for Maormer agents in Summerset. Preliminary reports of their contents include:

• Chapters describing the Pyandonean style in detail
• Sea Serpent Hide, used for crafting in the Pyandonean style
• Clam Gall and Powdered Mother of Pearl
• Miscellaneous other crafting materials, including Runestones and improvement materials

General

• Reduced the red spot on top of the Spider Firepot monster to conform with the look of the rest of the spider.

World Bosses

• The Imperfect’s self-awareness protocol has been rewritten to bypass combat subroutines. Its gears no longer blush while pulverizing its adversaries.

Asylum Sanctorium Trial

• Saint Olms the Just has had his invisibility cloak taken away and will no longer disappear from view periodically.
• Fixed an exploit where you could kill Saint Olms in unintended ways.

Furnishings

• Fixed an issue where the "Bust: Saint Olms the Just" collectible furnishing did not include a display pillar.

Quests

• To the Clockwork City: You will no longer be able to acquire this (uncompletable) quest if you do not have the Clockwork City DLC Game Pack or are not an ESO Plus subscriber.

Fixtures

• Fixed various pink-textured assets that were appearing in Scalecaller Peak.

General

• Fixed an issue where Ironblood Helms would drop in Fang Lair. The helms have been shipped back to Falkreath Hold, where they should be.

General

• Atazha the Guild Trader no longer appears with a detached arm.
• Rashishi’s hands now rests on his knees.
• The banners inside "Telvanni Tailors" in Vivec City now display the name of the shop when you look at them.

Justice System

• Fixed an issue where some NPCs in Vvardenfell had incorrect items in their pockets for you to pickpocket.
• Brelayne Dulo is now a Commoner, instead of a Scholar, in relation to pickpocketing.

Monsters

• Dwarven Sentries outside Nchuleftingth have received long-awaited oil rations and now animate properly in combat.

General

• Fixed an issue where you could use an attunable crafting station without being inside the Randas Ancestral Tomb.

Halls of Fabrication Trial

• Improved the game performance during the encounter with the Refabrication Committee.

Eidetic Memory

• The Pierced Note is now also available outside the Redoran Kinhouse in Balmora after completing the quest "Family Reunion."

Quests

• Blood on a King's Hands: Kurog no longer gets hopping mad when standing in the fire.
• Divine Inquiries:
  • Fixed some issues where you could be double credited during certain steps of this quest.
  • Fixed an issue where you could not interact with Seryn when you first meet her on the road after the Red Exiles ambush.
• Heart of a Telvanni: Fixed an issue where the scene between Eoki and Sun-in-Shadow would not properly advance your step at a pivotal moment.
• The Heart’s Desire: Fixed an issue where quest pins would not properly appear on the quest step “Find Tyrnea Stone”.

Vivec City

• The Stablemaster in Vivec City now has their own map pin.
• Thieves Guild footpads no longer stand in the way of NPCs fleeing the murderous rampage of vile Dark Brotherhood agents.
• Timely Escape thieves are now more consistently spawned compared to their colleagues in other major cities.
• Fixed an issue where some Guards were using unintended abilities.

Motifs

• Fixed an issue where Silken Ring Motif chapters were dropping more often than intended in Normal Cradle of Shadows, and less often as intended in Veteran Cradle of Shadows.

