Online:Leveling

In Elder Scrolls Online, a player's Level is used to determine which gear and consumables a player may use. It is also the level of their racial skill line, which determines which racial passives may be unlocked. Other skill lines are not tied to player level.

Each level that a player gains allows them to allocate an attribute point to their magicka, health or stamina.

• Levels that are a multiple of 5 grant two Attribute Points
• Levels that are a multiple of 10 grant three Attribute Points
• Placing a point in magicka or stamina raises the maximum of that attribute by 111
• Placing a point in health raises the maximum health by 121

Players also gain skill points when leveling up equal to the number of Attribute Points, which they can use to unlock a new skill or morph an existing one. Skill points may be earned by finding skyshards, fighting in the Alliance War or completing quests as well.

Players can attain a maximum level of 50. Upon reaching the maximum level, players unlock Veteran content and receive 10 points into the Champion system. Gaining Champion Points allows players to equip more powerful gear and use more powerful consumables, up to the Champion Progression Cap of 160. Characters will no longer receive attribute points and skill points to allocate, but each assigned Champion Point will increase maximum health, magicka or stamina by a small percentage.

Experience

Players gain experience from a variety of sources. Killing enemies and helping others kill enemies (including by healing them) give experience so long as you deal at least 3% of the enemy's maximum health in damage (or heal at least 3% of the ally's health^{[verification needed]}). Completing quests, discovering new locations and completing their Objectives, picking locks, and completing Encounters also grant experience. Experience goes towards increasing your character level, as well as increasing your rank in most of the skill lines. However, certain skill lines are not advanced by gaining experience:

• Crafting skill lines are advanced by accumulating 0000000 inspiration from crafting activities.
• Guild skill lines are advanced by increasing your reputation with that faction.
• Alliance War skill lines are advanced by earning 0000000 alliance points within Cyrodiil or from Battlegrounds.
• World skill lines each have their own advancement criteria.

Each quest grants a certain amount of experience depending on your level, which is then passed through a multiplier based on the quest's length and difficulty, which is defined internally per quest:

Difficulty	XP Gain	Multiplier
Very Easy	Very Low	0.1
Easy	Low	0.75
Standard	Standard	1
Hard	High	1.5
Very Hard	Very High	2.25

For example, all dungeon quests are set as "Very Hard", so reward 2.25× the standard XP for a quest at that level. Similarly, experience granted by completion of location Objectives is also passed through a modifier, but most of these are set as "Standard". A summary of standard rewards per level can be found below. A full table of all values can be seen at ESO XP. Quests will only show the XP Gain category without a value, since the value is dependent on your level.

A number of in-game features provide a percentage bonus to XP earned:

• 5–15% Alliance War Keep bonus — applies only to XP from kills
• 50/100/150% Crown Experience Scroll — the same buff as Psijic Ambrosia, so only one or the other can be used
• 50/100/150% Psijic Ambrosia — the same buff as Crown Experience Scroll, so only one or the other can be used
• 10% ESO Plus
• 10% Grouping — applies only to XP from kills
• 10% Rings of Mara — requires grouping when worn
• 2.5–86% Training Trait — applies only to XP from kills
• 5–9% Heartland Conqueror Set — Doubling effectiveness of Training weapons.
• 0-15% Mora's Whispers Mythic Item

It is currently possible to stack XP buffs for a total possible increase of 290% for most types of content.

In addition to these the overland part of Cyrodiil, excluding Delves and Imperial City, has a flat-rate boost of 25%.

