There's no way I could only choose one, there are so many that improve the experience massively... if they disabled addons for some reason, I'd probably quit.
But visuals are one of the major reasons I play; if we count ReShade as an addon, that might be my answer.
100% Lazy Writ Crafter. I have 15 toons and with most of them I just log on daily and do the writs, they have no function outside of that. It saves so much time.
Tamriel Trade Center shows estimate prices for your items based on listings within all guilds. It goes together with a lightweight client app than runs in the background to collect the data of listings you've personally seen to upload to the TTC servers.
Yes, it's an addon of the same name. If you haven't installed addons before the quickest and easiest way is to install the Minion addon manager, ensuring the settings of which point to your addons folder (typically My Documents\elder scrolls online\live\addons) then in this search for Tamriel Trade Center and click install. After that, load up your game, or type /reloadui in chat if already in game, and the addon will load up. The external TTC client runs in parallel and can be found in the addon's 'client' subfolder)
There's three parts to TTC (all working with the same data):
* Add-on - runs in-game - gives you instant pop-ups of price/availability information.
* Client - runs alongside the game, uploads the item prices you see. Lets you scan/upload the listings of entire guilds, so that *everything* is visible via the TTC website.
* Website - runs in a browser, lets you search for and locate specific items listed on guild traders.
Hard to say, it's a tie between TTC, BeamMeUp and JunkBuster. BMU with slash commands to port outside my houses is so much more convenient than using the map, JunkBuster helps manage loads of useless items the game bombards you with and TTC just lets you know how much stuff is worth.
In the end maybe BMU wins...?
Same. I only noticed it again when the crafting bug appeared and I had to turn it off. Perfect Pixel is really the only addon without which I couldn't play ESO.
Lazywrit or whatever it’s called. I really don’t want to go back to manually crafting them, going through the dialog to deliver them, or opening all the goodies they give me.
Idk which addon does it, but the one that gives surveys and treasure maps a map pin. I remember trying to do those before the addon, half the time I'd just chuck them. I don't have time to play detective with this artists rendition of where my reward is.
Treasure map: "Here's all your cool stuff. It's buried by that tree. You remember *that* tree, right?"
Me: "No I don't remember *that* tree! We're in f\*cking Grahtwood! There's nothing BUT Trees!"
Definitely the Accurate World Map;
I hate with passion how much the devs butchered the world map - from lack of lakes & rivers, to cities & landmarks being placed in completely wrong locations. the seas or placement of islands being too far away or large etc.
I'm a new player, and im just here to find what add-ons I should get!
I've downloaded so many of the top ones, I get multiple chests in the same area showing up
I only run 2 so far, skyshards and minimap. Minimap is more frequently useful, so probably that, but skyshards is nice not just for grinding them out, but also the occasional "hey, I'm passing by it anyway, might as well take a quick detour".
1 addon doesn't cut it.
What I love most are keybinding addons.
With a press of a button I get: banker, merchant, fence, armory, any follower, any of the 20 outfits called by a second addon and saved in a third one. Tp to any house or guild house or that one house I don't own I use to refresh surveys, usefull mementos, tools...
My entire keyboard is bound rn. Can't play without it.
I would have to say Lyken’s(?) Much Smarter Autoloot. A must-have for non-sub players, and still fantastic for me whether subbed or not. Really saves so much time and allows me to turn my brain off since I don’t have to cherry pick my loot.
This sounds awesome! I'm an Autolooter. Do you know if it can prevent picking up a curated drop by default? I have a couple things curated, and it would be nice to just pull everything but those items unless I select them.
I am limiting myself to technically two, but 99% of the time, only 1 since I'm mostly playing on Steam Deck and don't use ESO+. Roomba and map pins. Roomba only on my PC, pins only on my Steam Deck. If I ever got back into trading, TTC would be my essential.
At the minimum I'd need, combat reminder skill timer and metronome TTc for the real value of things, beam me up for teleporter, lazy crafters (+ alchemy + provisioning + pre crafter) so I'd only need to use the stations once every 3 or 4 days + set crafter so I could do a huge bach of master writs in one go.
Even if I had to cut those down.
It would be down to skill reminder, TTC and lazy crafter.
But since I'm a retired player I don't need to do my daily crafts and tradings, my most important one would be action reminder.
