Ulfsild's Contingency Skill - ESO
Ulfsild's Contingency is a skill in the Mages Guild skill line under the Guild category in ESO (the Elder Scrolls Online)
Mages Guild

Duration: 22 seconds
Radius: 8 meters
Cost Determined by Highest Max Resource
Effect
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.
This is a scribing skill
Found in: Guild > Mages Guild
How to obtain: Reach Rank 5 in the Mages Guild Skill Line.
This skill is part of the scribing system.
Grimoires for this skill must be unlocked and bought from the Chronicler Firandil in The Scholarium.
Depending on which focus script you select, this skill can change into the following morphs: Binding Contingency, Bloody Contingency, Chilling Contingency, Fiery Contingency, Healing Contingency, Magical Contingency, Repelling Contingency, Shocking Contingency and Warding Contingency
Ulfsild's Contingency is a skill in the Mages Guild skill line under the Guild category in ESO (the Elder Scrolls Online).
Ulfsild's Contingency - Scripts for Scribing
Here you can find a list of all scripts that can be used with the Ulfsild's Contingency skill using the scribing system.
Ulfsild's Contingency - Focus Script
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Deals 5812 Bleed Damage to enemies. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you. |
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Grants a damage shield to you and your allies that absorbs 8294 damage for 8 seconds, scaling off the higher of your Max Health or Magicka and capped at 55% of your Max Health. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts apply to you or an ally. |
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Deals 5812 Magic Damage to enemies. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you. |
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Deals 5812 Magic Damage to enemies. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you. |
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Heals you and your allies for 8743 Health. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts apply to you and your allies. |
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Deals 2906 Magic Damage to enemies and immobilizes them for 6 seconds. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you. |
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Knocks enemies back 8 meters. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you. |
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Deals 5812 Magic Damage to enemies. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you. |
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Deals 5812 Magic Damage to enemies. Beneficial Signature and Affix scripts only apply to you. |
Ulfsild's Contingency - Signature Script
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Dragonknight: For each enemy within 8 meters, up to 6, gain 50 Weapon and Spell Damage and reduce your damage taken by 2% plus 1% per enemy for 5 seconds. Sorcerer: Enchant your closest pet for 5 seconds to heal a nearby ally for 314 Health each time it deals damage, up to once a second. If you do not have a pet, you deal 709 Shock Damage to enemies within 8 meters of you. Nightblade: Restore 400 Magicka and Stamina if your target was above 50% Health. Increase your Critical Chance by 10% for 5 seconds if your target was at or below 50% Health. Warden: Create an 8 meter area for 2 seconds under your target once every 8 seconds that snares enemies by 70%, and charms them for 3 seconds when it expires. If no enemies are charmed, you restore 1435 Magicka and Stamina. Necromancer: Once every 3 seconds, increase your Health, Magicka, and Stamina by 2% for 10 seconds for each corpse within 12 meters, up to 10 times. If no corpses are nearby, create a corpse. Templar: For 5 seconds, you gain 1320 Armor and 150 Weapon and Spell Damage. If Sacred Ground is active on you, these values are increased by 50%. Arcanist: Create a Crux. |
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Reduces damage taken by 8% for 8 seconds. |
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Creates a rune of power on the ground for 10 seconds which applies the Affix script in an area. |
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Reduces the Movement Speed of enemies hit by 30% for 8 seconds. |
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Deals 9988 Magic Damage over 22 seconds to enemies. |
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Heals for 6552 Health over 12 seconds. |
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Increase damage done of your next direct attack used within 7 seconds by 2000. |
Ulfsild's Contingency - Affix Script
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Afflicts Minor Breach for 22 seconds, reducing Physical and Spell Resistance by 2974. |
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Grants you Major Brutality and Major Sorcery for 12 seconds, increasing Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. |
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Afflicts Minor Enervation for 22 seconds, reducing Critical Damage by 10%. |
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Grants Minor Force for 22 seconds, increasing Critical Damage by 10%. |
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Grants Minor Intellect and Minor Endurance for 22 seconds, increasing Magicka and Stamina Recovery by 15%. |
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Afflicts enemies with Minor Magickasteal for 22 seconds, restoring 168 Magicka to attackers every 1 second. |
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Grants Minor Protection for 22 seconds, reducing damage taken by 5%. |
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Grants Minor Resolve for 22 seconds, increasing Physical and Spell Resistance by 2974. |
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Grants you Major Savagery and Major Prophecy for 12 seconds, increasing Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629. |
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Afflicts Minor Vulnerability for 22 seconds, increasing damage taken by 5%. |
Top builds using Ulfsild's Contingency

24
Necromancer
PvE
Necromancer PvE DPS - The Lich (Worm Cult S1)
Mace Wolfheart

4
Nightblade
PvE
Harbinger of the Crimson Chill
Nightmoon

Necromancer
Magicka
PvP
Powerful Magicka Necromancer Build PvP for ESO
AlcastHQ

5
Arcanist
PvE
(One Bar) Beamer, Solo Anything
CNZOR

Templar
PvP
ESO Templar PvP Build for ESO – Magplar
AlcastHQ

Nightblade
Tank
Powerful ESO Nightblade Tank Build – Elder Scrolls Online
AlcastHQ
Other Builds & Guides that use the Ulfsild's Contingency skill
- Best ESO Arcanist PvP Build – Maximum Damage!
- ESO Magicka Dragonknight PVP Build – Mag DK
- ESO Sorcerer PVP Build – Mag Sorc High Damage
- ESO Sorcerer Subclasses Build – Subclassing Optimized Setup
- ESO Templar PvP Build for ESO – Magplar
- One Bar Arcanist Tank Build for ESO – Oakensoul Arcanist Tank
- Powerful Arcanist Tank Build for ESO – Elder Scrolls Online
- Powerful Dragonknight Tank Build for ESO – Elder Scrolls Online
- Powerful ESO Nightblade Tank Build – Elder Scrolls Online
- Powerful ESO Templar Tank Build – Elder Scrolls Online
- Powerful Magicka Necromancer Build PvP for ESO
- Powerful Magicka Warden Build PvP for ESO
- Powerful Necromancer Tank Build for ESO – Elder Scrolls Online
- Powerful Sorcerer Tank Build for ESO – Elder Scrolls Online
- Powerful Stamina Nightblade Bow Gank Build PvP for ESO
- Powerful Warden Tank Build for ESO – Elder Scrolls Online
Ulfsild's Contingency in the news
Mages Guild skills
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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Scribing abilities |
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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 |
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 4631 Magic Damage over 20 seconds. |
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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Passive abilities | |
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Allows you to Persuade NPCs in conversation. |
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Reduces the Magicka and Health cost of your Mages Guild abilities by 15%. |
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Increases the duration of your Mages Guild abilities by 2 seconds. |
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Increases your Max Magicka and Magicka Recovery by 2% for each Mages Guild ability slotted. |
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Casting a Mages Guild ability grants you Empower, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 70% for 10 seconds. |