Companion: Ember - ESO

All available skills and mechanics for the Ember the Khajiit companion in ESO. Everything you need to know about Ember.

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Who is Ember

Short profile of Ember

Ember is a Female Sorcerer.

Ember is a gifted mage and former street urchin whose boundless curiosity and penchant for mischief have earned her a notorious reputation. Unpredictable and fiercely determined, she thrives on chaos—and she’s always on the hunt for arcane secrets. Summon Ember as your companion to stir up trouble and fuel her relentless pursuit of mystical knowledge.

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How to unlock Ember

Where can you find Ember

You can recruit Ember at Draioch, a settlement just north of Gonfalon Bay—the primary city of High Isle.

Ember Rapport

Actions that Ember likes and dislikes

Positive Rapport Actions

Points Action Cooldown
500 Returning Cold Trail, Cold Blood, Old Pain, or Green with Envy companion quests
125 Returning Thieves Guild heist with or without the time bonus 1 day
125 Returning relic retrieving quest offered by Alvur Baren in Mages Guild 1 day
125 Returning delve quest offered by Wayllod at High Isle 1 day
25 / 5 Fence a purple-quality stolen item 1 day
10 / 1 Win a game of Tales of Tribute 1 hour
10 / 1 Begin a Black Sacrament 1 day
10 / 1 Pickpocket a guard 1 hour
10 Using clemency 1 day
5 / 1 Loot a thieves trove or safebox 1 hour
5 Using a Counterfeit Pardon Edict
5 Returning a Thieves Guild job from a Tip Board 1 hour
1 Visit outlaws refuges or Thieves Guild 1 hour
1 Harvest a runestone 5 minutes
1 Kill a werewolf 5 minutes
1 Kill a wolf 5 minutes
1 Summon the Big-Eared Ginger Kitten pet 1 day
1 Summon the Witch's Infernal Familiar pet 1 day
1 Sell a purple-quality item to a vendor
1 Successfully flee from the guard
1 Trespass a restricted area

Negative Rapport Actions

Points Action Cooldown
-25 / -5 Pay a bounty to a guard after being caught 1 hour
-10 Get caught committing a crime 5 minutes
-10 Get spotted while trespassing in a restricted area
-10 Entering The Halls of Colossus
-5 Pay a bounty to a guard after being caught while the other bounty rapport cooldown is active
-5 / -1 Start fishing 5 minutes

Ember Keepsake

Ember´s keepsake & companion buff
Companion Keepsakes
Luxury Thieves Tools Icon icon Luxury Thieves Tools Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
A set of well-made thieves tools set within a leather pouch. One tool is missing, likely snatched by your thieving companion for her own amusement. Permanently grants the passive "Ember's Intuition" to the bearer.
Acquired by completing the achievement "Ember's Gang."
Completing Ember´s meta achievement Ember's Gang will rewards the player with the collectible Luxury Thieves Tools, granting the buff Ember's Intuition
Ember's Intuition
When pickpocketing, bestows a chance to acquire hidden wallets your mark hoped to keep secure. Hidden wallets may contain additional gold.

Ember´s Skills

Ember´s unique class skills & generic companion skills

Class Skill Lines

Ember has access to unique skills via his class Sorcerer

Lightning Caller

Lightning Caller
Raging Storm Icon icon Raging Storm Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Cost: 200 Ultimate
Cast time: 0.2 second
Duration: 8 seconds
Maximum range: 28 meters
Radius: 8 meters
Effect
Companion creates a thunderstorm that follows the target, striking all enemies within for 1012 Shock Damage every 1 second for 8 seconds. The final strike deals 300% additional damage to enemies under 25% Health.
Lightning Caller
Crystal Blast Icon icon Crystal Blast Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Cast time: 0.8 second
Target: Enemy
Maximum range: 28 meters
Effect
Companion conjures dark crystals to bombard an enemy, dealing 5396 Magic Damage.
Lightning Caller
Thunderous Strike Icon icon Thunderous Strike Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Target: Enemy
Maximum range: 28 meters
Radius: 4 meters
Effect
Companion calls down an explosion of lightning to finish off an enemy, dealing 16187 Shock Damage and an additional 5396 Shock Damage to other nearby enemies. Used when the enemy is below 25% Health.
Lightning Caller
Shocking Burst Icon icon Shocking Burst Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Cast time: 0.633 second
Target: Enemy
Duration: 8 seconds
Maximum range: 28 meters
Radius: 4 meters
Effect
Companion creates a nexus of storm energy at the target location, instantly dealing 2698 Shock Damage to all enemies in the area and an additional 3033 Shock Damage over 8 seconds.

