Type: Dungeon, Trial, Arena & Overland
Buildname: Racer
Table of Contents
Welcome to the Stamina Warden Bow Build PvE “Racer” for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the bow build for each new Update of ESO. The Stamina Warden Bow Build is optimized for Dungeons but can also be run in trials. You can also find plenty of other Stamina Warden content on the website such as:
Other Stamina Warden Guides:
- Stamina Warden Beginner Guide (Read first if you are a new player)
- Stamina Warden Beginner 160CP Build (Made for new players)
- Stamina Warden Dual Wield Build
- Stamina Warden Two Hander Build
- SOLO Stamina Warden Build
Stamina Wardens have pretty good ranged abilities like the Cliffracer and the Subt. Assault, combined with the bow skill-line you can set off some really good ranged damage. Bow builds are still quite the under dog as they are not widely accepted due to the smaller damage output and they are harder to play. However, with this setup you can pull off good numbers and survivability should also not be a problem.
- Warden Class
- Medium Armor build
- Double Bow setup
- Good sustain
- Good AoE damage
- Good Single Target damage
Trials & Dungeon Setup Warden Bow Build
5x Relequen, 5x Pillar of Nirn, 1x Slimecraw, 1x Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet, on a Dark Elf with Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice food.
- Unbuffed: Out of combat, buff food active
- Buffed: In combat, buff food, Raid Target Dummy buffs, Weapon Power Potion, Weapon Damage Enchantment active.
Gear Warden Bow Build
You will find 3 different setups here. Setup 1 is the preferred setup. People who do not have all the gear yet can use Setup 2 which is easier to obtain and beginners can use Setup 3.
- Setup 1 is with Trial Gear
- Setup 2 is without Trial Gear
- Setup 3 is for Beginners
There are a lot of good Stamina Sets available, you can find more viable stamina dps sets in this Stamina DPS Sets Article. I also elaborate on specific sets that are often used in this article to give you a bit more insight as to why they are used.
Gear Setup 1
If you don’t have access to the Harpooner Mythic item you can instead run a full monster set.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Belt | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Perfected Arms of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Hands | Perfected Arms Of Relequen | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Pillar of Nirn | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Slimecraw | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Pillar of Nirn | Jewelry | Bloodthirsty | Weapon Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Pillar of Nirn | Bow | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Perfected Thunderous Volley | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Gear Setup 2
This here is a secondary setup which is easier to get. Stormfist is easy to get, it increases our sustain and damage.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Health |
| Belt | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Health |
| Hands | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Stormfist | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Stormfist | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Tzogvin’s Warband | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Tzogvin’s Warband | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Tzogvin’s Warband | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Tzogvin’s Warband | Bow | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Tzogvin’s Warband | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Gear Beginner
This gear setup is pretty easy to get, you need to ask a guildmate to craft you Hundings Rage and Night Mothers Gaze. You can buy Agility in Guildstores, if you want really cheap pieces just buy the Healthy Trait ones, then you can actually invest all points into Stamina and you should get to a decent Health level.
| Gear | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Health |
| Belt | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoes | Hunding’s Rage | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Pants | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Hands | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Head | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Night Mother’s Gaze | Medium | Divine | Stamina |
| Necklace | Agility | Jewelry | Robust/ Healthy | Stamina Recovery |
| Ring | Agility | Jewelry | Robust/ Healthy | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Agility | Jewelry | Robust | Weapon Damage |
| Weapon 1 | Hunding’s Rage | Bow | Precise | Flame Damage Enchant |
| Weapon 2 | Hunding’s Rage | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage Enchant |
Where can I get the gear?
Pillar of Nirn: Falkreath Hold Dungeon
Perfected Arms Of Relequen: vCloudrest
Arms of Relequen: Cloudrest
Perfected Point-Blank Snipe: vVateshran Hollows
Point-Blank Snipe: Vateshran Hollows
Stormfist: vTempest Island
Hunding’s Rage: Craftable
Night Mother’s Gaze: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Perfected Thunderous Volley: vMaelstrom Arena
Thunderous Volley: Maelstrom Arena
Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet (Mythic): Antiquities
Perf. Ansuul’s Torment: vSanity’s Edge Trial
Skills Warden Bow Build
- Acid Spray: This is used on trash fights to hit several targets.
| Bow Mainbar | Bow-second bar |
|---|---|
| Slot 1: Bull Netch | Slot 1: Endless Hail |
| Slot 2: Acid Spray | Slot 2: Poison Injection |
| Slot 3: Lethal Arrow | Slot 3: Growing Swarm |
| Slot 4: Subterranean Assault | Slot 4: Resolving Vigor |
| Slot 5: Bird of Prey | Slot 5: Bird of Prey |
| Ultimate: Wild Guardian | Ultimate: Wild Guardian |
Champion Points for the Warden Bow Build
Below you can find the Champion Points setup for this build. Work your way from top to bottom in your allocation. For more information on Champion Points, please visit the Champion Points Overview Page on ESO-Hub.com.
Hovering over each perk will give you insights on what it does. Presets are also provided for each of the allocations below.
Click the tab below to open the allocation.
