ESO Enchanter has an important role to discover Runes and use them to create Glyphs which add enchantments to weapons, armor, and jewelry. Once applied, Glyphs increase items efficacy in combination with the traits added by blacksmiths, clothiers and woodworkers.
How to create a Glyph?
Before you can create a Glyph, you have to collect Runestones. There are 3 different types of runestones and you need one of each type to create a glyph. Once you collect Runestones from rune-nodes, go to Enchanting Table and select Creation tab, then select the runestone of each type by double clicking it, and it will appear in the appropriate “rune phrase” slot. When all 3 slots at the bottom of the screen are filled you can create a Glyph. When a glyph is created, a translation will be revealed for each of the runes used in process.
If you have some glyphs that you can’t use or sell, just extract them, and you’ll get back some of the runes you used to create them. Both Creating and Extracting glyphs processes will contribute in leveling up Enchanting profession.
How to apply Glyph on an item
When you select an item in your inventory, or equipped item, right click on it and from a drop down menu select Enchant. In a new window select Enchantment option to apply the Glyph on that item, and press E to enchant. The Glyph used for enchantment will be destroyed.
What are Runestones?
Runestones are stones that can be collected from stone-nodes scattered throughout the world of Tamriel, with characteristic appearance. They are categorized as Aspect Runestones, Essence Runestones and Potency Runestones. When you use a Runestone for the first time, its translation will be unknown to you, and during the creation process the glyph’s effects will be unknown as well.
Aspect Runestones List
Aspect Runestones are round-shaped stones, gathered from red stone-nodes. They determined Glyph’s quality level: Base (white), Fine (green), Superior (blue), Artifact (Purple), or Legendary (orange).
| Rune | Translation | Quality | 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 |
Essence Runestones
Essence Runestones are trapezoid-shaped stones, gathered from yellow stone-nodes. They determine Glyph’s type of enchantment.
| Rune | Translation | Rune | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dekeipa | Frost | Makkoma | Magicka Regen |
| Deni | Stamina | Meip | Shock |
| Denima | Stamina Regen | Oko | Health |
| Deteri | Armor | Okoma | Health Regen |
| Haoko | Disease | Okori | Power |
| Kaderi | Shield | Oru | Alchemist |
| Kuoko | Poison | Rakeipa | Fire |
| Makderi | Spell Harm | Taderi | Physical Harm |
| Makko | Magicka |
Potency Runestones
Potency Runestones are square-shaped stones gathered from blue stone-nodes. They either have additive effects or subtractive effects, like a Glyph that raises elemental damage on a weapon or a Glyph that reduces the amount of damage taken from attacks.
Additive 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 | Strong | Level 5 | Level 40—50 |
| Rera | Exaggerate | Greater | Level 6 | Level VR1—VR3 |
| Derado | Empower | Greater | Level 7 | Level VR3—VR5 |
| Recura | Magnify | Grand | Level 8 | Level VR5—VR8 |
| Cura | Intensify | ? | Level 9 | Level VR8—VR10 |
Subtractive 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 | Strong | Level 5 | Level 40—50 |
| Pode | Remove | Greater | Level 6 | Level VR1—VR3 |
| Kedeko | Drain | Greater | Level 7 | Level VR3—VR5 |
| Rede | Deprive | Grand | Level 8 | Level VR5—VR8 |
| Kude | Negate | ? | Level 9 | Level VR8—VR10 |
List of ESO Glyphs
Below you can find a list of Glyphs that can be created in the Elder Scrolls Online, categorized by armor pieces they are compatible with. In order to create a Glyph just replace “Additive” with an additive Potency Rune or replace “Subtractive” with a subtractive Potency Rune, chose the desired Essence Rune and set the quality of the Glyph using an Aspect Rune. Once you create a Glyph, read the description, as it specifically says what piece of armor it is compatible with.
