Welcome to the ESO Tanlorin Companion Basics Guide. Tanlorin is one of the Companions acquired from the Crown Store that you can gain access to in ESO. Companions are built so they can fulfill any role, which means you can play Tanlorin as a damage dealer, healer or tank. In this guide we are going to take a look at the basics of Tanlorin, how to unlock them, how to level them up, skills and more.
Table of Contents:
- How to Unlock Tanlorin
- Leveling Tanlorin in ESO
- Tanlorin companion Perk, furniture and houseguest
- How to obtain Gear for Tanlorin
- Skills for Tanlorin
- Rapport and quests for Tanlorin
- Roles and Builds
- Tanlorin Lore
How to Unlock Tanlorin Companion in ESO
To unlock the companion Tanlorin in ESO, you must first navigate to the Crown Store and purchase either the “Tanlorin, High Elf Agent” for 1,000 Crowns or “Tanlorin and Zerith-Var” bundle for 1,500 Crowns. The bundles are free to claim if you have an active ESO Plus subscription.
After claiming the bundle for the first time, their quest “The Garland Ring” is auto accepted and added into your journal. You find Tanlorin trapped in an ice trap just north of Vulkhel Guard Wayshrine. All of your other characters will find Tanlorin in this same spot and can accept the “The Garland Ring” quest from them directly.
After unlocking Tanlorin, you can summon them from the Collections UI and add them to your Quickslot.
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- Unlock Tanlorin from the ESO Crown Store
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- Tanlorin can be found in Auridon on the northern part of Vulkhel Guard
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- You can summon Tanlorin in ESO directly from the Collectibles UI or drag the icon to the Quickslot and use it through there.
Leveling Tanlorin in ESO
Companions like Tanlorin in ESO level up simply by gaining 25% your experience from killing enemies, not to worry; they don’t take a cut from your experience, you still gain the full 100%. Wearing training gear and consuming Experience Boosts like Scrolls and Ambrosias will also boost your companions XP gain.
List of Experience Boosts in ESO that help with Companion leveling
- Consumables
- Crown Experience Scrolls 50%, 100%, 150%.
- Psijic Ambrosia 50%.
- Aetherial Ambrosia 100%.
- Mythic Aetherial Ambrosia 150%.
- Gear
- Armor Training Trait up to 11% per armor piece.
- Weapon Training Trait up to 4.5% for one-handed and 9% for two-handed.
- Mora’s Whispers Set up to 15% based on how many Lorebooks your character has read. (Enable Lorebooks filter on our interactive map to see where they’re located).
- Heartland Conqueror boost your training weapon trait by 100% (up to for 9% one-hand and 18% for two-hand weapons).
- Other
- Rationer Champion Point adds 10 minutes to the duration of Ambrosias.
- Connoisseur Provisioning Passive adds 5/10/20 minutes duration to Ambrosias.
- Active ESO Plus Subscription: 10%.
- Grouped up with one player 10% (a group larger than two will decrease your XP gain).
- ESO Events that include a passive Experience Gain Boost.
- Pledge of Mara Ring adds 10% Experience Gain when worn and grouped up with the player the Ring of Mara is pledged on. (Bought from the Crown Store for 1000 Crowns).
- High Elf Race passive Highborn gives 1% bonus to Experience Gain.
How to unlock and level up Companion Guild Skill Lines
The Mages Guild, Fighters Guild and Undaunted are unlocked by completing daily quests from these guilds. To level up the Companion Guild Skill Lines, you will have to complete their dailies for repeatedly till you reach the max level. You can also grind your way to max level to unlock all the Companions features if you prefer this:
You are able to do 15 different Mages, Fighters and Undaunted Guild Daily quests per day, per character in ESO if you have someone share their quests with you. Each base game zone has a quest associated with them excluding started zones. Keep in mind that your character will only receive Guild Dailies for the zones you have unlocked a wayshrine in.
A way to minmax Guild Dailies in ESO
- Save quests on certain zones on your alts (as an example: Deshaan Public Dungeon, Deshaan Delve and Deshaan Dark Anchor).
- Share them to other players.
- Have them share the quest to your character you want to complete them with.
How to unlock and level up Companion Armor and Weapon Skill lines
Companion Light, Medium and Heavy armor skill lines in ESO are unlocked by having 3 of the same weight on at the same, but keep in mind that the armor skill line only levels up if you have 5 of the same armor weight on. Your companion has 7 armor slots which means you can only level one armor weight at a time.
Companion Weapon Skill Lines in ESO are unlocked by equipping the weapon you want to use. Weapon Skill line levels up through combat experience based on the equipped weapon.
