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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
…written and maintained by Aardvark.
The Elder Scrolls Online has been around since 2014, and the player experience has grown progressively better over the years.
ZeniMax has consistently released quality new ESO Download Content (DLC) and Expansion Packs. The game engine is modern and uses DirectX 11.
If you played ESO at release, but not after “One Tamriel”, consider giving it another try. The core gameplay changed to allow players to play quests, explore areas, and group up with others without restrictions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online
The latest expansion pack, Blackwood, is now available as of June 1st, 2021!
Leveling Guide
https://www.mmorpgtips.com/eso-leveling-guide/#ESO_Leveling_Addons
World Map https://game-maps.com/ESO/Tamriel-ESO-World-Map.asp
IMPORTANT NOTES
Although you may bot on ESO Free-To-Play (F2P) accounts, it is highly recommended to pay for ESO Plus.
The main attraction is the Craft Bag, which allows you to store unlimited amounts of crafting materials.
You will run into frequent full inventory issues, even with the maximum slots, if you do not subscribe.
ZeniMax Media and its game publisher, Bethesda Softworks, were acquired by Microsoft in 2021.
Bethesda will now be run as a separate business at Microsoft, with its existing leadership. This is the same approach Microsoft has used for its recent big acquisitions, including Mojang, LinkedIn, and GitHub.
Maintain a text file with all of your account information.
You may need any or all of this information to re-claim an account or work with Zenimax customer service, and it increases the sale price significantly should you sell your ESO account later on.
Example Text File
Additional Pro Tips
Your key code is found on the “Keycodes” tab of the launcher.
Key codes are not e-mailed.
Try a different browser.
Also disable any ad or script blockers.
Buy a trial key… they're super cheap. If you cannot afford a trial key, you may want to consider selling your body.
You can always make Minion purchases with confidence thanks to the user-friendly refund policy.
If you want to buy gold:
Real Money Transactions (gold buying/selling) are taken seriously, are very well-monitored, and will almost always result in permanent account bans. (no warnings, suspensions… just BAN)
If you decide to throw caution to the wind and buy gold from an independent seller:
Check the e-mail you used to register your ESO account. You likely need to authorize the network with the e-mailed passcode.
Error: Failed to download the update manifest for product ID=10. Something has blocked the manifest, Minion will not work properly
This is a problem with your Comcast/xFi Internet Service Provider.
You need get on the Xfinity xFi app, select More > My Services > xFi Advanced Security > Disable.
Software with Known Compatibility Issues
The following software may cause game crashes, performance problems or other issues.
If you experience problems, please try uninstalling this software before opening a support ticket.
No, but you can still get caught if you bot long hours or are reported by other players.
Permanent bans are common, but you may receive a one-time reprieve if you contact customer service.
If you (or your addons) do anything too quickly, you may be issued a “social ban”. These are automatically doled out by the ESO servers to prevent “spamming”, and are usually triggered on false positives resulting in the muting of innocent players.
If you get a social ban, you will be unable to
You can test to see if you're social-banned by sending a message to yourself. (/tell @MyAccountName Hello!) You'll see the message appear twice in the chat window if you are not social-banned.
If you get muted, simply request customer service un-mutes your account.
Don't be too verbose in your problem description or customer service will get confused.
NOTE: The official ESO “Minion” addon manager is NOT the same as MMOMinion)
No. The health and damage output calculations are all server-side.
No. You can start the game, then have Minion attach by not filling out your game username and password in the launcher.
Read up. Also feel free to learn LUA from YouTube University. (i.e. search YouTube)
Minion's LUA API - http://wiki.mmominion.com/doku.php?id=lua_api
LUA Reference Manual - https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/
Minion's GUI API - http://wiki.mmominion.com/doku.php?id=gui_api
Examples of almost everything you can do with Minion's LUA API's are in \MINIONAPP\Bots\ESOMinion64\LuaMods\Dev\devmonitor.lua
Almost everything you can do with Zenimax's Official ESO API is documented on ESOUI.
Additional Official Functions (when the site is up)