However to get to the Elder Scroll you have to destroy the walls and defenses of the castle in addition to the numerous defenders and then retrieve it and bring it back to one of your castles. In addition to these castles are resource buildings that provide additional bonuses and can be captured as well. There are a total of 18 castles, 6 for each faction, and each one has an Elder Scroll. The overall goal is simple and itвЂ™s to capture and control the other factionsвЂ™ Elder Scrolls, and dominate the incredibly massive map but the actual task is not so easy.

The game does a good job touching on different aspects of the additional PvP game mechanics when you first arrive by leading you to different people in your immediate area but of course you can skip that if youвЂ™re not new to PvP and just using a new character. After you select your campaign you have to make sure to accept the notification when itвЂ™s ready or else you wonвЂ™t be transported there. YouвЂ™re not locked into a home campaign but if you do change it the effects wonвЂ™t take place until 24 hours later. And even though you can play in any campaign, youвЂ™ll have to select a home campaign, which is the campaign where youвЂ™ll reap all the benefits IвЂ™ll address later. This information is important because you donвЂ™t want to pick an instance where your factionвЂ™s population is relatively low because itвЂ™ll be dominated easily. YouвЂ™re given a list of campaigns, which are just different Cyrodiil instances, on the Campaign tab and the population of each instance is divided between the 3 Factions: Daggerfall Covenant, Aldmeri Dominion and Ebonheart Pact.

There are a few ways to get to Cyrodiil and thatвЂ™s through the menu, the extended map and wayshrines, but the fastest way is to press вЂLвЂ™ (default key) to bring up the PvP Alliance War menu. You canвЂ™t participate in PvP until you reach level 10 and all PvP takes place in Cyrodiil, a separate region in the game. ItвЂ™s truly one of the aspects of the game that has to be experienced so itвЂ™ll help to have the PvP basics in Elder Scrolls Online down pat or at the very least understand what it has to offer before deciding how much youвЂ™ll participate in it.

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