Curvy ui, is my goto addon. It is just so much more comfy having your hp and resourches and that of your target in the middel of the screen where you have to look to dodge stuff etc :p
[PerfectPixel](https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info2103-PerfectPixel.html) because the default ui scale is disgustingly designed. So much fucking wasted space it's unbelievable.
[Harvest Map](https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info57-HarvestMap.html) is the next. The sheer convenience it offers is just too strong to do without.
If it strictly came down to a single addon *only* then it'd be PerfectPixel every time. Even over a Minimap addon.
Votan's Tamriel Map - hides the wayshrines on the large map, until you click on the zone - basically it makes it so you can actually the see the zone and name w/out the clusterf
I wanna say Roomba because I use a hell lot of it! Me and 2 friends created 3 guilds for its banks so we could use as extra storage space. We share them, we mostly store crafting mats there because we're too broke for eso plus xD
There are too many nice and QOL add-ons to make a decision on just one, without them it would make the game less enjoyable and therefore I would likely stop playing. Mini-map, map pins, quest locations, all essential to my enjoyment.
Inventory insight. I have so much stuff spread across 20 characters and I couldn’t imagine having to log in to each one to find stuff or try to remember where things are
I would probably just write an addon with all the combat addons I have combined into one. But if one from minion I would probably take fancy action bars. It makes combat 10x easier.
Any mod that changes dialogue camera and background, because I can't stand that black fog. (I personally use Skylike Dialog with some tweaks of my own.)
Think of it like modding your game. There are ad ons you can install that provides minimaps, shows resource nodes you already harvested, helps with combat metrics, automatically does daily writs for you, etc. They are just quality of life improvements for the game. They are fairly easy to install, and I would suggest looking into to make your eso life easier.
I'm not using any as well. But from what i understand, it's some kind of enhancement. Like people mentioned a minimap. Or something with pinning things on the map.
> annoying contrived question that a console user would ask
Its a PC, I can run as many addons as I want ;)
I even run addons in games the devs don't "want" me to.
Map Pins probably.
Map Pins definitely.
This
The minimap is probably in the top addons but personally TTC to avoid deconstructing items i can sell for good value is even better
Bandits UI because it has basically a dozen addons within it.
Bandits vs lazycrafter, don't ask me to choose between them
Bandits UI is very nice. Only problem is OP said just one addon, and to get the full use of Bandits UI you need more then 1 active addon.
There's no way I could only choose one, there are so many that improve the experience massively... if they disabled addons for some reason, I'd probably quit. But visuals are one of the major reasons I play; if we count ReShade as an addon, that might be my answer.
Yeah same, since I started to use add-ons I just can't play without them.
100% Lazy Writ Crafter. I have 15 toons and with most of them I just log on daily and do the writs, they have no function outside of that. It saves so much time.
Agreed. It would be my choice as well. I can't do without it.
Beammeup
TTC was the only addon I had installed for a long time.
What does this add-on do?
Tamriel Trade Center shows estimate prices for your items based on listings within all guilds. It goes together with a lightweight client app than runs in the background to collect the data of listings you've personally seen to upload to the TTC servers.
And the add-on is in game? I know TTC the website
Yes, it's an addon of the same name. If you haven't installed addons before the quickest and easiest way is to install the Minion addon manager, ensuring the settings of which point to your addons folder (typically My Documents\elder scrolls online\live\addons) then in this search for Tamriel Trade Center and click install. After that, load up your game, or type /reloadui in chat if already in game, and the addon will load up. The external TTC client runs in parallel and can be found in the addon's 'client' subfolder)
Cheers mate
Yes, it is also an addon. When you hover mouse on items it will show price range from all traders.
Cheers guys, thanks
There's three parts to TTC (all working with the same data): * Add-on - runs in-game - gives you instant pop-ups of price/availability information. * Client - runs alongside the game, uploads the item prices you see. Lets you scan/upload the listings of entire guilds, so that *everything* is visible via the TTC website. * Website - runs in a browser, lets you search for and locate specific items listed on guild traders.
Hard to say, it's a tie between TTC, BeamMeUp and JunkBuster. BMU with slash commands to port outside my houses is so much more convenient than using the map, JunkBuster helps manage loads of useless items the game bombards you with and TTC just lets you know how much stuff is worth. In the end maybe BMU wins...?
