ESO: The Best 10 Mythics You Should Use

Based on the latest ESO combat changes, we ranked 10 Mythics You Should Use in ESO Update 42 and Gold Road Chapter.

This build has been updated for the Updated 42, the Gold Road Chapter of the Elder Scrolls Online (ESO).

Mythics are a special unlockable item in the Elder Scrolls Online that makes unique changes to your build. After scrying for five unique items, combine them to create the mythic. Once unlocked, you can create as many through the transmute station.

To be able to acquire the ranked ESO best 10 mythics, you will need the following:

Blackwood DLC
High Isle DLC
Greymoor DLC
Deadlands DLC
Markarth DLC
Necrom DLC

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What are the Top 10 Mythics for ESO?

The best mythics in eso are the Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet, Death Dealer’s Fete, and the Pearls of Ehlnofey. The Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet tops this list as the most dominant mythic in the most content. You can slot this mythic for almost anything and feel the damage boost.

Death Dealer’s Fete is a close second for primarily PvP content, as it offers the most stats in the game on a single item. While the Pearls of Ehlnofey might be the most impactful mythic in the Elder Scrolls Online when paired with the Pillager’s Promise set, it comes in third because it is a much more niche option in group content.

The Best 10 Mythics in ESO you should use:

Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet
Death Dealer’s Fete
Pearls of Ehlnofey
Markyn’s Ring of Majesty
Spaulder of Ruin
Sea Serpent’s Coil
Malacath’s Band of Brutality
Harpooner’s Wading Kilt
Mora’s Whispers
The Oakensoul Ring

10. The Oakensoul Ring

Oakensoul provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

(1 item) While equipped, you are unable to swap between your Primary and Backup Weapon Sets and gain Minor Berserk, Minor Courage, Major Brutality, Major Sorcery, Major Prophecy, Major Savagery, Minor Force, Minor Protection, Major Resolve, Minor Mending, Minor Fortitude, Minor Intellect, Minor Endurance, Minor Heroism, Minor Slayer, Minor Aegis, and Empower.

The Oakensoul Ring has been an impactful mythic since it was released with High Isle. While it’s still an excellent option if you want to play a one-bar build, it just doesn’t perform as well as a proper two-bar build. However, it still snags tenth place on our list because it opens up an entire genre of builds that perform well in the meta.

Even if you do not want to play a one-bar build, they are still more than competent for alts who only enter Cyrodiil for their tier 1s.

How to get the Oakensoul Ring:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Igneous Inlays	High Isle and Amenos	High Isle and Amenos	Volcanic vents in High Isle and Amenos
Larimar Gems	High Isle and Amenos	Stormhaven	Titanclaw boss at Mudcrab Beach in Stormhaven
Petrified Oak Loop	High Isle and Amenos	Murkmire	Safeboxes and Thieves Troves in the Murkmire zone
Sacred Resin	High Isle and Amenos	Malabal Tor	Any monster in Malabal Tor
Stone Shank Frame	High Isle and Amenos	Glenumbra	Blacksmithing nodes in Glenumbra

9. Mora’s Whispers

The Mora’s Whispers mythic provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

(1 item) Gain up to 1528 Critical Chance and 10% increased Inspiration, Alliance Rank, Alliance skill, and 15% monster kill experience based on how many books of Shalidor’s Library have been collected.

Mora’s is one of the best set-and-forget mythics in the Elder Scrolls Online. It offers the most critical chance from a single item in the game and some nice to-have bonus passives. They’re not why you choose this mythic; it’s all about the crit.

Mora’s can be used in both PvE and PvP. While there might be better options, 1528 is a ton of critical chance. You can easily slot Mora’s in almost any build, and it will perform well. The only major setup of this myth is that it requires a large amount of Shalidor’s Library to be collected. This list isn’t account-wide, so you must recollect every book again per character to run this mythic on multiple characters. It’s perfect on the Sorcerer, Dragonknight, and, to a lesser extent, the Templar. It’s not used in the other classes as much.