General

• Rebalanced the Light and Heavy Attack damage scaling ratios so that Light and Heavy Attacks now scale their damage in the same way that normal abilities do – Max Magicka and Max Stamina is now a greater contributing factor towards their damage.
• Rebalanced Light and Heavy Attack damage across weapon types to reinforce the concept that Light Attacks are for dealing damage and Heavy Attacks are for restoring resources. In general, this means:
  • Light Attacks with One Hand and Shield, Dual Wield, Bow, Destruction Staff, and Restoration Staff weapons will deal more damage.
  • Light Attacks with Two Handed weapons will deal less damage.
  • Heavy Attacks with Destruction Staff and Restoration Staff weapons will deal more damage.
  • Heavy Attacks with Two Handed, One Hand and Shield, Dual Wield, and Bow weapons will deal less damage.
• Adjusted the ability to dodge various abilities and item set procs:
  • The following can now be dodged:
    • Death Stroke
    • Summon Shade and its morphs (only the pet’s attacks)
    • Maw of the Infernal (only the pet’s melee attacks)
  • The following now cannot be dodged:
    • Arrow Spray and morphs
    • Overload and morphs (Heavy Attack only)
    • Noxious Breath
    • Puncturing Strikes and morphs (snare only)
    • Razor Caltrops
    • Eternal Hunt
    • Defiler
    • Hand of Mephala
    • Kra’gh
    • Poisonous Serpent
    • Roar of Alkosh
    • Sellistrix
    • Sheer Venom
    • Spawn of Mephala
    • Stormfist
    • Thurvokun
    • Tremorscale
    • Twin Sisters
    • Widowmaker
• The Shadow (Mundus Stone) now only affects Critical Damage, and does not affect Critical Healing.

Player Abilities
Developer Comments – Ability Changes:

• Improving unpopular abilities and morph choices: Most of the abilities tweaks are targeting underused skills or morphs that we’ve found few players utilize.
• Increasing the viability of all classes to perform the tank and healer roles: Some class skills have received significant updates to help improve their ability to tank and heal dungeon and Trial content.
• Reducing the effectiveness of long duration snares: A few snares have had their strength reduced to better balance their high uptime on enemy targets.
• DPS Balancing: Some abilities and item sets have had their damage values and procs adjusted to improve the damage disparity between Magicka and Stamina builds. Other changes were focused on creating better parity between Melee and Ranged builds.

Buffs and Debuffs

• Empower: This buff category now increases the damage done by your next Light Attack by 40%, instead of increasing the damage done of any attack by 20%.
  Developer Comments:
  This makes Empower a friendly buff to use in rotations, and decreases some of the burst potential of combining it with other abilities.
• Major and Minor Force: These buff categories now only affect Critical Damage, and do not affect Critical Healing.

Dragonknight

• Ardent Flame
  • Cauterize (Inferno morph): Increased the range of the heal from this morph to 28 meters from 15 meters.
  • Combustion: This passive ability now also restores 250/500 Magicka or Stamina to you when you apply the Burning or Poisoned status effects to an enemy. These effects can occur once every 5 seconds.
  • Empowering Chains (Fiery Grip morph): This morph now grants you 2 stacks of the Empower buff, up from 1.
  • Shifting Standard (Dragonknight Standard morph): Decreased the cost of this morph to 225 Ultimate from 250 Ultimate.
• Draconic Power
  • Reflective Plate (Reflective Scale morph): This morph now removes all snare effects from you when you cast the ability.
• Earthen Heart
  • Ash Cloud: This ability now heals you and your allies in the area and snares enemies; note the Eruption morph remains unchanged.
  • Cinder Storm (Ash Cloud morph): This morph now increases the healing done.
  • Obsidian Shard (Stonefist morph): Increased the healing done by this morph by approximately 25%.
  • Obsidian Shield: This ability now grants you Major Mending for 2.5 seconds as a baseline effect, but no longer grants you a stronger damage shield that absorbs 200% more damage. In addition, we’ve also made adjustments to both morphs:
    • Igneous Shield: This morph now grants you a stronger damage shield that absorbs 200% more damage.
    • Fragmented Shield: This morph now increases the duration of Major Mending to 4.5 seconds.
  • Shattering Rocks (Petrify morph): This morph has been redesigned so that when the stun ends, it causes the enemy’s next attack to heal their target.
  • Stone Giant (Stonefist morph): This morph now also grants Minor Ward in additional to Minor Resolve.