Tanlorin Companion Perk, furniture and houseguest in ESO
Tanlorins Companion Perk
Tanlorins Perk is called “Garland Ring Humming pick” which has benefits to lockpicking: increased duration time to pick a lock and a higher chance to force lock. Reduces your chance to lose a lockpick on fail to pick a lock. The perk is active while Tanlorin is summoned and once you have completed the A Bloom on the Horizon achievement it will always be active on all of your characters.
Tanlorin as a Houseguest
After completing the final companion quest “Of Crown and Flowers” for Tanlorin, they will be added to your Collectibles UI as a houseguest. As a houseguest, Tanlorin has a unique purple, armor-like outfit. All houseguests including companions can be placed in to all of your homes.
Tanlorin Companion Furniture
Tanlorin companion furniture Empathic Portal Remnant can be purchased from Athrahgor in Skywatch’s Sky’s Edge Tavern after completing A Bloom on the Horizon meta-achievement. The A Bloom on the Horizon achievement requires you to have completed all personal quests, have maximum rapport, summon them at their maximum level and complete the ESO Tanlorin’s Favor achievement.
- Tanlorin’s Favor achievement requirements
- Successfully Lockpick a Chest with Tanlorin
- Craft a Furnishing Item with Tanlorin
- Drink Wine with Tanlorin
- Complete an Alchemy Daily Writ with Tanlorin
- Complete a Fighters Guild Daily Quest with Tanlorin
- Gain a Vision in the Infinite Archive with Tanlorin
ESO Empathic Portal Remnant Tanlorin Companion Furniture can be interacted with. Picture taken in a dark room to show the visuals better.
How to obtain gear for Tanlorin in ESO
Companion gear in ESO is different from player gear, there is no overlap between them. Once you unlock a Companion like Zerith-var, they will start out with basic white quality equipment with no traits.
- Companion equipment doesn’t have levels, can’t be enchanted, doesn’t require repairs and doesn’t include an inherent style appearance.
- You can purchase basic companion gear from a Weaponsmith, Woodworker, Armorer, Leatherworker and Tailor merchants to customize the role of your companion accordingly.
- Higher quality gear can be obtained from monster drops throughout the world, particularly from bosses. You can also buy Companion Gear through Guild Traders.
Possible traits that you can use on your ESO Companions
- Quickened (Cooldown Reduction)
- Prolific (Ultimate Generation)
- Focused (Critical Strike Chance)
- Shattering (Penetration)
- Aggressive (Damage Done)
- Soothing (Healing Done)
- Augmented (Ability Buff and Debuff Duration)
- Bolstered (Reduce Damage Taken)
- Vigorous (Max Health)
Skills for Tanlorin in ESO
The Companion Tanlorin has new Dragonknight and Soul Magic hybrid skills to choose from. Each of the roles/builds below will have a different allocation of skills. It is important to note that Companions will automatically use skills and the ultimate in order based on how they are set on the skill bar, basically going from 1 to 5 and then using their Ultimate.
You can find a full list of all the available skills for the Companion Tanlorin on ESO-Hub.com in the Companion Skills: Tanlorin Overview Page.
Tanlorin Class Skills
- Class: Draconic Armor
- Class: Empathic Fighter
- Class: Radiating Heart
Weapon Skills
Equip the companion with one of these weapons to unlock the skill line.
Armor Skills
Guild Skills
Guild skill lines are leveled up by doing guild daily quests.
Tanlorin Race Skills
Tanlorin Rapport and personal quests
The Rapport function indicates how much a Companion likes or dislikes you. Depending on your actions in the world the Rapport can increase or decrease for Tanlorin in ESO. Each Companion has personal preferences which you can learn about in their dialogue.
At a higher level of the Rapport, the Companion will share more personal details with you and unlock special quests. If the Rapport level is very low it may be that the Companion can not be summoned for a while.
