Online:Mages Guild

This article is about the faction. For one of the various places, see Category:Online-Places.

The Mages Guild is an association dedicated to magical learning found all over Tamriel. To join, go to any Mages Guild and speak with Curinure, Nemarc, or Rudrasa (regardless of your alliance) and tell them you're ready to join. To gain reputation with them, you must bring them lost tomes of Tamrielic lore. Each lorebook adds five points to the Mages Guild skill line, and an increasing number of points is required to gain a rank. Good relations with the guild can earn you new skills, perks, and abilities. The Mages Guild quest line is focused around the Daedric Prince of Madness, Sheogorath.

The Mages Guild, along with the Fighters Guild, is also at the head of an assault into Coldharbour which takes place at the culmination of the Alliance Storyline and Main Quest. Note that progression through the Mages Guild quest line does not affect this in any way.

Quests

• Joining Quests

Curinure's Invitation: Visit the local Mages Guild.
Nemarc's Invitation: Accept an invitation to join the Mages Guild.
Rudrasa's Invitation: Seek out the Mages Guild.

• Long Lost Lore: Recover books from a local ruin and uncover the secrets of its author.
• Simply Misplaced: Recover two items that the Mad God claims to have misplaced.
• Circus of Cheerful Slaughter: Take part in Sheogorath's production, The Folly of Isolation.
• Chateau of the Ravenous Rodent: Explore Sheogorath's dark manse to recover the final book.
• The Mad God's Bargain: Release Shalidor's sanctuary from Sheogorath's lingering hold.
• The Arch-Mage's Boon: Accept Shalidor's gift of the Eidetic Memory.

Public Dungeon Dailies

These quests are available after joining the Mages Guild, and are offered by Alvur Baren located within the Mages Guild buildings of Elden Root (Grahtwood), Mournhold (Deshaan), and Wayrest (Stormhaven). These quests will send you to a random public dungeon to retrieve an artifact associated with Sheogorath. These quests can be shared with other members of your group, so it is possible to do up to 15 of these quests in a day. These quests will give Mages Guild reputation, as well as a small box of rewards. These quests are one way of obtaining the Draugr motif.

•  Madness in Alik'r Desert: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Alik'r.
•  Madness in Auridon: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Auridon.
•  Madness in Bangkorai: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Bangkorai.
•  Madness in Deshaan: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Deshaan.
•  Madness in Eastmarch: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Eastmarch.
•  Madness in Glenumbra: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Glenumbra.
•  Madness in Grahtwood: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Grahtwood.
•  Madness in Greenshade: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Greenshade.
•  Madness in Malabal Tor: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Malabal Tor.
•  Madness in Reaper's March: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Reaper's March.
•  Madness in Rivenspire: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Rivenspire.
•  Madness in Shadowfen: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Shadowfen.
•  Madness in Stonefalls: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Stonefalls.
•  Madness in Stormhaven: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in Stormhaven.
•  Madness in the Rift: Help recover a relic of the Mad God in the Rift.

Skill Perks

Progression

Persuasive Will								1
								2								Magelight
Mage Adept I								3
								4								Entropy
Everlasting Magic I Mage Adept II								5
								6								Fire Rune
Magicka Controller I Everlasting Magic II								7
								8								Equilibrium
Might of the Guild I Magicka Controller II								9
Might of the Guild II								10								Meteor

Ulfsild's Contingency

Notes

• The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 50 160. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 12000, Max Health 16000, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1000. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.

Ultimate Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost of Ultimate.

Name		Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Meteor	10	Instant		Enemy	28 meters	5 meters	–	200 Ultimate
		Call a comet down from the constellations to blast an enemy, dealing [10761 / 10879 / 10998 / 11116] Flame Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them down, and stunning them for 2 seconds. After impact, enemies in the target area take [3074 / 3106 / 3140 / 3174] Flame Damage every 1 second for 11 seconds.
				Ice Comet	Increases the damage, deals Frost Damage, and reduces the Movement Speed of enemies hit. Call a comet down from the constellations to blast an enemy, dealing [12227 / 12363 / 12497 / 12631] Frost Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them down, stunning them for 2 seconds, and reducing their Movement Speed by 50% for 5 seconds. After impact, enemies in the target area take [3494 / 3533 / 3571 / 3609] Frost Damage every 1 second for 11 seconds.
				Shooting Star	You generate Ultimate for each enemy hit by the initial blast. Call a comet down from the constellations to blast an enemy, dealing 11116 Flame Damage to all enemies in the area, knocking them down, and stunning them for 2 seconds. After impact, enemies in the target area take 3176 Flame Damage every 1 second for 11 seconds. You generate [9 / 10 / 11 / 12] Ultimate for each enemy hit by the initial blast.