Nightblade

• Assassination
  • Assassin’s Blade: This ability and its morphs now deal their bonus execute damage when the target is below 25% Health, down from 26% Health.
  • Lotus Fan (Teleport Strike morph): The snare applied by this morph now reduces Movement Speed by 40%, down from 70%.
• Shadow
  • Bolstering Darkness (Consuming Darkness morph): This morph now causes the Major Protection buff to remain on you even after leaving the area. The buff will persist for the duration of the ability.
  • Dark Cloak (Shadow Cloak morph): This morph no longer grants invisibility; instead it heals you for 32% of your Max Health over 3 seconds and grants Minor Protection for the duration.
  • Dark Shades (Summon Shade morph):
    • Renamed this morph to “Dark Shade”. Singular. Because…
    • This morph now summons one shade instead of two, and the shade will occasionally deal a point blank area of effect damage around it.
  • Manifestation of Terror (Aspect of Terror morph): Reduced the arming time of the traps created by this morph to 2 seconds from 3 seconds.
  • Path of Darkness: Reduced the damage and healing done by this ability and Refreshing Path morph by approximately 5%, and reduced the damage done by the Twisting Path morph by approximately 9%.
  • Shadow Image (Summon Shade morph): This morph can now be cast without an enemy target.
• Siphoning
  • Debilitate (Cripple morph): This morph now refunds 100% of the ability’s cost if the enemy dies while affected by it, increased from 50%.
  • Malevolent Offering: This ability and its morphs now smart heal an ally in front of you instantly, instead of healing a specific target over time. Each cast of these abilities will place a damage over time effect on you that drains your health over 8 seconds.
  • Soul Siphon (Soul Shred morph): Increased the radius of the heal applied by this morph to 28 meters from 15 seconds.
  • Strife: Increased the cost of this ability and its morphs to 2700 Magicka from 1891 Magicka.
    Developer Comment:
    This change was made to put the Strife ability cost more in line with other similar types of abilities, such as Force Shock.

Sorcerer

• Dark Magic
  • Blood Magic: Increased the healing done when this passive ability procs to 5/10% of your Max Health from 4/8%.
  • Daedric Mines: Decreased the cost of this ability and its morphs to 5400 Magicka from 6480 Magicka.
  • Negate Magic: Increased the duration of this ability and its morphs to 12 seconds from 10 seconds.
    Developer Comments:
    This was done to make up for the fact that the Persistence passive was redesigned (details below) and no longer affects this iconic Ultimate ability. The net effect is the total duration will remain unchanged.
    • Persistence: This passive now reduces the cost of your next Magicka or Stamina ability used within 4 seconds by 7/15% after you block an attack.
    • Restraining Prison (Encase morph): This morph no longer snares enemies. Instead, it now gives Major Vitality for 2 seconds, plus 1 second per enemy in the area.
    • Rune Cage (Rune Prison morph): This morph now deals its damage when the stun ends (i.e.: if it is broken early or if the ability ends naturally), instead of when the stun completes.
    • Rune Prison: Increased the duration of the stun applied by this ability and its morphs to 5 seconds from 2.5 seconds.
  • Daedric Summoning
    • Bound Armor: This ability and its morphs are no longer toggle abilities. Slotting Bound Armor will continue to grant you an increase to Max Magicka, and activating these abilities will increase the amount of damage you can block by 20% for 3 seconds.
    • Bound Aegis (Bound Armor morph): This morph now grants Minor Ward and Minor Resolve while it is slotted.
    • Bound Armaments (Bound Armor morph): This morph converts the ability into a Stamina ability and now increases your damage done with Light Attacks while slotted, instead of Heavy Attacks.
    • Conjured Ward: Increased the strength of the damage shield summoned by this ability and its morphs by approximately 10%.
    • Hardened Ward (Conjured Ward morph): Decreased this morph’s bonus to your own damage shield to 20% from 30%.
      Developer Comment:
      Combined with the change to the base ability, Conjured Ward, there is no net change to the strength of the shield that Hardened Ward provides.
    • Summon Storm Atronach: Increased the health of the Atronach summoned by this ability and the Charged Atronach morph by approximately 70%.
    • Summon Unstable Familiar: The pet summoned from this ability now has a basic area of effect special ability that can be used while the pet is active.
    • Summon Winged Twilight: The pet summoned from this ability now has a basic heal special ability that can be used while the pet is active.
  • Storm Calling
    • Lightning Flood (Lightning Splash morph): This morph now also increases the damage done by approximately 15%.
  
