Unlocking Eso's Meditation Skill

Meditate is a Skill in Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) that can be found in the Psijic Order Skills Line. It allows players to enter a meditative state, restoring their Health, Magicka, and Stamina over time. To unlock this skill, players must complete quests associated with The Psijic Order and reach Psijic Order rank 8. While in the meditative state, players cannot move, attack, block, or use other skills, but they can restore resources and prepare for their next move. The skill has two morphs: Deep Thoughts, which increases the rate of Magicka and Stamina recovery, and Introspection, which restores more Health the longer the player stays in the meditative state.

The Psijic Order Skill Line

To unlock the Psijic Order skill line, you must first complete the "Queen's Decree" quest in the Summerset zone. This will grant you access to Artaeum, where you can find the NPC "Loremaster Celarus" in the Ceporah Tower. Speak with Loremaster Celarus to receive your first quest for the Psijic Order and unlock the skill line.

To level up the Psijic Order skill line, you must complete quests related to the Psijic Order questline, which mostly consist of closing "Time Breaches" all over Tamriel. These quests can be quite time-consuming, as they require you to travel across many zones in the game. However, there are ways to speed up the process, such as using gear that increases your movement speed.

The Meditate skill is part of the Psijic Order Skill Line and can be unlocked by completing quests associated with the Psijic Order. This skill allows you to enter a meditative state, healing and restoring your Health, Magicka, and Stamina over time. While in this state, you cannot move, attack, block, or use any other skills, and you will remain in the meditative state until you toggle the ability off or are interrupted.

Deep Thoughts Morph

Deep Thoughts is a morph of the Meditate skill in The Elder Scrolls Online. Meditate is an active ability in the Psijic Order Skills Line that can be unlocked by completing the quests associated with The Psijic Order. The skill can be morphed into two different versions: Deep Thoughts and Introspection.

Deep Thoughts focuses your body and mind into a meditative state, healing for 1500 Health and restoring between 1600 and 1900 Magicka and Stamina every 1 second. You will remain in this meditative state until you toggle the ability off or are interrupted. This morph increases the amount of Magicka and Stamina restored, with the bonus raising with rank.

Deep Thoughts is more popular than Introspection, with one user suggesting that 99.99% of players use Deep Thoughts. This is because tanks are currently the only players who can feasibly slot Meditate in PvE, and Deep Thoughts is more beneficial for them. However, some players have suggested that changing Introspection to an AoE heal would make it more useful for healers and DPS players and add more diversity and options to the game.

Introspection Morph

Introspection is one of the two morphs of the Meditate skill in The Elder Scrolls Online. To get the Meditate skill, you need to complete the quests associated with The Psijic Order. The skill can be morphed into two different versions: Deep Thoughts and Introspection.

Introspection is an active ability that can be found in the Guild under the Psijic Order. It unlocks at Psijic Order rank 8. When using the Introspection morph, you will enter a meditative state, restoring your health, magicka, and stamina over time. While in this state, you will heal for 1700-1800 Health and restore 1500 Magicka and Stamina every second. You will remain in this state until you toggle the ability off or are interrupted. The longer you maintain the channel, the more your health will be restored—increasing by 10% every tick up to a maximum of 50%. It is important to note that you cannot move, attack, block, or use any other skills while in this meditative state.

Compared to Deep Thoughts, the other morph of Meditate, Introspection focuses more on self-healing. While Deep Thoughts increases the rate of Magicka and Stamina recovery, Introspection restores more Health the longer you stay in the meditative state.

Some players have suggested that Introspection should be changed to an AoE heal, allowing it to be used by healers or tank/healer hybrids in PvE and providing a useful team skill in PvP. This change would add more diversity and options to the game, as currently, Meditate is only feasible for a minority of players, and most players only use one of the two morphs.

Champion Points

There are three main categories of Champion Points: Craft, Warfare, and Fitness. Each category has its own unique perks and benefits.

The Craft category, represented by a green tree, focuses on enhancements related to crafting, gathering, and thievery.

The Warfare category, represented by a blue tree, is related to combat, including both PvE and PvP contexts. It contains offensive, defensive, and healing abilities. The Warfare category also has two sub-categories: Staving Death and Extended Might.

The Fitness category, represented by a red tree, concentrates on health, regeneration, and restoration. This category is particularly important for tanks and players who struggle with Magicka, Stamina, or health issues. Fitness also has three sub-categories: Wind Chaser, Walking Fortress, and Survivor's Spite.

When allocating Champion Points, players can choose to focus on a specific category or distribute points across multiple categories to create a versatile build. Champion Points can be reset at any time for 3000 gold.

Regarding the Meditate skill in ESO, there are two Champion Points that affect it:

• Blessed: This increases the effectiveness of any healing you initiate.
• Quick Recovery: This increases the effectiveness of healing received.

Resetting Skills

Rededication Shrines

The first method is to visit a Rededication Shrine in the capital cities of each ESO faction. These shrines are dedicated to the Gods, with different gods associated with each temple. Players can make an offering at the correct altar to reset their Skill Points. The price to reset skills is high, and can easily cost more than 10,000 gold to reset all Skill Points at max level.

Armory System

The Armory System was added to ESO with the Deadlands DLC update in 2021. This system provides players with multiple slots to load character builds. By keeping one slot untouched, players can reset their Skill Points for free whenever they like. To do this, load a completely blank "build" onto your character at the Armory station in your Player Home. This will refund all your Attributes, Champion Points, and Skill Points, but it will also unequip everything, so be sure to re-equip your sets before leaving the station.

Skill Respec Scroll

The final method is to buy a Skill Point Respec scroll with Crowns, which can be purchased in-game for real-life money. This is the most expensive method, costing 700 Crowns for a scroll, but it is also the most convenient as it can be used whenever and wherever you like.

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