ESO Beginner Guides
Welcome to the “ESO Beginner” section of the AlcastHQ website. All the content here is made for the Elder Scrolls Online and is directed at new players or people that returned to the game and want to fresh up their ESO knowledge. The ESO Beginner Guides here will cover all of the basics from the game. You will also find guides on how to level up your character as well as beginner builds for each class.
I highly recommend reading the New Player Beginners Guide which covers all basics of ESO and ensures you don’t forget anything important when you start your adventure!
General ESO Beginner Guides
Before we take a look at specific class guides, you can also read non class related guides:
Your Role – ESO Beginner
As a new player it is important to understand your role, therefore make sure to read the beginner guides for damage dealers, healers and tanks.
PvP Guides – ESO Beginner
You can also find some quick introduction guides to PvP in ESO. They are important as you need to understand how these different game modes work.
Basics Know-How
You can also find some basic know-how guides.
- Weaving Guide (Animation Canceling)
- Weapon & Armor Guide
- Skyshard Farming Guide
- Morphing Guide
- ESO Plus Guide
- Champion Points Beginner Guide
- Dolmen Farming Guide
- Srendarr Addon Guide
Race, Vampire & Werewolf Guide
I do recommend reading the racial passives guide as well as the werewolf and vampire guide.
Class Guides – ESO Beginner
You can find the “Beginner Class Guides” and “Beginner Class Builds” in the list below. Please start with the guide and then move on to the beginner build.
++ Necromancer Beginner ++
The Necromancer class beginner guides contain both a leveling up guide and a 160 Champion Points build for a magicka and a stamina setup.
Magicka Necromancer Beginner
Stamina Necromancer Beginner
++ Dragonknight Beginner ++
The Dragonknight class beginner guides contain both a leveling up guide and a 160 Champion Points build for a magicka and a stamina setup.
Magicka Dragonknight Beginner
Stamina Dragonknight Beginner
++ Sorcerer Beginner ++
The Sorcerer class beginner guides contain both a leveling up guide and a 160 Champion Points build for a magicka and a stamina setup.
Magicka Sorcerer Beginner
Stamina Sorcerer Beginner
++ Nightblade Beginner ++
The Nightblade class beginner guides contain both a leveling up guide and a 160 Champion Points build for a magicka and a stamina setup.
Magicka Nightblade Beginner
Stamina Nightblade Beginner
++ Templar Beginner++
The Templar class beginner guides contain both a leveling up guide and a 160 Champion Points build for a magicka and a stamina setup.
Magicka Templar Beginner
Stamina Templar Beginner
++ Warden Beginner ++
The Warden class beginner guides contain both a leveling up guide and a 160 Champion Points build for a magicka and a stamina setup.
Magicka Warden Beginner
Stamina Warden Beginner
Crafting Beginner Guides
You can also take a look at all the detailed crafting guides on ESO-Hub.com. Unlike in most other MMOs, crafting is actually very important and useful in the Elder Scrolls Online.
- Alchemy Crafting Guide
- Provisioning Crafting Guide
- Blacksmithing Crafting Guide
- Clothing Crafting Guide
- Woodworking Crafting Guide
- Jewelry Crafting Guide
- Enchanting Crafting Guide
Sets, Skills & Housing
On ESO-Sets.com you can find all Elder Scrolls Online Sets up to date for every new patch. In addition, you can also make use of the compare and advanced search function of the website.
On ESO-Skillbook.com you can find all Elder Scrolls Online skills, up to date for every new patch. In addition, you can also find an advanced search function and a complete Champion Points Leveling Calculator on the website.
On ESO-Housing.com you can find all Elder Scrolls Online Housing Items. There are approximately 9000 items on this website! Some of the nice features that this site has is a complete housing guide, list of all furniture achievements, full list of all vendors you can find across Tamriel, Luxury Furnisher archive and an advanced search function. You can also submit your own Images and locations of items that you know to help us make the list more complete, thanks!
Champion Points Calculator
This is a tool for people who are currently leveling champion points. This calculator will help you find the optimal leveling path to your 810 points goal. Simply choose your class and role and enter the number of points you have at the moment.
The list here shows the beginner guides by popularity.