Online:Animal Companions
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Animal Companion is one of three class skill lines available to Wardens. Abilities in this line focus on dealing damage.
Skill Perks[edit]
The Animal Companions skill line is immediately available to all Wardens, and is leveled up by earning experience while Animal Companions skills are slotted. Skills include: Notes
- The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 50
160. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 7958, Max Health 8744, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1037. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.

Skills with this icon may need to be updated following changes in Update 25.
Ultimate Abilities[edit]
These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost of Ultimate.
Name | Line Rank | Cast Time | Target | Range | Radius | Duration | Cost | ||
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Feral Guardian | 12 | 2.5 seconds | Self | – | – | free | ||
Rouse a grizzly to fight by your side. The grizzly swipes at an enemy, dealing [929 / 941 / 951 / 960] Magic Damage, and sometimes swipes all enemies in front of it, dealing [3715 / 3757 / 3795 / 3838] Magic Damage and stunning them for 2 seconds. Once summoned you can activate Guardian's Wrath for 75 Ultimate, causing the grizzly to maul an enemy for [4204 / 4249 / 4295 / 4342] Magic Damage. Deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% Health. | |||||||||
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Eternal Guardian | The grizzly instantly respawns when it dies. Rouse a grizzly to fight by your side. The grizzly swipes an enemy, dealing [963 / 973 / 983 / 995] Magic Damage, and sometimes swipes all enemies in front of it, dealing [3838 / 3880 / 3923 / 3964] Magic Damage and stunning them for 2 seconds. Once summoned you can activate Guardian's Wrath for 75 Ultimate, causing the grizzly to maul an enemy for [4342 / 4389 / 4438 / 4484] Magic Damage. Deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% Health. The grizzly respawns when killed, once per minute. |
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Wild Guardian | Increases the damage and converts it into Physical Damage. Rouse a grizzly to fight by your side. The grizzly swipes at an enemy, dealing [1007 / 1018 / 1031 / 1039] Physical Damage, and sometimes swipes all enemies in front of it, dealing [4028 / 4075 / 4118 / 4161] Physical Damage and stunning them for 2 seconds. Once summoned you can activate Guardian's Savagery for 75 Ultimate, causing the grizzly to maul an enemy for [4553 / 4604 / 4653 / 4703] Physical Damage. Deals 100% more damage to enemies below 25% Health. |
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Active Abilities[edit]
These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost.
Name | Line Rank | Cast Time | Target | Range | Radius | Duration | Cost | ||
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Dive | 1 | Instant | Enemy | 28 meters | – | 2700 Magicka | ||
Command a cliff racer to dive bomb an enemy, dealing [2696 / 2723 / 2753 / 2782] Magic Damage. If you are more than 7 meters away from the target, you set them Off Balance for 7 seconds. | |||||||||
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Cutting Dive | Converts into a Stamina ability that deals Physical Damage. If the enemy is already Off Balance, the attack causes them to bleed over time. Cost: 2295 Stamina. Command a cliff racer to dive bomb an enemy, dealing 2789 Physical Damage. If you are more than 7 meters away from the target, you set them Off Balance for 7 seconds. If the enemy is already Off Balance, the cliff racer rips through them, causing them to bleed for [2795 / 2814 / 2856 / 2893] Physical Damage over 7 seconds. This effect can stack. |
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Screaming Cliff Racer | Deals more damage based on how far away the enemy is. Command a cliff racer to dive bomb an enemy, dealing [2791 / 2822 / 2854 / 2884] Magic Damage. If you are more than 7 meters away from the target, you set them Off Balance for 7 seconds. Deals up to 15% more damage based on how far away the enemy is. |
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Scorch | 4 | Instant | Area | – | 20 meters | 3 seconds | 2430 Magicka | |
Stir a group of shalk that attack after 3 seconds, dealing [4051 / 4096 / 4137 / 4184] Magic Damage to enemies in front of you. | |||||||||
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Subterranean Assault | Converts to a Stamina ability and deals Poison Damage. Reduces enemy Physical Resistance. Cost: 2066 Stamina. Stir a group of shalk that attack after 3 seconds, dealing [4186 / 4229 / 4275 / 4322] Poison Damage to enemies in front of you. Enemies damaged are afflicted with Major Fracture, reducing their Physical Resistance by 5280 for 6 seconds. |
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Deep Fissure | Reduces enemy Spell Resistance. Stir a group of shalk that attack after 3 seconds, dealing [4188 / 4234 / 4281 / 4325] Magic Damage to enemies in front of you. Enemies damaged are afflicted with Major Breach, reducing their Spell Resistance by 5280 for 6 seconds. |
