ESO Dragonknight Skills: Earthen Heart

Superheated Ward

Cost: 4590 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Radius: 28 meters
Duration: 6 seconds

Roil the air around you or an ally, granting a damage shield that absorbs up to 4958 Damage 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.

Morphs

Magma Fist
Cost: 2295 Stamina
Cast Time: Instant
Range: 28 meters

Draw forth magma from below to hurl at an enemy, dealing 2399 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.

New effect: Converts into a Stamina ability that deals damage instead of shielding. Enemies hit take additional damage from all sources.

Volcanic Ward
Cost: 4590 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Radius: 28 meters
Duration: 6 seconds

Roll the air around you or an ally, granting a damage shield that absorbs up to 4958 Damage 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 1766 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.

New effect: Adds damage reduction to the next attack. Heals when the shield ends.

Molten Weapons

Cost: 4320 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Radius: 28 meters
Duration: 30 seconds

Charge you and your group’s weapons with volcanic power to gain Major Brutality and Major Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 30 seconds. While active, dealing damage with Light and Heavy Attacks causes an additional 448 Flame Damage, up to once every 2 seconds.

Morphs

Igneous Weapons
Cost: 4320 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Radius: 36 meters
Duration: 60 seconds

Charge you and your group’s weapons with volcanic power to gain Major Brutality and Major Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 60 seconds. While active, dealing damage with Light and Heavy Attacks causes an additional 448 Flame Damage, up to once every 2 seconds.

New effect: Increases the duration and increases the radius.

Molten Armaments
Cost: 4050 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Radius: 28 meters
Duration: 30 seconds

Charge you and your group’s weapons with volcanic power to gain Major Brutality and Major Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 30 seconds. While active, dealing damage with Light and Heavy Attacks causes an additional 448 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%.

New effect: You also gain Empower, the damage cooldown is shortened, and reduces the cost as the ability ranks up.

Obsidian Shield

Cost: 4050 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Radius: 12 meters
Duration: 6 seconds

Call the earth to your defense, granting a damage shield for you and nearby allies that absorbs 1321 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.

Morphs

Fragmented Shield
Cost: 4050 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Radius: 12 meters
Duration: 6 seconds

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.

New effect: The shield strength now scales with your highest resource. Increases duration of Major Mending.

Igneous Shield
Cost: 4050 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Radius: 12 meters
Duration: 6 seconds

Call the earth to your defense, granting a damage shield for nearby allies that absorbs 1322 Damage. Your own damage shield absorbs 3824 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.

New effect: Increased shield strength on self.

Petrify

Cost: 3510 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Range: 7 meters
Duration: 4 seconds

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.

Morphs

Fossilize
Cost: 3510 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Range: 7 meters
Duration: 4 seconds

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%.

New effect: Adds Minor Vulnerability and extends the duration. Immobilizes after the stun ends.

Shattering Rocks
Cost: 3510 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Range: 7 meters
Duration: 4 seconds

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 1379 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.

New effect: Damages the enemy and heals you when the stun ends.

Earthspike Mantle

Cost: 2700 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Self
Duration: 20 seconds

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.

Morphs

Earthshield Mantle
Cost: 2700 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Self
Duration: 20 seconds

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 5121 Damage for 6 seconds, scaling off your Max Health.

New effect: You gain a damage shield after casting.

Shatterspike Mantle
Cost: 2700 Magicka
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Radius: 10 meters
Duration: 20 seconds

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 4785 Flame Damage over 20 seconds. When this effect deals damage you gain a stack of Landslide, up to once every 10 seconds.

New effect: Enemies near you take damage over time when you activate the ability.

Magma Armor (Ultimate)

Cost: 200 Ultimate
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Self
Duration: 15 seconds

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.

Morphs

Corrosive Armor
Cost: 200 Ultimate
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Radius: 5 meters
Duration: 10 seconds

Ignite the molten lava in your veins, limiting incoming damage to 6% of your Max Health and dealing 1619 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.

New effect: Your direct damage attacks ignore Physical and Spell Resistance and deal Flame Damage around you while the Ultimate persists, but reduces the duration and damage limit.

Magma Shell
Cost: 200 Ultimate
Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Radius: 28 meters
Duration: 15 seconds

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.

New effect: Grants a powerful damage shield to nearby allies.

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
  WITH AN EARTHEN HEART ABILITY SLOTTED 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.

ESO Dragonknight Earthen Heart Overview

The Earthen Heart skill line defines the Dragonknight’s group utility, granting access to powerful buffs like Major Brutality, Major Sorcery, and unique resource sustain through passives. Tanks rely heavily on Earthen Heart for shields, sustain, and group protection, while DPS and support DKs also benefit from its empowerment tools. Mastering this line ensures a Dragonknight can thrive in any PvE or PvP scenario.