How to get Mora’s Whispers:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Bloodshot Oculus	High Isle and Amenos	Any	Any Watcher monster
Lurker-skin Sheath	High Isle and Amenos	Reaper’s March	Vile Manse Public Dungeon Treasure Chests
Sclerotic Tentacle	High Isle and Amenos	Deadlands	Watchlings in the Deadlands zone, including Atoll of Immolation
Seeker-sinew Thread	High Isle and Amenos	Deadlands	Clothing Nodes in the Deadlands Zone
Twitching Eyeball	High Isle and Amenos	Imperial City Prison	Watcher Boss in the Imperial City Dungeon

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8. Harpooner’s Wading Kilt Mythic

The Harpooner’s Wading Kilt provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

(1 item) Dealing direct damage grants you a stack of Hunter’s Focus for 20 seconds, up to 10 stacks max. You can only gain 1 stack of Hunter’s Focus per second. Each stack of Hunter’s Focus increases your Critical Chance by 110 and your Critical Damage by 1%. Taking direct damage removes 5 stacks of Hunter’s Focus, up to once per second. Removing Harpooner’s Wading Kilt removes all stacks of Hunter’s Focus.

The Harpooner’s Wading Kilt is more of a situational mythic in the Elder Scrolls Online, landing it slightly higher on our 10 best mythics in the ESO list. When it’s good, though, it’s excellent.

The Kilt quickly builds a lot of stacks, and staying at max stacks is your priority to maximize the buff. Stacking up to 10 times, this item gives 1100 critical chances and 10% critical damage as long as you can maintain your stacks.

This item is so situationally powerful because you only lose stacks to direct damage. During fights with very little direct damage, you can stay at 10 stacks the entire fight. For the same reason, however, this is more of a PvE mythic than a PvP mythic, as your stacks drop off almost as soon you enter combat in PvP.

How to get the Harpooner’s Wading Kilt:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Bog-Blue Jasper Fetish	Blackwood	Ruins of Mazzatun	Ruins of Mazzatun Dungeon Final Boss
Kothringi-Cut Leather	Blackwood	Blackwood	Blackwood World Bosses
Silverweave Cord	Blackwood	Bal Foyen	Covenant enemies
Tide-Glass Beads	Blackwood	Shadowfen	All Shadowfen water and alchemy nodes
Wolf-Tail Sash	Blackwood	Murkmire	Murkmire foul fishing spots

7. Malacath’s Band of Brutality ESO Mythic

The Malacath’s Band of Brutality provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

(1 item) Increases your damage done by 16% but decreases your Critical Damage done by 50%.

The Malacath’s Band of Brutality mythic is a fantastic PvP mythic in the Elder Scrolls Online. A 16% damage boost is massive, and critical damage isn’t as highly sought after in many PvP content. Depending on your build, that flat damage boost on a single item is solid. Malacath’s can also build in a lot of raw damage in a tankier setup without needing a 5 piece to get extra damage.

It’s right up there with the other rings later in these 10 best mythics in the ESO list. Those rings are a little more versatile without the adverse effects of Malacath’s. It’s still strong in the right build, though.

How to get the Malacath’s Band of Brutality:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Malacath’s Brutal Might Loop	Wrothgar	Wrothgar	Public Dungeon Boss Old Orsinium
Malacath’s Brutal Ritual Dust	Reaper’s March	Reaper’s March	World Bosses in the Reaper’s March
Malacath’s Brutal Ritual Oil	Stormhaven	Stormhaven	Bonesnap Ruins Public Dungeon Boss
Malacath’s Brutal Rune Core	Bal Foyen	Imperial City	Imperial City Upstairs Bosses
Malacath’s Brutal Scourge Hoop	Betnikh	Betnikh	Any Betnikh monster

6. Sea-Serpent’s Coil Best ESO Mythics

The Sea-Serpent’s Coil provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

(1 item) While at full Health, you gain 40% damage reduction. After taking damage while at full Health in combat, you gain Serpent’s Rebuke for 10 seconds, snaring yourself by 40% and gaining Major Berserk and Major Courage, increasing your damage done by 10% and Weapon and Spell Damage by 430. The damage resistance does not apply while Serpent’s Rebuke is active.

Sea-Serpent’s Coil quickly enters our 10 best mythics in the ESO list. It’s not as strong as it used to be in PvE content with the release of Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet, but it’s still a solid option in specific fights like Lokkestiiz. Because it offers Major Courage, groups used to switch every damage dealer into Sea Serpent’s Coil on bosses that deal constant damage to the group. This allows the healers to provide different buffs instead of Major Courage. However, that isn’t done as often since there are better options for overall group DPS.

Sea-Serpent still cracks in PvP, though. There aren’t a lot of Major Courage sources in the Elder Scrolls Online, and this is your best option for unorganized PvP content.

