One of the biggest differences between the console version and the pc version ofElder Scrolls Onlineis thein-game menu. In this article and video, we explain what’s what and how to do somethings that might not otherwise be clear. These tips can be found in several places in theESO Wiki.
One of the important things you will need to learn to do isslot consumables. Whether it bepotions,food,siege weaponsor whathaveyou, every consumable needs to be slotted to be used efficiently, otherwise you have to navigate to your inventory mid0battle .
You can now use this consumable, but you must select it.
The action bar will appear if you are out of combat and you can see how many of that item you have left and how long remains on its cooldown.
Comparing Items
You will want to comparegearthat you have found to what you have equipped.
you may unequip the item and select another and then compare that newly selected item the same way.
Slotting and Assigning Skills
Skillsin the console version of the game can be a bit more confusing than the PC version of the game. To navigate the skills of a particular line, go to the skills tab scroll down to the selected line and press the select button. Here you can view what each skill does, at what level it becomes unlocked and you can place points into morphs or unlock new skills.
The triangle button will bring up youralternate skill bar, if you are level 15 or higher, and will allow you to slot skills there the same way.
Campaigns & PvP
This is how the player PvPs in Cyrodiil. There is a 30 day campaign, 14 day campaign a 7 day campaign and a non-veteran campaign. These numbers simply represent the number of days the campaign continues before the map is reset. Only non-veteran players can enter the non-veteran campaign and this one lasts just 5 days. You cannot join a campaign until you have reached character level 10.
On the Pvp Screen, you can see on the right that there are 3 colored widgets around each Faction. These represent the amount of players currently participating in PvP for that faction in that campaign. The more filled in widgets, the more players are playing for that faction. This will help you pick a campaign that is busy and where there is some action to be found.
Once you’ve determined which campaign you wish to participate in you will need to choose whether to set as home or guest. You can only gain points towards the leaderboards in your home campaign. As there are only 4 servers it is advised that you simply set it to home. If you really want to, however, you can change home campaigns one time for free and then it will cost you Alliance Points should you decide to do so again in the future. Alliance Points are the PvP currency you gain from killing enemies and capturing Keeps.
Quests, Journal and Fast Travel
From the Journal tab, you can navigate to quests to get a full description what you must do for eachQuest.
You are free to navigate the map and can fast travel to any wayshire you have unlocked for the fee of gold shown on the screen.
Social: Voice
The Social panel is likely the most unfamiliar for players new to MMOs. The voice chat feature is actually pretty intuitive and can be used quite effectively for communication once you get the hang of it.
Next is the group chat. This is the chat you will use when grouped with other players. This chat will automatically begin when another player joins your group.
After that are your guild chats. You can have up to 5 guilds in the elder scrolls online and the chats for each one will display here in the order you were accepted into them.You will have to manually enter these chatsin order to be able to communicate with members of each of your guilds. You can only be in one guild chat at a time.
Social: Emotes
Next up in the social panel is theemotes. There are LOTs of emotes in this game and they are a fun part that you shouldn’t miss out on. There are many sub categories with different emotes, butyou can only slot 8 at a time. You can still use any gesture by going to the emotes menu, selecting the category and pressing the use button on the one you wish, but again only 8 can be quick-slotted.
To quick slot an emote:
The grouping tab is where you will use the group finder tool and invite, dismiss, leave and travel to players in your group. You can quest with your friends by joining a group and sharing a quest, and you can do group dungeons this way too.
You can designate your role or roles at the top of this menu and then select the dungeon you wish to queue for by navigating to it, pressing the select button and then pressing join queue. Once this is done you are free to continue questing or crafting until the finder fills up your group and you have enough players to run that dungeon. This can take an extremely long time sometimes, so be patient.
Guild & Friends Panel
The Guild Panel is where you can view information about yourguilds. You can see what your guild owns, if you have a guild trader, what the message of the day is and info about the guild.
Under the friends screen you will see who of your friends list are online and info about them. This panel currently seems to be bugged as it was showing blank for me even though my friends were online playing with me.
The Mail panel is where you will receive messages from other players, receive items purchases from guild stores or traders and where you will receive important notices from Zenimax if need be. If you havehirelingsyou will receive materials from them here as well. They cannot send you more until you’ve claimed what they previously sent so make sure you do this daily.
you may also use the mail to send items or gold to other players. To do this:
General Tips: Camera, Health Bars, Auto-Loot
The console version of Elder Scrolls Online has many options that you may not be aware of. Two of the important ones areThird and First Person FOV. These sliders allow you to zoom in or out on your character, allowing you to adjust how far behind your character the camera sits.
That’s all we have for now. We’ll be making more article, wiki and video guides as our journey continues, so until next time, see you in Tamriel.
