Companion Equipment | Elder Scrolls Online Wiki

Companion Equipment in Elder Scroll Online (ESO) contains all types of armor, weapons, and accessories specifically for your companions since they can not equip your regular gears. Carefully select the right gear can greatly increase their prowess and provide you much help in your adventures.

You can check the companion's equipment by talking to them.

How do you get armor for your companions in The Elder Scrolls Online?

Once you unlock a Companion, they will start out with basic White quality non-traited equipment. Companion equipment have completely different uses and mechanics from player equipment. They don't have levels, can't be enchanted and upgraded, can't be deconstructed, can't be researched, don't require repairs, and don't include an inherent style appearance but will instead conform to the style and appearance of the Companion wearing it. They also cannot be crafted and must be obtained though other means.

You can purchase basic White Companion armor, weapons, and accessories from various merchants, namely Weaponsmiths, Woodworkers, Armorers, Leatherworkers, and Tailors, to customize the role of your Companion accordingly. Higher quality gear - Fine, Superior & Epic - can be obtained from monster drops throughout the world, particularly from bosses. These pieces of gear only drop if you have a Companion active with you. The current drop rate seems to be fairly low, therefore don't expect to get good Companion gear within a few boss kills. Companion equipment can be freely traded between players, so consider buying your Companion armor from guild traders and fellow players as well.

Companion gear also comes in 9 Unique Traits that further customize your Companion's Combat Role. Each trait has it's own effect ranging from increasing Companion damage or making the Companion more tanky, to increasing their support capabilities by boosting their healing done or increasing their buff and debuff durations. These traits are only available for Fine, Superior, and Epic tier gear. Higher tier Companion equipment provide better and more intense trait effects.

Below are all the Traits available and their effects at Epic tier.

Companion Equipment in ESO