Champion Point Guide
Hello Lovelies! I bet you are curious about what to do with Champion Points and learn about the new changes that have been made to the champion point system in ESO. This is a mini-guide to help you navigate through the new system updated with Update 29, which arrives on March 8th 2021 for PC and March 16th for consoles.
The Champion Points system is a way to attain bonuses for your characters by allocating points into various stars within constellations. The three constellations are Craft, Warfare, and Fitness and are represented by three guardians: The Thief (Green), Mage (Blue) and the Warrior (Red).
Note that your champion points are equally divided between each constellation (i.e. if you have 900 points, you can only invest 300 points in each constellation). You can now earn up to a maximum of 3600 points to distribute accordingly. The points are accumulated in this order: Craft, Warfare and then Fitness.
HOW TO GET STARTED AND ACCESS MY CHAMPION POINTS?
First, you need to reach level 50 on a character. After that, your characters are able to earn Champion Points when you participate in activities that grant you experience.
The good news is that if you have multiple characters above 50, the Champion Point system will match the maximum number of points of your highest Champion Point character. You can use those points to customize each character with the perks and passives you desire.
You can access your Champion Points in game by pressing the “+” key (this is the default) and that should open up your champion points panel. Otherwise, you can bring up your menu by pressing “I” and click on the icon on the top of your screen that looks like an eight pointed star with a circle around it. 
Each star has a certain number of stages that increase the effect granted by the star. Some stars have only 1 stage, and some have multiple, like 5. You will see a horizontal bar with divisions equal to the number of stages that the star has. As you put points into the star, you will see the text at the bottom update: “Spend x points to upgrade/unlock”. As you unlock more stages you will see the ‘Current bonus’ text update. You can see an example of this here:
THE THREE CONSTELLATIONS TO INVEST POINTS IN
Below is a description of the three main constellations and a chart of the possible stars you can invest in.
Craft
The Craft constellation focuses on utility and crafting related bonuses.
| Name | Description | Stages | Total Points | Type |
| Out of Sight | Reduces the radius you can be detected while Sneaking by 1 meter per stage. | 3 | 30 | Passive |
| Gilded Fingers | Increases your gold gained by 2% per stage | 5 | 50 | Passive |
| Breakfall | Reduces your fall damage taken by 7% per stage | 5 | 50 | Passive |
| Sustaining Shadows | Reduces the cost of Sneak by 1% per stage | 50 | 50 | Slottable |
| Professional Upkeep | Reduces the cost of repairing your armor by 1% per stage | 50 | 50 | Slottable |
| Steed’s Blessing | Increases your out of combat Movement Speed by 0.4% per stage | 50 | 50 | Slottable |
| Soul Reservoir | When you resurrect yourself or another player you have a 33% chance to not consume a Soul Gem | 1 | 33 | Slottable |
| Wanderer | Reduces the cost of Wayshrine usage by 10% per stage | 5 | 75 | Passive |
| Fortune’s Favor | Increases the amount of gold you find in treasure chests and safeboxes by 10% per stage | 5 | 50 | Passive |
| Friends in Low Places | Removes 1000 gold from your bounty once per day when committing a crime where bounty is added. You must be level 50 for this passive to activate, and your current bounty must be at or greater than 1000 gold. | 1 | 25 | Slottable |
| Fleet Phantom | Reduces the Movement Speed penalty of Sneak by 5% per stage | 5 | 40 | Passive |
| Infamous | Increases the value of fenced items by 25% | 1 | 25 | Slottable |
| Shadowstrike | When you kill an enemy with Blade of Woe, you become invisible for 5 seconds after a short delay while distracting nearby enemies or potential witnesses. While under this effect you can cast Blade of Woe. | 1 | 75 | Slottable |
| Cutpurse’s Art | Increases the chance to get higher-quality loot when pickpocketing. | 1 | 75 | Slottable |
| Fade Away | Escaping from a Guard wipes 25% of your current Heat, but not Bounty. | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Inspiration Boost | Increases your crafting inspiration gained by 10% per stage. | 3 | 45 | Passive |
| Meticulous Disassembly | Improves the chances of extracting Woodworking, Blacksmithing, Clothing, and Jewelery Crafting ingredients and allows the refining of more powerful resins, tempers, tannins, and platings from raw materials. | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Master Gatherer | Reduces the time it takes to harvest by 10% per stage. | 5 | 75 | Slottable |
| Treasure Hunter | Increase the quality of items you find in treasure chests. | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Gifted Rider | Increases your Mount Speed by 2% per stage. | 5 | 100 | Slottable |
| War Mount | Improves your mastery with mounts, removing all mount Stamina costs outside of combat. | 1 | 120 | Slottable |
| Plentiful Harvest | You have a 10% chance to gain double the yield from normal resource nodes per stage. | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Homemaker | You have a 10% chance to find a second furnishing plan whenever you find a furnishing plan in the world. | 1 | 25 | Slottable |
| Steadfast Enchantment | Your Weapon Enchants decay 20% slower per stage. | 5 | 50 | Passive |
| Rationer | Adds 10 minutes to the duration of any eaten food or drink per stage. | 3 | 30 | Slottable |
| Liquid Efficiency | Whenever you use a potion or poison you have a 10% chance to not consume it. | 1 | 75 | Slottable |
| Angler’s Instincts | Increases your chance of catching higher quality fish, akin to fishing with another player. This effect can stack with other similar bonuses. | 1 | 25 | Slottable |
| Reel Technique | Decreases the time it take for a fish to bite by 25% | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
Warfare
The Warfare constellation gives bonuses that enhance your PVE/PVP combat capabilities. You can raise your damage, healing and mitigation in both stamina and magicka flavors.
