Enchanting - Resources, Runes, Glyphs

Enchanting is one of 6 professions in Elder Scrolls Online. It allows player to improve armor, weapons and jewelry by adding new effects. An Enchanter does not modify items directly; instead, he creates glyphs that can be applied to items. This profession will help you to modify your own items and earn gold selling rare glyphs to other players.

Skills

As any other crafting profession Enchanting has dedicated skill line but unlike most of other professions it consists of 5 passive abilities (Blacksmithing for example has 6 passives) and you will have to spend 20 skill points to master all the skills.

	Aspect Improvement (1/4)	Allows the use of [Aspect rune type] to create Glyphs of X quality.
	Potency Improvement (1/9)	Allows the use of [Potency rune types] to make Glyphs of Level X - Y.
	Keen Eye: Rune Stones (0/3)	Runes in the world will be easier to see within 20/30/40 meters.
	Hireling (0/3)	A hireling will send you runes every day.
	Aspect Extraction (0/3)	Increases the chance of extracting Aspect rune stones by 5%

These abilities will help you to progress in this profession. The most important passives are Aspect Improvement and Potency Improvement because you will not be able to progress in Enchanting without mastering these abilities.

Runes and Rune Types

You can create Glyphs from runes that can be found throughout the whole continent. There are three types of runes in ESO: Potency Runes, Essence Runes and Aspect Runes. You need at least 1 rune from each group to create a Glyph. That’s why the process of gathering is very important – you need to gather as many runes as you can.

The runes are not difficult to find. They are usually found standing near stones or trees. But you must be quick once you detect one as other players are also searching for them.

Potency Runes

Potency Runes are the first type of runes you will need. They have a square shape, are easy to recognize and you can gather them from blue gathering nodes. Potency Runes are important as they determine the level you must to be to use the glyph.

Potency Runes can be either additive or subtractive. Additive can boost, increase, gain or add something. Subtractive can decrease, lower, reduce, weaken or subtract something. For example, additive Potency Rune combined with other runes will provide you with a glyph that adds x Frost damage to weapon while the subtractive one will give you glyph that adds Resistance to frost.

Additive Potency Runes

Rune	Translation	Glyph Prefix	Potency Level	Gear Level
Jora	Develop	Trifling	Level 1	Level 1—10
Porade	Add	Inferior	Level 1	Level 5—15
Jera	Increase	Petty	Level 2	Level 10—20
Jejora	Raise	Slight	Level 2	Level 15—25
Odra	Gain	Minor	Level 3	Level 20—30
Pojora	Supplement	Lesser	Level 3	Level 25—35
Edora	Boost	Moderate	Level 4	Level 30—40
Jaera	Advance	Average	Level 4	Level 35—45
Pora	Augment	Strong	Level 5	Level 40—50
Denara	Strenghten	Major	Level 5	Veteran Rank 1—3
Rera	Exaggerate	Greater	Level 6	Veteran Rank 3—5
Derado	Empower	Grand	Level 7	Veteran Rank 5—7
Recura	Magnify	Splendid	Level 8	Veteran Rank 7—9
Kura	Intensify	Monumental	Level 9	Veteran Rank 10-14

Subtractive Potency Runes

Rune	Translation	Glyph Prefix	Potency Level	Gear Level
Jode	Reduce	Trifling	Level 1	Level 1—10
Notade	Subtract	Inferior	Level 1	Level 5—15
Ode	Shrink	Petty	Level 2	Level 10—20
Tade	Decrease	Slight	Level 2	Level 15—25
Jayde	Deduct	Minor	Level 3	Level 20—30
Edode	Lower	Lesser	Level 3	Level 25—35
Pojode	Diminish	Moderate	Level 4	Level 30—40
Rekude	Weaken	Average	Level 4	Level 35—45
Hade	Lessen	Strong	Level 5	Level 40—50
Idode	Impair	Major	Level 5	Veteran Rank 1—3
Pode	Remove	Greater	Level 6	Veteran Rank 3—5
Kedeko	Drain	Grand	Level 7	Veteran Rank 5—7
Rede	Deprive	Splendid	Level 8	Veteran Rank 7—9
Kude	Negate	Monumental	Level 9	Veteran Rank 10—14

Essence Runes

Essence Runes can be gathered from yellow nodes and can be recognized in the inventory by their trapezoid shape. While Potency Runes determine the action (add or subtract) Essence Runes determine subject - the attribute or stat that the enchant affects.

