With Blackwood, The Elder Scrolls Online received the new companions. You can level and equip these companions. However, they use special companion equipment. We at MeinMMO will reveal what this equipment is all about and how you can farm it.
What are companions? Currently, there are two different NPCs, which you can unlock through quests. After that, you can summon one of them at a time to assist you in the open world or in dungeons.
They can take on the roles of tank, healer, or DD and can also be customized in equipment and abilities. However, you cannot use them in solo dungeons and PvP.
What is companion equipment? Companions cannot wear regular equipment. Instead, there is special companion equipment. This consists of gear such as armor, weapons, and accessories that you can obtain as drops from mobs.
However, this equipment differs in stats from the sets that you can wear as a player. It cannot be crafted, enchanted, or break. However, it is tradable between players. It becomes bound only when equipped to a companion.
How to Obtain Companion Equipment
Where can you get companion equipment? You can obtain a simple white version of the equipment without special traits from any blacksmith, carpenter, armorer, tailor, and leatherworker in the game. This allows you to customize your companion to a certain playstyle, such as tank or healer.
Fine (green), superior (blue), and epic (purple) companion equipment with traits can only be obtained as drops from monsters in the game.
What do you need to do for companion equipment? You need to have a companion actively by your side to receive a dropped equipment item. Otherwise, just attack enemies and hope for your loot luck.
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Can you farm for companion equipment proactively? Unfortunately, no. However, it is officially confirmed that you will receive equipment more frequently when defeating bosses or strong enemies. Therefore, you should farm these for companion equipment.
Additionally, many players claim that companion equipment drops more frequently in the content of Blackwood and particularly in the realms behind the Oblivion portals than in other game content. However, this has not been officially confirmed.
The most effective method to obtain the perfect equipment for companions is trading with other players who can sell their drops. This ensures that you get the right traits.
The Various Traits of Companion Equipment
These traits exist: Companion equipment has a special trait that enhances a specific attribute of the companion:
- Aggressive – Increases the damage of companions (up to 1.7% per equipped piece)
- Facilitated – Reduces the cooldown of the companion’s ability (up to 2.6% per equipped piece)
- Soothing – Increases the healing of a companion (up to 1.7% per equipped piece)
- Shaking – Increases the penetration of a companion (up to 1,300 per equipped piece)
- Extended – Increases the duration of all companion buffs and debuffs (up to 2.6% per equipped piece)
- Focused – Increases a companion’s critical hit rating (up to 130 per equipped piece)
- Fertile – Increases a companion’s ultimate regeneration (up to 13% per equipped piece)
- Vibrant – Increases a companion’s maximum health (up to 2.6% per equipped piece)
- Effective – Reduces the damage a companion takes (up to 1.7% per equipped piece)
What do you think of the companions and their features? Have you fully equipped Bastian or Mirri? Feel free to write it in the comments.
With Blackwood, new sky shards were also introduced to the game. We reveal where you can find them: All sky shards in Dunkelforst (Blackwood) Guide.