Tanlorin Companion Personal Quests
- The Garland Ring (Starter quest)
- Thorns and Blossoms (Friendly: 1000 Rapport)
- Uprooted (Close: 2000 Rapport)
- Of Crowns and Thorns (Allied: 3000 Rapport)
Disapproval Tanlorin Rapport
- Murder civilians -10/-1
- Visit Eyevea -5
- Visit Artaeum -5
- Steal Children’s Dolls or Toys -1
- Enter a Mages Guildhall -1
- Read a Mages Guild Lorebook -1
- Loot a Psijic Portal -1
- Harvest Nirnroot or Crimson Nirnroot -1
- Kill an Indrik -1
- Kill a Gryphon -1
Approval Tanlorin Rapport
- Completing a personal quest +500 (once per character per quest)
- Complete a Fighters Guild Daily Quest +125
- Complete a Alchemy Crafting Writ Daily Quest +125
- Scribe a Grimoire +25
- Use a Mystery Verse Scroll in the Infinite Archive +10
- Use the [Persuade] option during NPC dialogues +10
- Visit a Mundus Stone +10
- Craft any Furnishing item +5
- Drink wine +5
- Successfully lockpick any container +5
- Use an Ayleid Well +5
- Visit Alinor +5
- Harvest a flower +5/+1
- Absorb a Skyshard +5/+1
- Fill a soul gem by using the Soul Trap skill (or any morph) +5/+1
- Use the Antiquarian’s Eye Tool at a dig site +5
- Obtain a Scribing Script +5/+1
- Interact with an animal +5/+1
- Obtain a Vision in the Infinite Archive +5
- Pickpocket Nobles and Merchants +1
- Learn a Furnishing Recipe +1
- Craft a wine at a Provisioning Station +1
- Mount an Indrik +1
- Kill Daedra +1
- Kill Maormer +1
- Obtain a Verse in the Infinite Archive +1
Huge thank you to ESO Forum user Maitsukas for collecting the rapport sources.
Roles and Builds for Tanlorin Companion
You can set different combat behaviors for your Tanlorin Companion. Depending on what you try to do, you can either set them as a damage dealer, healer or tank. It is also recommended to check out the setups below for the preferred setup, because you want to change the gear and skill priority depending on the role.
ESO Tanlorin Companion works best if played as a ranged role, that way you can avoid a lot of deaths for them.
- Magicka Damage Dealer
- Stamina Damage Dealer
- Bow
- Two Hander
- Dual Wield
- Healer
- Tank
Tanlorin Lore – Meet the Character
cited from the official ESO website regarding the Tanlorin Companion.
Razum-dar’s report on the movements and activities of an oustered High Elf adventurer.
To Her Royal Majesty Queen Ayrenn,
As you are well aware, there are a myriad of duties that fall under the purview of your humble Eye, Razum-dar. Many of which, this one isn’t afraid to admit, feel tedious. Often, a waste of Raz’s time and beneath his skill set. But for once, Raz is happy to have done his due diligence.
Some time ago, Raz was made aware of the movements of an oustered High Elf by the name of Tanlorin. Normally, such occurrences are of no concern. To be oustered is to be removed from one’s family registry, a personal matter normally not worthy of the Queen’s notice. But in this case? This individual’s movements seem to coincide with matters very much of the Dominion’s concern. If you’ll indulge Raz, this one will paint you a portrait.
A spry, tattooed High Elf enters Reaper’s March one day. They spend the afternoon sampling the delights of a Rawl’kha tavern. They are rambunctious. They sing along with the bard and flirt with fellow drunkards. They tip well. A pleasant visit, by all accounts.
A few drinks into the night, they let slip that they’re originally from a town called Rellenthil in the Summerset Isle. When referring to Rellenthil’s registry of ousters, Raz found the reason behind Tanlorin’s expulsion was absent, including the name of the family they were banished from. Most curious, yes? It would seem Tanlorin comes from a family of high regard and one with enough influence as to request convenient omissions from official records.
But, returning your attention to the night of Tanlorin’s visit, it seems clear that they have left their high society qualities behind. They are loud and unafraid of how they appear, yes. But they are also generous and kind. They purchase multiple rounds for all those in attendance and provide a sympathetic ear to those who need it. Many will remember that night believing they have made a new friend. The next day, Tanlorin departs. With their tab paid and lovers left behind, they catch a carriage to Baandari. Tanlorin has disappeared into the next town long before word of what has happened to Arenthia’s corrupt trade official can reach Rawl’kha.
You see, Raz had been investigating the skimming of Dominion coin by a Thalmor official overseeing trade in Arenthia. Not only was this official taking coin and altering ledgers, but they were using that coin to fund skooma production and then pressuring traders to smuggle the contraband across the Aldmeri Dominion. Now, on the morning of Tanlorin’s departure, this corrupt official was found howling in his office, skooma still fresh on his breath. His private safe was unlocked and emptied of all its contents save for the very ledgers and extortion notes Raz had been hunting for. What is the saying? Everything was served on a silver platter.
And how is this Tanlorin connected? Well, as you know, Raz has a very sensitive nose for theatrics of spycraft. While reviewing Tanlorin’s records as a matter of dull drudgery and administrative necessity, this one realized that Tanlorin had been spotted near the location of an exposed corrupt official more times than Raz has claws. A coincidence? Raz laughs at the thought.