Rune	Translation
Dekeipa	Frost
Deni	Stamina
Denima	Stamina Regen
Deteri	Armor
Haoko	Disease
Kaderi	Shield
Kuoko	Poison
Makderi	Spell Harm
Makko	Magicka
Makkoma	Magicka Regen
Meip	Shock
Oko	Health
Okoma	Health Regen
Okori	Power
Oru	Alchemist
Rakeipa	Fire
Taderi	Physical Harm

Aspect Runes

Aspect Runes can be gathered from red runestone nodes and can be recognized in the inventory by their round shape.

This type of runes determines the quality of the glyph you will make. As you probably know there are 5 quality levels starting from Basic up to Legendary. You can influence the quality of your future Glyph by changing the Aspect Rune.

Rune	Translation	Quality (Item color)	Aspect Level
Ta	Base	White	Level 1
Jejota	Fine	Green	Level 1
Denata	Superior	Blue	Level 2
Rekuta	Artifact	Purple	Level 3
Kuta	Legendary	Gold	Level 4

Tip: Aspect Runes are rare and are much more difficult to find than other runes. You should never miss red gathering nodes. If you are not enchanter you can gather Aspect Runes for selling. They have rather high price.

List of All Glyphs

Right now there are three major categories of Glyphs in ESO: armor, weapon and jewelry. For example Armor Glyph can be applied to pieces of armor only. You can’t enchant your weapon with armor glyph.

Armor Glyphs

There are three types of Armor Glyphs – for increasing health, magicka or stamina. You can increase one of you core attributes with these armor glyphs.

Name	Description	Potency Rune	Essence Rune
Glyph of Magicka	Adds Max Magicka	Any Additive Potency Rune	Makko
Glyph of Health	Adds Max Health	Any Additive Potency Rune	Oko
Glyph of Stamina	Adds Max Stamina	Any Additive Potency Rune	Deni

There is one thing you should know: different armor pieces have different enchanting slots.

Head, Chest, Legs and Shield have Normal slots
Shoulders, Hands, Waist and Feet have Small slots

The difference is: when you enchant a piece of armor with a normal slot you receive the full effect of the glyph you used. When you enchant an item with small slot the effect will be lowered and you will receive about 40% – 50% of the promised effect.

For example you have an armor glyph that increases magicka by 100. If you enchant an item with normal slot you will get +100 magicka bonus. If you enchant an item with small slot you will get +50 magicka. Don’t forget about this!

Weapon Glyphs

Name	Description	Potency Rune	Essence Rune
Glyph of Frost	Deals Frost Damage	Any Additive Potency Rune	Dekeipa
Glyph of Foulness	Deals Disease Damage	Any Additive Potency Rune	Haoko
Glyph of Poison	Deals Poison Damage	Any Additive Potency Rune	Kuoko
Glyph of Shock	Deals Shock Damage	Any Additive Potency Rune	Meip
Glyph of Rage	Increases your Power by ‘x’ for ‘y’ seconds	Any Additive Potency Rune	Okori
Glyph of Flame	Deals Fire Damage	Any Additive Potency Rune	Rakeipa
Glyph of Hardening	Grants a ‘x’ point Damage Shield for ‘y’ seconds	Any Additive Potency Rune	Deteri
Glyph of Absorb Magicka	Deals Magic Damage and recovers Magicka	Any Subtractive Potency Rune	Makko
Glyph of Absorb Health	Deals Magic Damage and recovers Health	Any Subtractive Potency Rune	Oko
Glyph of Decrease Health	Deals unresistable damage	Any Subtractive Potency Rune	Okoma
Glyph of Weakening	Reduce target’s Power by ‘x’ for ‘y’ seconds	Any Subtractive Potency Rune	Okori
Glyph of Absorb Stamina	Deals Magic Damage and recovers Stamina	Any Subtractive Potency Rune	Deni
Glyph of Crushing	Reduce target’s Armor by ‘x’ for ‘y’ seconds	Any Subtractive Potency Rune	Deteri