How to get the Sea-Serpent’s Coil:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Black Eltheric Pearls	High Isle and Amenos	High Isle and Amenos	Giant Clam nodes on the High Isle zone coast
Frigid Sapphire	High Isle and Amenos	The Rift	Frozen Ruins World Boss
Meteoric Beads	High Isle and Amenos	Grahtwood, Stormhaven, or Deshaan	Mages Guild daily quest reward coffers
Sea Silver Chain	High Isle and Amenos	Any	Any Jewelry Survey
Sea Serpent Fangs	High Isle and Amenos	High Isle and Amenos	Serpent Bog World Boss

5. Spaulder of Ruin Best ESO Mythics

The Spaulder of Ruin provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

(1 item) Activating crouch activates and deactivates a 12-meter Aura of Pride. Up to 6 group members in the aura gain 260 Weapon and Spell Damage. Reduce your Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery by 70 for every target benefiting from your Aura of Pride.

Spaulder is sick in PvE content, but it’s a sweatier mythic to run in the Elder Scrolls Online. Spaulder is often put on a support or the Necromancer in PvE content. Necros have excellent sustain right now and usually have the easiest time maintaining solid uptimes. For groups wanting to get a little more serious, adding Spaulder is a perfect way to boost overall group DPS.

Every organized group can benefit from Spaulder’s unique buff, making it easily included in our 10 best mythics in the ESO list.

How to get the Spaulder of Ruin:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Aureal Armor Glaze	Deadlands	Stonefalls	Shivering Shrine World Boss
Clannfear Leather Strapping	Deadlands	Any	Clannfear mobs in any zone
Petrified Daedroth Horn	Deadlands	Deadlands	The Abomination Cradle World Boss
Void Alloy Lame Plates	Deadlands	Blackwood	Blackwood Safeboxes
Void Alloy Rivets	Deadlands	Any	Dremora mobs in any zone

4. Markyn Ring of Majesty

The Markyn Ring of Majesty provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

(1 item) Gain 100 Weapon and Spell Damage and 1157 Armor for every set you are wearing 3 or more pieces of.

The Markyn Ring of Majesty gives some offense and some defense, and it’s a fantastic set-and-forget PvP set. The versatility is one of the biggest advantages of the Markyn Ring of Majesty mythic in the Elder Scrolls Online. This mythic is used in many PvP builds because it’s so solid. While many mythics force you to choose either offense or defensive stats, this mythic gives you both. It isn’t quite as strong as a mythic coming later, earning the Markyn Ring of Majesty 4th on our best 10 mythics in the ESO list.

How to get the Markyn Ring of Majesty:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Firescourge Band	Deadlands	Fargrave	Deadlands daily reward coffer
Mindcleaver Loop	Deadlands	Deadlands	Den of the Unmaker world boss
Morpholith Shank	Deadlands	Coldharbour	Treasure Chests in the Deadlands
Ruinblood Coil	Deadlands	The Banished Cells I The Banished Cells II	Trash mobs in The Banished Cells
Searing Gem	Deadlands	Deadlands	Daedrats

3. Pearls of Ehlnofey Mythic Necklace

The Pearls of Ehlnofey mythic provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

(1 item) When you attempt to use resources to cast a healing ability while in combat and your dominant resource is under 50%, gain 3 Ultimate.

While the Pearls of Ehlnofey mythic is a niche option in the Elder Scrolls Online, it’s a massive buff in all organized PvE content. When paired with the Pillager’s Profit set, healers can pump additional ultimate into the group. Great Pillagers management, fueled by Pearls, is one of the most impactful buffs for overall group DPS. Every damage dealer can drop ultimate after ultimate because of Pearls, earning it third on our best 10 mythics in the ESO list.

How to get the Pearls of Ehlnofey:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Aetherquartz Prayer Beads	Auridon	Auridon	Auridon Delve Bosses
Coral Clasp	Grahtwood	Grahtwood	Public Dungeon Bosses
Great Eltheric Pearl	Rivenspire	Crypt of Hearts II	Nerien’eth Crypt of Hearts II Last Boss
Nilumin River Pearls	Auridon	The Banished Cells I	High Kinlord Rilis Banished Cells II Last Boss
Silver Strand of Syrabane	The Reach	The Reach	Safeboxes in the Reach

2. Death Dealer’s Fete Ring

The Death Dealer’s Fete provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

Gain a persistent stack of Escalating Fete every 2 seconds you are in combat, up to 30 stacks max. Each stack of Escalating Fete increases your Maximum Stamina, Health, and Magicka by 88. You lose a stack of Escalating Fete every 4 seconds you are out of combat.

