One Bar Stamina Arcanist Solo Guide & Build | ESO

Table of contents

Skill Setups
Passives
Vampirism
Gear
Champion Points
Race
Mundus
Attributes
Food
Potions
Gameplay

Last updated: Update 44 - 24th February 2025

This build is capable of soloing every Veteran dungeon that doesn’t have a specific mechanic that requires multiple people. It’s also capable of soloing most Hard Mode dungeons, and with some adjustments even the more difficult ones.

In this guide I’ll be regularly using the terms Regular and Difficult. Regular refers to content that is intended to be solo-ed (such as Maelstrom Arena or Vateshran Arena) and to any overland content such as World Bosses, Dolmens, Dragons, Volcanic Vents, Harrowstorms, Mirrormoor Incursions, etc. Majority of dungeon fights will also fall under that category. Difficult refers to extremely difficult dungeon fights.

SKILL SETUPS

Front Bar
Slot 1: Cephaliarch's Flail
Slot 2: Pragmatic Fatecarver
Slot 3: Wield Soul
Slot 4: Inspired Scholarship
Slot 5: Cruxweaver Armor
Ultimate: The Languid Eye

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Front Bar
Slot 1: Cephaliarch's Flail
Slot 2: Pragmatic Fatecarver
Slot 3: Wield Soul
Slot 4: Ulfsild's Contingency
Slot 5: Cruxweaver Armor
Ultimate: The Languid Eye

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PASSIVES

There are no passives you need to skip with this build, you should get all of them.

VAMPIRISM

Becoming a Vampire can allow you to use Simmering Frenzy if you don't mind switching to your backbar once per fight

GEAR

This is the crafted gear setup you can start with.

Gear Slot	Set	Weight/Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Claw of the Forest Wraith	Medium	Training /Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Claw of the Forest Wraith	Medium	Training /Divines	Stamina
Chest	Order's Wrath	Heavy	Training /Reinforced	Stamina
Hands	Order's Wrath	Medium	Training /Divines	Stamina
Belt	Order's Wrath	Light	Training /Divines	Stamina
Legs	Order's Wrath	Medium	Training /Divines	Stamina
Boots	Order's Wrath	Medium	Training /Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Claw of the Forest Wraith	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Claw of the Forest Wraith	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Claw of the Forest Wraith	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Assassin's Guile	Mace	Nirnhoned	Absorb Stamina
Frontbar Off Hand	Assassin's Guile	Mace	Charged	Shock

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Use Daggers instead of Maces if you don't plan on using this gear setup for any instanced content (Dungeons, Arenas)
For Ranged build, replace Maces/Daggers with a Bow of the same set with Sharpened (for instanced content) or Precise (for overland content) trait and Absorb Stamina enchant
Use Training traits if you're still leveling. If you're already max level and have enough Champion Points you can instead use Divines and Reinforced on the chest piece

This is my suggested setup for regular content, such as Solo Arenas, World Bosses, Dolmens, Dragons, Volcanic Vents, Harrowstorms, Mirrormoor Incursions and majority of the dungeons.

Gear Slot	Set	Weight/Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Slimecraw	Light	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Deadly Strike	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Ansuul's Torment	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Hands	Ansuul's Torment	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Ansuul's Torment	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Legs	Ansuul's Torment	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Boots	Ansuul's Torment	Medium	Divines	Stamina
Necklace	Deadly Strike	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Deadly Strike	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Ring of the Pale Order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Deadly Strike	Dagger	Nirnhoned	Absorb Stamina
Frontbar Off Hand	Deadly Strike	Mace	Charged	Shock

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Use Daggers instead of Dagger/Mace if you don't plan on using this gear setup for any instanced content (Dungeons, Arenas)
For Ranged build, replace Maces/Daggers with a Bow of the same set with Sharpened (for instanced content) or Precise (for overland content) trait and Absorb Stamina enchant
Alternative Sets: Tzogvin’s Warband, Order’s Wrath, Claw of the Forest Wraith

CHAMPION POINTS

Warfare

Biting Aura (6% AoE Damage)
Thaumaturge (6% DoT Damage)
Fighting Finesse (8% Critical Damage and Healing)
Wrathful Strikes (205 Weapon and Spell Damage added to damaging skills)

Fitness

Boundless Vitality (1400 Max Health)
Bastion (15% stronger damage shields)
Rejuvenation (90 Health, Stamina and Magicka Recovery)
Fortified (1731 armor)

ADDITIONAL INFO:

When soloing extremely difficult dungeons you should replace Wrathful Strikes and Fighting Finesse with 2 of the 4 mitigation CPs (Ironclad, Duelist’s Rebuff, Enduring Resolve, Unassailable)
You can replace Rejuvenation with Sustained by Suffering in fights where you constantly have a debuff on yourself
In fights with lots of adds Bloody Renewal can be stronger than Rejuvenation or Sustained by Suffering

RACE

When it comes to solo PvE, you need both damage and survivability so pretty much all races have useful racials.

The best race for dealing damage is Khajiit. While the Critical Damage from Feline Ambush can sometimes be wasted due to Critical Damage being capped at 125%, it will never happen in solo content, because there will be no tanks or healers providing you with the Major Force buff.

The best race for survivability is Nord. The Rugged racial will provide around 6% damage mitigation.

MUNDUS

You should use The Thief Mundus, which increases your Critical Chance.

For extremely difficult dungeons you should consider switching to The Lady Mundus, which increases your Armor.

ATTRIBUTES

HEALTH

STAMINA

MAGICKA

For most content you should put all 64 points into Stamina. For difficult content you should devote as many attribute points as necessary to Health - for some content you’ll be able to get away with 32 Health 32 Stamina, for the extremely difficult stuff you’ll need 64 Health.

FOOD

Most of the time you should use the Garlic Cod with Potato Crust which will increase your Max Health and Max Stamina. You'll be able to sustain it thanks to Pragmatic Fatecarver being so cheap

Other decent foods:

Artaeum Takeaway Broth - if a fight requires a decent amount of blocking or dodge rolling, you can use this food instead, which compared to Garlic Cod with Potato Crust will decrease Max Health and Max Stamina but it will give you Stamina Recovery. Dubious Camoran Throne is a cheaper alternative
Orzorga's Tripe Trifle Pocket - if a fight requires a lot of blocking or dodge rolling, this food can provide even more Stamina Recovery than Artaeum Takeaway Broth, but it doesn't provide any Max Stamina at all, which will lower your DPS. It also provides more Max Health than Artaeum Takeaway Broth

POTIONS

Use the Weapon Power potions (Increase Weapon Power, Weapon Critical, Restore Stamina). They'll greatly improve your sustain and provide Major Brutality and Major Savagery which are crucial. You can craft them by combining Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn and Wormwood.