The Best Builds for Elder Scrolls Online

ESO fans are always looking for advice on the best builds.  The Solo MMO Player prefers Deltais Gaming as he likes the detail and the feel that Deltais understands the details.  If you are an old WOW player looking for expert advice, Deltais harks back to the thorough advice that old WOW players used to share.

https://deltiasgaming.com/

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"Unable to Retrieve Character"--Elder Scrolls Blades

There's a new error message that popped up when I attempted to open Elder Scrolls Blades this morning--"We are currently unable to retrieve your character.  Pease try again later.   0-10001-1"

Shutting down my iPad and then restarting it resolved the issue.  Judging from postings to Reddit, this happens quite often (just never to me before) but the restart fixes whatever has gone wrong.

If you are here trying to figure out why you can't access Elder Scrolls Blades, Bethesda shut down the game servers on June 30, 2026.  

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New Elder Scrolls Blades Error Messages

If you are here trying to figure out why you can't access Elder Scrolls Blades, Bethesda shut down the game servers on June 30, 2026.  

The last two weeks have been "interesting" when it comes to Elder Scrolls Blades.  I've gotten two error messages I've not seen before.

The top communication error seems to be due to my wonky Internet connection.  Sometimes it's there, sometimes it isn't.  I waited and tried again later and things were fine again.

The bottom message was a puzzle.  I got it when I tried to click on the store for my daily gift.   I decided once again to ignore the Store Unavailable and didn't touch my Apple account and it also went away.  This appears to be a common problem.  I haven't found any solution besides trying again later to date.

Sometimes doing nothing except trying again later is a good idea.

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Minion in Elder Scrolls Online

Minion is a tool to manage add ons in various PC games, especially Elder Scrolls Online.  ESO University has information on how to install it and fix issues.

https://eso-u.com/articles/eso_addon_guide_installing_addons_and_minion_troubleshooting

Be warned.  If you downloaded ESO from Steam, that will add more issues to any add on or add on manager like Minion.  

Here is the Minion website to download.  It doesn't work on anything but PCs, however.

https://minion.mmoui.com

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Elden Ring Wiki and More

See the commands across the top of the page.  The interactive map is under "World."

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/General+Information

Want a bit of guidance to understand the challenges of playing this game?

https://www.polygon.com/elden-ring-guide-walkthrough/22948876/beginners-tips-tricks-class-leveling-stats-open-world-grace-light-wolves

More starter tips.

https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/news/elden-ring-starter-guide-tips-know-playing-the-game

In a hurry?  Eurogamer has a walkthrough to get you to the ending fast.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/elden-ring-walkthrough-8042

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Elder Scrolls Blades "Store Unavailable" Issue UPDATED

I've started getting a new error message when I try to access the Elder Scrolls Blades store from the main menu to pick up the daily free gift.  The message reads:

Store Unavailable

Please verify that you are connected with an Apple account.

This just started right after Christmas 2021.  Sometimes clicking the OK button under the message and then trying to access the store again works.  Sometimes it doesn't.  When it doesn't, try clicking on Town and then access the Store from your character menu.  So far that works every time for me but I've also had it appear when I'm in the game, but trying again usually works.

I suspect this is connected to Apple's Game Center in some way but I don't want to try and access my Apple account just because a game tells me to.  I also don't want Apple's Game Center to bug me to log in constantly either.  Took me eons to get that notice turned off.

If you are here trying to figure out why you can't access Elder Scrolls Blades, Bethesda shut down the game servers on June 30, 2026.  

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Elder Scrolls Online Repair Option Location

To find the repair option in Elder Scrolls Online if you access the game through Steam, you have to launch the game window, then look in the Game Options section.  Under Game Options you will find News.  Click on News and you'll find other options, including Repair.  Click on Repair and wait.  

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/83763/no-repair-option-in-the-launcher  

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Elder Scrolls Online Combat Music Options in Deadlands Update 32

If you find the game music distracting, good news.  

Bethesda says, 
"We’ve added a new Combat Music dropdown in the Settings menu under Audio. You will now be able to decide if you want to hear all combat music, only boss combat music, or no combat music at all."

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Elder Scrolls Blades Fix for Error Message 0-10001-1 UPDATED

After updating to iOS 15, I got error message 0-10001-1 when trying to open Elder Scrolls Blades.  The error message screen is above.

IMPORTANT UPDATE:  Folks, Bethesda has shut down the Elder Scrolls Blades servers as of June 30, 2026.  That's why you are getting this error message.  There is no fix, sadly.  Your game only exists on your device now.  Sorry.

I waited and tried again.  This time I got another error message (above) telling me to either retry logging in or to continue on and set up a new character.  Retrying did nothing, so I set up a new character.  You'll have to accept the game conditions again and go through the brief movement tutorial, then choose a name and attributes for a new character.  At the end you have the ability to log into Bethesda again with your old character name/login, so do so.  (DON'T skip logging into Bethesda or you won't be offered the choice of either character, which you need to retrieve your old character.). Once you do that, Bethesda will tell you to pick either the brand new character or your old one.  Pick the old one and you are set.

Note that some folks on Reddit say that powering down their device and then powering it on again and attempting login to Elder Scrolls Blades fixed their issue.  This didn't work for me.

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Character Animations for Elder Scrolls Online

Elder Scrolls Online has character commands that allow your character to express what are called emotes.  You activate these through slash commands on the PC although some of these are available only through Crown Store or game purchases and some are quest rewards.  On PS4 and XboxOne, you use the emotes by entering the chat window or by slotting them via the quickslot window. 

https://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Emotes

The Idle Animations addon for Elder Scrolls Online can also animate your character in various ways during downtime.  The second link below shows how it works.  Basically you choose a profile from a drop down menu.  Depending on the personality you choose, your character will do certain actions, complete with sound effects, when the character is idle.  You can set how long before your character starts an animation and how long it lasts, etc.  You also can set Event Animations so your character does an animation when you level up, get a champion point, etc.  The addon can be turned on or off, so if you don't want it active, you don't have to delete it entirely.
https://esoui.com/downloads/info1035-IdleAnimations.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJaf05-dDSc

Here are the thief animations in Idle Animations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAIYoWY6e6w

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