  Templar
  • Aedric Spear
    • Burning Light: Increased the damage done by this passive ability by approximately 9%.
    • Piercing Spear: This passive ability now only affects Critical Damage, and does not affect Critical Healing.
    • Puncturing Sweep (Puncturing Strikes morph): Increased the healing done by this morph to 40% of the damage done from 35%.
      Developer Comments:
      This puts Templar healing while damaging more in line with other classes, and takes into account they don’t have Major Mending active at all times.
  • Dawn’s Wrath
    • Enduring Rays: This passive ability now increases the duration of your Sun Fire, Eclipse, and Nova abilities by 2 seconds, instead of 15/30%. It now also increases the duration of the debuffs applied by Solar Flare and its morphs.
      Developer Comments:
      This eliminates the extra fractional duration from some damage over time abilities that weren’t actually getting extra damage. It also gives short abilities like Solar Barrage an additional tick.
    • Solar Disturbance (Nova morph): This morph now increases the duration of the Major Maim debuff it applies to 4 seconds.
    • Solar Flare: This ability and the Dark Flare morph now grant the Empower buff instantly after being cast, instead of when the projectile hits the enemy target.
  • Restoring Light
    • Breath of Life (Rushed Ceremony morph): Reduced the healing done from this morph’s secondary heal by approximately 33%.
    • Hasty Prayer (Healing Ritual morph): This morph now grants Minor Expedition to you and your allies for 5 seconds.
    • Healing Ritual: This ability and its morphs no longer have a cast time; they are now instant cast abilities that heal for the same amount. Their costs have been increased to 7290 Magicka from 3780 Magicka.
    • Honor the Dead (Rushed Ceremony morph): This morph now refunds part of the ability’s cost over 6 seconds, down from 8 seconds.
  
  Warden
  • Animal Companions
    • Deep Fissure (Scorch morph): This morph no longer stuns the closest enemy hit. It now applies Major Breach to all enemies hit for 5 seconds.
      Developer Comments:
      In the same vein that snare abilities should either be short and powerful or long and weak, abilities should be low damage and CC, or high damage and no CC.
    • Screaming Cliff Racer: Increased the travel speed of the Cliff Racer by approximately 33% to make up for the fact that it can be dodged. 
    • Subterranean Assault (Scorch morph): This morph no longer applies Major Breach to enemies hit – it only applies Major Fracture. The duration of Major Fracture has been reduced to 5 seconds, down from 10 seconds.
  • Green Balance
    • Bursting Vines (Nature’s Grasp morph): This morph now grants 10 Ultimate when used on an ally under 60% Health, and added a 4 second cooldown.
    • Nature’s Grasp: This ability and the Nature’s Embrace morph now grant 3 Ultimate when the healing over time completes.
  • Winter’s Embrace
    • Arctic Wind: Increased the initial heal done by this ability and its morphs to 12% of your Max Health from 10%.
    • Crystallized Shield: Increased the cost of this ability and its morphs to 3240 Magicka from 2701.
    • Frozen Gate: This ability and its morphs now deal Frost Damage to the enemy when the trap is triggered.
  
  Weapon
  • One Hand and Shield
    • Shield Charge: Increased the duration of the stun applied by this ability and its morphs to 3 seconds from 2 seconds.
  • Dual Wield
    • Deadly Cloak (Blade Cloak morph): Reduced the damage done by this morph by approximately 15%.
    • Rending Slashes (Twin Slashes morph): The snare applied by this morph now reduces Movement Speed by 40%, down from 50%.
  • Bow
    • Rapid Fire: This ability and the Toxic Barrage morph now grant you crowd control immunity while you are channeling them.
      Developer Comments:
      This puts these abilities more in line with the Soul Strike ability, which provides similar protections. We don’t want players to activate an Ultimate and have it easily and immediately negated.
  
