Orc, Breton, Argonian, or what? Learn more about the provisional race skills!
Admittedly, the TESO information is not entirely official yet, but more and more is leaking through here and there due to the imposed confidentiality guidelines of the beta of The Elder Scrolls Online. Enough reason for us to conduct a little research and present to you the currently known race skills more closely. Because one thing is clear, the release date is approaching relentlessly and as a true MMORPG player, it is about time to think about race, class, appearance, and character names.
By the way, an important note on the name of your future character: In case you didn’t know, at The Elder Scrolls Online you can create character names with spaces. In other words: Last names and exotic combinations like a typical Argonian name such as “The-long-shadow-casts” are no problem. That’s a lovely thing, especially for the role-players among us.
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An updated article with the current race bonuses can now be found here:
TESO: The current race bonuses from the beta! ++Update++
But now to the race skills. Unlike many other MMORPGs, race choice seems to matter quite a bit in TESO. While one race has greater advantages in the magical field, the next one brims with health, and yet another is incredibly enduring. Just small differences that will hardly matter in the game? We’ll have to see, especially in the endgame. In other games, for example, a bonus of 10% to mana or magicka reserves would make a significant difference. However, and this is indeed a peculiar feature of TESO, the three main attributes – Magicka, Health, and Stamina – are required for each class or role. So the question is rather, how important is a high magicka reserve for a spellcaster and how much does my tank need every little health bonus for the adventures ahead? All this will still have to be shown. Here for you first the currently more or less known race bonuses that are trickling through the relevant TESO forums and channels (so far without guarantee).
Update: The “Active” talents seem to be currently (permanently?) removed from the game according to the German TESO community. For clarity, we will initially keep them in our little skill collection, but this should at least be noted. 🙂
Altmer (High Elves)
Active:
- Born to Greatness: Increases Magicka regeneration by 100 for 15 seconds
Passive:
- 15% experience bonus on the talent “Destruction Staff”
- Increased Magicka regeneration in combat by 7
- Increased Magicka reserves by 10%
- Increased damage from Frost, Fire, and Shock effects by 3%
Khajiit
Active:
- Eye of Fear: A target flees for 5 seconds and takes 5% more damage during that time
Passive:
- 15% experience bonus on the armor talent “Medium Armor”
- Increased health regeneration in combat by 7
- Increased stealth radius by 3 meters
- Increased critical melee hit chance by 35 and a 10% increased critical damage
Bosmer (Wood Elves)
Active:
- Bear Summoning: Summons a bear for 15 seconds that attacks nearby enemies
Passive:
- 15% experience bonus on the weapon skill “Bow”
- Increased stamina regeneration in combat by 7
- Increased stamina reserves by 3% and the disease and poison resistance by 50
- Increased stealth radius by 3 meters
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Bretons
Active:
- Dragon Skin: Blocked damage (shield) is absorbed as Magicka
Passive:
- 15% experience bonus on the armor talent “Light Armor”
- Increased Magicka reserves by 10%
- Increased Magicka resistance by 50
- Reduced spell costs by 3%
Orsimer (Orcs)
Active:
- Berserker Rage: Temporarily increases damage dealt by 20% and reduces damage taken by 10%
Passive:
- 15% experience bonus on the armor talent “Heavy Armor”
- Increased health and stamina reserves by 5% each
- Increased health regeneration in combat by 7
- Reduced sprint costs by 10%
Redguards
Active:
- Power Attack: Increases “power” (stamina, damage?) by 20% for 15 seconds
Passive:
- 15% experience bonus on the talent “One-handed Weapon and Shield”
- Increased stamina regeneration by 7
- Increased stamina reserves by 10%
- Successful melee hits restore 34 stamina. The effect can only trigger once every 3 seconds
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Argonian
Active:
- “Healing Skin”: Health regeneration increases by 100 for 15 seconds
Passive:
- 15% experience bonus on the weapon talent “Restoration Staff”
- Increased swimming speed and ?
- Increased disease and poison resistance by 26
- Increased healing received by 7%
Dunmer (Dark Elves)
Active:
- “Ancestor Guardian”: 15 seconds increased chance for taunt
Passive:
- 15% experience bonus on the weapon talent “Dual Wield”
- Increased Magicka and Stamina reserves by 3%
- Increased fire resistance by 40
- Increased fire damage by 7%
Nord
Active:
- “Battle Cry”: Temporarily increases area damage against enemies by 7%
Passive:
- 15% experience bonus on the weapon talent “Two-handed Weapons”
- Increased health regeneration by 4 (%) in combat
- Increased frost resistance by 39
- Increased armor value by 50
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Imperial
- “Voice of the Emperor” ?
- All armors take on imperial appearance
- Free faction choice
- 15% experience bonus on the talent “?”
- ?
- ?
- ?
Well, since it has not been known for long that you can also play as Imperials (with Imperial Edition), hardly anyone has likely thought about the race bonuses. And even in beta (so much can be said), the people from Cyrodiil cannot currently be played and tested. It seems we will just have to wait for official announcements on this matter.
Subject to changes!
Those of you who have already played the beta may have noticed that some of the values have been changed. However, since we are currently not allowed to provide exact data from the ongoing beta phase, we have compiled outdated data from various websites as much as possible and evaluated them. Overall, the information gives a very interesting and usable impression of the differences among the various races.
And what is your impression? Do you believe the race choice will have a significant influence on certain roles (Holy Trinity – Healer, DD, Tank), or is the selection a merely cosmetic role-playing decision? Share it in the comments, share our little contribution, and look forward to the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online with us! Oh, and remember, only those who pre-order can also (initially?) bypass the race faction restriction! 😀
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