Addons, also known as mods or modifications, are user-created software extensions that enhance or modify the game's interface and functionality. In ESO, addons provide a way to customize the game's user interface (UI) and add new features that are not available in the base game. These can range from simple visual tweaks, like adding a minimap, to more complex features that track combat statistics or manage your inventory more effectively.

Why should you use them?

Addons in ESO enhance your experience by adding helpful features that the base game lacks, such as customizable user interface elements, minimaps, and advanced inventory management tools. They provide valuable information, like combat statistics, ability timers, and resource locations, making it easier to improve your performance in both PvE and PvP activities. Addons can also streamline repetitive tasks, like crafting writs or tracking quests, saving you time and effort. Overall, they allow you to tailor the game to your specific preferences, making your gameplay more efficient, enjoyable, and aligned with your playstyle.

Option 1: Using Minion (Recommended)

• 1. Download Minion: Visit Minion [minion.mmoui.com] website and download the application suitable for your operating system (Windows or Mac).
  
• 2. Install Minion: Follow the installation instructions to set up Minion on your computer.
  
• 3. Run Minion: Open Minion and let it scan your system for ESO.
  
• 4. Browse and Install Addons: Use Minion's search feature to find the addons you want, and click "Install" to add them to your game.
  
• 5. Launch ESO: Start the game, and go to the "Add-ons" menu in the character select screen to enable or disable your installed addons.

Option 2: Manual Installation

• 1. Download the Addon: Go to a reliable addon site like ESOUI [www.esoui.com] and download the addon you want.
  
• 2. Extract the Files: Unzip the downloaded addon files using software like WinRAR or 7-Zip.
  
• 3. Locate the ESO Addons Folder: Navigate to your ESO Addons folder, usually found in:
  - Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live\AddOns (Windows)
  - ~/Documents/Elder Scrolls Online/live/AddOns (Mac)
  
• 4. Copy the Addon Files: Drag the extracted addon folder into the "AddOns" directory.
  
• 5. Launch ESO: Start the game and enable your new addon from the "Add-ons" menu.

YouTube Video Tutorial
For a visual guide, check out this YouTube video:

Map & Navigation Addons

• Votan’s Minimap: Adds a mini-map to the game, which is great for navigating without constantly referring to the full map.

• Destinations: Marks various points of interest, skyshards, quests, and achievements on the map.

User Interface Enhancements

• Azurah – Interface Enhanced: Allows customization of unit frames, action bars, and various UI elements.

• Advanced UI: Offers a customizable UI that adds more action bars, combat stats, and a combat log.

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• Bandit UI

Combat & Skill Addons

• Combat Metrics: Provides detailed combat statistics, including damage per second (DPS), healing per second (HPS), and more.

• Action Duration Reminder: Tracks the duration of your abilities and buffs with visual indicators.
  
  
• Hodor Reflexes: Displays group DPS, allows for quick coordination, and even offers fun personalized icons.

Inventory Management

• Inventory Insight: Helps you track items across multiple characters and accounts, so you never lose track of valuable items.

• Auto Category – Gamedefault Integration: Automatically sorts your inventory into categories to keep things organized.

PvE Content

• RaidNotifier: Notifies players of important mechanics during trials and dungeons.

PvP Content

• Code’s Combat Alerts: Provides alerts for PvP skills and mechanics, improving awareness in fast-paced environments.

• AP Meter: Tracks your Alliance Points (AP) earnings, which is useful for PvP players.

Crafting and Economy

• Master Merchant: Shows historical sales data, allowing you to price items effectively and find the best deals.

• CraftStore: Tracks crafting progress, known recipes, and allows you to plan out crafting skills for multiple characters.

Roleplaying (RP)

• BeamMeUp – Teleporter: Helps player find and teleport to friends and guild members quickly

• Pchat: Enhances the chat window for easier roleplaying, adding timestamp and other features.
  

• Ntak dialog: Option to hide text from NPC's when they speak (Thank you KapiteinBoterham)

• Loreplay forever: Can make your character do emotes when they're afk or by the press of a button

• LoreBooks: Tracks all lore books in the game and shows their locations.

• SkyShards: Marks the locations of all skyshards on the map

• Harvest Map: Saves the location of resources, treasure chests, and other nodes on the map for future reference. You can also download data for it, this way you'll have all nodes unlocked

• Lazy Writ Crafter: Automatically completes crafting writs for you, making daily quests much quicker.

• Achievement Tracker: Allows you to create a custom list of achievements you want to track, displaying your progress in real-time on the screen. This addon makes it easy to keep an eye on multiple achievements without constantly opening the achievements menu.

• Tamriel Journal: A detailed achievement tracker that provides comprehensive information on all achievements, including dungeon, trial, and PvP achievements. It allows you to see your progress, find missing requirements, and plan your gameplay to complete achievements efficiently.

