ESO Transmute Crystals

Welcome to my Transmute Crystals Guide for ESO! This guide will show you everything you need to know about the Crystals, How to obtain them and how to use them in order to become stronger in The Elder Scrolls Online.

What are Transmute Crystals in ESO?

Transmute Crystals is a special Currency in ESO, that allows players to alter the Trait of their equipment. A valuable resource that helps to reduce farming time, when you are searching for a specific item with a specific Trait. For certain items, like Necklaces and Rings, Crystals and their Transmutation System are the only way to get specific Traits. You can learn more about Gear Traits by reading my ESO Crafting Guide.

How do you use the Transmutation System in ESO?

In order to use the Crystals and change the Trait of an item you need a Transmute Station. This is a special furnishing you can place in your own House. You can buy one with Writ Vouchers from the appropriate NPC or with Gold from other players. It can be quite expensive so you may want to take a look at the best ways to Make Gold in The Elder Scrolls Online first! Alternatively you can use the Transmute Station that exists in several zones, inside the Mages Guild area. The original Transmute Station was located in the Brass Fortress, Clockwork City Zone.

The process of switching Traits is rather simple. Pick the item you wish to change its Trait, pick the new Trait from the list and pay fifty(50) Transmute Crystals to change it. When you change an item’s Trait like this, the item becomes Bound. You can only change to Traits that you have already researched.

Reconstruction with Transmute Crystals in ESO

With the Armor Sets Collection active in ESO, you can also use Crystals to reconstruct Pieces from specific Sets you have collected! On the Transmute Station pick the Reconstruction option and select the item you wish to create. The cost of reconstructing an item depends on the number of items you have collected from a certain Set.

If you have collected all items from a Set, it will only cost you twenty five(25) Crystals to reconstruct an item. If you only have collected one item, it will cost you seventy five(75) Crystals. The more items of a Set you collect, the cheaper it is to reconstruct them. Deconstructing an item you have reconstructed, returns the Transmute Crystals you have used to create it.

How Many Transmute Crystals Can you Get in ESO

A player can carry up to 1500 Transmute Crystals at the same time. ESO Plus subscribers can carry up to 3000 Crystals. There are specific activities in the game that reward you with Transmutation Geodes. Each Geode offers a certain amount of Transmute Crystals, based on its quality. If you already hold the maximum number of Crystals and open a new Geode, the new Crystals will be lost. You can however store as many Geodes as you like and open them at a later date, so you will never lose any Crystal.

How to Get Transmute Crystals in ESO – Activities

There are several activities you can complete in ESO, in order to get Crystals. These activities are suitable for both PVE or PVP focused players and can help you get enough Crystals to change the Trait of your items.

PVE Activities

PVE focused Activities with a guaranteed drop of Crystals include:

• Arena Leaderboard
• Trial Leaderboard
• Random Daily Activity Finder (guaranteed drop only once per day)
• Trial Weekly Quests
• Normal Undaunted Pledge
• Veteran Undaunted Pledge
• Veteran Hard Mode Undaunted Pledge
• Veteran Dragonstar Arena
• Veteran Blackrose Prison
• Veteran Vateshran Hollows
• Veteran Maelstrom Arena
• Tamriel Tomes

There are a few more ways that can also reward you with Crystals but none of those is a guaranteed drop. You can get extra Crystals from Dungeon Master Boss, Random Daily Activity Finder(after your first reward) and from Half-Digested Adventurer’s Packs.

PVP Activities

PVP focused Activities with a guaranteed drop of Crystals include:

• Alliance War 30 Day Campaign Rewards(Tier 1)
• Alliance War 30 Day Campaign Top 10% Leaderboard
• Alliance War 7 Day Campaign Rewards(Tier 1)
• Alliance War 7 Day Campaign Top 10% Leaderboard
• Battlegrounds Leaderboard
• Rewards for the Worthy(Once per Day)

It is possible to get additional Crystals from Rewards for the Worthy after your first reward but that is not a guaranteed drop.

What is the Best Way to Earn Transmute Crystals in ESO?

The best and most efficient way to earn Transmute Crystals in ESO is to reach Tier 1 in the Alliance War 30 Day Campaign with as many characters as possible. This is a guaranteed drop of fifty(50) crystals at the end of the campaign for each character. If you achieve this with the maximum number of characters per account(which is twenty(20) at the moment), you can earn 20×50=1000 Crystals every month!

Reaching Tier 1 in the Campaign is rather easy and you can do it as early as level ten(10)! with every character you own. All you need are a few Siege Weapons(buy some with the Alliance Points you get when you enter Cyrodiil for the first time) to assist in Keep defending or attacking around the map. Finding a group(type lfg in zone chat) will make it easier but is not necessary.

You earn Alliance Points for every completed activity in Cyrodiil(capture a Keep or resources, defend a keep, kill enemy players, complete PVP quests) and you only need twenty five thousand(25000) Points to reach Tier 1 with every character. It is possible to reach that with all of your characters in a single Weekend or even day!