  Guild 
  • Fighters Guild 
    • Silver Leash (Silver Bolt morph): This ability will now fire a bolt that, upon hitting and damaging an enemy, will instantly pull them toward you and apply a snare on them. 
  
  World
  • Werewolf
    • Brutal Pounce (Pounce morph): This morph now deals full damage to the primary target and partial damage to secondary targets, rather than hitting the primary target twice with partial damage. The total damage dealt remains unchanged.
  
  Champion System
  • The Lady
    • Bulwark: This ability now only requires you have a Frost Staff equipped to obtain its bonus, instead of requiring a Frost Staff and the Tri Focus passive. It can still also be obtained by having a Shield equipped.
  
  
  General
  • Fixed an issue where some charge abilities (Critical Charge, Focused Charge, and Shield Charge) would charge you directly inside of the target player character.
  • Fixed an issue where blocking to cancel a channeled ability would occasionally cause you to get stuck blocking for a second.
  • Fixed a rare issue where holding down the Heavy Attack button would not cause you to perform a Heavy Attack.
  • Fixed an issue where abilities that summon permanent pets, such as Summon Unstable Familiar or Feral Guardian, could allow you to have the pet summoned without the ability slotted on your bar.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented you from targeting allies with friendly abilities while an enemy stood between you.
  • Fixed an issue where passive abilities, such as Scaled Armor, were not granting enough resistances to max level characters. 
  
  Dragonknight
  • Ardent Flame
    • Shifting Standard (Dragonknight Standard morph): Fixed an issue where shifting the standard would cause it to deal slightly more damage.
  • Draconic Power
    • Spiked Armor: Updated the tooltip for this ability and its morphs to better clarify the types of attacks it will return damage against.
  
  Nightblade
  • Assassination
    • Executioner: Fixed an issue where this passive was not restoring resources to you if an Assassination ability was the killing blow.
    • Merciless Resolve (Grim Focus morph): Fixed an issue where the snare from this morph would not apply to a target that blocked the damage.
    • Teleport Strike: Fixed an issue where casting this ability and its morphs would not remove you from invisibility.
  • Shadow
    • Manifestation of Terror (Aspect of Terror morph): Fixed an issue where the traps created by this morph would not trigger if an enemy walked over the trap while they were blocking. The traps will now always trigger if an enemy that is able to be feared walks over them, and will not trigger if the enemy is unable to be feared.
    • Shadowy Disguise (Shadow Cloak morph):
      • Fixed an issue where this morph’s effect was causing all your healing over time effects to critically strike, and not consume the effect.
      • Fixed an issue where this morph would cause your next damage over time tick to critically strike and consume the effect. This morph’s effect now only works on your next direct damage attack.
    • Shadow Image (Summon Shade morph): Fixed an issue where the shade summoned by this morph would not apply Minor Maim to an enemy that blocked its projectile attack.
  • Siphoning
    • Debilitate (Cripple morph): Fixed an issue where the damage over time effect from this morph could not be placed on the same enemy from different Nightblade casters.
    • Leeching Strikes (Siphoning Strikes morph): Fixed an issue where this morph was unable to be cast while you were silenced.
    • Malevolent Offering: Fixed an issue where your character could get stuck in the animation of this ability and its morphs.
    • Strife: The animation from this ability and its morphs now plays faster, which should make it easier to weave with Light Attacks.
  
  Sorcerer
  • Dark Magic
    • Blood Magic: Fixed an issue where this passive ability would not trigger if you hit an enemy immune to snares with your Daedric Mine abilities.
  • Storm Calling
    • Ball of Lightning (Bolt Escape morph): Fixed an issue where the ball summoned from this morph could intercept channeled beam attacks instead of only projectiles.
  