XP Table

Breakdown of experience needed for levels and levelling

Player level	Experience required for next level	Total experience for level		Standard quest reward	Location discovery	Location completion
1	70	0		-	-	-
2	500	70		-	-	-
3	1 324	570		508	76	508
4	2 726	1 894		741	76	508
5	3 859	4 620		796	111	741
6	3 871	8 479		832	119	796
7	4 047	12 350		886	125	832
8	4 728	16 397		904	133	886
9	6 033	21 125		958	136	904
10	6 583	27 158		1012	144	958
11	7 659	33 741		1067	152	1012
12	9 338	41 400		1103	160	1067
13	10 865	50 738		1193	165	1103
14	12 733	61 603		1248	179	1193
15	13 489	74 336		1284	187	1248
16	15 131	87 825		1374	193	1284
17	18 444	102 956		1446	206	1374
18	21 274	121 400		1501	217	1446
19	24 368	142 674		1573	225	1501
20	25 672	167 042		1681	236	1573
21	29 186	192 714		1754	252	1681
22	32 950	221 900		1826	263	1754
23	34 618	254 850		1935	274	1826
24	39 322	289 468		2043	290	1935
25	42 744	328 790		2152	306	2043
26	44 457	371 534		2242	323	2152
27	49 845	415 991		2368	336	2242
28	53 983	465 836		2477	355	2368
29	60 171	519 819		2604	372	2477
30	59 625	579 990		2766	391	2604
31	66 890	639 615		2893	415	2766
32	75 065	706 505		3056	434	2893
33	79 594	781 570		3200	458	3056
34	80 655	861 164		3363	480	3200
35	84 104	941 819		3544	504	3363
36	85 323	1 025 923		3724	532	3544
37	90 954	1 111 246		3905	559	3724
38	96 014	1 202 200		4104	586	3905
39	101 897	1 298 214		4321	616	4104
40	100 817	1 400 111		4538	648	4321
41	110 146	1 500 928		4773	681	4538
42	118 131	1 611 074		5008	716	4773
43	121 894	1 729 205		5261	751	5008
44	131 212	1 851 099		5551	789	5261
45	141 280	1 982 311		5840	833	5551
46	149 516	2 123 591		6129	876	5840
47	166 516	2 273 107		6436	919	6129
48	178 557	2 439 623		6762	965	6436
49	187 494	2 618 180		7124	1014	6762
50	-	2 805 674		7485	1069	7124

For a full breakdown of XP reward values see ESO XP § Table of Values.

Level Up Advisor

The Level Up Advisor is a mechanic introduced in Update 17, with the intent of helping new characters to progress as they level. It provides recommendations on where to allocate skill points for specific builds and playstyles, and gives rewards upon levelling up and upon reaching significant milestones.

History

• Prior to Update 10, reaching Level 50 granted players Veteran Rank 1, and progressing in Veteran Ranks rather than Champion Points allowed players to equip more powerful gear and use more powerful consumables. Each Veteran Rank granted additional attribute points and skill points to allocate, instead of certain levels between 1 and 50 granting two or three.
• Prior to the One Tamriel update, a player's level determined which enemies would allow a player to gain experience, loot and ultimate charge. Enemies that were more than five levels below player level did not grant experience or give any non-crafting loot.

Deprecated Quest Levels

Prior to One Tamriel, most quests had their own level, defined by which zone they were located in, and each quest granted the respective XP for that level. Quests listed in your Journal were colored based on their recommended level with respect to your character level. This did not affect the XP reward; rather, it was a representation of the relative difficulty and reward. Quests completed above their recommended level always rewarded the appropriate level XP. For example, a Level 30 "Hard" quest would display in yellow at Level 30, and rewarded 3670 XP, while the same quest was displayed in gray at Level 40, but still rewarded 3670 XP, a lower relative reward than you would get for a Level 40 "Hard" quest. However, completing a quest below the recommended level caused the reward to cap at 5 levels above; for example, completing a Level 47 quest at Level 40 would only result in a Level 45 reward.

The following table lists the colors and associated level ranges, and the internal name of that difficulty class. The difficulty names should not be taken literally; while red is classed "Impossible", someone with an appropriate character setup may still be able to do the content.

Color	Level Range	Difficulty
Gray	−6 or less	Trivial
Green	−5 to −3	Easy
Yellow	−2 to +3	Appropriate
Orange	+4 to +7	Difficult
Red	+8 or greater	Impossible

Related Quests

Few quests relate directly to the leveling system, although many have level requirements.

•  Honest Toil: Dedicate a day of honest work to the god of commerce.