Death Dealer’s Fete offers 2640 stamina, magicka, and health when you’re at full stacks, and it’s super easy to keep it at max stats in PvP. There’s a reason why you can run this mythic in so many different builds. Max stacks give almost 8,000 additional stats, more than every armor enchant combined if you ran all tri-stat glyphs.

Its versatility and the sheer amount of builds that use this mythic is why it earns a second place on the best 10 mythics you should use in the ESO list. You could even run this as a tank in certain PvE content, especially resource-intensive fights, though it doesn’t see much play. Sure, it’s not the best at offensive or defensive capability, but it gives a lot of both, making it a well-rounded option.

How to get Death Dealer’s Fete:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Carved Signet Base	Blackwood	Imperial City	Imperial City upstairs bosses
Sturdy Silver Prongs	Blackwood	Dragonstar Arena	Oblivion Portal’s final chest
Warm Asymmetrical Ruby	Blackwood	Blackwood	Oblivion Portal final chest
Weighted Spiked Bridge	Blackwood	Cyrodiil	Rewards for the Worthy coffer
Wide Barbed Shank	Blackwood	Craglorn	Anomalies in Craglorn

1. Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet Best ESO Mythics

The Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet provides the following set bonuses in ESO:

(1 item) Adds 1650 Offensive Penetration, Increases your damage done to monsters by 15%, gains Minor Force at all times, increases your Critical Damage by 10%, and reduces your Light and Heavy Attack damage by 99%.

It’s difficult to understate how good Velothi is, so it tops our list of the best 10 mythics you should use in ESO. There’s a reason why almost every damage dealer runs this item, and it’s probably the best set-and-forget item in the game.

The permanent minor force is one of the major reasons why this myth is so good. Normally, you’d source minor force through Barbed Trap, but Barbed Trap isn’t as strong after Update 41. It’s still a great single-target DoT, but it’s no longer your source of minor force.

The reduction in light attack is strong for the same reason. While your skills more than makeup for the damage reduction, missing light attacks are less impactful to your DPS. It’s even better for that reason in movement-heavy fights, where you won’t be hitting Barbed Trap consistently for your minor force.

How to get the Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet:

Lead	Dig Location	Drop Location	Details
Ebony Crossed-Sword Chain	Telvanni Peninsula	Vvardenfell	World Boss Coffers in the Vvardenfell zone
Ebony Shalk Mounting	Telvanni Peninsula	Apocrypha	Apocrypha zone world boss Runemaster’s Acropolis
Gold Mandibular Cradle	Telvanni Peninsula	Telvanni Peninsula	Telvanni Peninsula delve boss in the Cammonnaruhn delve
Gold Shalk Clasp	Telvanni Peninsula	Scrivener’s Hall	Scrivener’s Hall dungeon trophy room chests
Lucent Cabochon	Telvanni Peninsula	Apocrypha	Apocrypha Underweave public dungeon bosses

Changes in Update 42 Gold Road Chapter DLC

Patch 10.0.5 brought ten new item sets, three new mythics, and the Scribing feature. There were minor balance changes due to introducing 11 new skills via Scribing called Grimoires. The three new mythics have some promise, particularly for PvP. However, there doesn’t appear to be any meta-shifting mythic for 90% of builds in ESO.

Here is a brief summary of the biggest changes from Update 42:

Scribing – the new system gives you access to 11 new, unique, customizable skills you can use!
Grimoires – 11 new skills that can be changed via Scripts with stuns, immobilization, pulls, and knockbacks.
Class Balance – the main changes are to the Templar blazing spear with minor changes.
Skill Styling – select new color variations on popular existing skills from the Weapon, Guild, and World Skill Lines.
New Zone West Weald – Located just west of Cyrodiil and east of the Gold Coast, West Weald remains a stronghold of Imperial prosperity.
Lucent Citadel New Trial – 12-player trial with the portal located in northern West Weald, with new gear and achievements.
New Gear Sets – overland, crafting, trials, and mythics.
HDR Support – Windows HDR Color Settings adjust various brightness settings.
Mail Improvements – many changes to player, system, and system alert mail functions.
New Achievements – many new achievements were added to the chapter and base game Update 42.

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