Outfit question: can I take the skin of an armor and use that permanently?

taugrim · July 2020

So I have a chest armor that I've out-leveled, but I really like the skin it offers. Is there a way to make the skin for that armor a permanent part of my outfit?

I've googled this and haven't found an answer. It looks like a lot of the selectable skins are fixed and based on unlocks, but in my case I want to use the skin of an actual piece of equipment, even if I am no longer equipping it.

Red_Feather · July 2020

Yes you can. You have to find out what style it is and then buy or earn the motif. I guess it's a chest motif you want.

catnamedwill · July 2020

Look up the Outfit system. It works exactly this way,

essi2 · July 2020

If you learn the style you can use it as an outfit.

SickleCider · July 2020

I think OP is asking about a system in other MMOs (I'm not super experienced but I saw it in Neverwinter) where you could select the appearance of an equipment item in your inventory, usually destroying said item in the process. (Ex: during the short time I played NW I wanted some basic boots, so I bought a low level pair in the auction house and transmogged my equipped gear with it.). Unfortunately you can't do that.

When you look at the item, up where it tells you what weight it is, it should tell you what style. You'll have to get the motif chapter for that style, usually in guild store. Good luck!

virtus753 · July 2020

You can also use a site like this to find the names of styles you like and how to acquire them:

https://eso.mmo-fashion.com/

A very few styles in game are not available in the outfit system, but most are.

Nestor · July 2020

Versispellis wrote: »

I think OP is asking about a system in other MMOs (I'm not super experienced but I saw it in Neverwinter) where you could select the appearance of an equipment item in your inventory, usually destroying said item in the process. (Ex: during the short time I played NW I wanted some basic boots, so I bought a low level pair in the auction house and transmogged my equipped gear with it.). Unfortunately you can't do that.

When you look at the item, up where it tells you what weight it is, it should tell you what style. You'll have to get the motif chapter for that style, usually in guild store. Good luck!

If you deconstruct something in this game, you can get back the Style Mat and use that to make other gear in the same motif, as long as you know the Motif for that piece.

However, with the Outfit Station, all you have to know is the Motif to apply that look to any gear in the game of the same type (Chest or Legs etc)

Note, leveling materials do look different than end game materials, so if you like the lower level stuff, like L28 or L24 Argonian is really cool, then you have to learn that material level by deconning something from that level. Then you can make any gear look like that level in the Outfit station.

newtinmpls · July 2020

taugrim wrote: »

So I have a chest armor that I've out-leveled, but I really like the skin it offers. Is there a way to make the skin for that armor a permanent part of my outfit?

I've googled this and haven't found an answer. It looks like a lot of the selectable skins are fixed and based on unlocks, but in my case I want to use the skin of an actual piece of equipment, even if I am no longer equipping it.

My example would be Khajiit robe; I love the low level version of it, don't care for the upper levels. So on the outfit system, where I have unlocked all the basic racial styles, I went back and created an outfit that uses it.

Yes, I would absolutely prefer a version where I could use/destroy a bit of armor to transfer the "look" to another bit of armor, but outfit system is what we got.

This is the default Khajiit robe for "max level". It's nice, but it's a bit too busy for me.

This is the "lowbie" version of the robe. This is the one I prefer, and use.

Each character gets one "free" outfit slot and if you want more, you need to buy them. Individually. Each "extra slot" is only for "that character" and it gets spendy fast. So far I have not done so. Others use this system a lot.