ESO Warden Skills: Animal Companions

The Animal Companions skill line defines the Warden’s deep connection with Tamriel’s wild creatures in The Elder Scrolls Online. Command nature’s most powerful beasts — from swooping cliff racers to relentless bears and fetcherflies — to strike down enemies, protect allies, and amplify your strength. These primal abilities blend raw natural fury with tactical precision, creating one of the most versatile and aggressive class archetypes in the game. For full ESO Warden Builds, rotations, and setups, visit Xynode Gaming’s Warden Builds.
Contents
- Skills
- Dive
- Scorch
- Swarm
- Betty Netch
- Falcon’s Swiftness
- Ultimate
- Feral Guardian
- Passives
- Animal Companion Passives
Dive
Cost: 2295 Stamina / 2970 Magicka
Range: 28m
Command a cliff racer to dive-bomb an enemy, dealing 2090 Magic Damage. If you are more than 7 meters away, the target is set Off Balance for 7 seconds.
Morphs
Cutting Dive — Converts to Stamina and deals Bleed Damage. Applies a bleed for 10 seconds and sets the target Off Balance when cast beyond 7m.
Screaming Cliff Racer — Increases your Weapon and Spell Damage by 100 for 10 seconds after dealing damage, quadrupled when hitting Off Balance targets.
Scorch
Cost: 2700 Magicka
Cast Time: 1s
Stir a group of shalk that attack after 3 seconds, dealing 2509 Magic Damage to enemies in front of you. The shalk burrow underground for 6 seconds and resurface, dealing 3486 Magic Damage.
Morphs
Deep Fissure — Applies Major and Minor Breach, reducing enemies’ Physical and Spell Resistance for 10 seconds.
Subterranean Assault — Converts to Stamina and deals Poison Damage. Reduces cost and cast time, but second hit no longer deals bonus damage.
Swarm
Cost: 2970 Magicka
Duration: 20s
Unleash a swarm of fetcherflies to relentlessly attack an enemy, dealing 4631 Magic Damage over 20 seconds and inflicting Minor Vulnerability, increasing damage taken by 5%.
Morphs
Fetcher Infection — Deals 4785 Magic Damage over 20 seconds. Every second cast increases damage by 60%.
Growing Swarm — Converts to Stamina and deals Bleed Damage. Spreads to nearby enemies but limited to one active swarm.
Betty Netch
Cost: None
Duration: 25s
Call a betty netch to your side, granting Major Brutality and Major Sorcery, increasing Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 22 seconds. Removes 1 negative effect every 5 seconds.
Morphs
Blue Betty — Restores 4416 Magicka over 25 seconds. Removes one negative effect every 5 seconds.
Bull Netch — Converts to Stamina, restoring 4416 Stamina and removing 1 negative effect every 5 seconds.
Falcon’s Swiftness
Cost: 3780 Magicka
Duration: 6s
Invoke the spirit of agility to gain Major Expedition for 6 seconds, increasing Movement Speed by 30% and granting immunity to snares and immobilizations for 4 seconds.
Morphs
Bird of Prey — Passively grants Minor Berserk while slotted, increasing damage done by 5%.
Deceptive Predator — Passively grants Minor Evasion while slotted, reducing damage taken from area attacks by 10%.
Feral Guardian
Cost: 75 Ultimate
Summon a grizzly to fight by your side, dealing 580 Magic Damage and swiping for 2323 Magic Damage, stunning enemies for 2 seconds. Activate Guardian’s Wrath to maul enemies for 3253 Magic Damage. Deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% Health.
Morphs
Eternal Guardian — The bear respawns automatically on death. Increases bonus damage to low Health targets by 15%.
Wild Guardian — Converts to Bleed Damage and gains a quintuple chance to apply Hemorrhaging. Deals 10% more damage to low-Health enemies.
Animal Companion Passives
- Bond with Nature — When one of your Animal Companion skills ends, you are healed for 1530 Health.
- Savage Beast — Casting an Animal Companion skill in combat grants 4 Ultimate every 8 seconds.
- Flourish — Increases Magicka and Stamina Recovery by 20% while an Animal Companion ability is slotted.
- Advanced Species — Increases Critical Damage by 5% for each Animal Companion ability slotted.
The Animal Companions skill line embodies the Warden’s mastery of the wild — an elegant balance of ferocity and control. Whether commanding your grizzly, sending fetcherflies to swarm enemies, or diving into combat alongside your beasts, every skill reinforces your dominance over Tamriel’s natural world. Explore all ESO Warden Builds and unleash nature’s power with Xynode Gaming.
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Dive
Scorch
Swarm
Betty Netch
Falcon’s Swiftness
Feral Guardian