Mischievous Caster

Mischievous Caster
Hurricane Visage Icon icon Hurricane Visage Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Cast time: 0.4 second
Target: Area
Duration: 8 seconds
Radius: 5 meters
Effect
Companion manifests themselves as pure lightning, zapping nearby enemies with electricity dealing 2691 Shock Damage over 8 seconds. While in this form their damage taken is reduced by 20%.
Mischievous Caster
Trickster's Trap Icon icon Trickster's Trap Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Cast time: 0.6 second
Target: Enemy
Duration: 3 seconds
Maximum range: 28 meters
Effect
Companion dazzles an enemy in a ball of magic, stunning them for 3 seconds.
Mischievous Caster
Entomb Icon icon Entomb Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Cast time: 0.366 second
Target: Area
Duration: 4 seconds
Radius: 18 meters
Effect
Companion uses binding magic to immobilize enemies in front of them for 4 seconds and heal themselves for 7425 Health over 8 seconds.

Playful Schemer

Playful Schemer
Quick Fix Icon icon Quick Fix Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Cast time: 0.6 second
Target: Area
Radius: 28 meters
Effect
Companion patches themselves or an ally with restorative magic, healing for 4950 Health. Used when Companion or an ally is below 75% Health.
Playful Schemer
Second Wind Icon icon Second Wind Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Cast time: 0.266 second
Target: Self
Effect
Companion uses their backup resources, reducing the cooldown of all their other abilities by 5 seconds.
Playful Schemer
Shared Wards Icon icon Shared Wards Tooltips by ESO-Hub.com
Cast time: 0.566 second
Target: Area
Duration: 6 seconds
Radius: 28 meters
Effect
Companion conjures wards made of energy for protection, granting a damage shield for them and their nearby allies that absorbs 2475 damage for 6 seconds. Targets affected by the shield are also healed for 2475 Health over 8 seconds.

Weapon Skill Lines

Weapon lines level through combat experience when the companion uses that weapon type.

Armor Skill Lines

Armor lines level by wearing five or more pieces of the same armor weight—only one armor line can advance at a time.

Guild Skill Lines

Level by completing solo daily quests (100 XP each, 100 XP per level, max level 10). Not available to companions: Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood.

Images of Ember

Ember is a new unlockable companion that launched with the High Isle Chapter in ESO (Elder Scrolls Online).

Ember Location

Ember Rapport - High Isle Companion

Information regarding Ember rapport taken from this thread here.  

Disapproval Ember Rapport:

  • Fishing: -1
  • Getting seen pickpocketing, looting a safebox, stealing from a container, or killing an innocent NPC: -10 (shared cooldown)
  • Getting killed by a guard: -5 (no cooldown)
  • Willingly paying bounty to a guard after being caught: -25, then -5 for each additional payoff during cooldown (1 hour cooldown)
  • Choosing the "flee" option after being accosted by a guard: -10
  • Getting spotted while in a restricted area (trespassing): -10

Approval Ember Rapport:

  • Completing a Mages Guild daily: +125 (resets at same time as writs/endeavors/etc.)
  • Completing a Thieves Guild heist without time bonus: +125 (resets at same time as writs/endeavors/etc.)
  • Completing a High Isle delve daily: +125 (has a cooldown) (resets at same time as writs/endeavors/etc.)
  • Harvesting a runestone: +1 (1 hour cooldown)
  • Killing wolves: +1
  • Killing werewolves: +1
  • Looting a safebox or thieves trove: +5, then +1 for each additional safebox/trove during cooldown (shared cooldown)
  • Winning a Tales of Tribute game: +10, then +1 for each additional game during cooldown
  • Pickpocketing a guard: +10, then +1 for each additional pick during cooldown
  • Successfully getting away after choosing the flee option when accosted by a guard: +1
  • Invoking the Clemency perk after being accosted by a guard: +10
  • Entering a restricted area (trespassing): +1 (maybe only in quest areas? - observed during TG main quest)
  • Fencing a purple-quality stolen item: +25, then +5 for each additional item during cooldown
  • Selling a purple-quality item to a regular NPC vendor: +1 (has a cooldown)
  • Completing a Tip Board quest in the Thieves Den: +5 (has a cooldown)
  • Using a counterfeit pardon edict: +5
  • Entering an outlaws refuge or the Thieves Den: +1
  • Summoning the Big-Eared Ginger Kitten or Witch's Infernal Familiar pets: +1
  • Completing one of Ember's personal quests (available at 1500, 2750, and 4000 total rapport): +500 (per character)