Category: Dragonknight Skills
The Earthen Heart Skill Line is one of three class skill lines specific to the Dragonknight Class in The Elder Scrolls Online. This class skill line is focused on earth-centered damage and buff effects.
Dragonknights also have access to the Draconic Power Skill Line and Ardent Flame Skill Line.
Draw from the power of the earth to empower your and your allies, stun your foes, and encase yourself in damaging molten lava. This skill line is ideal for Healers.
ESO Earthen Heart Skills
Dragonknight Earthen Heart Skills
Draw from the power of the earth to empower you and your allies, stun your foes, and encase yourself in damaging molten lava.
Earthen Heart Ultimate
Magma Armor![]() | Ignite the molten lava in your veins, limiting incoming damage to 3% of your Max Health for 15 seconds. While active, you cannot generate Ultimate. |
Magma Shell![]() | Ignite the molten lava in your veins, limiting incoming damage to 3% of your Max Health for 15 seconds. When activated, nearby allies gain a damage shield for 133% of their Max Health for 10 seconds. While active, you cannot generate Ultimate. |
Corrosive Armor![]() | Ignite the molten lava in your veins, limiting incoming damage to 6% of your Max Health and dealing 1606 Flame Damage to nearby enemies each second for 10 seconds. While active your direct damage attacks ignore enemy Physical and Spell Resistance but you cannot generate Ultimate |
Earthen Heart Skills
Superheated Ward![]() | Roil the air around you or an ally, granting a damage shield that absorbs up to 4919 for 6 seconds. This ability scales off the higher of your Max Magicka or Stamina and is capped at 50% of the target’s Max Health. |
Volcanic Ward![]() | Roil the air around you or an ally, granting a damage shield that absorbs up to 4919 for 6 seconds and reducing the next instance of damage taken by 10%. When the shield ends the latent heat warms the target, healing them for 1750 Health. This ability scales off the higher of your Max Magicka or Stamina and the shield is capped at 50% of the target’s Max Health. |
Magma Fist![]() | Draw forth magma from below to hurl at an enemy, dealing 2375 Flame Damage while applying a stack of Heat Shock, which increases the enemy’s damage taken by 66 for 7 seconds per stack, up to 3 times. Hitting an enemy at max stacks of Heat Shock with this ability increases the damage done of the next cast of this ability within 6 seconds by 66%, up to once every 6 seconds. |
Molten Weapons![]() | Charge you and your grouped allies’ weapons with volcanic power to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 30 seconds. While active, dealing damage with Light and Heavy Attacks causes an additional 443 Flame Damage, up to once every 2 seconds. |
Molten Armaments![]() | Charge you and your grouped allies’ weapons with volcanic power to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 30 seconds. While active, dealing damage with Light and Heavy Attacks causes an additional 442 Flame Damage, up to once every 1.5 seconds. You also gain Empower for the duration, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 70%. |
Igneous Weapons![]() | Charge you and your grouped allies’ weapons with volcanic power to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 1 minute. While active, dealing damage with Light and Heavy Attacks causes an additional 442 Flame Damage, up to once every 2 seconds. |
Obsidian Shield![]() | Call the earth to your defense, granting a damage shield for you and nearby allies that absorbs 1300 damage. This portion of the ability scales off your Max Health. You also gain Major Mending, increasing your healing done by 16% for 4 seconds. |
Fragmented Shield![]() | Call the earth to your defense, creating a damage shield for you and nearby allies that absorbs 2400 damage. This portion of the ability scales off the higher of your Max Magicka or Stamina and is capped at 31% of the target’s Max Health. You also gain Major Mending, increasing your healing done by 16% for 6 seconds. |
Igneous Shield![]() | Call the earth to your defense, granting a damage shield for nearby allies that absorbs 1300 damage. Your own damage shield absorbs 3818 damage. This portion of the ability scales off your Max Health. You also gain Major Mending, increasing your healing done by 16% for 4 seconds. |
Petrify![]() | Encase an enemy in molten rock, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 1 second. Upon completion, the target is stunned for 4 seconds, or 8 seconds against monsters. This stun cannot be blocked. The molten rock melts through the enemy’s armor and applies Minor Breach for 10 seconds, reducing Armor by 2974. |
Fossilize![]() | Encase an enemy in molten rock, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 1 second. Upon completion, the target is stunned for 4 seconds, or 8 seconds against monsters. Immobilizes the target for 4 seconds after the stun ends. This stun cannot be blocked. The molten rock melts through the enemy’s armor and applies Minor Breach and Minor Vulnerability for 20 seconds, reducing Armor by 2974 and increasing damage taken by 5%. |
Shattering Rocks![]() | Encase an enemy in molten rock, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 1 second. Upon completion, the target is stunned for 4 seconds, or 8 seconds against monsters. After the stun ends, the target takes 1355 Flame Damage and you heal for 2760 Health. This stun cannot be blocked. The molten rock melts through the enemy’s armor and applies Minor Breach for 10 seconds, reducing Armor by 2974. |
Earthspike Mantle![]() | Envelop your body in molten spikes to increase your damage done by 100 and gain Major Resolve, increasing Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. |
Earthshield Mantle![]() | Envelop your body in molten spikes to increase your damage done by 100 and gain Major Resolve, increasing Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. Power drawn from the heart of a volcano forms a damage shield around you that absorbs up to 5000 damage for 6 seconds, scaling off your Max Health. |
Shatterspike Mantle![]() | Envelop your body in molten spikes to increase your damage done by 100 and gain Major Resolve, increasing Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. As the armor forms you blast foes around you with shattered obsidian, causing them to take 4754 Flame Damage over 20 seconds. When this effect deals damage you gain a stack of Landslide, up to once every 10 seconds. |
Earthen Heart Passives
Heart of Stone![]() | Rock and stone shield your heart, turning aside sharp blades and barbed words. Increases your Armor by 2974. |
Landslide![]() | Given time, the smallest rock on the mountain can cascade into pure devastation. Whenever you deal damage you gain a stack of Landslide which increases your damage done by 1% per stack, up to 10 times. This effect can occur once every 5 seconds. Every 2 seconds you do not deal damage, you lose a stack. |
Blessing at the Peak![]() | Where earth meets sky is a wellspring of power you can tap at will. When you cast or deal damage with an Earthen Heart ability in combat you generate 3 Ultimate. This effect can occur once every 6 seconds. Increases your Critical Damage by 10%. |
Mountain Giant![]() | The strength of mountains fuels your mightiest blows. Dealing damage with a fully-charged Heavy Attack also applies Off Balance to the target and restores 1430 Stamina. The Stamina restore can occur once every 0.5 seconds. |

























