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Mages Guild Skill Line - ESO

Mages Guild Skill Line - ESO

Category: Guild
Other skill lines in Guild : Dark Brotherhood, Fighters Guild, Psijic Order, Thieves Guild and Undaunted

The Mages Guild skill-line is part of the "Guild" category in the Elder Scrolls Online. The MagesGuild skill-line has active skills and passives. The MagesGuild has a focus on increasing your power as a magicka user.

How do you unlock the Mages Guild skill-line?


To unlock the MagesGuild skill-line you have to join the MagesGuild. Depending on your alliance, this will be in different locations. It is recommended to unlock the Mages Guild skill-line as fast as possible to see the progress you make. However, even if you don't have the Mages Guild unlocked yet, picking up lorebooks will still count towards increasing the Mages Guild skill-line level.

  • Aldmeri Dominion: Vulkhel Guard
  • Daggerfall Covenant: Daggerfall
  • Ebonheart Pact: Davon's Watch

You can find the map location here.

How do you level up the Mages Guild skill-line?


To level up the MagesGuild skill-line in the Elder Scrolls Online you have to collect lorebooks. The lorebooks are placed all over Tamriel in specific locations.However, in contrary to the MagesGuild skill-line itself, the skills are leveled up by gaining experience from killing any monsters or quests. The collecting lorebooks requirement only counts towards the level of the skill-line itself, but not the skills.

The damage numbers of the skills that you see below are used for comparison. The numbers are based on a naked level 50 character without any skills, passives, attributes and champion points allocated. Your damage numbers will change depending on what gear, skills, attributes, champion points, enchantments or buffs your character has.
Ultimate abilities
Meteor icon Meteor Meteor
Meteor icon
Call a comet down from the constellations to blast an enemy, dealing 4065 Flame Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them down, and stunning them for 2 seconds. After impact, enemies in the target area take 1161 Flame Damage every 1 second for 11 seconds.
arrow Ice Comet icon Ice Comet Ice Comet
arrow Ice Comet icon
Call a comet down from the constellations to blast an enemy, dealing 4620 Frost Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them down, stunning them for 2 seconds, and reducing their Movement Speed by 50% for 5 seconds. After impact, enemies in the target area take 1319 Frost Damage every 1 second for 11 seconds.

Increases the damage, deals Frost Damage, and reduces the Movement Speed of enemies hit.
arrow Shooting Star icon Shooting Star Shooting Star
arrow Shooting Star icon
Call a comet down from the constellations to blast an enemy, dealing 4067 Flame Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them down, and stunning them for 2 seconds. After impact, enemies in the target area take 1161 Flame Damage every 1 second for 11 seconds. You generate 12 Ultimate for each enemy hit by the initial blast.

You generate Ultimate for each enemy hit by the initial blast.
Scribing abilities
Ulfsild's Contingency icon Ulfsild's Contingency Ulfsild's Contingency
Ulfsild's Contingency icon
Imbue yourself with the magical runes of Ulfsild. These runes trigger when you cast an ability with a cost, causing a burst of magic around you.
Active abilities
Magelight icon Magelight Magelight
Magelight icon
Summon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629.
arrow Inner Light icon Inner Light Inner Light
arrow Inner Light icon
Summon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629 and your Max Magicka is increased by 5%.

Also increases your Max Magicka while slotted.
arrow Radiant Magelight icon Radiant Magelight Radiant Magelight
arrow Radiant Magelight icon
Summon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629. You also prevent the stun from stealth attacks for you and nearby allies.

Increases the radius of the reveal. You and nearby allies cannot be stunned from sneak attacks while slotted. Reduces the cost as the ability ranks up.
Entropy icon Entropy Entropy
Entropy icon
Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 4631 Magic Damage over 20 seconds.
arrow Degeneration icon Degeneration Degeneration
arrow Degeneration icon
Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 4642 Magic Damage over 20 seconds. Excess magic spills out from them, granting you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 20 seconds.

You gain Major Brutality and Sorcery for a time after casting. Reduces the cost as the ability ranks up.
arrow Structured Entropy icon Structured Entropy Structured Entropy
arrow Structured Entropy icon
Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 4642 Magic Damage over 20 seconds, and healing you for 435 every 2 seconds.

Adds a heal over time when the damage over time is active.
Fire Rune icon Fire Rune Fire Rune
Fire Rune icon
Inscribe a rune of cosmic fire on the earth, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 20 seconds. When triggered, the rune blasts all enemies in the target area for 2323 Flame Damage.
arrow Scalding Rune icon Scalding Rune Scalding Rune
arrow Scalding Rune icon
Inscribe a rune of cosmic fire on the earth, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 20 seconds. When triggered, the rune blasts all enemies in the target area for 2323 Flame Damage and an additional 2871 Flame Damage over 22 seconds.

The rune also deals additional damage over time.
arrow Volcanic Rune icon Volcanic Rune Volcanic Rune
arrow Volcanic Rune icon
Inscribe a rune of cosmic fire on the earth, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 20 seconds. When triggered, the rune blasts all enemies in the target area for 2323 Flame Damage, knocks them into the air, and stuns them for 3 seconds.

The rune knocks enemies into the air and stuns them. Reduces the cost as the ability ranks up.
Equilibrium icon Equilibrium Equilibrium
Equilibrium icon
Barter with Oblivion to trade vitality for power, sacrificing your Health in exchange for 3000 Magicka. The exchange reduces your healing done and damage shield strength by 50% for 4 seconds.
arrow Balance icon Balance Balance
arrow Balance icon
Barter with Oblivion to trade vitality for power, sacrificing your Health in exchange for 3000 Magicka. After the exchange is complete, you gain Major Resolve for 30 seconds, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948. The exchange reduces your healing done and damage shield strength by 50% for 4 seconds.

After the exchange is complete, you gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance.
arrow Spell Symmetry icon Spell Symmetry Spell Symmetry
arrow Spell Symmetry icon
Barter with Oblivion to trade vitality for power, sacrificing your Health in exchange for 3000 Magicka. After the exchange is complete, the cost of your next Magicka ability is reduced by 33% for 5 seconds. The exchange reduces your healing done and damage shield strength by 50% for 4 seconds.

After the exchange is complete, the cost of your next Magicka ability is reduced.
Passive abilities
Persuasive Will icon Persuasive Will Persuasive Will
Persuasive Will icon
Allows you to Persuade NPCs in conversation.
Mage Adept icon Mage Adept Mage Adept
Mage Adept icon
Reduces the Magicka and Health cost of your Mages Guild abilities by 15%.
Everlasting Magic icon Everlasting Magic Everlasting Magic
Everlasting Magic icon
Increases the duration of your Mages Guild abilities by 2 seconds.
Magicka Controller icon Magicka Controller Magicka Controller
Magicka Controller icon
Increases your Max Magicka and Magicka Recovery by 2% for each Mages Guild ability slotted.
Might of the Guild icon Might of the Guild Might of the Guild
Might of the Guild icon
Casting a Mages Guild ability grants you Empower, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 70% for 10 seconds.

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