ESO Guide - Guide - Beginner - How to start PVP - Cyrodiil

How can you enter Cyrodiil?

Cyrodiil is part of the base game and is available for every player in the Elder Scrolls Online. You need to be at least level 10 to be able to enter Cyrodiil.

On PC we need to click first on the Alliance War Icon or press the L key on your keyboard. The Alliance war window will open and you can choose which campaign you want to enter.

Careful which campaign you enter, since each campaign have its own rules.


If you play on Playstation, Xbox or PC with a controller you have to open your menu campaign Cyrodiil choose a campaign
You should complete the Alliance War Tutorial Quest "Welcome to Cyrodiil" with all characters. That will earn you Alliance Points and you Level up your Alliance War Skill Lines.

How can you leave Cyrodiil?

To leave Cyrodiil you have to go back to one of the base camps of your alliance.
  • Ebonheart Pact Northern Morrowind Gate & Southern Morrowind Gate
  • Daggerfall Covenant Northern High Rock Gate & Southern High Rock Gate
  • Aldmeri Dominion Western Elsweyr Gate & Eastern Elsweyr Gate

Once you are at one of your Alliance base camps look for the regular Wayshrine which you have to use to travel back to any Zones in Tamriel.

Created on

Tuesday, the 15th of June, 2021

Created by

Tianlein

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