Active Abilities

Name		Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Magelight	2	Instant		Area	–	6 meters	5 seconds	5130 Magicka
		Cost: [5400 / 5310 / 5220 / 5130] Magicka. Summon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon Critical and Spell Critical rating by 2629.
				Inner Light	Also increases your Max Magicka while slotted. Summon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon Critical and Spell Critical rating by 2629 and your Max Magicka is increased by [2 / 3 / 4 / 5]%.
				Radiant Magelight	Increases the radius of the reveal. You and nearby allies cannot be stunned from sneak attacks while slotted. Reduces the cost as the ability ranks up. Cost: [5130 / 5040 / 4950 / 4860] Magicka, Radius: 12 meters. Summon a mote of magelight, revealing stealthed and invisible enemies around you for 5 seconds. Exposed enemies cannot return to stealth or invisibility for 4 seconds. While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing your Weapon Critical and Spell Critical rating by 2629. You also prevent the stun from stealth attacks for you and nearby allies.
	Entropy	4	Instant		Enemy	28 meters	–	20 seconds	2700 Magicka
		Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing [12303 / 12427 / 12572 / 12719] Magic Damage over 20 seconds.
				Degeneration	You gain Major Brutality and Sorcery for a time after casting. Reduces the cost as the ability ranks up. Cost: [2700 / 2610 / 2520 / 2430] Magicka. Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 12685 Magic Damage over 20 seconds. Excess magic spills out from them, granting you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 20 seconds.
				Structured Entropy	Adds a heal over time when the damage over time is active. Bind an enemy with chaotic magic, dealing 12685 Magic Damage over 20 seconds, and healing you for [1153 / 1165 / 1177 / 1191] every 2 seconds.
	Fire Rune	6	Instant		Ground	28 meters	3 meters	20 seconds	3240 Magicka
		Inscribe a rune of cosmic fire on the earth, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 20 seconds. When triggered, the rune blasts all enemies in the target area for [6149 / 6215 / 6283 / 6352] Flame Damage.
				Volcanic Rune	The rune knocks enemies into the air and stuns them. Reduces the cost as the ability ranks up. Cost: [3240 / 3150 / 3060 / 2970] Magicka. Inscribe a rune of cosmic fire on the earth, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 20 seconds. When triggered, the rune blasts all enemies in the target area for 6352 Flame Damage, knocks them into the air, and stuns them for 3 seconds.
				Scalding Rune	The rune also deals additional damage over time. Inscribe a rune of cosmic fire on the earth, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 20 seconds. When triggered, the rune blasts all enemies in the target area for 6352 Flame Damage and an additional [7607 / 7682 / 7749 / 7852] Flame Damage over 22 seconds.
	Equilibrium	8	Instant		Self	–	–	–	6000 Health
		Barter with Oblivion to trade vitality for power, sacrificing your Health in exchange for [2700 / 2800 / 2900 / 3000] Magicka. The exchange reduces your healing done and damage shield strength by 50% for 4 seconds.
				Spell Symmetry	After the exchange is complete, the cost of your next Magicka ability is reduced. Barter with Oblivion to trade vitality for power, sacrificing your Health in exchange for 3000 Magicka. After the exchange is complete, the cost of your next Magicka ability is reduced by [30 / 31 / 32 / 33]% for 5 seconds. The exchange reduces your healing done and damage shield strength by 50% for 4 seconds.
				Balance	After the exchange is complete, you gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance. Barter with Oblivion to trade vitality for power, sacrificing your Health in exchange for 3000 Magicka. After the exchange is complete, you gain Major Resolve for [27 / 28 / 29 / 30] seconds, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948. The exchange reduces your healing done and damage shield strength by 50% for 4 seconds.

Passive Abilities

Name		Line Rank	Skill Rank	Description
	Persuasive Will	1		Allows you to Persuade NPCs in conversation.
	Mage Adept	3		Reduces the Magicka and Health cost of your Mages Guild abilities by 8%.
		5		Reduces the Magicka and Health cost of your Mages Guild abilities by 15%.
	Everlasting Magic	5		Increases the duration of your Mages Guild abilities by 1 second.
		7		Increases the duration of your Mages Guild abilities by 2 seconds.
	Magicka Controller	7		Increases your Max Magicka and Magicka Recovery by 1% for each Mages Guild ability slotted.
		9		Increases your Max Magicka and Magicka Recovery by 2% for each Mages Guild ability slotted.
	Might of the Guild	9		Casting a Mages Guild ability grants you Empower, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 70% for 5 seconds.
		10		Casting a Mages Guild ability grants you Empower, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 70% for 10 seconds.

Reputation

All guilds use reputation for leveling purposes. Mages Guild Reputation is gained by finding Lorebooks. Each Lorebook recovered grants 5, while completing a collection of lorebooks grants 20. You can also earn 10 for each completed Public Dungeon daily quest, and 5 for each^{[verification needed]} relic recovery achievement. It takes 1380 Reputation points to reach Mages Guild Rank 10, and it is possible to earn 1365 by collecting all Lorebooks within your home alliance territories, Coldharbour and Cyrodiil. The remaining 15 must come from dailies or the zone collections of the other alliance areas.

Rank	Reputation Required for Next Rank	Total Reputation for Rank
1	70	0
2	90	70
3	110	160
4	130	270
5	150	400
6	170	550
7	190	720
8	210	910
9	260	1120
10	-	1380

Generic Members

• Mages Guild Adept
• Mages Guild Apprentice
• Mages Guild Conjurer
• Mages Guild Destroyer
• Mages Guild Healer
• Mages Guild Researcher
• Mages Guild Scholar
• Mages Guild Warlock
• Mages Guild Wizard

Achievements

There are six achievements associated with this faction:

Achievement		Points	Description	Reward
	Student of the Mages Guild	5	Join the Mages Guild.	Mages Guild Blue
	Arch-Mage	50	Complete the Mages Guild series of quests.	Eyevea Blue Title: Master Wizard
	Mages Guild Skill Master	50	Reach the max level of the Mages Guild Skill Line.	Arcane Blue
	The Madness Isn't Catching	5	Recover your first Mad God's relic for Alvur Baren.
	But I'd Say It's Rather Fetching	10	Recover 10 Mad God's relics for Alvur Baren.
	With Butterflies A-Retching	15	Recover 30 Mad God's relics for Alvur Baren.

Notes

• For historical information on the Mages Guild, see the lore article.
• The Everlasting Magic passive only affects the duration of your Mages Guild Skills, not the amount of damage. For example, at level 2 of the passive, Degeneration will do 4653 damage over 12 seconds (387 dps) instead of over 10 seconds (465 dps).