Character Classes (Online)

For other uses, see Character Classes.

The following are character classes in The Elder Scrolls Online. Humanoid enemies generally use these classes to determine their behavior in combat. Below are listed these classes, as well as known examples of these. (Some may not be hostile).

Combat classes[]

The following are classes used by characters for combat:

Alchemy & Melee[]

Class	Skills and Abilities	Weapons	Armor	Examples
Bounty Hunter	Quick Strike Low Slash Teleport Strike Basilisk Powder Roll Dodge	Dual Weapons	Medium	Ancestral Raider Blackguard Raider Camonna Tong Coercer Skaafin Tracker Skeletal Raider
Chemist	Puncture Fiery Oil/Volatile Pool Lop Chop Blazing Tar Blazing Lop Blazing Chop Healing Fumes	One-handed	Light	Blackguard Chemist Euraxian Alchemist Hollowfang Bloodbrewer New Moon Chemist Sugar-Tooth Moonmixer
Swashbuckler	Off-Hand Strike Volatile Pool Somersault Fire Salt Explosion Burning Fire Salts Void Salt Explosion Burning Void Salts	One-handed	Light	Black Gull Swashbuckler Brokk the Smuggler Ruddy Fang Swashbuckler Turo

Magic[]

Class	Skills and Abilities	Weapons	Armor	Examples
Blood Mage	Fright Force Aspect of Terror Shadow Cloak Summon Bound Hemoptera Sacrifice Hemoptera	Staff (Fear)	Light	Lothid Tormenter Thorn Legion Sanguimancer Vampire Fearmonger
Cauterizer	Minor Wound Focused Healing Heat Wave Fire Runes Rite of Passage Grand Healing	Staff (Restoration)	Light	Ashlander Flame Healer Dremora Gandrakyn Head Shepherd Neloren Spiderkith Cauterizer Xivkyn Cauterizer
Chillfiend	Ice Arrow Summon Ice Barrier Winter's Reach Void Void Burst	Staff (Frost & Void)	Light	Dak'radhi Dread Xivkyn Chillfiend Lady Ghisiliane Vampire Blizzard Witch Xivkyn Chillfiend
Dreadweaver	Ice Arrow Aspect of Terror Shadow Cloak Summon Burdening Eye Stare Summon Dark Shade	Staff (Frost & Shadow)	Light	Aera Earth-Turner Dread Xivkyn Dreadweaver Visetus Xivkyn Dreadweaver
Fear Mage	Fright Force Aspect of Terror Shadow Cloak	Staff (Fear)	Light	Blackheart Frightener Dusk Scholar Illusionist Gladiator Fearmage Scaled Court Illusionist Worm Cult Dreadmage
Fire-Binder	Necrotic Spear Heat Wave Summon Flame Atronach	Staff (Necromantic)	Light	Sixth House Fire-Binder
Fire Mage	Flare Heat Wave Fire Runes	Staff (Fire)	Light	Anka-Ra Arcanist Corrupted Evoker Darkfern Flamerender Iron Hound Alchemist Sixth House Ash-Weaver
Frost Mage	Ice Arrow Summon Ice Barrier Winter's Reach	Staff (Frost)	Light	Dominion Cryomage Direfrost Cryomancer Heritance Chillrender Sea Viper Chillrender Sea Viper Icemaster
Healer	Minor Wound Focused Healing	Staff (Restoration)	Light	Companion Healer Ember-Eye Healer Pit Rat Mender Thalmor Adept Warclaw Chanter
Mage Guard	Shock Crystal Shards Shock Torrent Fire Runes Unstable Core	Staff (Lightning)	Light	Covenant Mage Guard Dominion Mage Guard Pact Mage Guard
Necromancer	Necrotic Spear Summon the Dead Empower Undead	Staff (Necromantic)	Light	Bleak Veil Aggrandizer Crimson Raider Defiler Nightmare Defiler Sardavar Defiler Shadowed Path Defiler
Shadow Mage	Fright Force Pool of Shadowr Shadeway Shadowy Duplicate	Staff (Shadow)	Light	Malacath Voidbringer Silken Ring Shadowcaller Skaafin Masquer Veeskhleel Shadowshaper
Spirit Master	Ice Arrow Summon Burdening Eye Stare Spell Absorption	Staff	Light	Highland Arcanist Dominion Invoker Skeletal Conjurer Dremora Invoker Varakun Invoker
Storm Mage	Shock Thunder Thrall	Staff (Lightning)	Light	Atanaz Arcanist Bandit Arcanis Bronzefist Arcanist^O:M Crimson Raider Arcanist Heritance Arcanist
Time Bomb Mage	Entropic Flare Void Void Burst	Staff	Light	Dark Witness Witchmen Disloyal Noble Wild Witch Skeletal Corruptor Wild Witch Xivkyn Soulbranders

