Elder Scrolls Online Update 22 Adds New Guild Tools

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The guild system in Elder Scrolls Online is a bit different from those of traditional MMORPGs. A huge number of guilds have emerged, serving as social hubs for players to meet, join up, and take on group quests and dungeons together, and with hundreds of guilds to choose from, joining one or recruiting members can be a daunting task. With the recent release of Elsweyr and Update 22 for the base game, the devs have made finding guilds and recruiting a whole lot easier with the newly added Guild Finder and Guild Listings UI. 

With the introduction of the Guild Finder and Guild Listings menus in Update 22, you can now easily find the perfect Guild and recruits.

In The Elder Scrolls Online, you can join up to five different 500-player Guilds. With Guild activities ranging from PvP to roleplaying to trading or simply helping newer players, there's hundreds of Guilds in game right now. This means that looking for and joining a Guild can be a daunting experience for some players, and this is what the team looked to improve with Update 22. This new update focuses on the game's guild tools, making it much easier to manage guilds in-game. These tools should help players set up guilds, recruit members, and more.

"A Guild is a great way to enrich your experience in ESO," says Bobby Weir, ESO's UI Design Lead. "A lot of our favorite memories in gaming are grounded within the Guilds that we've played with over the years, so we wanted to make finding and connecting with Guilds easier."

With the new Guild tools in Update 22's free base game update (meaning you don't need to buy ESO: Elsweyr to enjoy these new features), you can both find a new Guild and more easily advertise your own Guild as open for new applications. It even allows you to search and filter results to reflect different activities and experience requirements.

Joining (Great) Guilds
To join a Guild, look for the Guild Finder tool within the Guilds UI menu. From there, select Browse Guilds. You can initially filter the list using the following activities:

• Trading
• Group PvE
• Roleplaying
• Social
• PvP
• Questing
• Crafting

Although selecting one of these options gives you a solid list of Guilds to consider, you can continue to narrow down the list by selecting additional activities and your play style, including options for Balanced, Casual, or Hardcore.

Creating a Guild Listing on console and PC/Mac(Pictures from The Elder Scroll Online official site)

When creating a new listing, you can set your primary and secondary focus, in addition to additional activities, roles, Champion Point requirements (if any) play style, and more.

"Your Guild's focus plays a huge factor in how someone will discover it," explains Weir. "When looking for a guild, the initial categorization is based on guild focuses so that players can really zero in on the type of guild they're looking for. After that, your headline is then your next opportunity to stand out within the list of Guilds, so think about what the best way is to encourage people to dive into your Guild’s listing."

No matter what your needs, the Guild Finder and Guild Listing menus help you put your Guild out there!

Take On Tamriel Together
Guilds are a fantastic way to get the most out of Tamriel, and a good Guild can help you learn how to play, conquer Cyrodiil and the Battlegrounds in PvP, take on some of the game's toughest PvE challenges, and so much more. Whether you're looking to trade, roleplay, or just chill out with some like-minded players, the new Guild Finder tool is a great way to help you find a community of your own in The Elder Scrolls Online, whatever your level or experience!

The Guild Finder solves two major problems with most MMO guild systems: discoverability and recruitment. Now, guilds can ensure that relevant applicants apply, even filtering down to how many championship points are required (the leveling system at the end of the game). You can even break it down into your regular playtime!
Most mmos lack an internal structure when it comes to finding and joining guilds, so for The Elder Scrolls Online that was five years old, this is an overdue feature.

Learn more about the New Guild Tools on The Elder Scroll Online official site.

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