  Templar
  • Aedric Spear
    • Spear Shards: Fixed an issue where this ability and the Luminous Shards morph were not displaying hostile red telegraphs to enemy players.
    • Blazing Spear (Spear Shards morph): Fixed an issue where the hostile red telegraph from this morph was not indicative of its actual radius.
  
  Warden
  • Animal Companions
    • Eternal Guardian (Feral Guardian morph): Fixed an issue where the bear’s respawn would prevent you from resurrecting another player, and cause that player to be permanently unable to be resurrected until they relogged.
      • Known Issue: The bear’s respawn should be less disruptive toward your ability to do other actions or cast other abilities, but may still interfere with resurrecting an ally or other abilities with cast and channel times.
    • Swarm: Fixed an issue where the projectile fired from this ability and its morphs would immediately aggro monsters before it reached them.
  • Green Balance
    • Healing Seed: Fixed a rare issue where this ability and its morphs could fail to heal you and your allies in the area of effect.
  • Winter’s Embrace
    • Crystallized Shield: Fixed an issue where the visual effects from this ability and its morphs were still appearing to enemies even if you were stealthed or invisible.
    • Frost Cloak: Fixed an issue where this ability and its morphs would not apply their Major Resolve and Major Ward buffs to you if other allies were nearby. It now always applies those buffs to you and the closest 5 allies.
  
  Weapon
  • One Hand and Shield
    • Deep Slash (Low Slash morph): Fixed an issue where this morph would fail to apply Minor Maim to the primary target if it hit more than one enemy.
    • Defensive Posture: Fixed an issue where the visual effects from this ability and the Defensive Stance morph were not being removed if you recast the ability multiple times.
  • Bow
    • Acid Spray (Arrow Spray morph): Fixed an issue where the damage over time aspect of this morph could be reflected.
  • Destruction Staff
    • Destructive Touch: Fixed an issue where the Frost Clench and Frost Reach morphs were not displaying their visuals effects and scrolling combat text damage values correctly if they were used repeatedly on an enemy target.
    • Elemental Rage (Elemental Storm morph): Fixed an issue where Fiery Rage was not increasing the damage dealt by this morph by 10%.
    • Pulsar (Impulse morph): Fixed an issue where Rank 1 of Flame Pulsar was not applying Minor Mangle to enemies hit.
    • Wall of Elements: Fixed an issue where Wall of Frost and its morphs were not snaring enemies further than 5 meters away from the beginning of the wall.
  • Restoration Staff 
    • Fixed an issue where the Heavy Attack from Restoration Staves wouldn’t play correctly when canceled with Blessing of Protection. 
  
  World
  • Soul Magic
    • Soul Strike: Fixed an issue where this ability and the Shatter Soul morph were still snaring the enemy target. The snare has been removed from all versions of this ability.
  • Vampire
    • Mist Form: Fixed an issue where this ability and its morphs were not granting you immunity to the immobilize from poisons.
  • Werewolf
    • Brutal Pounce (Pounce morph): Fixed an issue where this morph would stun any secondary target, even if they were not already Off Balance.
    • Claws of Anguish (Infectious Claws morph): Fixed an issue where the Major Defile debuff applied by this morph was not reducing Health Recovery.
    • Infectious Claws: Fixed an issue where you could dodge this ability and its morphs.
  
  Guild
  • Fighters Guild
    • Silver Bolts: Fixed an issue where the snare from by this ability and the Silver Shards morph would not apply to a target that blocked the damage.
  • Mages Guild
    • Entropy: Fixed an issue where you could dodge individual damage over time ticks from this ability and its morphs.
  • Undaunted
    • Trapping Webs: The morphs for this ability now have unique icons.
    • Spiked Bone Shield (Bone Shield morph): Updated the tooltip for this ability and its morphs to better clarify the types of attacks it will return damage against.
  
  Alliance War
  • Assault
    • Reach: This skill now properly applies only in areas of Keeps, Resources, Outposts, Districts and Scroll Temples.
  
