Mages Guild

Skilltree: Guild
Description:

The Mages Guild skill-line is part of the "Guild" category in the Elder Scrolls Online. The MagesGuild skill-line has active skills and passives. The MagesGuild has a focus on increasing your power as a magicka user.

How do you unlock the Mages Guild skill-line?

To unlock the MagesGuild skill-line you have to join the MagesGuild. Depending on your alliance, this will be in different locations. It is recommended to unlock the Mages Guild skill-line as fast as possible to see the progress you make. However, even if you don't have the Mages Guild unlocked yet, picking up lorebooks will still count towards increasing the Mages Guild skill-line level.

Aldmeri Dominion: Vulkhel Guard
Daggerfall Covenant: Daggerfall
Ebonheart Pact: Davon's Watch

You can find the map location here.

How do you level up the Mages Guild skill-line?

To level up the MagesGuild skill-line in the Elder Scrolls Online you have to collect lorebooks. The lorebooks are placed all over Tamriel in specific locations.However, in contrary to the MagesGuild skill-line itself, the skills are leveled up by gaining experience from killing any monsters or quests. The collecting lorebooks requirement only counts towards the level of the skill-line itself, but not the skills.

The damage numbers of the skills that you see below are used for comparison. The numbers are based on a naked level 50 character without any skills, passives, attributes and champion points allocated. Your damage numbers will change depending on what gear, skills, attributes, champion points, enchantments or buffs your character has.

Name	Effect
Ultimate Skills
Meteor	Call a comet down from the constellations to blast an enemy, dealing 4065 Flame Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them down, and stunning them for 2 seconds. After impact, enemies in the target area take 1161 Flame Damage every 1 second for 11 seconds.
Ice Comet	Call a comet down from the constellations to blast an enemy, dealing 4620 Frost Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them down, stunning them for 2 seconds, and reducing their Movement Speed by 50% for 5 seconds. After impact, enemies in the target area take 1319 Frost Damage every 1 second for 11 seconds.
Shooting Star	Call a comet down from the constellations to blast an enemy, dealing 4067 Flame Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them down, and stunning them for 2 seconds. After impact, enemies in the target area take 1161 Flame Damage every 1 second for 11 seconds. You generate 12 Ultimate for each enemy hit by the initial blast.
Active Skills
Magelight	Summon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629.
Inner Light	Summon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629 and your Max Magicka is increased by 5%.
Radiant Magelight	Summon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 2629. You also prevent the stun from stealth attacks for you and nearby allies.
Entropy	Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 3480 Magic Damage over 10 seconds.
Degeneration	Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 3480 Magic Damage over 10 seconds. Excess magic spills out from them, granting you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 20 seconds.
Structured Entropy	Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 3480 Magic Damage over 10 seconds, and healing you for 398 every 2 seconds.
Fire Rune	Inscribe a rune of cosmic fire on the earth, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 15 seconds. When triggered, the rune blasts all enemies in the target area for 2323 Flame Damage.
Volcanic Rune	Inscribe a rune of cosmic fire on the earth, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 15 seconds. When triggered, the rune blasts all enemies in the target area for 2323 Flame Damage, knocks them into the air, and stuns them for 3 seconds.
Scalding Rune	Inscribe a rune of cosmic fire on the earth, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 15 seconds. When triggered, the rune blasts all enemies in the target area for 2323 Flame Damage and an additional 1914 Flame Damage over 12 seconds.
Equilibrium	Barter with Oblivion to trade vitality for power, sacrificing your Health in exchange for 3000 Magicka. The exchange reduces your healing done and damage shield strength by 50% for 4 seconds.
Spell Symmetry	Barter with Oblivion to trade vitality for power, sacrificing your Health in exchange for 3000 Magicka. After the exchange is complete, the cost of your next Magicka ability is reduced by 33% for 5 seconds. The exchange reduces your healing done and damage shield strength by 50% for 4 seconds.
Balance	Barter with Oblivion to trade vitality for power, sacrificing your Health in exchange for 3000 Magicka. After the exchange is complete, you gain Major Resolve for 25 seconds, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948. The exchange reduces your healing done and damage shield strength by 50% for 4 seconds.
Passive Skills
Persuasive Will	Allows you to Persuade NPCs in conversation.
Mage Adept	Reduces the Magicka and Health cost of your Mages Guild abilities by 15%.
Everlasting Magic	Increases the duration of your Mages Guild abilities by 20%.
Magicka Controller	Increases your Max Magicka and Magicka Recovery by 2% for each Mages Guild ability slotted.
Might of the Guild	Casting a Mages Guild ability grants you Empower, increasing the damage of your Light and Heavy Attacks by 40% for 3 seconds.