How to earn skill points in The Elder Scrolls Online
Several methods are available to acquire skill points, totaling up to 521 points, including all chapters and DLCs:
Level up your character to the maximum level of 50 (64 skill points).
Complete the main storyline quests (11 skill points).
Finish the storyline quests in the Ebonheart Pact, Aldmeri Dominion, Daggerfall Covenant, and Coldharbour (Coldharbour 3, Daggerfall Covenant 16, Ebonheart Pact 15, Aldmeri Dominion 15).
Complete the Imperial City storyline (1 skill point).
Complete the Orsinium storyline (3 skill points).
Complete quests in Wrothgar involve providing power, assisting Morkuldin, and aiding the Ternion Monks (3 skill points).
Finish the Summerset storyline (3 skill points).
Complete quests in Elsweyr (3 skill points).
Conclude the Murkmire storyline (3 skill points).
Complete quests in Blackwood (2 skill points).
Finish quests in the Isle of Summerset (3 skill points).
Read the Unknown Book (optional Mage Guild quest reward) (2 skill points).
Complete the Thieves Guild main quests (6 skill points).
Conclude the Dark Brotherhood main quests (8 skill points).
Finish the Clockwork City main quests (8 skill points).
Complete the Murkmire main quests (7 skill points).
Finish the Dragonhold main quests (6 skill points).
Complete the Markarth main quests (6 skill points).
Conclude the Deadlands main quests (6 skill points).
Finish the Flames of Ambition main quests (6 skill points).
Complete the main quests of the Dragon Season (3 skill points).
Complete the main quests of the Dark Heart of Skyrim (3 skill points).
Finish the main quests of the Gates of Oblivion (3 skill points).
Complete the main quests of the Legacy of the Bretons (3 skill points).
Play or skip the tutorial quest Bleakrock Isle or any previous chapter tutorials (1 skill point - Characters created before the Summerset chapter cannot obtain this skill point).
Collect Skyshards (Base game 113 skill points, DLCs, and chapters 62 skill points).
Achieve ranking in the Alliance War (50 skill points).
Complete challenges in public dungeons (Base game 16 skill points, DLCs, and chapters 14 skill points).
Finish the public dungeon quest in Blackwood (2 skill points).
Complete story quests in group dungeons (Base game 24 skill points, DLCs, and chapters 26 skill points).
Conclude the Vateshran Hollows arena in Wrothgar (1 skill point).
Unobtainable Skills:
The 3 skill points mentioned above are unobtainable depending on your content ownership and in-game choices.
2 skill points - Permanently unavailable if you decide not to accept the Unknown Book quest from the Mage Guild.
1 skill point - Permanently unavailable if your character was created before Summerset (due to inability to complete tutorial quests).
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