• Lost Treasure: Shows the locations of treasure map chests and survey report locations on the map

• Master Cook: Tracks which recipes you have learned and provides a list of unknown recipes, helping players complete the Master Chef achievement and collect all recipes

• Undaunted Pledges Utilities: Assists in tracking Undaunted achievements by providing information about daily pledges, the quickest dungeon routes, and which dungeons you need to complete for specific achievements.

• Collectible Tracker: Keeps track of all the collectibles you have obtained, such as pets, mounts, and costumes, showing which ones you are missing

• Rare Fish Tracker: Fishers best friend

Dragonknight

• Action Duration Reminder: Keeps track of ability durations and buffs, essential for maintaining damage over time (DoT) effects, which are crucial for Dragonknight DPS builds.
  
• Grim Focus Counter: Tracks the stacks for Dragonknight abilities like Molten Whip, which require precise timing for optimal damage.

Sorcerer

• Sorcerer Helper: Shows detailed information for Sorcerer-specific abilities, such as Crystal Fragments and Haunting Curse, helping with ability management and burst timing.
  
• Pet Healer: Keeps track of your pet’s health, which is essential for pet builds, allowing you to manage heals and resummons effectively.

Nightblade

• Srendarr: Tracks buffs, debuffs, and cooldowns, which is particularly useful for Nightblades who need to monitor their stealth abilities and execute phases closely.
  
• Combat Cloud: Displays visual alerts for critical hit damage, resource gain, and ultimate gain, allowing Nightblades to time their high-burst damage rotations effectively.

Templar

• FTC – Foundry Tactical Combat: Provides detailed combat statistics and helps manage resource regeneration, which is key for Templars who often play as tanks or healers.
  
• Untaunted: Tracks taunts and debuffs on enemies, which is vital for Templar tanks who need to maintain enemy aggro and debuff uptime.

Warden

• Warden Ultimate Tracker: Monitors the use of Warden-specific ultimate abilities like Enchanted Forest, providing notifications when teammates are in range for maximum benefit.
  
• Advanced Healer Helper: Displays ally health bars and statuses, helping Wardens who are healers focus on the right targets and time their healing abilities.

Necromancer

• Necromancer Assistant: Tracks necromancer-specific abilities like Blastbones, which need precise timing to maximize damage output.
  
• Alcast’s Necro Toolkit: A set of tools and trackers for optimizing Necromancer’s Grave Lord skills and pet management, enhancing both DPS and tanking roles.

Arcanist

• Arcanist Ability Timer: Tracks the cooldowns and durations of Arcanist-specific abilities, such as Apocryphal Gate and Fatecarver, allowing you to time your abilities for maximum efficiency and damage output.
  
• Crux Tracker: Displays a visual indicator on your screen to track the Crux mechanic, a key component of the Arcanist class, showing how many Crux points you have accumulated and when to use them for powerful abilities.
  
• Arcanist Helper: Provides detailed information and alerts for Arcanist-specific skills, such as Herald of the Tome and Curative Runeforms, helping you manage your skill rotation and ability usage in both PvE and PvP.
  
• Ultimate Tracker: Keeps track of the Arcanist's unique ultimate abilities, such as The Tide King's Gaze or Chakram of Destiny, notifying you when they are fully charged and ready to use, ensuring you never miss a crucial moment to unleash your ultimate.

Tanking Addons

• Tank Buddy: Tracks the status of taunts, crowd control abilities, and major debuffs on enemies, which is essential for maintaining control and reducing incoming damage.
  
• Code’s Combat Alerts: Provides alerts for blocking, dodging, or mitigating heavy attacks and mechanics, making it easier for tanks to survive challenging encounters.

Healing Addons

• RaidNotifier: Offers real-time notifications for raid and dungeon mechanics that healers need to react to, such as incoming damage phases or the need to cleanse debuffs.
  
• HealerHelper: Automatically targets the lowest-health ally, allowing healers to react quickly and efficiently during intense combat situations.

Damage Dealing (DPS) Addons

• Combat Metrics: Tracks your damage output (DPS), healing output, and provides a detailed breakdown of all combat events, allowing DPS players to optimize their rotations.
  
• Hodor Reflexes: Displays group DPS and other useful stats, promoting better coordination during trials or dungeons.

By using these addons, you can significantly enhance your gameplay experience in "The Elder Scrolls Online," whether you are a seasoned player or just starting your adventure. Addons can help streamline your user interface, improve your combat effectiveness, organize your inventory, and make your journey through Tamriel more enjoyable. They also provide invaluable assistance in farming achievements, managing roles in group content, and optimizing class-specific abilities.

Remember to keep your addons updated regularly to ensure compatibility with the latest game patches and to take full advantage of new features or improvements. Whether you choose to use an addon manager like Minion or manually install them, these tools will provide you with the support you need to excel in all aspects of the game.

Explore the options, customize your setup to suit your playstyle, and enjoy everything that ESO has to offer with these essential and specialized addons!

And once again Happy Adventuring!

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