Coming Back Guide to ESO - Returning Players

This is the guide for players returning to ESO! If you are coming back to ESO, then this is your guide. Read it now to find out which major updates happened to the game in the past years!

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Homestead

Chapter 14 / 46

Homestead

Released February 6, 2017 - PC/Mac, Consoles - Patch Notes

This free update introduces the player housing system with 39 uniquely-themed homes that can be acquired throughout Tamriel. With over 2,000 individual decorative and furniture options, plus Furnishing Crafting, players will have a lot of options available to make a house a Homestead, especially with being absolutely freely able to decorate it the way a player wants to, except for set elements like the house itself.

Homestead

  • Homes can be purchased with gold or crowns
  • Acquiring a Home:- Purchase the home in the Crown Store for crowns- Find Canthion the Housing Broker to acquire a quest that grants you a free apartment (one per alliance)- Find homes scattered across Tamriel, make sure you have the prerequisites, and purchase them for in-game gold
  • The Housing Editor:- The Place tab allows you to place furnishings and collectibles from a categorized list of available options- The Purchase tab contains a large list of furnishings available for a la carte crown purchase- In addition to directly selecting any placed items in editor mode, you may also retrieve placed furnishings from a list of placed items in the Retrieve tab of the editor, without needing to locate them in the home- You can also search each tab by item name to further filter your results
  • Home Decoration:- After you enter a home you own, you can enter the housing editor and start placing furnishings- Once placed, a furnishing is removed from your inventory or bank and is stored in the house, counting towards the maximum number of items that can be placed in the home- You can place each object at any location and at any angle. The only limitation beyond the Furnishing caps is there is a small safe area near the main entrance which cannot be filled with items- In addition to furnishing items, you can also place assistants, mounts, non-combat pets, and a new category of furnishing collectibles called Trophies that includes Undaunted Busts
  • Furnishing crafting also utilizes several additional types of materials- Woodworking Blueprints primarily use Heartwood, from lumber nodes- Blacksmithing Diagrams primarily use Regulus, from ore nodes- Clothing Patterns primarily use Bast, from fibrous plants, or Clean Pelts, from beasts and other sources of leather- Alchemy Formulas primarily use Alchemical Resin, from mushrooms and alchemy plants- Enchanting Praxises primarily use Mundane Runes, from runestones- Provisioning Designs primarily use Decorative Wax, from crates, barrels, and other sources of provisioning ingredients

Crafting

  • Top-tier Writ rewards may yield a Master Writ
  • These are special invitations to craft a very specific item or set of items for Writ Vouchers
  • Master Writs are tradeable
  • Each writ will show its requirements before being consumed
  • The Mastercraft Mediator can be found at each Alliance capital and will sell high-end items for Writ Vouchers
  • Four new Motifs- The Silken Ring style can be found in the Cradle of Shadows dungeon- The Mazzatun style can be found in the Ruins of Mazzatun dungeon- The Ra Gada style can now be found in Craglorn- The Ebony style is obtained for Writ Vouchers

New Features

  • Champion Point cap increased from 531 to 600
  • Imperial City and Cyrodiil vendors' wares have been revised
  • The Dungeon Finder tool will prompt players to confirm that they are ready
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