ESO Two-Sided Battlegrounds Overview in Update 44

Welcome to our ESO Two-Sided Battleground Overview where we will explain how the new Battlegrounds work now that there will are just two teams. You will discover which game modes have been kept in the game, how the leaderboard works, and a list of all Battleground Rewards in Update 44. We also explain what MMR is and how medals score works in ESO.

Table of Contents:

Two-Sided Battlegrounds
- 4v4 Battleground Queue
- 8v8 Battleground Queue
7 new maps
MMR (Matchmaking Rating)
Battleground Rewards
Battleground Supplies Merchants wares
All Battleground Medal sources

ESO Two-Sided Battlegrounds

Instead of three teams fighting each other, there will no only be two teams meaning that the Storm Lords have been removed for now and only the Pit Daemons and Fire Drakes remain. The idea was to make battlegrounds more appealing to casual gamers by increasing the team size to 8 but keep the 4v4 for competitive matches. With 8 players in your team, your death will not affect the match results as much. Players under level 50 will only be able to queue to 8v8 games.

Battleground Matches last until the other team wins or a maximum of 15 minutes. Note that you can no longer afk in your teams base, as the game will kick you into the game map after some time.

Champion Points are disabled in all ESO Battleground matches. Proc sets are allowed.

Queueing for battlegrounds

You can queue into ESO Battleground matches with solo, duo, trio, or full group of four, but not Large Groups. Alliances do not matter in battlegrounds.
Queuing for a Battleground with a party of fewer than 4 players will fill a group with other players so you can participate. After the Battleground has ended, any players added to your party for the match are removed and you are returned to where you were before you entered the Battleground.

To participate in a Battleground, open the Group & Activity Finder and select Battlegrounds. From the drop down in the upper right, select if you want a Standard 8 v 8 or a Competitive 4 v 4 Battleground. Click the Join Queue button and you will be queued for a Battleground. When the Battleground is ready, you will receive a ready check notification while you are out of combat. Accepting this confirms that you’re ready to start the Battleground.

Leaderboards

The Battlegrounds system features a leaderboard that resets weekly. You earn ranking toward the leaderboard by earning medals in competitive games. The leaderboard shows the top 100 players. Being one of the top players in the leaderboard at the time of reset earns you rewards that will be mailed directly to you.

4v4 Battleground Queue

4v4 Battlegrounds in ESO are considered the competitive mode. 4v4 matches have three different game modes and additional functionality like spectator camera. All other leaderboards have been removed and now there is only one Competitive Leaderboard which is based solely on scoring from 4v4 matches and based on your medals earned, similar to the current system.

You can queue either solo or with a group of up to four players.

4v4 game modes

Team Deathmatch
Domination
Crazy King

4v4 Additional Functionality

ESO Competitive 4v4 Battlegrounds have additional functionality such as Rounds, Lives and Spectator Camera.

Round matches are a ‘Best of 3’ format and last 5 minutes each round.
Some matches will have lives as are displayed in the upper right corner UI HUD. Lives are per person, not per team. When you run out of lives, you can no longer respawn in the match.
Spectator Camera will only be in matches where there are lives. You can only spectate members of your team who are still alive.
In Team Deathmatch with lives, if you wipe the enemy out, that is considered a round win.

8v8 Battleground Queue

The 8v8 Battlegrounds in ESO are considered the standard mode. 8v8 Queue will have five different game modes and includes Powerups you can find and activate on the map.

You can queue either solo or with a group of up to four players.

8v8 game modes

Capture the Relic
Team Death Match
Domination
Chaos Ball (two different types)
- Three Chaos Balls
- Two of the Three Chaos Balls turn you into either a Vampire Lord or Werewolf Behemoth. Their skills have been highly edited and tuned for PvP.
Crazy King

8v8 Battleground Powerups – Sigils

Battleground powerup Sigils give buffs when activated and are only available in the 8v8 game mode. Keep in mind that sigils activate in an area which means all buffs go to enemies and friends alike. There are currently four different kind of powerups available:

Damage boost (Red )
Super speed (Green)
Increased damage mitigation (Blue )
One time burst Ultimate grants (Yellow)

: ESO Powerup Sigils

: Werewolf and Vampire transformations

Seven New Custom Built Battleground maps in ESO

Four of the Battleground maps are tailored for 8v8 and three of them are meant more for 4v4 battles as they are smaller. All maps are used by 4v4 and 8v8 battles. ESO new Battleground maps are Port Dufort, Gothni Glemmni, Huntsmans Fortress, Mota-Ka, Coldharbour Colosseum, Shehai Waystation and Strid River Valley.