Magic & Melee[]

Class	Skills and Abilities	Weapons	Armor	Examples
Battlemage	Flare Quick Strike Ice Cage Impending Storm	Staff	Light	Desecrated Battlemage Dusk Scholar Battlemage Iron Wheel Battlemage Order Battlecaster ^DB Rumblegarde Battlemage
Beastcaller	Swarm Summon Feral Guardian Dive Subterranean Assault	Sword and Shield	Heavy	Brigand Beastcaller Camonna Tong Beastcaller^O:M Red Exile Handler Vampire Bonelord Worm Cult Bonelord
Bonelord	Quick Strike Entropic Bolt Summon Abomination Closed Fist	One-handed	Light	Ash Exile Bonecaller ^O:M Blackheart Bonelord Bloodharvest Bonecaller Boneshaper Gravesinger Dark Witness Gravesinger
Bone Shaman	Coiled Lash Quick Strike Summon Aura of Protection Summon Bone Colossus Bone Shield Drain Essence	One-handed	Light	Vampire Bone-Shaman
Flame Adept	Flash Surge Flame Aura Forceful Flame Flame Aura Corona Flash Trail Dancing Flame Strike Burning Hand Strike Burning Strike	Hands	Light	Blue Venom Vindaire Elementalist Student New Moon Flame Adept
Icereaver	Quick Strike Ice Trap Ice Shot Ice Wall Frostbite Chill	Two-handed	Heavy	Draugr Icereaver Frost-Cursed Skeletal Knight
Shaman	Coiled Lash Quick Strike Summon Aura of Protection	One-handed	Light	Ash Exile Enchanter ^O:M Dark Witness Shaman Moon-Sentinel Shaman Rain Disciple Bewitcher Stormfist Shaman
Shade Sentinel	Slice Magic Dagger Shadow Slice Grasping Void Abyss [?]	Dual Weapons	Medium	Ayleid Umbral Stalker Dirty-Drakes Shade Sentinel Shade of Arum-Khal Tenarr Stalker
Spellblade	Xivilai's Servant Quick Strike Heavy Attack Hand of Flame Lightning Grasp Frozen Edge	Two-handed (Sword)	Heavy	Sagacian Spellsword Sun-Eater Despoiler
Sun Mage	Cleave Solar Storm Sunburst	Two-handed	Heavy	Ayleid Sun Mage Captain Martio Calsivius Moon-Sentinel Suncaster Red Rook Sun Mage
Void Striker	Binding Shadows Gloam Slash Shade Aura Shrike Bash	Two-handed	Light	Spirit of Darkness The Tigershark

Melee[]