| Name | Description | Stages | Total Points | Type |
| Precision | Grants 160 Critical Rating per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Eldritch Insight | Grants 260 Max Magicka per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Tireless Discipline | Grants 260 Max Stamina per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Arcane Supremacy | Increases Max Magicka by 26 per stage | 50 | 50 | Slottable |
| Untamed Aggression | Increases your Weapon and Spell Damage by 3 per stage | 50 | 50 | Slottable |
| Endless Endurance | Increases your Max Stamina by 26 per stage | 50 | 50 | Slottable |
| Blessed | Increases Healing Done by 1% per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Reaving Blows | When you deal Direct Damage you heal for 7% of the damage done | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Wrathful Strikes | Grants 41 Weapon and Spell Damage to your damaging abilities per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Backstabber | Increases your Critical Damage done by 2% per stage against enemies you are flanking | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Occult Overload | Whenever you kill an enemy under the effect of a status effect, they violently explode for 1037 Oblivion Damage per stage to all enemies in a 4 meter radius and applying a random status effect to each enemy hit. | 2 | 50 | Slottable |
| Fighting Finesse | Increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing done by 4% per stage | 2 | 50 | Slottable |
| Focused Mending | Increases your Healing Done with single target heals by 2% per stage | 5 | 50 | Passive |
| Swift Renewal | Increases your Healing Done with healing over time effects by 2% per stage | 5 | 50 | Passive |
| Soothing Tide | Increases your Healing Done by are of effect heals by 2% per stage | 5 | 50 | Passive |
| Cleansing Revival | Healing a target under 25% Health removes all harmful effects from them. Can occur once every 24 seconds | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Foresight | After you drink a potion, the cost of your Magicka and Stamina healing abilities used within 6 seconds are reduced by 75% | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Rejuvenator | Grants 41 Weapon and Spell Damage to your healing abilities per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Staving Death Sub-Constellation | ||||
| Quick Recovery | Increases your Healing Taken by 1% per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Hardy | Reduces the damage you take from Martial attacks by 1% per stage. Affects, Physical, Poison, Disease, and Bleed Damage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Preparation | Reduces damage taken from non-player attacks by 5% per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Elemental Aegis | Reduces the damage you take from Magical attakcs by 1% per stage. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost, and Shock Damage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Resilience | Grants 132 Critical Resistance per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Ironclad | Reduces your damage taken by direct damage attacks by 3% per stage | 2 | 50 | Slottable |
| Extended Might Sub-Constellation | ||||
| Piercing | Grants Offensive Penetration per stage | 2 | 40 | Passive |
| Flawless Ritual | Increases your chance to apply a Magical status effect by 30% per stage | 2 | 40 | Passive |
| Battle Mastery | Increases your chance to apply a Martial status effect by 30% per stage | 2 | 40 | Passive |
| War Mage | Grants 100 Weapon and Spell Damage to Magical attacks. Affects Magic, Flame, Frost, and Shock Damage | 1 | 30 | Passive |
| Mighty | Grants 100 Weapon and Spell Damage to Martial attacks. Affects Physical, Poison, Disease, and Bleed Damage | 1 | 30 | Passive |
| Deadly Aim | Increase your damage done with single target attacks by 3% per stage | 2 | 50 | Slottable |
| Thaumaturge | Increases your damage done with damage over time effects by 3% per stage | 2 | 50 | Slottable |
| Biting Aura | Increases your damage done with area of effect attacks by 3% per stage | 2 | 50 | Slottable |
| Duelists’ Rebuff | Reduces your damage taken by single target attacks by 3% per stage | 2 | 50 | Slottable |
| Enduring Resolve | Reduces your damage taken by damage over time attacks by 3% per stage | 2 | 50 | Slottable |
| Unassailable | Reduces your damage taken by area of effect attackes by 3% per stage | 2 | 50 | Slottable |
| Reinforced | When you begin Bracing, you gain a damage shield that absorbs 5140 damage for 3 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Riposte | When you block an attack from an enemy within 7 meters, your next direct attack made within 5 seconds deals 33% additional damage. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Bulwark | While you have a Shield or Frost Staff equiped, your Spell and Physical Resistance is increased by 1900 | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Last Stand | When you take damage below 20% Health you gain Major Heroism, granting 3 Ultimate every 1.5 seconds for 9 seconds. This effect can occur once every 9 seconds | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Cutting Defense | You deal 274 Magic Damage to attackers whenever they damage you with a direct damage attack within 7 meters. This effect scales off the higher of your Physical or Spell Resistance and can activate your Weapon Enchantments and Poisons | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
Fitness
The Fitness constellation grants you increased health and enhances core mechanics such as dodging, sprinting and blocking.