4v4 Battleground Maps in ESO

Coldharbour Colosseum map
Huntsman’s Fortress map
Mota-Ka Map

: 4v4 Coldharbour Colosseum map in ESO (name updated later)

: 4v4 Huntsman’s Fortress Map in ESO

: 4v4 Mota-Ka map in ESO

8v8 Battleground Maps in ESO

Shehai Waystation Map
Strid River Valley Map
Port Dufort Map
Reman’s Folly Map

: 8v8 Shehai Waystation map in ESO

: 8v8 Strid River Valley map in ESO

: 8v8 Port Dufort map in ESO

: 8v8 Reman’s Folly map in ESO

ESO MMR (Matchmaking Rating)

Players are matched based on their Matchmaking Rating (MMR). Players gain MMR only in Competitive matches. Some Competitive matches feature a rounds system where players have to win a certain number of rounds to win the Battleground. Players who play Competitive matches have the opportunity to receive the most recent Battleground rewards.

Your MMR is derived from a combination of whether you win or lose, and the rank of the opponents you’ve played against. Players who leave a Competitive match receive a queue penalty and a loss of MMR. MMR will reset at the start of each month. Joining a match in progress will result in lesser MMR loss for those joining the match.

ESO Battleground Rewards in Update 44

All Battleground Rewards have been re-structed and tie breakers have been added to scoring. If a match ends with both teams having the same score, the match will be determined by looking at medals earned, and lives left for tie breakers. In the rare case of a ‘true tie’ across all other determining metrics, both teams will be assessed as not winning, but also not losing for reward purposes.

The first time per day you choose to join and complete a Battleground in first or second place, you get the bonus rewards featured under Daily Bonus Rewards.

How to get Battlemaster Tokens in ESO

ESO Battlemaster Tokens are rewards from the Battleground Daily Quest. You are limited to one Battlemaster Token per day for your account. Since the Battlemaster Tokens are not in coffers but instead are rewards from the quest, you have to return the daily quest once a day.

You can complete the Battleground Daily on multiple characters and return one quest a day when you do not feel like playing Battlegrounds.

Battleground Daily Quest Rewards

Battleground daily quests style pages are curated, which means you will only receive a style page you do not own yet (limited to 1 a day).

1 win: Green Coffer.
- 2,000 Alliance Points.
- Green quality Battleground Item set and a battleground style item
- 1 Soul Gem
- Small chance at a battleground style page
- 1 Battlemaster Token
2 wins: Blue Coffer.
- 5,000 Alliance Points
- Blue quality Battleground Item set and a battleground style item
- 2 Soul Gems
- Increased chance at a battleground style page
- 1 Battlemaster Token
3 wins: Purple Coffer.
- 9,000 Alliance Points
- Purple quality Battleground Item set and a battleground style item
- 3 Soul Gems
- Guaranteed Chance at a battleground style page
- 1 Battlemaster Token

Battleground Mail Rewards

Style pages awarded by battleground mailers are limited to one per day (separate from daily quests).

4v4 Competitive battleground win mail rewards

1 PvP item set in purple quality, either a new battleground exclusive set or a still current Rewards for the Worthy set.
Battlegrounds style item
3 soul gems
A white transmutation geode.es
A guaranteed battleground style page.
A very low chance at Chef Arquitius’s Lost Thesis.

8v8 Standard battleground win mail rewards

1 PvP item set in item set in variable quality determined by performance, either a new battleground exclusive set or a still current Rewards for the Worthy set.
Battlegrounds style item
1 soul gem
A white transmutation geode.
A chance at a battleground style page.
An extremely low chance at Chef Arquitius’s Lost Thesis.

Battleground Loss mail rewards

1 PvP item set in item set in variable quality determined by performance, either a new battleground exclusive set or a still current Rewards for the Worthy set.
1 soul gem.

Leaderboard Rewards

A new battleground set piece in gold quality.
A battleground set piece in purple quality.
One style page, curated.
- Starting with the new Galeskirmish Gladiator style pages, which are currently exclusive to leaderboard rewards.
- Once you have all the Gladiator pages, they will fall back into other new Battleground style pages, then old ones. Should you have a completely awesome battleground style page closet and all the styles, a 10,000 gold sellable awaits for you.
A purple transmutation geode.

Six New Pvp Reward Item Sets in ESO Update 44

6 new Pvp reward item sets are being added to ESO at U44 launch. Three of the item sets come from Rewards of the Worthy and the other three from Battleground Reward Item Sets.