Important Info for Stamina Warden Bow Build PvE
Buff-food
Any of the three foods below works well with the build. For a list of all buff food and drink consumables please visit the Buff Food and Drinks Overview Page.
Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
(Saltrice, Flour, Potato, Scrib Jelly)
Artaeum Takeaway Broth
(Max Health+Max Stamina+Stamina Recovery+Health Recovery)
Dubious Camoran Throne
(2nd option if Artaeum is too expensive)
Mundus Stone
The Thief Mundus Stone increases our overall Weapon Critical Rating which boosts our damage. For more information on Mundus Stones please visit the Mundus Stone Overview Page.
The Thief Mundus Stone (Increased Weapon Critical)
Race
Any race with stamina based perks works for this setup. If you want a complete overview of all races and racial passives, then I recommend checking out the ESO Races Overview page.
Orc
Khajiit
Dark Elf
Nord
Redguard
Wood Elf
Imperial
High Elf
Potions
Weapon Crit Potions
(Weap dmg, Weap Crit, Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn, Wormwood)
Poisons
Damage Health Poison
(Damage Poison, Damage Poison)
(Fleshfly Larva, Nightshade, Nirnroot)
Passives
- Animal Companion: Bond with Nature, Savage Beast, Flourish, Advanced Species
- Green Balance: Accelerated Growth, Nature’s Gift, Emerald Moss, Maturation
- Winter’s Embrace: Glacial Presence, Frozen Armor, Icy Aura, Piercing Cold
- Bow: Long Shots, Accuracy, Ranger, Hawk Eye, Hasty Retreat
- Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
- Fighters Guild: Banish the Wicked
- Undaunted: Undaunted Mettle, Undaunted Command
- Racial: All
- Alchemy: Medicinal Use
Attributes
All into Stamina
Resource Management ESO Warden Bow Build
Bull Netch is the Wardens best friend, it restores a lot of Stamina, make sure to keep it up all the time. We use Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice to gain a lot of stamina recovery, this should cover most of our sustain already.
You also want to make sure that Orbs are used by your healers to activate the synergy for resources.
Potions should be activated on cooldown to get the resources and buffs.
Heavy Attacks should only be used if you drop low on stamina. Each heavy attack restores around 3000 stamina.
- Natures Gift passive
- Bull Netch
- Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
- Potions
- Heavy Attack
Rotation for the ESO Warden Bow Build
The “Weaving Beginner Guide” explains how to weave light attacks between abilities, aka animation canceling.
- Buff up with Bull Netch before you engage in a fight.
- Use your main spammable Lethal Arrow when all DoTs are active.
- Also keep up your semi-spammable Subterranean Assault.
- DoTs to keep active in fights: Endless Hail, Poison Injection and Growing Swarm.
- Light Attack weave between all skills.
- Activate Wild Guardian Ultimate attack whenever it is ready to maximize damage.
- Arrow Spray is only used for AoE in trash fights
ESO Warden Subclassing Build Options
ESO’s Subclassing offers a lot of variety, allowing you to swap, mix, and match different skill lines of various classes all on one character. Read our How does Subclassing work in ESO guide to get an understanding of how the subclass system works. We also have plenty of ESO Builds optimized for Subclassing.
Take a look at our ESO Warden Subclassing Build if you are interested in what you can all mix and match on a Warden build!
Update Log for the Stamina Warden Bow Build in ESO
11.08.2019 Updated Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Stamina Warden Bow Build PvE.
20.10.2019 Updated the Build for the DRAGONHOLD DLC.
19.02.2020 Updated the Build for the HARROWSTORM DLC.
17.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
18.08.2020 Updated the Build for the STONETHORN DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
26.10.2020 Updated the Build for the MARKARTH DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
05.03.2021 Updated the Build for the FLAMES OF AMBITION DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
25.05.2021 Updated the Build for the BLACKWOOD CHAPTER.
12.08.2021 Updated the Build for the WAKING FLAMES DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
02.09.2021 Updated the Champion Points link and added tooltips to buff food, WAKING FLAME DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
19.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
10.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
24.05.2022 Updated the Build for the HIGH ISLE CHAPTER.
10.08.2022 Updated the Build for the LOST DEPTHS DLC, High Isle Chapter.
26.10.2022 Updated the Build for the FIRESONG DLC, High Isle Chapter.
13.03.2023 Updated the Build for the SCRIBES OF FATE DLC, Necrom Chapter.
30.05.2023 Updated the Build for the ESO NECROM CHAPTER.
25.10.2023 Updated the Build for the Necrom Update 40.
08.03.2024 Updated the Build for the Scions of Ithelia DLC Update 41, Gold Road Chapter.
03.06.2024 Updated the Build for the Gold Road Chapter U42.
20.08.2024 Updated the Build for Update 43, Gold Road Chapter.
28.10.2024 Updated the Build for Update 44, Gold Road Chapter.
11.03.2025 Updated the Build for Update 45, Fallen Banners.
27.05.2025 Updated the Build for Update 46, Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1.
Tags: Warden Bow Build, Stamina Warden Bow Build PvE, StamWarden Bow Build PvE.