ESO Weapon Glyphs
| Potency Type | Essence Rune | Glyph Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additive | Dekeipa | Glyph of Frost | Deals (x) Frost Damage |
| Additive | Deteri | Glyph of Hardening | Grants (x) point Damage Shield for (y) seconds |
| Additive | Haoko | Glyph of Foulness | Deals (x) Disease Damage |
| Additive | Kuoko | Glyph of Poison | Deals (x) Poison Damage |
| Additive | Meip | Glyph of Shock | Deals (x) Shock Damage |
| Additive | Okori | Glyph of Rage | Increases your Power by (x) for (y) seconds |
| Additive | Rakeipa | Glyph of Flame | Deals (x) Fire Damage |
| Subtractive | Makko | Glyph of Absorb Magicka | Deals (x) Magic Damage and recovers Magicka |
| Subtractive | Oko | Glyph of Absorb Health | Deals (x) Magic Damage and recovers Health |
| Subtractive | Okoma | Glyph of Decrease Health | Deals (x) unresistable damage |
| Subtractive | Okori | Glyph of Weakening | Reduce target’s Power by (x) for (y) seconds |
| Subtractive | Deni | Glyph of Absorb Stamina | Deals (x) Magic Damage and recovers Stamina |
| Subtractive | Deteri | Glyph of Crushing | Reduce target’s Armor by (x) for (y) seconds |
ESO Armor Glyphs
| Potency Type | Essence Rune | Glyph Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additive | Makko | Glyph of Magicka | Adds (x) Max Magicka |
| Additive | Oko | Glyph of Health | Adds (x) Max Health |
| Additive | Deni | Glyph of Stamina | Adds (x) Max Stamina |
ESO Jewelry Glyphs
| Potency Type | Essence Rune | Glyph Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additive | Denima | Glyph of Stamina Regen | Adds (x) Stamina Recovery |
| Additive | Kaderi | Glyph of Bashing | Increase Bash Damage |
| Additive | Makderi | Glyph of Increase Magical Harm | Adds (x) Spell Damage |
| Additive | Makkoma | Glyph of Magicka Regen | Adds (x) Magicka Recovery |
| Additive | Okoma | Glyph of Health Regen | Adds (x) Health Recovery |
| Additive | Oru | Glyph of Potion Boost | Increase Potion effect |
| Additive | Taderi | Glyph of Increase Physical Harm | Adds (x) Weapon Damage |
| Subtractive | Dekeipa | Glyph of Frost Resist | Adds (x) Frost Resistance |
| Subtractive | Denima | Glyph of Reduce Feat Cost | Reduce Stamina cost of abilities |
| Subtractive | Haoko | Glyph of Disease Resist | Adds (x) Disease Resistance |
| Subtractive | Kuoko | Glyph of Poison Resist | Adds (x) Poison Resistance |
| Subtractive | Kaderi | Glyph of Shielding | Reduce cost of Bash and reduce cost of Blocking |
| Subtractive | Makderi | Glyph of Decrease Spell Harm | Adds (x) Spell Resistance |
| Subtractive | Makkoma | Glyph of Reduce Spell Cost | Reduce (x) Magicka cost of Spells |
| Subtractive | Meip | Glyph of Shock Resist | Adds Shock Resistance |
| Subtractive | Oru | Glyph of Potion Speed | Reduce the cooldown of Potions below this item’s level by (x) seconds |
| Subtractive | Rakeipa | Glyph of Fire Resist | Adds (x) Fire Resistance |
| Subtractive | Taderi | Glyph of Decrease Physical Harm | Adds Armor |
Enchanting passive skills
- Potency Improvement – Allows the use of Potency Runestones to make Glyphs of higher levels
- Aspect Improvement – Allows the use of Base (White), Fine (Green), Superior (Blue), Artifact (Purple), Legendary (Orange) Aspect Runestones.
- Keen Eye– Runes can be spot easier
- Hireling – Ability to gather Runestones even if the player is offline, usable once per day
- Aspect Extraction – Increases the chance of extracted Aspect Runestones from Glyphs
We would like to thank SirAndy from the official beta forum for testing and collecting all information regarding runestones and glyphs.