Class	Skills and Abilities	Weapons	Armor	Examples
Assassin	Quick Strike Whirlwind Assassinate	Dual Weapons	Medium	Bandit Cutthroat ^O:M Blacksap Assassin Camonna Tong Cutthroat Narsinfel Infantry Tervur Sadri
Berserker	Quick Strike Blood Craze Agony Roll Dodge	Dual Weapons	Medium	Ashlander Berserker Dark Witness Bloodcleaver Lord-Warden's Berserker^IC Sea Viper Berserker Skaafin Bloodcleaver
Bodyguard	Quick Strike Power Bash Block Shard Shield	One-handed & Shield	Heavy	Bronzefist Bodyguard Risen Bodyguard Skaafin Tyrant
Brute	Quick Strike Low Slash Charge	One-handed & Shield	Heavy	Black Dart Bruiser ^O:M Estate Defender Iron Hound Bruiser ^O:M Red Rook Enforcer Thralled Brute
Eviscerator	Dragonknight Standard Blink Strike Quick Strike Low Slash Dark Talons	One-handed & Shield	Heavy	Commander Attius Curnard the Generous Maradem Nerazakan Yokudan Bruiser
Feral	Flurry Slash Rending Slash Rending Slash	Hands	Any	Feral Devourer Shriven Aristocrat Shriven Nobles Skaafin Miscreal Skaafin Wretch
Knight	Quick Strike Fiery Breath Dark Talons Lava Whip	One-handed & Shield	Heavy	Draugr Champion Hleran Champion Red Exile Firebreather Warclaw Defender Xivkyn Bulwark ^IC
Nightblade	Quick Strike Veiled Strike Teleport Strike Roll Dodge	Dual Weapons	Medium	Bleak Veil Darkblade Iron Hound Stalker Looter Cutthroats Selene's Dagger Xivkyn Berserker
Nullifier	Quick Strike (Two-Handed Sword) Uppercut (Two-Handed Sword) Ice Cage (Two-Handed Sword) Negate Magic Shock (Staff) Impending Storm (Staff)	Two-handed Staff	Heavy	Ancestral Nullifier Dro-m'Athra Anguish-Eater Iron Wheel Nullifier Skeletal Battlemage Skeletal Nullifier
Ravager	Quick Strike Uppercut Cleave	Two-handed	Heavy	Ancient Blademaster Ash Exile Brigand ^O:M Pellingare Henchman Sea Viper Brigand Wake Walker Blademaster
Sentry	Quick Strike Detection	One-handed & Torch	Heavy	Highland Sentry Imperial Sentry Pact Sentry Sea Hound
Tank	Quick Strike Power Bash Block	One-handed & Shield	Heavy	Frostedge Bulwark Haven Bruiser Pit Rat Enforcer Scaled Court Ironskin Skeletal Defender
Thundermaul	Quick Strike Thunder Hammer Shock Aura	Two-handed	Heavy	Atanaz Charger Dusk Scholar Charger Elite Dres Charger Gray Viper Charger Sea Viper Charger
Warpriest	Quick Strike Divine Leap Rage	Sword & Shield	Heavy	Ayleid Warpriest Dirty-Drakes Warpriest Sixth House Clarion Seer ^O:M

Ranged[]

Class	Skills and Abilities	Weapons	Armor	Examples
Arbalest	Quick Shot Arrow Stab Bombard Quakeshot Chilled Ground	Bow & Arrows	Medium	Ash Exile Arbalest Camonna Tong Arbalest Diseased Arbalest Reanimated Arbalest Reviled Arbalest
Archer	Quick Shot Arrow Spray Volley Taking Aim (only on some)	Bow & Arrows	Medium	Black Snail Archer Brigand Archer Honored Firebow Pellingare Bowman Pit Rat Ranger
Pet Ranger	Quick Shot Call Ally Roll Dodge Place Trap	Bow & Arrows	Medium	Bandit Hunter Cragkin Hunter Roadside Hunter Timberscar Hunter Winterland Forester
Poison Archer	Quick Shot Poisoned Arrow Snipe Roll Dodge Acid Spray Arrow Stab Shadow Cloak (some) Taking Aim (some)	Bow & Arrows	Medium	Berne Clan Archer Gold Coast Archer Rumblegarde Bowman ^O:M Veeskhleel Lurker Wake Walker Archer ^TG
Reach Mage	Flare Quick Strike Flames Grasping Vines Grasping Vineburst	Staff or One-handed	Light	Blackguard Strangler Blackguard Vinecaller Blighted Choker Diseased Hedge Wizard New Moon Scorcher
Sea Mage	Shock Flare Lightning Onslaught Waterspout	Staff (Lightning)	Light	Desiccated Sea Mage Dro-m'Athra Conduit New Moon Conduit Pirate Wavecaster Spectral Draugr Conduit
Void Mage	Grasping Tendrils Summon Protective Tear Crushing Tendrils Void Bolt Creeping Pools	Staff (Void)	Light	Ghostsong Void-Witch Ghostsong Witch Nathari

Ranged & Melee[]

Class	Skills and Abilities	Weapons	Armor	Examples
Foot Soldier	Quick Strike Heavy Attack Throw Dagger Ignite	One-handed	Medium	Boneshaper Clanslayer Ghost Viper Butcher Pit Rat Thug Red Sails Blademaster ^DB Silverscale Bravo
Honor Guard	Fire Salvo Fire Torrent Triple Strike Puncturing Chains Unstable Core Shock Torrent	One-handed	Heavy	Covenant Honor Guard Dominion Honor Guard Pact Honor Guard
Vanquisher	Quick Strike Heavy Strike Retaliation Javelin	One-handed and Javelins	Medium	Ayleid Vanquisher Factotum Adjudicator Order Blade-Bearer ^DB Roadside Champion Winterborn Blade-Bearer ^OR

Profession classes[]

The following are classes used by NPCs to determine their pickpocketing difficulty and items:

Profession	Pickpocket Chance	Pickpocket Loot	Examples
Alchemist	Hard: 1st 20%-90% 2nd 5%-75% 3rd 0%-60%	[?]	Nibbletail Sununturil
Artisan	1st [?]-[?] 2nd [?]-[?] 3rd [?]-[?]	[?]	[?]
Bard	Hard: 1st 20%-90% 2nd 5%-75% 3rd 0%-60%	[?]	Nedrin Lorais Steir the Steady
Beggar	Easy: 1st 50%-100% 2nd 45%-100% 3rd 40%-100%	[?]	Gwanolrin Thranor Tholdegil
Civil Servant	1st [?]-[?] 2nd [?]-[?] 3rd [?]-[?]	[?]	[?]
Commoner	Medium: 1st 30%-100% 2nd 20%-90% 3rd 10%-80%	[?]	Azdazi Bilam Mathal Tyrrya Mazure
Cultist	Medium: 1st 30%-100% 2nd 20%-90% 3rd 10%-80%	Malacath's Promise Token Daedric Tarot Cards Malacath's Promise Token Seventeen Songbird Warble-Fife [?]	Baimora al-Bergama Raniluin Temple Acolyte
Drunkard	Easy: 1st 50%-100% 2nd 45%-100% 3rd 40%-100%	[?]	Eardir Faurinar Kankhu Malizluz Skywatch Celebrant
Farmer	Easy: 1st 50%-100% 2nd 45%-100% 3rd 40%-100%	[?]	Cinderel Cwynoniel Egelnor Sabashhad
Fighter	Medium: 1st 30%-100% 2nd 20%-90% 3rd 10%-80%	Brass Spyglass	Apprentice Odrethin Guild Blade Warder Calithil
Fisher	Easy: 1st 50%-100% 2nd 45%-100% 3rd 40%-100%	[?]	Elanaldur Galbor Menorfin Nomefanya Rayniir
Gatherer	Easy: 1st 50%-100% 2nd 45%-100% 3rd 40%-100%	[?]	Orwinora
Guard	Hard: 1st 20%-90% 2nd 5%-75% 3rd 0%-60%	Polished Shilling Aldmeri War Toys Queen's Eye Toy Figurer Bounty Sheet: Breton Man Brass Spyglass [?]	Justice system guards
Hunter	1st [?]-[?] 2nd [?]-[?] 3rd [?]-[?]	[?]	[?]
Laborer	Easy: 1st 50%-100% 2nd 45%-100% 3rd 40%-100%	[?]	Indiir Linyon Naluza Waitress Zalayza
Mage	Hard: 1st 20%-90% 2nd 5%-75% 3rd 0%-60%	[?]	Guild Savant
Merchant	Hard: 1st 20%-90% 2nd 5%-75% 3rd 0%-60%	House Hlaalu Sealing Wax Aldmeri War Toys [?]	Kirstenreth Mulabzag Nilliel Ri'zaadzin Shamiri
Noble	Hard: 1st 20%-90% 2nd 5%-75% 3rd 0%-60%	[?]	Constable Cebroon Guide Culast Hraerfja Norine Conrele Trayniria Selobar
Outlaw	Hard: 1st 20%-90% 2nd 5%-75% 3rd 0%-60%	[?]	Goralgor Shonsora Zulana
Priest	Hard: 1st 20%-90% 2nd 5%-75% 3rd 0%-60%	[?]	Sirreth
Provisioner	1st [?]-[?] 2nd [?]-[?] 3rd [?]-[?]	[?]	[?]
Scholar	1st [?]-[?] 2nd [?]-[?] 3rd [?]-[?]	[?]	[?]
Smith	Hard: 1st 20%-90% 2nd 5%-75% 3rd 0%-60%	[?]	Brellin Fayna Lendetelmo Touraz
Soldier	Medium: 1st 30%-100% 2nd 20%-90% 3rd 10%-80%	[?]	Eagle's Talon First Auridon Marines Noldir
Student	Easy: 1st 50%-100% 2nd 45%-100% 3rd 40%-100%	[?]	Eldwen Qusan Student Endannie
Thief	1st [?]-[?] 2nd [?]-[?] 3rd [?]-[?]	[?]	[?]
Warrior	Medium: 1st 30%-100% 2nd 20%-90% 3rd 10%-80%	[?]	Bentclaw Candion Sibati-dara

Sources[]

Patch Notes
Death Recap screen