| Name | Description | Stages | Total Points | Type |
| Boundless Vitality | Grants 28 Max Health per stage | 50 | 50 | Slottable |
| Fortified | Grants 34.6 Armor per stage | 50 | 50 | Slottable |
| Rejuvenation | Grants 1.8 Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery per stage | 50 | 50 | Slottable |
| Tumbling | Reduces the cost of Roll Dodge by 120 Stamina per stage | 2 | 30 | Passive |
| Sprinter | Reduces the cost of Sprint by 20 Stamina per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Tireless Guardian | Reduces the cost of Block by 20 Stamina per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Expert Evasion | Your next Roll Dodge is free of cost. After consuming this effect, you cannot gain it again for 30 seconds | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Defiance | Reduces the cost of Break Free by 110 Stamina per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Mystic Tenacity | Reduces the duration of Elemental Status Effects applied to you by 5% per stage | 5 | 50 | Passive |
| Hasty | Increases movement speed when Sprinting by 2% per stage | 2 | 16 | Passive |
| Savage Defense | Reduces the cost of Bash by 45 Stamina per stage | 2 | 30 | Passive |
| On Guard | While under the effects of Crowd Control Immunity, increases the amount of damage you block by 2% per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Nimble Protector | Increases your Movement Speed while Bracing by 3% per stage | 2 | 6 | Passive |
| Fortification | Increases the amount of damage you can block by 2% per stage | 2 | 30 | Passive |
| Rousing Speed | Reduces the cost of Sprint by 50 Stamina per stage, while under the effects of Crowd Control Immunity | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Bashing Brutality | Increases your Bash damage by 60 per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Hardened | Increases the duration of Crowd Control Immunity by 3% per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Peace of Mind | Increases Magicka and Health Recovery while under the effects of Crowd Control Immunity by 40 per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Juggernaut | While under the effects of Crowd Control Immunity, you take 1% less damage per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Slippery | When you are affected by a disabling effect, you automatically Break Free for no cost. After using this effect, you become Winded and cannot trigger this effect or others like it for 21 seconds | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Unchained | When you use Break Free, the cost of your next Stamina ability used within 5 seconds is reduced by 11% per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Survival Instincts | While afflicted with a Status Effect, your core combat skills cost 5% less per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Hero’s Vigor | Grants 280 Max Health per stage | 2 | 20 | Passive |
| Tempered Soul | Return to life after resurrection with 5% more resources per stage | 2 | 50 | Passive |
| Piercing Gaze | Increases your Stealth Detection by 1 meter per stage | 3 | 30 | Passive |
| Shield Master | Reduces the cost of your damage shield abilities by 2% per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Strategic Reserve | Gain 30 Health Recovery for every 10 Ultimate you have | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Siphoning Spells | Restore 300 Magicka per stage, whenever you kill an enemy | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Bastion | Increases the effectiveness of your damage shields and damage against shielded enemies by 3% per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Bloody Renewal | Restore 300 Stamina per stage, whenever you kill an enemy | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
| Spirit Mastery | Decreases the time it takes to resurrect an ally by 33% | 1 | 50 | Slottable |
| Arcane Alacrity | While under the effects of a damage shield your dodge roll costs 160 less stamina per stage | 5 | 50 | Slottable |
CHAMPION BAR (SLOTTABLE STARS)
Some stars are passive but most require you to slot them onto your champion bar to activate. If you invested enough points to unlock the first stage of the star, you can drag and drop it to your Champion Bar to have it active. You can only have a maximum of four slottable stars per constellation. You can change between multiple unlocked slottable stars different situations when needed.
ENLIGHTENMENT
Enlightenment is a mechanic that gives your character a bonus towards earning champion points. You may notice it when you log on to a character and it is added to your account every day. It acts as a nice power boost when you participate in activities that grant you experience (eg. questing, killing mobs, doing dungeons, etc.). It also accrues over time so it can act as a catch-up mechanism for players that don’t play as often.
HOW DO I REALLOCATE MY POINTS?
To reallocate your points you will need to go into champion point screen and then press ‘Redistribute’ at the bottom (default ‘F’). Then you will be able to change your point allocation around. If you confirm your changes you will be charged 3000g. You can exit out without confirming by clicking ‘Cancel Redistribute’ and you will not be charged anything.
Champion Point Calculator Mobile App
You can download a free app to calculate champion points for iPhone here: ESO Champion Point Calculator
- Browse champion point stars in each of the constellations
- Fill in champion points and keep track of slotted stars
- Automatically find the shortest required path to all your target stars
- Save multiple builds for all your characters