How Tanlorin has pulled off these, if you’ll excuse a wink of admiration, deft acts of justice, this one does not know. Yet. Perhaps there is a greater group at work here and Tanlorin is merely the tip of the senche’s tail? At the very least, this one is certain of one thing. Tanlorin has risen to the top of the list of persons of great interest to the Eyes of the Queen. This one will attempt to learn more as time and circumstances permit.
Your humble servant, Razum-dar
Related Companion Content
- Tanlorin Builds Guide
- Companion Category Overview Page
- Companion Basics Guide
- Zerith-Var Basics Guide
- Ember Basics Guide
- Mirri Basics Guide
- Bastian Basics Guide
- Isobel Basics Guide
- Sharp-as-Night Basics Guide
- Azandar Basics Guide
FAQ Companions
Frequently asked question about the Companion System in ESO.
To unlock the Companion Isobel Velois in ESO you will have to complete her questline. The Companion Isobel Veloise can be found at Castle Navire on the southwest coast of High Isle. The quest that you have to complete to unlock Isoble is called “Tournament of the Heart”.
To unlock the Companion Ember The Khajiit in ESO you will have to complete her questline. Ember can be found in at Draioch just north of Gonfalon Bay, the main city of High Isle. The quest that you have to complete to unlock Ember is called “Tower full of Trouble”.
Companions level up simply by gaining experience points from killing enemies. You can grind your way to max level to unlock all the Companions features if you prefer this. The Mages Guild, Fighters Guild and Undaunted are unlocked by simply completing a daily from these Guilds. To level up the Mages Guild, Fighters Guild and Undaunted you will have to complete dailies for the guilds repeatedly till you reach the max level.
- For anything related to grinding I do recommend reading the Grind Guide.
In the Companion Menu on the top right side you want to visit the Collectibles section where you can assign costumes from the Appearance tab or mounts in the Mount tab.
- Any appearance or mount that you unlocked on your own characters can be utilized for the Companion.
- you can also change the outfit of a Companion at the Outfit Station.
Here you can see an example of both the Player and the Companion being on a mount in Blackwood.
The rapport describes what kind of relationship you have with a companion. Every companion has personal preferences which will affect how they feel about the player over time, based on their actions. Acting against a companion’s ideals will cause their rapport with the companion to decrease. Taking actions they favor will drive the player’s rapport with that companion up.
Companions won’t be able to be summoned in PvP instances, in single player arenas or in housing instances. Also, in instances where you can’t navigate to your character and talk to them, they will be briefly invisible, such as while swimming.
Companion gear in ESO is different from player gear, there is no overlap between them. Once you unlock a Companion, they will start out with basic white quality non-traited equipment.
Companion equipment doesn’t have levels, can’t be enchanted, doesn’t require repairs and doesn’t include an inherent style appearance.
You can purchase basic companion gear from a Weaponsmith, Woodworker, Armorer, Leatherworker and Tailor merchants to customize the role of your companion accordingly.
Higher quality gear can be obtained from monster drops throughout the world, particularly from bosses.
The Companion System in ESO is a new feature of the game that launched with the Blackwood Chapter. This allows you to summon a Companion (basically like a 2nd character) that will follow you around. The Companion can help fight, be it as a damage dealer, healer or tank. Currently there are two Companions, Mirri Elendis a Dark Elf and Bastian Hallix an Imperial.
You can find more info about the Companion System in the Companion System Guide.
Bastian Hallix Guides:
Mirri Elendis Guides:
If you have access to the Blackwood Chapter, you can unlock Bastian Hallix through completing the associated quest in the Blackwood zone.
- The Companion level up progress is account wide, so you only have to level Bastian up once.
- You have to unlock Bastian Hallix on each character through the started quest.
Bastian can be found in the Deepscorn Hollow objective along the southwest coast of Blackwood. The quest that you have to complete is called “Competition and Contracts”.
If you have access to the Blackwood Chapter, you can unlock Mirri Elendis through completing the associated quest in the Blackwood zone.
- The Companion level up progress is account wide, so you only have to level Mirri up once.
- You have to unlock Mirri Elendis on each character through the started quest.
Mirri can be found in the Doomvault Vulpinaz objective in north Blackwood. The quest that you have to complete is called “Shattered and Scattered”.
If you have access to the Blackwood Chapter, you can unlock two companions through completing associated quests in the Blackwood zone.
- The Companion level up progress is account wide.
- You have to unlock the Companions on each character.
Bastian Companion Location
Bastian can be found in the Deepscorn Hollow objective along the southwest coast of Blackwood. The quest that you have to complete is called “Competition and Contracts”.
Mirri Companion Location
Mirri can be found in the Doomvault Vulpinaz objective in north Blackwood. The quest that you have to complete is called “Shattered and Scattered”.