  Racial
  • Argonian
    • Argonian Resistance: Updated this ability’s tooltip to indicate it grants immunity to the Poisoned and Diseased status effects.
  • Dark Elf
    • Resist Flame: Updated this ability’s tooltip to indicate it grants immunity to the Burning status effect.
  • Nord
    • Resist Frost: Updated this ability’s tooltip to indicate it grants immunity to the Chill status effect.
  • Wood Elf
    • Resist Affliction: Updated this ability’s tooltip to indicate it grants immunity to the Poisoned and Diseased status effects.
  
  Champion System
  • The Lord
    • Expert Defender: Updated the tooltip for this ability to indicate it only works on Player Light and Heavy Attacks.
  
  
  General
  • Two Handed, Bow, Destruction Staff, and Restoration Staff weapons now count for two pieces towards any item set bonus. Rejoice!
  
  Consumables
  • Decreased the strength of the snare applied by the Hindrance poison to 40% from 50%.
  
  Item Sets
  • The Master, Maelstrom, and Asylum 2-Handed weapon sets now require 2 pieces to complete the set.
    • Since 2-Handed weapons always grant 2 pieces of an item set bonus, this change is purely cosmetic.
  • Archer’s Mind: This item set now only affects Critical Damage, and not Critical Healing.
  • Coward’s Gear: This item set now requires that you are both Sprinting and moving to obtain its bonuses.
  • Cruel Flurry: This item set now only works on damage over time abilities you cast from your bar, and not damage over time procs such as Twin Blade and Blunt.
  • Earthgore: This item set now heals for the same amount over 6 seconds instead of 3 seconds. 
    Developer Comment:
    Earthgore was too bursty for a strong AOE heal. This change will keep the high power heal, but make it less destructive in PvP gameplay, where an entire group is near invulnerable over the 3 seconds that the old Earthgore would be activated. 
  • Hiricine's Veneer: This item set now reduces the cost of all Stamina abilities by 4% instead of increasing Stamina Recovery for you and your group by 12%. 
  • Mechanical Acuity: This item set now only procs on direct damage instead of all damage.
  • Night Mother’s Gaze: This item set now applies Major Fracture to the enemy when you deal Critical Damage, instead of reducing their Physical Resistance by 2580.
  • Prisoner’s Rags: This item set now requires that you are both Sprinting and moving to obtain its bonuses.
  • Sunderflame:
    • This item set now applies Minor Breach and Minor Fracture to the enemy when you deal damage with a fully-charged Heavy Attack, instead of reducing their Physical Resistance by 3440.
    • Increased the bonus Flame Damage dealt with a fully-charged Heavy Attack to 4000 from 774.
  
  
  Consumables
  • Fixed an issue where Poisons could proc when you were casting Rapid Maneuvers or its morphs, causing you dismount.
  
  Item Sets
  • Akaviri Dragonguard: Fixed an issue where this item set was not reducing the cost of Overload’s Light and Heavy Attacks.
  • Blessing of Potentates: Fixed an issue where this item set was not reducing the cost of Overload’s Light and Heavy Attacks.
  • Bone Pirate’s Tatters: Fixed an issue where the Max Stamina from this Item Set’s 5-piece bonus was not increasing your damage done with Stamina abilities.
  • Caluurion’s Legacy: Fixed an issue where this item set could not trigger from the Inferno and Flames of Oblivion abilities.
  • Cruel Flurry: Fixed an issue where this item set’s bonus was being consumed by the Poison Injection morph but was not actually benefiting from it.
  • Galerion’s Revenge: Fixed an issue where Lightning and Restoration Staff Heavy Attacks would apply multiple stacks of this item set’s debuff.
  • Jorvuld’s Guidance:
    • Fixed an issue where this item set’s bonus was not increasing the duration of Major Slayer or Major Aegis.
    • This item set no longer displays its visual effect every time you weapon swap into it.
  • Shroud of the Lich: Fixed an issue where this item set’s proc was not increasing your out-of-combat Magicka Recovery.