Outfit System Guide for ESO

The Outfit System in ESO lets you override your gear's visual appearance without affecting stats or performance. You can mix armor weights, change weapon styles and apply dyes to create a custom look that persists regardless of what you equip.

This is a base game feature available to all players. No ESO Plus membership or DLC required.

Outfits are cosmetic overlays. When you apply an outfit, you change what your character looks like without touching the gear underneath. Your stats, set bonuses, and performance remain unchanged. Heavy armor can look like light, swords can look like axes. The appearance persists when you swap gear.

Every player gets one outfit slot per character by default.

Outfit Stations are in most major cities near other crafting stations. They appear on your map with a "swirly" icon and have banners in-game with the same icon.

You can place an Outfit Station in your player home. Two versions are available from achievement vendors:

Both furnishings are tradeable. If you don't have the Writ Vouchers, check the ESO Guild Traders for player-listed Dye Stations and Outfit Stations instead.

Interact with an Outfit Station and select "Outfit 1" from the dropdown. This opens the customization interface.

Available slots

Select slots from Armor Styles or Weapon Styles to see your options. The preview updates in real time.

Style restrictions

Armor can be any weight class regardless of what you actually wear, but body parts stay as their type (helmets stay helmets, boots stay boots). Weapons follow category restrictions. The categories are:

You cannot cross between these categories. A bow cannot look like a sword. A shield cannot look like a staff.

Filters

Sort by armor weight (light, medium, heavy), Undaunted Styles or by Signature to see special appearances only available through the Outfit System.

You can preview locked styles, but you cannot apply them until you learn the required motif or style page.

Outfit styles come from two sources: Motifs and Outfit Style Pages. Every motif or style page your account learns becomes available as an outfit style across all characters. This is account-wide knowledge stored in Collections under Outfit Styles.

Motifs unlock by consuming motif books or chapters. Sources include daily quests, dungeons, trials, guild traders and events. Learn a motif on any character and the outfit style becomes available account-wide.  

Outfit Style Pages are a separate source. Some styles are only available through these pages and cannot be found on craftable gear. Sources include events, Undaunted rewards and the Crown Store.  

Check your Collections menu to see known styles and unlock requirements for locked ones.

Outfit changes cost gold. The price per slot depends on three factors:

Slot size:

Style rarity:

Dye application:

Gold costs per slot can range from hundreds to thousands of gold depending on these factors. You can see the Application Cost in the item tooltip as you browse, and the total cost to Apply Changes displays at the bottom of the interface before you commit.

You can preview unlimited combinations without cost. Gold deducts only when you select "Apply Changes."

Outfit Change Tokens bypass gold costs entirely. One token covers a complete outfit change regardless of how many slots you modify or how rare the styles are.

As of Update 49, individual listings for Outfit Change Tokens have been removed from the Crown Store. You can now obtain them from:

If you have an expensive outfit change planned with multiple rare motifs, using a token saves significant gold. The token applies when you finalize at the station.

Dyeing outfit slots works similarly to dyeing regular gear. Select Dyes at the Outfit Station, choose from your unlocked colors and apply them to each slot. Each armor piece has up to three dye channels. Each weapon and shield slot also has multiple dye channels.

Dye unlocks are account-wide and tied to achievements. Check your Collections to see available dyes and unlock requirements.

Dye costs in ESO:

Because the cost is per color slot and not per piece, dyeing all three channels on every armor piece adds up. Factor dye costs into your total before applying.

Browse the complete ESO Dye Collection list to see all available colors and which achievements unlock them.

As of Update 49, Outfit Slots are account-wide. All characters share the same pool of outfit slots, up to a maximum of 10. Each character still maintains separate outfit configurations within those slots. Outfit slot 1 on one character can look completely different from outfit slot 1 on another.

Purchase additional slots from the Crown Store for 1,500 Crowns each (under upgrades tab).

With multiple slots you can save different complete looks and swap between them without visiting an Outfit Station.

If you want to save multiple build loadouts instead of outfits, check out the Armory System.

Change your active outfit or disable outfits through:

You can only create and customize outfits at an Outfit Station. Switching between saved outfits can be done anywhere.