ESO: Undaunted Beginner Guide

Getting Started

The Undaunted Guild is easy to enter, as it only requires you to be Level 45 at the start. You can enter Dungeons as low as Level 10, but you won’t get Undaunted rewards until you join the guild and begin accepting quests. The starting quest, “One of the Undaunted,” will become available to you in your alliance’s major city.

How to Find the Quest Givers

You can technically start with any of the quests, regardless of your alliance. We recommend Kailstig the Axe’s Fungal Grotto, as it’s the quickest to get through. After this initial quest, dungeon quests are handed out at the Undaunted Enclaves in Eldenroot, Grahtwood (AD), Wayrest, Stormhaven (DC), and Deshaan, Mournhold (EP).

Leveling the Undaunted Skill Line

Once you conquer your very first dungeon, you’ll be greeted with a beautiful initiation song and the Undaunted skill line. The skill line actually offers some really amazing abilities. The passives are useful for pretty much any character. For example, the Undaunted Command passive that gives you 4% of your max health, stamina, and magicka back when you activate a synergy, and the Undaunted Mettle passive that increases your max health, stamina, and magicka by 2% for each type of armor you’re wearing (light, medium, or heavy).

These Undaunted skills are often considered BIS in most situations. Inner Fire allows Tanks to taunt enemies from a distance. Energy Orb is a powerful AOE heal for Healers, and Mystic Orb is a powerful AOE damage spell for Magicka DPS. Stamina DPS don’t get a whole lot of options for good skills here, sadly. 

Undaunted Pledges

You can accept and complete three different Undaunted quests each day. Maj Al-Ragath and Glirion Red the Beard both give out non-DLC pledges available to all players, and Urgalarg Chief-Bane gives out strictly DLC pledges.

Queuing for a random Normal or Veteran Dungeon often places you in one of the daily pledges, but not always. You’ll get the same experience bonus for doing a random Daily Dungeon whether it’s Normal or Veteran, so don’t feel like Veteran is your only option.

Players often swear by completing pledges only with guild members or friends, but playing with random community members is one of my favorite parts of the game. You’ll sometimes encounter selfish players, of course, but you can always kick them or leave the group and try again. More often than not, I’ve met some great players that I’ve even added to my friends list after the fact.

Undaunted Keys

How to Get Undaunted Keys

You can exchange Keys with any of the quest givers for Monster Set shoulder armor. One Key will get you the Mystery Coffer, which rewards you a random set piece from any of the Dungeons the pledge-giver offers quests for. These pieces are also randomized in terms of style and trait, so you have a chance at light, medium, or heavy armor with any trait (other than Nirnhorned).

Update 43

Undaunted Monster Set shoulder coffers offered by Maj Al-Ragath, Glirion, and Urgalarg Chief-Bane are now curated and available for 8 Keys. You will now get pieces you haven’t collected before and once you have each piece the curation will end. This feature was introduced to Elder Scrolls Online with Update 43 to make getting gear with keys easier. Curation does not apply to Mystery Coffers.

Dungeon Gear

Some of the best gear in the game can be found only in Dungeons. Dungeon gear is tradeable for only two hours once you receive it, and only with the people you ran the Dungeon with. If you’re farming for a specific set, it’s best to call it out at the start of the Dungeon. “LF Medusa,” for example, means “looking for the Medusa set.” Doing this can sometimes net you that highly-coveted Medusa Inferno Staff if your teammates are feeling particularly generous.

With Update 32, you’ll get curated weapon drops from the final Dungeon boss— it’s no longer left up to RNG. You may not get the items you’re looking for right away, but trading items around with your group members speeds up the process quite a bit.

How to Get each Type of Set Piece

• Mobs / Bosses: Set Armor (Mobs don’t guarantee these drops, but it’s good to check since you can luck out and get a piece when you aren’t expecting it)
• Treasure Chest: Set Armor, Jewelry, or Weapon (Higher rarity chests are more likely to get you jewelry or weapons)
• Last Boss: Set Jewelry or Weapon AND Monster Set Helmet (Heavy, Medium, or Light)

Dungeon Etiquette and Wait Times

Most players queuing for dungeons are DPS, making their wait time significantly higher. Healers and tanks are played much less often, and therefore get extremely fast queue times. As a tank, I’ll get the ready check screen almost as soon as I queue for a random dungeon. I often have to wait for a bit longer as a healer — around 1–5 minutes. As a DPS, you generally have to wait 5–30+ minutes if there are a lot of other players in line ahead of you.

This is one of the main reasons you’ll find a lot of fake tanks and healers — DPS players get sick of waiting and join the queue as something else. My advice? Don’t be that person. If you must, at least slot a taunt or heal and be ready to do considerable DPS to make up for it.