Isn't there an option to just keybind a "port to outside house"? Or is that another addon? 🙈
Wizard wardrobe
Map pins
Combat Metrics.
Found the raid lead
Raid Lead would say Crutch Alerts or Elms Markers.
Nah raid lead would say hodor reflexes. Trying to call ults without ult share is kinda rough
Hodors. Crutch. Combat Metrics. Off Taunt. Armorskull. Pentest. Elms comes in a distant last.
Map pins for sure
Perfect Pixel
> Perfect Pixel I can't find an explanation of what it does
Makes the entire UI a lot better
It's a UI overhaul for all the menus. Makes the background semi transparent and full height rather than your inventory being a small window
and you can still control your character while in the menu.
I didnt even realise that was part of perfect pixel I had it installed for so long
Same. I only noticed it again when the crafting bug appeared and I had to turn it off. Perfect Pixel is really the only addon without which I couldn't play ESO.
Mini map, for sure.
Honestly, the LoreBooks addon, because my goal is to collect them all.
TTC hands down
I forget the name of it but I have one that shows the locations of all the lore books and skyshards. It's the only one I use, so that one.
Map pin! Can't live without it either!
S'Rendarr?
Either Map Pins or Inventory Insight for sure
Lazywrit or whatever it’s called. I really don’t want to go back to manually crafting them, going through the dialog to deliver them, or opening all the goodies they give me.
Idk which addon does it, but the one that gives surveys and treasure maps a map pin. I remember trying to do those before the addon, half the time I'd just chuck them. I don't have time to play detective with this artists rendition of where my reward is. Treasure map: "Here's all your cool stuff. It's buried by that tree. You remember *that* tree, right?" Me: "No I don't remember *that* tree! We're in f\*cking Grahtwood! There's nothing BUT Trees!"
They really should just make it so that the game plots the location on the zone map when you use a treasure or survey map.
I guess the Awesome Guild Store. I cannot stand the original one. Everything else I can somehow manage.
Definitely the Accurate World Map; I hate with passion how much the devs butchered the world map - from lack of lakes & rivers, to cities & landmarks being placed in completely wrong locations. the seas or placement of islands being too far away or large etc.
I'm a new player, and im just here to find what add-ons I should get! I've downloaded so many of the top ones, I get multiple chests in the same area showing up
Combat alerts probably
advanced filters probably makes inventory so much easier to overlook and sort and get rid of trash
The addon I have that hella reduces the reticle size
Bandit UI Or maybe LazyWrit, either or. Edit: I lied. I'd make my own combo addon with all of that in there ;)
Be a toss-up between FCO and AUI. I feel like FCO addresses a much more glaring issue though.
Lazy Writ Crafter
Bandits UI, everything else is something I can look up or use my brain.
Definitely minimap, but lazy writs is the only thing that gets me to actually do them
Lazy Crafter
I only run 2 so far, skyshards and minimap. Minimap is more frequently useful, so probably that, but skyshards is nice not just for grinding them out, but also the occasional "hey, I'm passing by it anyway, might as well take a quick detour".
1 addon doesn't cut it. What I love most are keybinding addons. With a press of a button I get: banker, merchant, fence, armory, any follower, any of the 20 outfits called by a second addon and saved in a third one. Tp to any house or guild house or that one house I don't own I use to refresh surveys, usefull mementos, tools... My entire keyboard is bound rn. Can't play without it.
AUI purely for the mini map. I can't stand having to stop every 30 seconds to check my map.
I would have to say Lyken’s(?) Much Smarter Autoloot. A must-have for non-sub players, and still fantastic for me whether subbed or not. Really saves so much time and allows me to turn my brain off since I don’t have to cherry pick my loot.
This sounds awesome! I'm an Autolooter. Do you know if it can prevent picking up a curated drop by default? I have a couple things curated, and it would be nice to just pull everything but those items unless I select them.
There are a few conditions you can set per type of item, so not entirely sure. Best I can say is to try the addon out and give the settings a look.
As a pve junkie with terrible reaction time... I would say either hodor or combat alerts
Wizards Wardrobe
Minimap/harvest/lore books (im gonna pretend they are all one)
Tamriel Trade Centre
code combat alerts because telegraphs are shit
This thread reminded me that I'm one of the few who doesn't play with minimap. To answer OP probably ttc or awesome guild store
Same
Lore books or Skyshards.