Jewelry Glyphs

Name	Description	Potency Rune	Essence Rune
Glyph of Increase Physical Harm	Adds Weapon Damage	Additive	Taderi
Glyph of Health Regen	Adds Health Recovery	Additive	Okoma
Glyph of Magicka Regen	Adds Magicka Recovery	Additive	Makkoma
Glyph of Bashing	Increase Bash Damage	Additive	Kaderi
Glyph of Stamina Regen	Adds Stamina Recovery	Additive	Denima
Glyph of Potion Boost	Increase Potion effect	Additive	Oru
Glyph of Increase Magical Harm	Adds Spell Damage	Additive	Makderi
Glyph of Frost Resist	Adds Frost Resistance	Subtractive	Dekeipa
Glyph of Poison Resist	Adds Poison Resistance	Subtractive	Kuoko
Glyph of Decrease Spell Harm	Adds Spell Resistance	Subtractive	Makderi
Glyph of Decrease Physical Harm	Adds Armor	Subtractive	Taderi
Glyph of Reduce Feat Cost	Reduce Stamina cost of abilities	Subtractive	Denima
Glyph of Disease Resist	Adds Disease Resistance	Subtractive	Haoko
Glyph of Shielding	Reduce cost of Bash and reduce cost of Blocking	Subtractive	Kaderi
Glyph of Reduce Spell Cost	Reduce Magicka cost of Spells	Subtractive	Makkoma
Glyph of Shock Resist	Adds Shock Resistance	Subtractive	Meip
Glyph of Potion Speed	Reduce the cooldown of Potions below this item’s level by ‘x’ seconds	Subtractive	Oru
Glyph of Fire Resist	Adds Fire Resistance	Subtractive	Rakeipa

Creating a Glyph

You need to find an Enchanter’s Station in order to start crafting. These can be found in all the major cities throughout ESO. As any other crafting station the Enchanter’s table can be used by many players simultaneously.

Enchanting is pretty similar to Alchemy: when you first start out you don't know the effects of the runes. If you look at the appearance of watch rune you will notice that something is written there. But your character does not know how to use each rune. You need to discover all the effects yourself. This process is called "Rune Translating":

You can do this by combining different runes and trying to create something. If your attempt is successful you will create a glyph and discover new traits (effects) for particular runes. This process is very interesting and challenging and depends on the luck.

How to enchant an item?

After you have created a Glyph you may apply it to an item. Simply go to your inventory, Right Click on the item you want to enchant and choose “Enchant” from the dropdown menu. You will see a special window where you can choose your glyph and apply it (the glyph must be in your inventory). Once the process is finished you will get a new effect on your item. The glyph you used will disappear. 1 glyph = 1 enchantment.

Don’t forget that each item has only 1 slot for enchanting in ESO. If you apply another enchantment, the previous one will disappear.

Extraction

Enchanters can not only create Glyphs but also extract runes from glyphs. All you need for this is to have a glyph in the inventory. Extraction will not only provide you with extra runes but also will give you some experience in Enchanting. You will loot many different runes from your enemies and it is a very good source of glyphs.

Profit

Selling glyphs is a rather good way to make money. Low level glyphs (enchants) are not very popular and it’s difficult to earn money from low level glyphs. But you can sell high level glyphs at a high price. Players are looking for high level enchants for their gear. High level enchants of the best quality can make any gear much better.

Don’t forget that the price of a glyph depends on the quality. The higher the quality is the more money you can earn.

White - Normal
Green – Fine
Blue – Superior
Violet – Epic
Yellow – Legendary

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Eddie Luster 22 may 2014, 23:32 # ↓ 0

Whats «INTRICATE» trait on weapons and armor for?
Apple.Snowsong 06 june 2014, 08:42 # ↓ 0

Hi Eddie, the Trait called 'Intricate' increases the amount of inspiration gained from an item (by a particular listed percentage) when it is recycled at the appropriate related crafting station by using the deconstruct tab. For example you may get an in-game item such as the 'Sugar Jacket' that has the Trait called Intricate on it. Let's say this is a Level 4 item and has great enchantments and armor rating for that level, but later you outgrow it and want something more powerful. Well, because it has the Intricate Trait on it, you could get more inspiration by deconstructing the Sugar Jacket, than you might from an item without the Intricate Trait. If however you had a sword with the Trait called Intricate on it you could deconstruct it at the Smithing crafting station, and so on — that's what I mean by using the crafting station appropriate to the item. Another way to recycle items that you have outgrown by leveling up, is to use the Research Tab at the appropriate crafting station for that item type, and extracting the Trait from it, so that you can apply that particular Trait to another item of that type that you craft when you are ready to. When you recycle items by Deconstructing them you will get some some materials back from them; and sometimes also some improvement items such as gems, stones, or hemming etc. depending on the item type, inspiration and luck. However, when you recycle items by Researching them, you will have their Trait extracted from them and added to your list of researched Traits that you can pick from to put on the new items you make. When you either Deconstruct or Research an item this way, it does destroy the original item, but you get something back from it that helps you create new items. I hope that helps. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.