Online:Scribing

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Scribing is a system released with the Gold Road chapter that is associated with the ^{Mages Guild?}. The system allows players to collect, build and customize special skills to diversify your gameplay.

How to Begin

There is a pamphlet titled On Behalf of the Mages Guild of all Tamriel posted on the wall west of the Skingrad City Wayshrine. Reading it grants you The Second Era of Scribing, the first quest in the Scribing storyline.

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Luminous Ink

Crafting a new skill requires 3 Luminous ink, one for each of the three scripts. If you modify only 1 or 2 scripts on an existing scribed skill, you will only need to use 1 ink per script changed. Each of the quests in the Scribing quest line will reward you with some ink. Beyond that, you can find ink in the West Weald from runestones^{Just runestones or all nodes?} (after completing The Wing of the Netch), and from normal enemy drops (after completing The Wing of the Gryphon). Note that you only need to do these quests on one character, and they will start appearing in drops for all other characters. However, since you can get guaranteed ink from the quests themselves, it's not a bad idea to do them anyhow. Luminous Ink is an account-wide currency, so it doesn't use up space in your backpack, and can be accessed from all characters.

Skills

Scribed skills, once created, will show up in your regular skill trees as Active skills, and can be slotted into your skill bars in the same way. They can be cast for a cost of Magicka or Stamina just like any others. Unlike regular skills, they do not require the investment of a skill point, and do not gain experience through use, nor may they be morphed, though the scribing system allows you to customize them as often as you like, provided you have the Luminous Ink to support it. The skills will vary in name and visual appearance based on your choice of Focus Script, though the skill icons remain the same. The scribed weapon skills do still require you to have the appropriate weapon(s) equipped, and scribed skills do count as Active skills in their given trees for the purposes of any Passive skills that depend on Active skills being slotted.

Archive

Once you have created a skill, it will appear in the Archive, which you can see at the Scribing altar in the Scholarium. This allows you to easily switch back to previous versions, though doing so will still consume 1-3 Luminous Ink depending on how many scripts differ between your current version of the skill and its archived version.

If you're thinking about filling your archive with every possible combination, there are between 280 and 504 different allowed combinations for each Grimoire, for a total of 4,465 potential skills. (There would be more, but some Script combinations are disallowed.)

Grimoires

Grimoires are books which can be used to add new skills to several skill lines. There are currently 11 of them in total. Each need only be purchased from Chronicler Firandil in the The Scholarium once per character. They cost 0005000050,000  the first time, and 0001000010,000  for other characters on your account. Once purchased, you need to use it from your inventory to add it to your available Grimoires in the Scribing interface. Most Grimoires require certain achievements in order to unlock them. The Grimoires are as follows:

Grimoire		Skill Line	Requirement
	Elemental Explosion	Destruction Staff	Destruction Staff Master
	Mender's Bond	Restoration Staff	Restoration Staff Master
	Shield Throw	One Hand and Shield	One Hand and Shield Master
	Smash	Two Handed	Two-Handed Master
	Traveling Knife	Dual Wield	Dual Wield Master
	Vault	Bow	Bow Master
	Wield Soul	Soul Magic	Earned for free by completing The Second Era of Scribing, the first quest in the Scribing quest line.
	Soul Burst	Soul Magic	Earned for free by completing The Wing of the Crow, the final quest in the Scribing quest line.
	Torchbearer	Fighters Guild	Fighters Guild Skill Master
	Ulfsild's Contingency	Mages Guild	Mages Guild Skill Master
	Trample	Assault	Alliance War Skill Master

Scripts

To craft a skill, you will need 3 scripts, one Focus Script, one Signature Script, and one Affix Script. You cannot craft a skill without one of each of compatible types. Scripts can be purchased from Chronicler Firandil or found in various ways, and are single-use. Most need to be unlocked in some way.

Focus Scripts

The Focus Script will determine the name of the skill you scribe, and the overall type of skill it becomes. Certain Focus scripts will disallow Signature and/or Affix scripts, generally a matter of the skill being offensive or defensive.

Script		Price	Grimoires	Requirements
	Bleed Damage	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Damage Shield	First: (?) Later: (?)		Found at the Davon's Watch Mages Guild
	Disease Damage	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Dispel	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Flame Damage	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Frost Damage	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Generate Ultimate	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Healing	First: (?) Later: (?)		Quest reward for completing The Wing of the Indrik quest.
	Immobilize	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Knockback	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Magic Damage	First: (?) Later: (?)		Earned for free during The Second Era of Scribing quest.
	Mitigation	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Multi-Target	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Physical Damage	First: (?) Later: (?)		Found at the Vulkhel Guard Mages Guild
	Poison Damage	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Pull	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Restore Resources	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Shock Damage	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Stun	First: (?) Later: (?)		Found at the Daggerfall Mages Guild
	Taunt	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Trauma	First: (?) Later: (?)

Signature Scripts

Script		Price	Grimoires	Requirements
	Anchorite's Cruelty	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Anchorite's Potency	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Assassin's Misery	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Cavalier's Charge	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Class Mastery	First: (?) Later: (?)		A Signature with Class
	Crusader's Defiance	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Druid's Resurgence	First: (?) Later: (?)		Found at the Wayrest Mages Guild
	Fencer's Parry	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Gladiator's Tenacity	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Growing Impact	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Hunter's Snare	First: (?) Later: (?)		Found outside at the Mournhold Mages Guild
	Immobilizing Strike	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Knight's Valor	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Leeching Thirst	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Lingering Torment	First: (?) Later: (?)		Earned for free during The Second Era of Scribing quest.
	Sage's Remedy	First: (?) Later: (?)		Quest reward for completing The Wing of the Indrik quest.
	Thief's Swiftness	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Warmage's Defense	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Warrior's Opportunity	First: (?) Later: (?)		Found at the Elden Root Mages Guild
	Wayfarer's Mastery	First: (?) Later: (?)

Affix Scripts

Script		Price	Grimoires	Requirements
	Berserk	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Breach	First: (?) Later: (?)		Earned for free during The Second Era of Scribing quest.
	Brittle	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Brutality and Sorcery	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Courage	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Cowardice	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Defile	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Empower	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Enervation	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Evasion	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Expedition	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Force	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Heroism	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Intellect and Endurance	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Interrupt	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Lifesteal	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Magickasteal	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Maim	First: (?) Later: (?)		Found at the Riften Mages Guild
	Mangle	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Off Balance	First: (?) Later: (?)		Quest reward for completing The Wing of the Indrik quest.
	Protection	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Resolve	First: (?) Later: (?)		Quest reward for completing The Wing of the Indrik quest.
	Savagery and Prophecy	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Uncertainty	First: (?) Later: (?)
	Vitality	First: (?) Later: (?)		Found outside the Rawl'kha Mages Guild
	Vulnerability	First: (?) Later: (?)		Found at the Evermore Mages Guild

Notes

• There is artwork for a 12th Grimoire, which would be in the Support skill line. It is unclear whether this was removed prior to release or if it is planned for the future.

See Also

• ESO 2024 Global Reveal—Introducing Scribing
• Scribing’s Developers Share Their Favorite Hand-Crafted Abilities

Gallery

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  Scribing

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  Characters using their modified skills

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  Luminary of Magic and the Knights of the Lamp

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  The Dragon - A Luminary of Magic

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