Update 44 Rewards of the Worthy Item Sets in ESO

Update 44 Battleground Reward Item Sets in ESO

PvP item sets have had their reward cadence reworked. New sets will start in Rewards of the Worthy and will be added to Cyrodiil Vendors later.

When new sets are added to Rewards of the Worthy, an older set is moved to one of the following: Cyrodiil Town Merchants, Cyrodiil Delve and Dolmen drops, Imperial City Vault Vendors or Standard Battleground Rewards

New Battleground Collectibles and how to get the previous collectibles

ESO Update 44 Battleground Furnishing Rewards

Four new Outfit Styles have been added to Battleground Rewards including Daily Quest Coffers, Mailed Rewards and Leaderboard Rewards. You are also able to get bound Battleground furnishing as rewards from “Battlemaster Rivyn’s Reward Box” and “Battlemaster’s Spoils”.

The outfit styles Eld Angavar, Pit Daemon, Firedrakes and Storm Lords are found in Battleground and Daily Quest coffers. Galeskirmish Gladiator is found found exclusively in Battleground leaderboard rewards.

Galeskirmish Gladiator
Eld Angavar
Pit Daemon style in Light
Fire Drake style in Medium
Storm Lord style in Light

24 Furnishings that you can get from battleground reward containers: “Battlemaster Rivyn’s Reward Box” and “Battlemaster’s Spoils”.

ESO Battleground Supplies Merchants wares

Previous ESO Battleground collectibles can be bought from Battleground Supplies Merchants. All collectibles are bound to your account which means you can not sell or trade them to other players.

Pit Daemon heavy style pages. Combine a Battlemaster’s Daemon (20k AP) with 5 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Pit Daemon light style pages. Combine a Battlemaster’s Dastartly Daemon (50k AP)with 10 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Battleground Runner style pages. Combine Battlemaster’s Endurance (20k AP) with 5 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Fire Drake heavy style pages. Combine Battlemaster’s Flame (20k AP) with 5 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Fire Drake medium style pages. Combine Battlemaster’s Flickering Flame (50k AP) with 10 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Horned Dragon style pages. Combine Battlemaster’s Horn (20k AP) with 5 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Fanged Worm style pages. Combine Battlemaster’s Worm Fangs (20k AP) with with 5 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Eld Angavar style pages. Combine Battlemaster’s Nexus (50k AP) with 10 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Storm Lord heavy style pages. Combine Battlemaster’s Storm (20k AP) with 5 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Storm Lord light style pages. Combine Battlemaster’s Swirling Storm (50k AP) with 10 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Chaos Ball Boom emote. 100,000 Alliance Points
Chaos Ball Victory Dance emote. 100,000 Alliance Points
Scorching Chaos Ball emote. 100,000 Alliance Points
Drakes and Daemons Mask 100,000 Alliance Points. Combine Battlemaster’s Power (100k AP) with 20 Battlemaster’s Tokens.
Shattered Imperial Warbear Harness for the Dragonclaw Imperial Warbear mount 100,000 Alliance Points

How to earn Battleground Medals in ESO

Medals are accolades earned during Battleground matches. You can earn Medals for performing actions such as capturing relics, performing kill streaks, and healing teammates.

Medals marked with a * can be earned multiple times per match.

How to earn Medals in Team Deathmatch game mode in ESO

Damage
- Bruiser (50 points): Deal at least 5k damage
- Fearsome Fighter (100 points): Deal at least 25k damage
- Gladiator (200 points): Deal at least 50k damage
- Champion (400 points): Deal at least 500k damage
- Heavy Hitter (5 points*): Score a 10k damage hit
- Crushing Blow (10 points*): Score a 11.75k damage hit
Healing
- Minor Mender (50 points): Heal for at least 5k damage
- Heroic Healer (100 points): Heal for at least 25k damage
- Medic (200 points): Heal for at least 50k damage
- Fearless Physician (400 points): Heal for at least 375k damage
- Critical Heal (5 points*): Score a 7.5k healing hit
- Rapid Recovery (10 points*): Score a 15k healing hit
Kills
- First Strike (111 points): Earn the 1st killing blow
- Assist (100 points*): Help a teammate kill an enemy player
- Killing Blow (100 points*): Earn a killing blow
- Double Kill (222 points*): Kill a player within 10 seconds of a prior kill
- Triple Kill (333 points*): Kill a player within 10 seconds of earning a Double kill (repeatable)
- Quadruple Kill (444 points*): Kill a player within 10 seconds of earning a Triple kill

