One Bar Stamina Dragonknight Solo Guide & Build

Table of contents

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

Last updated: Update 44 - 17th 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	Back Bar
Slot 1: Bloodthirst	Slot 1: Molten Whip
Slot 2: Burning Embers
Slot 3: Noxious Breath
Slot 4: Eruption
Slot 5: Volatile Armor
Ultimate: Standard of Might

INFO

SITUATIONAL

Front Bar	Back Bar
Slot 1: Bloodthirst	Slot 1: Molten Whip
Slot 2: Ulfsild's Contingency
Slot 3: Noxious Breath
Slot 4: Eruption
Slot 5: Volatile Armor
Ultimate: Standard of Might

SCRIBING

INFO

SITUATIONAL

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	Hunding's Rage	Medium	Training /Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Hunding's Rage	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	Hunding's Rage	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Hunding's Rage	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Hunding's Rage	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Assassin's Guile	Mace	Charged	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)
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	Essence Thief	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	Essence Thief	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Essence Thief	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Ring	Ring of the Pale Order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Essence Thief	Dagger	Charged	Absorb Stamina
Frontbar Off Hand	Essence Thief	Mace	Charged	Shock

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Alternative Sets: Tzogvin’s Warband, Order’s Wrath
Change Essence Thief to one of the alternative sets in fights where its proc spawns in inaccessible places (for example any Dragon fight)

CHAMPION POINTS

Warfare

Master-at-Arms (6% Direct Damage)
Deadly Aim (6% Single Target 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)
Sustained by Suffering (150 Health, Stamina and Magicka Recovery when debuffed)
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)
In fights with lots of adds Siphoning Spells and Bloody Renewal can be stronger than Rejuvenation and 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

For overland content you should use The Thief Mundus, which increases your Critical Chance.

For instanced content you should use The Lover Mundus, which increases your Penetration.

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 Orzorga's Tripe Trifle Pocket.

Other decent foods:

Artaeum Takeaway Broth - it will increase your Max Stamina at the cost of a bit of Max Health and Stamina Recovery. The Max Stamina will increase your DPS and you can get away with using it when doing easier content.

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.