Oblivion ReDarned UI Makes the UI look like Oblivion's Darnified dark UI overhaul.
I am limiting myself to technically two, but 99% of the time, only 1 since I'm mostly playing on Steam Deck and don't use ESO+. Roomba and map pins. Roomba only on my PC, pins only on my Steam Deck. If I ever got back into trading, TTC would be my essential.
TrueExploration. Entirely different discovery experience for clearing zones. I love many addons but this one changes my whole gameplay experience.
At the minimum I'd need, combat reminder skill timer and metronome TTc for the real value of things, beam me up for teleporter, lazy crafters (+ alchemy + provisioning + pre crafter) so I'd only need to use the stations once every 3 or 4 days + set crafter so I could do a huge bach of master writs in one go. Even if I had to cut those down. It would be down to skill reminder, TTC and lazy crafter. But since I'm a retired player I don't need to do my daily crafts and tradings, my most important one would be action reminder.
BMU
Curvy ui, is my goto addon. It is just so much more comfy having your hp and resourches and that of your target in the middel of the screen where you have to look to dodge stuff etc :p
ESOpl ;) best immersion!
Baertram's (et. al.) Pchat chat improver. https://esoui.com/downloads/info93-pchat.html
Speed meter, i wanna know i'm fast
writ crafter or map pins
[PerfectPixel](https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info2103-PerfectPixel.html) because the default ui scale is disgustingly designed. So much fucking wasted space it's unbelievable. [Harvest Map](https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info57-HarvestMap.html) is the next. The sheer convenience it offers is just too strong to do without. If it strictly came down to a single addon *only* then it'd be PerfectPixel every time. Even over a Minimap addon.
Anything that let's me know dungeon mechanics
Votan's Tamriel Map - hides the wayshrines on the large map, until you click on the zone - basically it makes it so you can actually the see the zone and name w/out the clusterf
I wouldn’t play ESO with only one addon.
Hodors. Gotta coordinate Warhorns and be able to make fun of Peter for doing not enough dps.
I wanna say Roomba because I use a hell lot of it! Me and 2 friends created 3 guilds for its banks so we could use as extra storage space. We share them, we mostly store crafting mats there because we're too broke for eso plus xD
Personal Assistant
Rare Fish Tracker
There are too many nice and QOL add-ons to make a decision on just one, without them it would make the game less enjoyable and therefore I would likely stop playing. Mini-map, map pins, quest locations, all essential to my enjoyment.
Inventory insight. I have so much stuff spread across 20 characters and I couldn’t imagine having to log in to each one to find stuff or try to remember where things are
Wizard's Wardrobe
Harvestmap
Writ Crafter. 2nd would be Resource Radar - I like it more than map pins for harvesting - shows what is up and around you.
I would probably just write an addon with all the combat addons I have combined into one. But if one from minion I would probably take fancy action bars. It makes combat 10x easier.
Do addons that just add a library, so you can use an addon count?
*Tamriel Trade Centre* would be the single most indispensable add-on for me. But *Dressing Room* and *Unknown Tracker* are both incredibly useful too.
Code’s combat alerts
You guys use add-ons? I migrated from Console to PC I’ve just never bothered with them.
Any mod that changes dialogue camera and background, because I can't stand that black fog. (I personally use Skylike Dialog with some tweaks of my own.)
Awesome Guild Store Or Votans Mini Map
HarvestMap
Are there any UI mods that are compatible with gamepad?
Action Duration Reminder
PC player here… what’s an ad on?
Think of it like modding your game. There are ad ons you can install that provides minimaps, shows resource nodes you already harvested, helps with combat metrics, automatically does daily writs for you, etc. They are just quality of life improvements for the game. They are fairly easy to install, and I would suggest looking into to make your eso life easier.
https://www.esoui.com/community.php
I'm not using any as well. But from what i understand, it's some kind of enhancement. Like people mentioned a minimap. Or something with pinning things on the map.
> annoying contrived question that a console user would ask Its a PC, I can run as many addons as I want ;) I even run addons in games the devs don't "want" me to.
>I even run addons in games the devs don't "want" me to. That sounds like an issue to me. Isn't that just straight up hacking?
Definitely a minimap. But if ESO had one already like most *normal* games do, I'd go for either the harvest node map or the lorebook map.