What classes are available to play in The Elder Scrolls Online?
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Q.What classes are available to play in The Elder Scrolls Online?
A.As of 2025, The Elder Scrolls Online offers seven playable classes: Dragonknight, Nightblade, Templar, Sorcerer, Warden, Necromancer, and Arcanist.
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The Elder Scrolls Online currently offers seven playable classes: Dragonknight, Nightblade, Templar, Sorcerer, Warden, Necromancer, and Arcanist. Each class unlocks three core skill lines that shape your combat style, letting you tailor your character for tank, healer, or damage roles. You can explore the class identities and roles of each to build a wide range of builds, from frontline tanks to glass-cannon magicka DPS and support healers.
- Dragonknight
- Nightblade
- Templar
- Sorcerer
- Warden
- Necromancer
- Arcanist
The Arcanist is the most recent addition, introduced with The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom. It brings three new skill lines—Herald of the Tome (offense), Soldier of Apocrypha (defense), and Curative Runeforms (healing)—and introduces the Crux resource system that powers its abilities. This class is designed to flex between damage, tanking, or healing depending on your build, and is documented in official ESO guides and Necrom expansion materials Arcanist class guide Necrom overview Arcanist launch details.
