Traits

Traits are special properties added to a crafted weapon, armor, or jewelry by the use of gemstones. You can learn the traits by researching it at the crafting tables of blacksmithing, clothing, woodworking and jewelry. It is the last tab after deconstruction. There are 8 separate traits and gemstones for weapons and armor and 9 traits and gemstones for jewelry, making 25 researchable traits in total. You can have a trait property and an enchantment effect on the same item. Traits are combined while crafting the item, while enchantments have to be applied to the finished product.
==Researching==
Researching a trait is done at the crafting tables of blacksmithing, clothing, and woodworking. The item that is being researched will be destroyed in the process. You can only research one trait at a time per table. Unless skill points are used to advance the passive ability in Blacksmith (Metallurgy), Clothing (Stitching), and Woodworking (Carpentry) to increase up to 3 items and decrease the time it takes to finish. The first item you research takes 6 hours. Each item after doubles the cooldown time.
*First item = 6 hours
*Second item = 12 hours
*Third item = 1 day
*And so on... (with ESO Plus reducing research times by 10%)
There are 2 traits that are not researchable: Ornate and Intricate. Ornate increases the gold value merchants will pay for an item and Intricate give you extra inspiration points when you deconstruct the item.
==Gemstones==
Gemstones are mainly found in Resource Nodes and also in containers such as barrels, crates, trunks, bookshelves, nightstands, and everything else that you can loot. You also have a chance to get a trait gemstone when you refine raw materials or by deconstructing an item with a trait applied. The gemstone you will receive will match the trait on an item you deconstructed.
===Weapons===
Traits	Properties 	Gemstone	Image
 	Increase your chance to apply status effects 	 	
 	Increases Physical and Spell Resistance 	 	
 	Increases weapon enchantment effect and reduces enchantment cooldown 	 	
 	Increase weapon damage 	 	
 	Increases healing done 	 	
 	Increase Weapon and Spell Critical values 	 	
 	Increase Physical and Spell Penetration 	 	
 	Increase experience gained from kills 	 	
 	When you gain Ultimate you have a chance to gain 1 additional Ultimate	 	
Properties by item quality:
Trait 	Weapon type	Description 	Normal	Fine	Superior	Epic	Legendary
Charged 	One-Handed 	Increases chance to apply status effects by __%	70% 	80% 	90% 	100%	110%
Charged 	Two Handed 	Increases chance to apply status effects by __%	140% 	160%	180% 	200%	220%
Decisive 	One-Handed 	 	 	 	 	 	
Decisive 	Two Handed 	 	 	 	 	 	
Defending	One-Handed 	Increases Physical and Spell Resistance by __ 	1200 	1248	1296 	1328	1376
Defending	Two Handed 	Increases Physical and Spell Resistance by __ 	2400 	2496	2592 	2656	2752
Infused 	One-Handed 	 	 	 	 	 	
Infused 	Two Handed 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nirnhoned	All Weapons	Increases Damage by __% 	11% 	12% 	13% 	14% 	15%
Powered 	One-Handed 	 	 	 	 	 	
Powered 	Two Handed 	 	 	 	 	 	
Precise 	One-Handed 	 	 	 	 	 	
Precise 	Two Handed 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sharpened	One-Handed 	Increase Physical and Spell Penetration by __ 	1200 	1248	1296 	1328	1376
Sharpened	Two Handed 	Increase Physical and Spell Penetration by __ 	2400 	2496	2592 	2656	2752
Training 	One-Handed 	Increase experience gained from kills by __% 	2.5% 	3% 	3.5% 	4% 	4.5%
Training 	Two Handed 	Increase experience gained from kills by __% 	5% 	6% 	7% 	8% 	9%
===Armor===
Traits 	Properties 	Gemstone	Image
 	Increase Mundus Stone effects 	 	
 	Increase health, stamina, and magicka recovery 	 	
 	Reduces the cost of sprinting and roll dodging 	 	
 	Increase experience gained from kills 	 	
 	Increase Critical resistance and enchanted item takes 50% less durability damage	 	
Infused 	Increase this item's armor enchantment effect 	 	
 	Increases this item's Armor value 	 	
 	Reduces block cost 	 	
Nirnhoned	Increase physical and spell resistance 	 	
Properties by item quality:
Trait 	Description 	Normal	Fine	Superior	Epic	Legendary
Divines 	 	 	 	 	 	
Impenetrable	Increase Critical resistance by __ and enchanted item takes 50% less durability damage	225 	234 	243 	249 	258
Infused 	Increase this item's armor enchantment effect by __% 	8% 	11% 	14% 	17% 	20%
Invigorating	Increase Health, Stamina, and Magicka recovery by __ 	3 	5 	7 	9 	11
Nirnhoned 	 	 	 	 	 	
Reinforced 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sturdy 	 	 	 	 	 	
Training 	Increase experience gained from kills by __% 	7% 	8% 	9% 	10% 	11%
Well-Fitted 	Reduces the cost of sprinting and roll dodging by __% 	1% 	2% 	3% 	4% 	5%
===Jewelry===
Traits 	Properties 	Image	Unrefined Gemstone	Gemstone	Image
 	Increases Magicka 	 	 	 	
 	Increases Health 	 	 	 	
 	Increases Stamina 	 	 	 	
 	Increases Health, Stamina, and Magicka 	 	 	 	
 	Increases the power of activated Synergy effects 	 	 	 	
 	Increases your non-mounted movement speed 	 	 	 	
Infused	Increases the power of the Enchantment on that piece of Jewelry	 	 	 	
 	Increases Physical and Spell Resistance 	 	 	 	
 	Increases the damage you deal to foes under x% health 	 	 	 	
Properties by item quality:
Trait 	Description	Normal	Fine	Superior	Epic	Legendary
Arcane 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bloodthirsty	 	 	 	 	 	
Harmony 	 	 	 	 	 	
Healthy 	 	 	 	 	 	
Infused 	 	 	 	 	 	
Protective 	 	 	 	 	 	
Robust 	 	 	 	 	 	
Swift 	 	 	 	 	 	
Triune 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Other==
*Nirnhoned equipment can be obtained by completing the questline in Upper Craglorn.Update 4 Patch Notes
*Invigorating trait replaced Prosperous, an armor trait that increased the amount of gold picked up from enemies, which was added as part of the update. This trait has previously replaced Exploration and increased experience received from discovering locations.Update 10, Item Trait Improvements, Armor
==Updates==
*Update 8: Fixed an issue which was preventing the Divines Armor Trait from applying properly to the Health Recovery bonus provided by The Steed.Update 8 Patch Notes
==Appearances==
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==References==
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