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Swarm | 20 | Instant | Enemy | 28 meters | 10 seconds | 2970 Magicka | ||
Unleash a swarm of fetcherflies to relentlessly attack an enemy, dealing [4509 / 4555 / 4622 / 4651] Magic Damage over 10 seconds. The fetcherflies rip through the enemy's flesh, afflicting them with Minor Vulnerability for the duration, increasing their damage taken by 8%. | |||||||||
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Fetcher Infection | Every second cast deals increased damage. Unleash a swarm of fetcherflies to relentlessly attack an enemy, dealing [4644 / 4691 / 4740 / 4794] Magic Damage over 10 seconds. Every second cast of this ability deals 50% increased damage. The fetcherflies rip through the enemy's flesh, afflicting them with Minor Vulnerability for the duration, increasing their damage taken by 8%. |
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Growing Swarm | Converts into a Stamina ability that deals bleed damage. Deals additional damage to nearby enemies of the affected target. Cost: 2525 Stamina, Area: 5 meters. Unleash a swarm of fetcherflies to relentlessly attack an enemy, causing them to bleed for [4640 / 4692 / 4749 / 4798] Physical Damage over 10 seconds. The fetcherflies rip through the original enemy's flesh, afflicting them with Minor Vulnerability for the duration, increasing their damage taken by 8%. Enemies near the carrier take [516 / 521 / 527 / 534] Physical Damage every 2 seconds for the duration. |
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Betty Netch | 30 | Instant | Self | – | 22 seconds | free | ||
Duration: [19 / 20 / 21 / 22] seconds. Call a betty netch to your side, which grants you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for [19 / 20 / 21 / 22] seconds. Every 5 seconds, the netch removes 1 negative effect from you. |
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Blue Betty | Restores Magicka every second while active. Duration: [22 / 23 / 24 / 25] seconds. Call a betty netch to your side, which restores 4416 Magicka to you over [22 / 23 / 24 / 25] seconds and grants you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. Every 5 seconds, the netch removes 1 negative effect from you. |
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Bull Netch | Restores Stamina every second while active. Cost: free, Duration: [22 / 23 / 24 / 25] seconds. Call a bull netch to your side, which restores 4416 Stamina to you over [22 / 23 / 24 / 25] seconds and grants you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%. Every 5 seconds, the netch removes 1 negative effect from you. |
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Falcon's Swiftness | 42 | Instant | Self | – | 6 seconds | 3240 Magicka | ||
Cost: [3510 / 3420 / 3330 / 3240] Magicka. Invoke the spirit of agility to gain Major Expedition for 6 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. |
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Deceptive Predator | Grants Minor Evasion. Cost: [2970 / 2880 / 2790 / 2700] Magicka. Invoke the spirit of agility to gain Major Expedition for 6 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. While slotted gain Minor Evasion, reducing damage from area attacks by 10%. |
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Bird of Prey | Grants Minor Berserk. Cost: [2970 / 2880 / 2790 / 2700] Magicka. Invoke the spirit of agility to gain Major Expedition 6 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. While slotted gain Minor Berserk, increasing your damage done by 8%. |
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Passive Abilities[edit]
Passive abilities are active all the time.
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Anytime one of your Animal Companion skills end, you are healed for 630 Health. |
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Anytime one of your Animal Companion skills end, you are healed for 1260 Health. | ||
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When you cast an Animal Companions ability while you are in combat, you generate 2 Ultimate. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds. |
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When you cast an Animal Companions ability while you are in combat, you generate 4 Ultimate. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds. | ||
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Increases your Magicka and Stamina recovery by 6% if an Animal Companion ability is slotted. |
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Increases your Magicka and Stamina recovery by 12% if an Animal Companion ability is slotted. | ||
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Increases your damage done by 1% for each Animal Companion ability slotted. |
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Increases your damage done by 2% for each Animal Companion ability slotted. |
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