How to earn Medals in Capture the Relic game mode in ESO

Relic Capture
- First Relic (111 points): Capture the first Relic of a match
- Relic Runner (500 points*): Capture a Relic
- Relic Hunter (100 points*): Kill a Relic carrier
- Assist (100 points*): Help a teammate kill a Relic carrier
Damage
- Relic Bruiser (50 points): Deal 5k damage to Relic carriers
- Relic Fearsome Fighter (100 points): Deal 25k damage to Relic carriers
- Relic Gladiator (200 points): Deal 50k damage to Relic carriers
- Relic Champion (400 points): Deal 375k damage to Relic carriers
- Relic Crushing Blow (IO points*): Score an 11.75k damage hit to a Relic carrier
Healing
- Humble Protection (100 points): Do 5k healing on a Relic carrier
- Devoted Protection (200 points): Do 18.75k healing on a Relic carrier
- Relic Protector (300 points): Do 37.5k healing on a Relic carrier
- Divine Guardian (400 points): Do 200k healing on Relic carriers
- Critical Healer (100 points*): Score a 7.5k healing hit on a Relic carrier

How to earn Medals in Domination game mode in ESO

Capture Points
- Dominator (100 points*): Capture a capture point
- Vigilant Defender (500 points*): Earn 250 defense points at a capture point
Defense
- Gleaming Guardian (50 points): Take 15k damage
- Dauntless Defender (100 points): Take 30k damage
- Valiant Vanguard (200 points): Take 60k damage
- Steady Centurion (400 points): Take 250k damage
- Iron Soul (50 points*): Survive a 10k damage hit
- Steel Skin (50 points*): Survive an 11.75k damage hit
Healing
- Humble Protector (100 points): Do 5k healing while defending a capture point
- Devoted Protector (200 points): Do 25k healing while defending a capture point
- Sublime Protector (300 points): Do 37.5k healing while defending a capture point
- Divine Protector (500 points): Do 375k healing while defending a capture point
- Helping Hand (50 points*): Score a 10k healing hit on an ally
Damage
- Offensive Execution (10 points*): Kill a defender at a capture point
- Defensive Execution (5 points*): Kill an attacker while defending a capture point defender

How to earn Medals in Chaos Ball game mode in ESO

Chaos Ball Carry
- First Carry (10 points): First player to pick up the Chaos Ball
- Ball Bearer (33 points*): Earn points by carrying the Chaos Ball
- Thirty Second Carry (300 points*): Carry Chaos Ball for 30s
- Sixty Second Carry (600 points*): Carry Chaos Ball for 60s
- Ninety Second Carry (900 points*): Carry Chaos Ball for 90s
Damage
- Chaos Bruiser (50 points): Deal 5k damage to Chaos Ball carriers
- Chaos Devastator (100 points): Deal 25k damage to Chaos Ball carriers
- Chaos Destroyer (200 points): Deal 50k damage to Chaos Ball carriers
- Chaos Champion (400 points): Deal 325k damage to Chaos Ball carriers
- Ball Buster (10 points*): Score a 11.75k damage hit on a Chaos Ball carrier
- Chaos Hunter (100 points*): Kill a Chaos Ball carrier
- Assist (100 points*): Help kill a carrier
Healing
- Chaos Protector (100 points): Do 5k healing to Chaos Ball carriers
- Chaos Healer (200 points): Do 25k healing to Chaos Ball carriers
- Chaos Shaman (200 points): Do 50k healing to Chaos Ball carriers
- Chaos Guardian (400 points): Do 275k healing to Chaos Ball carriers
- Chaos Mender (100 points*): Score a 5k healing hit on a Chaos Ball carrier

How to earn Medals in Crazy King game mode in ESO

Capture Points
- Dominator (100 points*): Capture a capture point
- Vigilant Defender (500 points*): Earn 250 defense points at a capture point
- Offensive Execution (10 points*): Kill a defender at a capture point
- Defensive Execution (5 points*): Kill an attacker while defending a capture point
Defense
- Gleaming Guardian (50 points): Take 15k damage
- Dauntless Defender (100 points): Take 30k damage
- Valiant Vanguard (200 points): Take 60k damage
- Steady Centurion (400 points): Take 250k damage
- Iron Soul (50 points*): Survive a 10k damage hit
- Steel Skin (50 points*): Survive an 11.75k damage hit
Healing
- Humble Protector (100 points): Do 5k healing while defending a capture point
- Devoted Protector (200 points): Do 25k healing while defending a capture point
- Sublime Protector (300 points): Do 37.5k healing while defending a capture point
- Divine Protector (500 points): Do 375k healing while defending a capture point
- Helping Hand (50 points*): Score a 10k healing hit on an ally defender

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